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  Casey Overton

Casey Overton

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School:
Alpha Omega Academy
Height:
5-2
Event:
All-Around
Experience:
3L
Club Team:
Excalibur Gymnastics

Alabama Highlights:
2009 -- Junior Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... posted Alabama's top score on the balance beam against Stanford from the leadoff spot with a season-high 9.85 ... made her 2009 vault debut at Florida, scoring a season-best 9.875.

2008 -- Sophomore Second team All-American on the balance beam ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Balance Beam Champion ... All-SEC ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... led off Alabama's balance beam lineup at the SEC Championships with a career-best 9.9, winning a share of the league title ... won the balance beam from the leadoff spot four times during the season, including the Tide's first meet of the season against Illinois and in the regular-season finale against Auburn ... posted a career-best 9.9 on the vault at UCLA ... competed on the uneven bars for the first time since her senior year in high school against Auburn, scoring a 9.825 ... earned Dean's list honors for the spring semester after posting a 3.9 grade point average.

2007 -- Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... matched career best of 9.875 on the balance beam at the SEC Championships ... won the balance beam against UNC posting a 9.85 ... earned Dean's list honors for the fall and spring semester after posting a 3.538 and 3.835 grade point average, respectively ... posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the summer semester, earning President's List honors.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS:
U.S. National Team member ... member of the U.S. National Training Squad from 2000-06 ... helped the United States National Team to a team gold at the 2004 USA/Japan Meet ... competed for the U.S. at the 2002 International Massilia Cup in Marseille, France ... coached by Jim and Dena Walker at Excalibur Gymnastics club, the same gym that produced former Tide All-Americans Alexis Brion and Dana Filetti ... finished in the top-20 in the all-around at the 2004 USA Championships ... took eighth in the all-around at the 2003 USA National Championships and finished in the top-10 in the floor exercise, balance beam and uneven bars ... won the floor exercise and was second in the all-around at the 2004 Parkettes Invitational ... took second in the all-around at the 2005 Parkettes Invitational ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Full name: Lauren Casey Overton ... daughter of George and JoAnn Overton ... born July 5, 1988.

OVERTON'S TOP SCORES:
Vault: 9.900 | Bars: 9.825 | Beam: 9.900 | Floor: 9.850