2006-07 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Whitney Crater
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Little Rock, Ark.
Junior (2006): As a junior, Crater anchored the vault lineup and was invaluable on the floor exercise ... tied for 35th on vault and 55th on floor in the nation ... was unable to compete at the Southeast Regional after tearing her achilles tendon the week before the meet ... won eight total event titles this season, with four each on vault and floor ... won the vault title against SEMO with a 9.875 ... competed on vault and floor against Iowa ... picked up three event titles over the weekend with both vault and floor at SEMO and the floor title against Centenary ... won her first Cat Classic individual event title on floor with a 9.875 and finished second on vault ... in the Cat Classic team competion, recorded a 9.850 on vault ... won her second-consecutive vault title with a 9.875 against Oklahoma while tying for second on floor with a 9.875 ... won the vault and floor titles with a 9.875 and 9.850, respectively against Illinois ...the 9.875 on vault was a season high ... recorded a 9.825 on floor and a 9.775 on vault against Iowa State to finish in tied for fourth and fifth, respectively ... tied for fifth on floor at Nebraska with a 9.825 ... recorded a 9.850 on vault and floor against Centenary and Air Force for second and third place finishes, respectively ... finished tied for first on floor with a 9.825 and recorded a 9.800 on vault to tie for fourth place against Arkansas.
Sophomore (2005): Crater opened the 2005 campaign with a 9.800 on vault against Iowa State to tie for sixth-place ... recorded a 9.850 on floor against Nebraska to tie for fifth place ... finished in second place on vault and floor against centenary with scores of 9.800 and 9.750, respectively ... recorded a 9.775 to tie for second on vault at the Penn State Invitational ... finished tied for first on vault and set a career-high on floor with a 9.875 to finish second against Illinois ... tied career-highs on vault with a 9.900 and on floor with a 9.875 as Missouri upset No. 15 Arkansas ... recorded a 9.850 on floor and a 9.800 on vault against Southeast Missouri State and Air Force to close out the regular season ... tied for fifth on floor at the Big 12 Championships with a season-high 9.875 ... helped the Tigers to a third-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional with a 9.800 on floor to tie for 15th place and a 9.775 on vault to tie for 13th.
Freshman (2004): Stepping in as one of Mizzou's standards on the vault, Crater posted a 9.850 on the event in her inaugural meet against Iowa State ... the mark ranked the freshman third overall in the meet and eighth in the South Central Region that week ... pushing herself further, she scored a 9.900 to win the vault title and post a new career-mark against SEMO ... turned in nine vault scores of 9.800 or above, including another 9.850 against then #8 Oklahoma ... the freshman tied her career-high at both the Mizzou Invitational and Texas Woman's Invitational scoring a 9.900 in two consecutive meets ... helped the Tigers to a 49.200 vault total scoring a 9.800 at the Big 12 Championship ... finished the regular season with a 9.865 RQS to rank 13th in the South Central Region and 78th nationally ... rounded out the year scoring a 9.800 on vault to finish 26th at the NCAA Northeast Regional.
Club/High School: Crater joined the Mizzou squad toting two regional titles ... won the Region III vault and uneven bars championships in 2003 ... also finished fourth in the all-around and 12th on the floor ... went on to finish fourth on vault at the 2003 Western Finals ... was a member of the River City Gymnastics club under coaches Jamie Russenberger and Hector Planchart ... led River City to the Arkansas state championship title four consecutive seasons from 1999-2003 ... a member of the Tidwell Project dance team from 2000-2003 ... also a member of the Parkview High School cheerleading squad for three years, serving as the co-captain as a junior and senior ... participated in various scholarship beauty pageants ... graduated with art honors.
Personal: Whitney is the daughter of A.C. and Renee Crater ... born Sept. 26, 1986 ... intends to major in communications in order to pursue a career public relations.
Career Highs
Vault: 9.900, six times
Floor: 9.875 four times
