Coaches believe she could successfully compete each event this season … saw time on bars and beam as a sophomore … phenomenal bars skill set … potential to emerge as team’s top point earner on bars … coaches expect her to contribute to vault lineup this season … cool and calm when competing … her poise under pressure serves her well in collegiate gymnastics … coaches love the spirit she brings to meets … really enjoys the team atmosphere and has embraced being a Mountaineer.
At West Virginia in 2012
• Saw action in 10 meets, including four as a two-event specialist on bars and beam, and tallied 134.35 points
• Rose to the challenge and anchored the bars lineup in the final eight meets of the season
• Scored 9.8 or better on bars five times
• Reached the podium twice and earned nine top 10 finishes
• Career-high 9.85 bars score was the second-highest score earned by a Mountaineer
• Only dropped two scores all season
• Hit for a career-best 9.85 on bars at Maryland (2/18) and finished tied for second
• Secured the Mountaineers’ three victories at the No. 19 Denver quad-meet (3/3) with a third place, 9.825 bars routine
• Matched career high with a sixth place, 9.85 bars showing at EAGL Championship (3/24)
• Scored a career-high 9.75 on beam as the first competitor on the apparatus at the NCAA Auburn Regional Championships (4/7); also finished 11th on bars with a 9.825 mark
• Bars RQS of 9.795 ranked No. 22 in the southeast region
• Bars season average of 9.645 and a beam season average of 9.475
Club Gymnastics
• Five-year level 10 gymnast out of Eagles Gymnastics
• Former junior international elite gymnast
• Previously recruited by Florida
• Two-time Junior Olympics National Championships competitor
• Fifth place all-around at the 2008 Junior Olympics National Championships; also finished fourth on beam and fifth on bars
• First place vault, second place all-around at the 2008 level 10 regional championships
• First place vault, bars and all-around at the 2008 level 10 state championships
Personal
• Daughter of Anthony Smith and Maria Ubaldo
• Has one step-sister
• Birthday is May 24
• Previously attended the University of Central Missouri
• Attended Blue Springs South High
• Enrolled in journalism
Erica Smith’s Career Highs
Bars 9.85 at Maryland with Rutgers and William & Mary 2/18/12; at 2012 EAGL Championship (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 3/24/12
Beam 9.75 at 2012 Auburn NCAA Regional Championships 4/7/12
Erica Smith’s Career Statistics
Year Meets AA Total Points
2012 10 0 134.35
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