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BRITTANY SKINNER .................... . 5-2 . .................... 2013 SENIOR LOS ALTOS, CALIF. LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL AIRBORNE GYMNASTICS HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 • SENIOR SEASON •Big Ten Co-Vault Champion (2013) Brittany Skinner set herself apart as one of the Huskers’ top vaulters in her senior campaign, capturing four individual titles on the event and a top-20 national ranking. At the Big Ten Championships she earned a share of the vault title with a career best 9.95. She then tied that vault career best 9.95 at the NCAA Morgantown Regional tying for top honors in the event. Her efforts earned her a berth as an individual at the 2013 NCAA Championships, where she posted a 9.825 in preliminary competition. •Second-Team All-Big Ten (2013) 2012 • JUNIOR SEASON •First-Team All-American (2010: V) •Second-Team All-American (2011: BB) •NCAA Championships Individual Qualifier (2013) •NCAA Morgantown Regional Co-Vault Champion (2013) •All Big Ten Championship Team (2013: V) •All-Big 12 Championship Team (2011: UB) •Three-Time Level 10 National Qualifier Skinner’s reliability was key for the 2012 Huskers. The junior competed in 12 meets throughout the season, including eight appearances in all-around competition. Skinner also set or matched career highs on three individual apparatuses during the season: vault (9.925), bars (9.825) and beam (9.875). She also posted a career best score in the all-around, picking up a 39.350 at the Masters Classic to finish third behind teammates Jessie DeZiel and Emily Wong. 2011 • SOPHOMORE SEASON Skinner became a two-time All-American in 2011, earning a second-team All-America award on beam (9.775, fifth) at the 2011 NCAA Championships. Skinner’s performance helped the Huskers advance to the Super Six Team Finals, where they finished fourth. She competed as a three-event specialist for NU on vault, bars and beam throughout her sophomore season. Skinner tabbed career-high scores of 9.90 on vault and 9.875 on bars, in addition to a season-high 9.80 on beam as a sophomore. She earned one event title on bars in her second year with NU and tallied All-Big 12 Championship Team accolades on bars after posting a score of 9.85 for second place on the event at the Big 12 Championships. 2010 • FRESHMAN SEASON Skinner earned a first-team All-America award on vault at the 2010 NCAA Championships. She competed in four meets as an all-arounder for NU, totaling season highs of 9.875 on vault, 9.85 on bars, 9.825 on beam, 9.85 on floor and 39.125 in the all-around. She made her Husker debut at Washington, where she posted a 9.725 on vault and a 9.10 on floor. Skinner improved in her second week of competition for NU, hitting a 9.825 on vault and a 9.625 on floor. She showed her knack for performing by hitting a career-high 9.85 on floor when the Huskers took on Michigan on Jan. 24. Skinner matched her season-high score of 9.875 on vault and 9.85 on floor at the IGI Chicago Style Invite. She tied for second on vault and third on floor as a result of her efforts. BEFORE NEBRASKA Skinner competed for coaches Justin Howell and Liz Crandall at Airborne Gymnastics along with fellow Husker Janelle Giblin. Skinner was a three-time Level 10 national qualifier and four-time Level 10 regional qualifier. She was the 2009 regional vault and all-around champion and took second on beam. She was the 2008 state uneven bars, floor and all-around champion as a member of the NorCal State Team. Skinner finished first on floor at the 2008 Level 10 regional competition. She took first on vault and in the all-around at the Seattle Open in 2008 and was first in the all-around at the Spirit of Flame competition. Skinner was the state vault champion in 2006 and took second at the regional competition along with placing sixth on beam at nationals. PERSONAL Brittany was born Dec. 21, 1990, in Camp Pendleton, Calif. She is the daughter of Greg and Stacia Skinner and has one brother, Grant. A 2009 graduate of Los Altos High School, she was a member of the dance team in high school and is a psychology major at Nebraska. CAREER HIGHS VAULT: 9.95 (2 times, last at NCAA Morgantown Regional, 4/6/13) BARS: 9.875 (3 times, last vs. Iowa, 3/4/13) BEAM: 9.90 (at California, 3/16/13) FLOOR: 9.875 (2 times, last at California, 3/16/13) ALL-AROUND: 39.525 (at California, 3/16/13) HUSKERS.COM | 53