Player Bio: Kelly McDonald - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Gymnastics
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Washington
Recovering from a heel surgery she had over the summer as the season starts ... will compete bars and hopefully work up to all-around again. 2005 (Junior): Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic team member ... had 14 career individual meet titles, 15th most in Husky history ... tied for fourth on bars (9.850) and beam (9.900) at Pac-10 Championships ... second on bars (9.900) and beam (9.850) against Boise State ... the lone Husky to win an event title at OSU, taking bars with a 9.900 ... paced team on beam at UCLA with a 9.825 to tie for third place ... won bars with season-high 9.875 at BSU ... second on beam (9.800) in quad-meet on Jan. 21 ... won beam (9.850) and placed second on bars (9.800) vs. Stanford ... missed meet at ASU with non-sports related injury. 2004 (Sophomore): Super sophomore competed in all 13 meets ... an all-arounder in all but four meets ... won four event titles during the season ... tied for ninth on the vault (9.800), 13th on beam (9.800), and 16th in the all-around (38.475) at the North Central regional meet ... ended the season ranked 14th in the nation on bars (9.920) ... an honorable mention selection to the Pac-10 All-Academic team ... tied her career high all-around score against Boise State and Seattle Pacific (39.725) ... won the bars title at Seattle Pacific (9.925) ... tied for third on the bars (9.925) against Utah, Iowa, and Chicago-Illinois ... placed sixth on bars against UCLA (9.900) ... finished second on the bars at Arizona with a 9.900 ... dynamite performance against Arizona State ... set Husky all-around record score with a 39.825 ... recorded her first ever perfect 10 on the vault, becoming only the third Husky in history to do so ... set career highs on the vault (10.000), bars (9.975), floor (9.975), and all-around (39.825) ... named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week after her performance against Arizona State ... set career-high on beam at Oregon State, placing second with a 9.925 ... tied her career-high on beam at Boise State the next weekend ... placed fourth all-around and third on the vault at the Cancun Invitational ... placed in the top three on vault in eight of 13 meets ... placed in the top four all-around in five of the seven meets she competed in ... only scored below a 9.800 twice in her career vaulting performances ... scores counted to the Husky total 35 out of 41 routines. 2003 (Freshman): Competed in the all-around in 12 of 14 meets ... won seven event titles during the season including a pair of all-around championships ... finished second at NCAA West Regionals in the vault and was third on bars ... posted five consecutive scores of better than 39.000 in the all-around at the end of the regular season before a heel injury slowed her for the Pac-10 and NCAA Regional championships ... posted a 39.675 in the all-around against CS Fullerton and Seattle Pacific, which ranks as best performance ever by a UW freshman and is the third-best all-around score by a Husky ... ranked in the top-10 nationally during the season on vault ... had a 9.975 in a three-way home meet - the third best in UW history ... recorded her career-best score on bars (9.950) in that same meet ... posted a 9.950 on floor in final regular-season meet with CS Fullerton and Seattle Pacific ... hit a 9.900 on beam twice during the season including the Pac-10 Championships where she was ninth ... named the Huskies' rookie of the year.
Personal
Parents are father, Sean, and mother, Debbie ... has one older brother, Jason, one older sister, Erin, and one younger sister, Molly ... graduated with a 3.94 GPA ... member of the National Honor Society ... gained international experience at meets in Puerto Rico in 2000 and Costa Rica in 2002, where she captured second in the all-around under Cascade Elite Gymnastics coach Frank Lee ... placed first on the vault, bars, floor and all-around at the 2002 Level 10 Regionals ... captured first on the beam, floor and all-around at the 2002 Level 10 National Championships.
Getting to Know...Kelly McDonald
Your Nickname: Kell
Your Major: Business Administration, Certificate in International Business
Why Washington?: I love Seattle!!! It is a great school in an amazing location.
Which teammate will surprise people this year: Nicole Waiss
Favorite song to dance to: "Rumpshaker"
The song I play most in my iPod or CD player: Anything, I keep my iPod on shuffle.
Favorite musical artist: Raffi
Favorite gymnastics move: Double Layout
If I won the lottery, the first thing I'd buy: A house on Lake Washington
Favorite toy as a child: Legos
Favorite book: Harry Potter
TV show I cannot miss: I don't have time for TV
If I had a super power it would be: Magical healing powers!
Favorite restaurant in Seattle: Salty's on Alki
Favorite home cooked meal: Anything my mom makes!
Teammate that you would most like to Punk (like the TV show): Chelsea Bakken
My most prized possession is: My sister
Reality TV Show I'd like to appear in: The Amazing Race
People don't know that I am scared of: Milk
Favorite Movie: Anchorman
Favorite non-Husky sports team to watch: Seattle Studs
Favorite UW sports team to watch: Volleyball
Most famous person I've met: Jay-Z
The person(s) I credit for getting me where I am today: My family
My most memorable moment at the UW is: Getting a 10.00 on vault
Very few people know this about me: I'm not very tall.
Career Highs
Vault 10.000 vs. Arizona State, 2004 Bars 9.975 vs. Arizona State, 2004 Balance Beam 9.925 at Oregon State, 2004 at Boise State, 2004 Floor Exercise 9.975 vs. Arizona State, 2004 All-Around 39.825 vs. Arizona State, 2004
McDonald's Meet-by-Meet Results
2003
Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
at ASU 9.925 9.300 9.700 8.725 37.650
ARIZONA/SAN JOSE ST 9.900 9.900 9.725 9.400 38.925
at Fla./G-W/Rh. Is. 9.900 9.825 9.825 9.450 39.000
at Seattle Pacific 9.775 9.325 -- -- --
at UCLA 9.850 9.825 8.750 9.850 38.275
STANFORD 9.925 9.925 9.825 9.325 39.000
at Cal/Denver/Sac. Sr. 9.875 9.800 9.375 9.750 38.800
Masters Classic 9.925 9.850 9.750 9.875 39.400
OSU/BOISE ST/SAC ST 9.975 9.950 9.350 9.925 39.200
at Utah 9.875 9.875 9.850 9.675 39.275
at Boise State 9.925 9.700 9.800 9.850 39.275
CAL ST FULLERTON/SPU 9.925 9.900 9.900 9.950 39.675
Pac-10 Championships 9.800 9.850 9.900 -- --
NCAA West Regional 9.850 9.875 9.100 9.725 38.550
Career Bests 9.975 9.950 9.900 9.950 39.675
2004
Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
Cancun Invitational 9.850 9.775 9.775 9.825 39.225
CALIFORNIA/SAC STATE 9.900 9.900 9.400 9.375 38.575
at Oregon State 9.800 9.850 9.925 9.825 39.400
at Stanford 9.875 9.800 9.900 9.275 38.850
at Boise State 9.825 9.900 9.925 -- --
ARIZONA STATE 10.000 9.975 9.875 9.975 39.725
at Arizona 9.875 9.900 -- -- --
UCLA 9.325 9.900 9.450 -- --
UTAH/IOWA/UIC 9.925 9.925 9.300 9.925 39.075
at Seattle Pacific -- 9.925 -- -- --
BOISE STATE/SPU 9.925 9.950 9.900 9.950 39.725
Pac-10 Championships 9.800 9.875 9.925 9.900 39.500
NCAA West Regional 9.800 9.375 9.800 9.500 38.825
Career Bests 10.000 9.975 9.925 9.975 39.725
McDonald news and features:
• McDonald Carrying Her Share Of The Load - Gohuskies.com (Jan. 18, 2006)
• Q&A With Kelly McDonald - Gohuskies.com (Oct. 11, 2005)
• Q&A with Kelly McDonald - Gohuskies.com (Jan. 26, 2005)
