2011 Senior Class
[ emily kerwin • 2008-11 • central, s.c. ] Recognized as one of the hardest working athletes in the gym throughout four-year career ... one of the team’s two captains as a senior … made bars debut as a junior and rose to the challenge when team needed her … driven and consistent … packed a lot of power and explosiveness … after solid freshman season on vault, continued to consistently contribute as regular member of event’s lineup … competed in all 52 career meets.
At West Virginia in 2011 • Consistent two-event specialist that emerged as one of the top point earners on bars • One of two team captains • First team all-EAGL bars • John Quackenbush Award for Mountaineer Spirit • Competed in all 13 meets and earned 251.95 points, the sixth-best total on team • Earned career-best bars score of 9.825 three times • Earned seven scores of 9.8 or better on bars • Paced the squad on bars five times throughout season • Finished fifth on vault with season-high 9.8 score against No. 13 Missouri at Cancun Classic (1/7) • Placed second on bars at No. 10 NC State (1/21) with 9.8 score • Set career-best bars score with winning 9.825 mark against Pitt and Rutgers (1/29) • Third on bars against UNC (2/26) with 9.8 score • Finished third on bars against Penn State (3/12) with career-best 9.825 mark • Scored 9.7 on bars at final EAGL Championship (3/19) • Closed out WVU career with a 9.75 vault score at NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (4/2) • Bars RQS of 9.81, tops on the team, ranked No. 6 in the EAGL and No. 13 in the Southeast region • Owned vault season average of 9.687 and bars season average of 9.694 • EAGL all-Academic Team • NACGC/W Scholastic All-American At West Virginia in 2010 • Forced into the bars lineup one meet into the season and stepped up to challenge to become a proven force on the apparatus • Competed in all 13 meets, including seven as a two-event specialist, and earned a career-best 192.95 points • Paced team and scored a solid 9.6 on bars in collegiate debut at Pitt with Kent State (1/16) • Tallied then-career-best 9.8 bars score and tied for first place at Maryland with Denver and Rutgers (1/30) • Finished fifth on bars against Ohio State (2/12) with 9.75 effort • Set season-high vault mark at Masters Classic (2/28) with 9.75 score • Scored 9.75 on vault and 9.725 on bars at EAGL Championship (3/27) • Had career meet at NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (4/10), pacing the team on bars and finishing 15th overall with 9.775 showing • Bars average of 9.643 was second-best on team • Averaged 9.653 on vault on nine attempts • EAGL all-Academic Team
George Washington and Rutgers (1/31) • Tied for first place and set vault career best at George Washington (2/9), with 9.875 score • Earned 9.8 points on vault at EAGL Championship (3/21) • Averaged 9.775 on 12 vault attempts
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At West Virginia in 2008 • Competed vault in all 14 meets and scored 134.375 points • Vaulted a 9.625 in first collegiate meet at Cancun Classic (1/4) • Set then-career high with 9.775 at home against Minnesota (3/15) • Matched career high with 9.775 vault at EAGL Championship (3/29) • Averaged 9.59 per vault and had an RQS of 9.745 Club Gymnastics • Three-year level 10 gymnast at Upstate Gymnastics • Five-time regional qualifier • 2007 state all-around, vault and bars champion • Two-time state beam champion
Personal • Daughter of Michael and Melissa Kerwin • Has one brother and one sister • Birthday is July 13 • Inducted to Hall of Fame at Liberty High • Beta Club • Member of the South Carolina American Legion Auxiliary and Palmetto Girls State delegation • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Continues to work toward a degree in graphic design Emily Kerwin’s Career Highs Vault 9.875 at George Washington Bars 9.825 vs. Pitt and Rutgers vs. Florida, New Hampshire, George Washington vs. Penn State
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Emily Kerwin’s Career Statistics Year Meets AA Total Points 2008 14 0 134.375 2009 12 0 117.3 2010 13 0 192.95 2011 13 0 251.95 Totals 52 0 696.575
At West Virginia in 2009 • Competed on vault in all 12 meets, earning 117.3 points, including 10 scores of 9.75 or better • Second team all-EAGL vault • Opened season with 9.75 points at Georgia (1/9) • Solid against Pitt (1/23), scoring 9.825 on vault • Tied for fourth place on vault (9.8) in home quad-meet with Maryland,
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