Julie Abaray

Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Senior (2008): Recovering from off-season knee surgery, Abaray has been a fixture in the Tigers beam rotation in the last two meets ... Tallied a 9.800 on senior day against Arizona St., her first appearance in the lineup all season ... Has exhibitioned on beam three times as well, against Bowling Green, Illinois and at Oregon State.

Junior (2007): Julie Abaray competed in the bars, beam and floor lineup in every meet for the Tigers ... claimed eight event titles in her junior season, including four on beam, three on bars and one on floor ... tied for fifth on beam with a 9.850 at the Big 12 Championship ... scored a career-high 9.900 on floor at Michigan to tie for second place ... won beam against Iowa with a 9.900 ... picked up the bars and beam titles at the Cat Classic team competition, highlighted by a personal best 9.925 on beam... won the Cat Classic individual event bars title ... set personal marks on bars (9.850), beam (9.850) and floor (9.875) to take the event titles against Centenary ... tied for the beam crown against Illinois with a 9.800 ... ranked 52nd on beam, 89th on bars and 93rd on floor nationally ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team.

Sophomore (2006): After recovering from an ankle sprain, Julie Abaray was a fixture in the bars and floor lineups the second half of the season ... set a season-high on floor with a 9.775 at the Southeast Regional to tie for 22nd ... also recorded a 9.675 on bars at Regionals ... earned a 9.700 on bars and 9.675 on floor for Missouri at the Big 12 Championship ... recorded a 9.725 on bars and a 9.450 on floor against SEMO ... was in the beam and floor lineups for the first time all year and also competed on bars at Iowa ... finished second on beam against the Hawkeyes ... competed on bars and floor against SEMO and posted a 9.725 on the uneven bars ... competed on bars against Centenary and SEMO and posted a 9.750 at SEMO's Outback Invitational ... in the bars lineup for the second-straight week at the Cat Classic and scored a career-high 9.775 ... qualified for the Cat Classic individual event finals on bars and finished in sixth place ... was in an event lineup for the first time in 2006 against Oklahoma after recovering from an ankle sprain that sidelined her for the start of the season... recorded a 9.725 on bars against the Sooners ... named to the All-Big 12 Academic first team ... named a 2006 Scholar Athlete by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women.

Freshman (2005): In her first collegiate season, Abaray earned lineup spots on bars, beam and floor ... recorded a 9.725 on beam in her first collegiate meet against Iowa State to finish in fifth place ... had a career day against Nebraska with career-highs on floor with a 9.800 and bars with a 9.750. Also finished seventh on beam at the meet with a 9.775 ... set a career-high on beam with a 9.850 to tie for third place against Illinois ... finished second on beam at the Cat Classic after scoring a 9.825 ... earned a third-place finish on beam with a 9.800 as Missouri upset No. 15 Arkansas ... had a solid day at the Big 12 Championships with 9.750 on beam and floor.

Prep: Abaray joined the Mizzou squad with a wealth of national experience ... highlighted the 2004 season winning the Junior National and Regional beam titles ... won the Ohio state all-around, vault, bars and beam championships, while finishing third on the floor exercise ... finished fourth on beam at the 2002 Junior Nationals and won the Ohio state floor and all-around titles ... in 2001, she finished fifth at nationals in the all-around and on beam, while also claiming the Ohio beam title ... a three-time team captain at Queen City Gymnastics, she helped the team to a first-place Level 10 national team finish in 2004 ... trained under coaches Jennifer and Trevor O'Hara and coach Jenny Cox ... chose Mizzou over Michigan State, Ohio State and Kent State.

Personal: Julie is the daughter of Terry and Janet Abaray ... born Feb. 28, 1986 ... was the Sports Editor for the Lakota East High School Spark... was a memeber of the National Honor society ...was a National Hemingway Finalist and was the recipient of the Quill & Scroll Journalism award...intends to major in broadcast journalism with aspirations of becoming a news broadcaster ...

Career Highs
Vault: 9.550, exhibition 2005
Bars: 9.850, vs Centenary 2007
Beam: 9.925, Cat Classic 2007
Floor: 9.900, at Michigan 2007