Kaitlyn Yanish

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Yanish, Still Student-Athletes of the Month

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Photo by: Ralph Greene

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Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-0
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Perry HS
Hometown:
Chandler, Ariz.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2021 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention, Floor Exercise
• 2019 WCGA Regular Season All-America Second Team, Floor Exercise
• 2018 NACGC/W Regular Season All-America Second Team, Floor Exercise
• 2020 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention, Floor Exercise
• 2019 All-Pac-12 First Team, Floor Exercise
• 2018 All-Pac-12 Second Team, Floor Exercise
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (March 4-10, 2019)
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Feb. 18-24, 2019)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (March 6-11, 2018)
• Oregon State Student-Athlete of the Month – January 2020

OREGON STATE
CAREER NOTES: Kaitlyn has ‘hit’ 103 out of 110 routines in her career … has 28 event titles in her career (5 on vault; 23 on floor) … has competed in 46 meets in her career … two-time WCGA Regular Season All-American … four-time Pac-12 All-Conference selection.

2021: 'Hit' 23 out of 23 routines ... earned six event titles on floor ... earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention on floor ... anchored the floor lineup throughout the entire season. Regular season: Performed on vault and floor exercise in all 10 meets ... tallied scored of 9.90 or better in seven out of 10 meets ... registered a season-high 9.95 on the floor against Washington (1/23), California (2/21), and Utah (3/5) ... earned a 9.80 or better on vault in nine out of 10 meets ... recorded a season-high 9.875 on vault against California (2/21), Utah (3/5), and Stanford (3/14) ... scored a 9.750 on bars in the final three meets of the season. Championship season: Recorded a 9.850 on vault at the Pac-12 Championships (3/20) ... scored a 9.900 to close out the floor lineup at the NCAA Athens Regional (4/2).

2020: ‘Hit’ 20 out of 20 routines and tied for the team-lead with seven event titles in 2020 … earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention on floor exercise … chosen as an Oregon State Student-Athlete of the Month in January. Regular season: Performed on vault and floor exercise in all 10 meets … tallied scores of 9.90 or better on the floor in eight out of 10 meets … registered a season-high 9.95 on the floor against UCLA (2/29) to win the event title … posted scores of 9.925 on floor against Centenary & Seattle Pacific (1/11), at Arizona (1/25), and against LSU & Arizona State (2/8) … notched a season-best 9.85 on vault against Centenary & SPU to win the event … earned seven event titles (1 vault, 6 floor).

2019: ‘Hit’ 35 out of 36 routines and won eight event titles in 2019 … earned WCGA Regular Season All-America Second Team honors on the floor exercise … named to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team on the floor. Championship season: Posted scores of 9.90 on the floor on back-to-back days at the NCAA Corvallis Regionals (4/5-6) … registered scores of 9.8750 on floor and 9.8250 on vault at NCAA Championships (4/19) … scored 9.850 on the vault at Pac-12 Championships (3/23) … notched vault scores of 9.825 and 9.80 at Pac-12 Championships … missed her only routine of the season at Pac-12’s on the floor after battling illness throughout the week. Regular season: Made her college debut in the all-around in the season-opener at Illinois (1/13) … set a season-best 39.250 in the all-around at Washington (1/26) … set a career-high with a 9.975 on the floor against UCLA (2/2) … registered scores of 9.90 or better on the floor 10 times including scores of 9.950 against California (2/17), at LSU (3/8) and in OSU’s quad meet against Iowa, North Carolina and Seattle Pacific (3/15) … registered a career-high 9.925 on the vault at LSU … scored 9.90 on the vault at Arizona State (2/22) … posted career-bests of 9.80 on the beam and 9.750 on the bars at Washington … named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24 and again for the week of March 4-10 … earned eight event titles (3 vault, 5 floor).

2018: ‘Hit’ 31 out of 34 routines and won seven event titles in 2018 … earned NACGC/W Regular Season All-America Second Team honors on the floor exercise … named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team on the floor exercise. Championship season: Scored 9.825 on vault, 9.80 on beam and 9.80 on floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/24) … matched her season-best 9.850 on vault and added a 9.90 on floor and 9.275 on beam at the NCAA Raleigh Regional. Regular season: Was in the competitive lineups on vault and floor in all 12 meets and also competed on the beam 10 times … set her season-high of 9.950 on the floor against Stanford (1/27) and repeated the feat against Arizona (2/17) and against BYU (3/5) … scored 9.90 or better on the floor seven times … established a season-best 9.850 on vault at Washington (2/10) and matched it against Michigan State (3/10) and at Sacramento State (3/16) … tallied a personal-best of 9.80 on the beam four times … named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the week of March 6-11 … earned seven event titles as a freshman (1 vault, 6 floor).

PREP CAREER: Trained at Arizona Dynamics under coaches Michelle Strang, Kim Graves and Jessica Wolf … had one of the most anticipated incoming NCAA floor routines for 2018 according to NCAAGymNews.com … was a 2016 and ‘17 USAG Junior Olympic National Team member … finished second in the all-around at J.O. Level 10 National Championships in 2017 … was fourth in the all-around at J.O. Nationals in 2016 … finished first in the all-around at the USAG Region One Championships and the Arizona State Championships in 2016 and 2017.

PERSONAL: Born in Mesa, Ariz. … daughter of Tom and Rebecca Yanish … has a sister, Alyssa … enjoys photography, coffee, movies and traveling … chose Oregon State because “Oregon is beautiful, OSU is an amazing school and the gymnastics team is everything I’ve ever wanted in a team” … majoring in sociology.