BRITTANY
SKINNER
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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)
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