Alex Skinner

Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Plano, Texas
High School:
Plano Senior High

Freshman (2011): Set a new-career high on beam at Beauty and the Beast...Set a career-high on vault at Metroplex with her exhibition run...Improved on her career-high beam score at Metroplex...Earned a career-high on vault against Nebraska and matched her career-high on beam...Recognized by the NACGC/W as a Scholastic All-American.

Prep: Trained at Kurt Thomas Gymnastics in Frisco, Texas under the direction of Kurt Thomas... Earned the Level 9 Western National title in 2006...Regional Vault Champion in 2006...Named a Junior Olympic National Qualifier in 2009...Personal bests include 9.8 on vault, 9.4 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor, and 37.5 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Oklahoma University and Ball State.

Personal: She comes to Missouri from Plano, Texas...Daughter of Tony and Vanessa Skinner...Born November 27, 1991...Graduated high school as an honor student...Plans to study Biology with aspirations to become an orthopedic surgeon or physical therapist... Brother, Landon, plays basketball at Judson University.

Career Highs
Vault: 9.700 (Nebraska 2011)
Beam: 9.750 (Twice in 2011)