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Joanna Sampson
Joanna Sampson

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Willow Grove, Pa.

High School:
Upper Moreland


At Michigan ...Two-time NCAA Regional vault champion (2011-12) ... Two-time Big Ten Championships runner-up (2012 - vault, 2011 - floor) ... All-Big Ten Championships Team (2012) ... 2012 NCAA Championships Individual Qualifier (vault).

Sophomore (2012) ... NCAA Championships qualifier (vault) ... All-Big Ten Championships Team ... Big Ten Championships runner-up (vault) ... named team's Most Valuable Performer ... NCAA Championships: Tied for 30th on vault (9.800) ... NCAA Auburn Regional: Won vault title for second year in a row, scoring a 9.925; also scored 9.850 on floor, 9.800 on bars, and 9.750 on beam ...Big Ten Championships: Tied for second on vault (9.925), and was named to All-Big Ten Championships Team; scored 38.600 as an all-arounder, scoring 9.725 on floor, 9.700 on beam, and 9.250 on bars ... Michigan State: Tied for first in the all-around (39.350); won bars (9.850), third on floor (9.850), tied for third on beam (9.825), and fourth on vault (9.825) ... Georgia: Tied for second in the all-around (39.350); won floor exercise (9.925) and vault (9.925), and also tied for fourth on bars (9.850); also competed on beam (9.650) ... Penn State/UNC: Scored 38.325 in the all-around; tied for fourth on vault (9.875), scored 9.300 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.350 on floor ... Oklahoma/TWU: Won the all-around (39.375); tied for first on vault (9.950), tied for fourth on floor (9.850), and scored 9.775 on beam and 9.800 on bars ... Utah: Won the all-around (39.250); placed first on floor (9.925), tied for third on uneven bars (9.775), placed fifth on vault (9.825), and also competed on balance beam (9.725) ... Masters Classic: Finished fourth in the all-around (39.275), tying for fourth on vault (9.875) and floor (9.850), and also competing on bars (9.775) and beam (9.775) ... West Virginia: Won her first career all-around title (39.300); tied for first on bars (9.900) and floor (9.825), second on beam (9.750) and tied for third on vault (9.825) ... Illinois: Finished third in the all-around (39.225); third on vault (9.825), fourth on balance beam (9.800), tied for fifth on bars (9.800) and also competed on floor (9.800) ... Minnesota: Finished fourth in the all-around (38.650); tied for first on vault (9.850), and tied for second on beam (9.800) and floor (9.800) ... Ohio State: Competed as an all-arounder for the first time in her collegiate career, finishing third (38.650), winning vault title (9.900), tying for second on bars (career-high 9.800) and tying for third on floor (9.825); also scored 9.125 on beam.

Freshman (2011)... Super Six: Scored 9.825 on vault, 9.800 on floor and 9.725 on beam ... NCAA Semis: Went 9.850 on vault, 9.825 on floor and competed on beam ... Regionals: Won her first collegiate title - vault - with a 9.900 and competed on bars and beam ... Big Tens: Scored a career-best 9.925 on floor to take runner-up honors while also competing on vault (9.825) and beam ... Georgia: Tied a career high on vault (9.900) while competing on beam and tallying a career-best on floor (9.825) ... Alabama: Scored 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on beam ... Oklahoma: Shared fifth on vault (9.825) and scored 9.800 on beam ... Utah: Tied for fifth on vault (9.825) while competing on beam and floor ... Michigan Tri: Nailed a career-best 9.900 vault for third place while competing on beam and floor ... New Hampshire: Scored season highs on vault (9.825) and beam (9.825) ... Michigan Quad: Scored a collegiate-best 9.750 on beam ... Iowa: Compted vault, beam and floor, taking fourth with a personal-best 9.800 on vault ... Michigan Big Ten Tri: Scored a career best on vault (9.775) and competed on floor for the first time ... MSU Quad: Opened her career with a vault performance.

Prep...Upper Moreland High School ... Distinguished Honors ... three years on Honor Roll ...

Club/Junior Team...Ricochets Gymnastics Club ... two-time national champion (all-around in 2010 and bars in 2008) and five-0time regional and state champion ... national all-around champion and runner-up on bars, taking third on beam and floor (2010) ... regional all-around and bars champion, runner-up on vault and third place on beam (2010) ... state all-around, vault and bars champion (2010) ... national bars champion and runner-up in the all-around (2008) ... regional all-around, vault and balance beam champion (2008) ... state vault and floor champion (2008) ... two-time Junior Olympic National Team member ... two-time Region 7 All-Star Team member

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... birthday: December 4, 1992 ... daughter of Robert and Donna Sampson.

Career Bests

Event Score Date
Vault 9.950 2/24/12, at Oklahoma/TWU
Uneven Bars 9.900 2/3/12, vs. West Virginia
Balance Beam 9.825 2/5/11, at New Hampshire
Floor Exercise 9.925 3/19/11, at Big Ten Championships
All-Around 39.375 2/24/12, at Oklahoma/TWU
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