2015 Gymnastics Roster
Taylor Keeker
- Position:
- Vault, Bars
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- McNary HS
- Hometown:
- Keizer, Ore.
• 2015 All-Pac-12 Second Team, Vault
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2013 & ‘14 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• 2012, ‘13 & ‘14 NACGC Scholastic All-American
OREGON STATE
Career notes: Competed in 24 meets, all in her junior and senior seasons ... won four event titles in her career ... ‘hit’ 44 out of 45 routines.
2015: Competed on vault and bars in all 13 meets ... ‘hit’ 25 out of 26 routines ... won four event titles; three on vault and one on uneven bars ... earned All-Pac-12 Second Team on vault ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors. Championship season: Performed on vault and bars scoring 9.800 on both at NCAA Championships … tied her career-high with a 9.925 on vault at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... added a 9.800 on the bars at regionals ... scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on bars at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Set career-best 9.925 on vault at Stanford (1/26) and matched it on Senior Night against San Jose State, Lindenwood and Seattle Pacific (3/14) ... set a career-high 9.850 on bars at Arizona State (2/20).
2014: Competed in all 11 meets on vault ... also performed on bars eight times ... ‘hit’ all 19 routines ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team ... received NACGC Scholastic All-American honors. Championship season: Scored 9.850 on the vault at the NCAA University Park Regional (4/5) ... recorded a 9.825 on the vault at Pac-12 Championships (3/22). Regular season: Made her competitive lineup debut on vault (9.800) and bars (9.750) in the season opener at Ohio State with Bowling Green (1/11) ... set a season-high of 9.900 at UCLA (1/19) and matched it against Arizona State and Nebraska (3/1) ... scored a season-high 9.800 on bars against Iowa State (1/25) and duplicated it twice.
2013: Performed in exhibitions in six meets ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors ... received NACGC Scholastic All-American accolades. Regular season: Performed vault exhibitions five times with a best score of 9.700 at Arizona State (2/8) ... also performed two bars exhibition scoring 9.800 at the Metroplex Challenge (1/26).
2012: Performed in exhibitions in three meets ... received NACGC Scholastic All-American accolades. Regular season: Performed bars exhibitions three times topping out at 9.750 at UC Davis with Sacramento State (2/10).
PREP CAREER: Taylor was a standout on uneven bars finishing in the top 10 at nationals three straight years … finished second on bars at nationals in 2009 … finished eighth on bars at nationals in 2010 and 2011 … finished second in the all-around and on floor exercise at regionals in 2009 … finished first in all-around, on bars and floor and second on beam at regionals in 2010 … finished first on bars and third in the all-around at regionals in 2011 … trained at Multnomah Athletic Club under coaches Meg Doxtator and Ivan Alexov … former club teammate, Hannah Casey, is a sophomore for OSU’s gymnastics team.
PERSONAL: Born in Salem, Oregon … daughter of Angela and Larry Keeker … has one brother, Jordan … Angela and Larry are math teachers … double-majoring in human development and family science with an option in childhood development; also pursuing a major in education … member of National Honor Society … choir section leader … chose OSU because “I have wanted to go to OSU since I was little. Both of my parents attended OSU and it has a great gymnastics team with great team camaraderie.”
