| Lara Degenhardt |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Salem, Ore.
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| High School:
North Salem HS
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| Height:
5-1
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| Event:
All-Around
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| Experience:
3V
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AS A JUNIOR (2000): Claimed second team All-American honors on floor after scoring a 9.85 at the NCAA Championships... Competed on floor and vault in all 13 meets and made the lineup on bars in 10 meets... Her 9.827 average on vault was best on the team... Was named OSU's Most Consistent Vaulter by the coaching staff... Captured four first-place finishes on vault, including a career-high 9.975 to win at the Shanico Inn-vitational... Her four victories on vault give her 18 total vault victories in three years... Had a 9.825 or better on vault at eight meets, including a 9.825 at the NCAA Championships... That score at nationals was just one place shy of All-America status on that event... Averaged a 9.662 on floor... Won floor at one meet, scoring a 9.90 against Arizona... Had a 9.90 on floor two other times as well... Scored 9.85 on the event at the last five meets of the year, including the NCAA Championships where she earned All-American status by tying for seventh place with a 9.85 in the afternoon session of the preliminary competition... On bars, her top score was a 9.725 against Stanford... Averaged 9.450 on the event... Earned first team Pacific-10 All-Academic Team honors.
AS A SOPHOMORE (1999): Competed on vault, bars and floor in all 12 meets... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as an event specialist on floor after tying for first place with a 9.925 at the NCAA Region 1 meet... Scored a 9.80 at the NCAA Championships... Was crowned Pac-10 champion on floor after scoring a 10.0 at the conference meet, becoming only the second Beaver in history with a perfect floor routine... Turned in a 9.95 on floor in a dual meet against Arizona State... Was named to the All-Pacific-10 Team on vault for the second year in a row and on floor for the first time... Averaged a team-best 9.8727 on vault and was ranked 11th in the nation in the final regular season rankings... Scored a career-high 9.975 against Utah... Also scored a 9.90 twice... Placed first on vault in seven meets, giving her 14 total vault titles in two years... Averaged a 9.519 on bars, but scored 9.80 or better four times, including a career-high 9.85 at the Pac-10 Championships... Named an NACGC/W Scholastic All-American as well as a second team Pacific-10 All-Academic honoree.
AS A FRESHMAN (1998): Placed first on vault seven times in 12 meets, including six straight to start the season... Those seven victories make her the first Oregon State vaulter to win the event seven times in one year since All-American Tina Barnes won vault eight times in 1987... Was the only freshman to make the All-Pacific-10 team as a vaulter... Scored a 9.90 on her 9.90 value vault twice, at the Pac-10 Championships and in a dual meet against Arizona State... Averaged 9.813 on vault and ranked 10th nationally in the event... In the five meets she did not place first on vault, she came in second three times... Also competed on floor in every meet and placed first twice on that event... Her best floor performance came with a 9.925 victory against Stanford... Scored a 9.875 on floor to place first in a dual meet against Arizona... Named Oregon State's Most Outstanding Freshman and most consistent vaulter.
PRE-OREGON STATE: A four-time J.O. Level 10 National qualifier... Vault champion at the 1997 J.O. Nationals... Was third on vault at the 1996 meet... In 1995, was the YMCA National Champion on vault, floor and all-around... Won those three events again at the YMCA Nationals in 1997... Graduated from North Salem High School with a 3.86 GPA and was a National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL: Born in Corvallis, Oregon... Daughter of David and Kathy Degenhardt... Has a brother, Scott, and a sister, Marie... Majoring in applied visual arts/graphic design.
