2024 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Biography
Career-Highlights
Event |
Career-High Score |
Vault |
9.825 | 2x, last at Big Five | 2/24/23 |
Floor |
9.925 | vs. Kentucky, Illinois State | 3/11/23 |
Junior - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in 15 meets this season, mostly on floor
- Earned a spot on the All-Championship Team at the Big Ten Championships for placing seventh on floor with a 9.900
Sophomore - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in 10 meets on vault and floor
- Made Illini vault debut against Rutgers
- Set a career-high on vault with a 9.825 at Big Five
- Scored a career-high 9.925 on floor versus Kentucky/Illinois State -- the same meet where the 14-year-old team floor record was broken
- Made floor debut at Big Five
Freshman - 2022
High School/Club
- 2x National Qualifier
- First on vault at the 2018 Level 9/10 Regional Championships
- Placed first on vault three times at the state championships
Personal
- Born February 6, 2003
- Parents are Scott and Lindsay Fitzgibbon
- One sibling, Bradley
- Uncle, John, played baseball at St. Joseph's College, cousin, Paige Bendell played soccer at University of South Carolina, cousin, Nick Bendell, played volleyball at Harvard University
- Uncle, Michael Gorski and cousin, Matthew Gorski both attended Illinois
- Pursuing her bachelor's degree in actuarial science
- Chose Illinois because, "they are ranked among the best in the nation in their academic programs and athletic culture. As I continued my gymnastics career, I wanted a home that would value me as a student athlete and help me to achieve my career goals."
Historical Player Information
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2022Freshman
All-Around
5'5"
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2023Sophomore
All-Around
5'5"
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2024Junior
All-Around
5'5"