Senior - 2015

• Morgantown Regional Champion on bars
• Qualified individually for the NCAA Championships on bars
• NACGC/W Second Team All-American on bars and beam
• First-Team All-Big Ten selection
• Big Ten All-Championships Team
• Competed in every meet on bars and beam, hitting 26 of 27 events  
• Claimed the second most individual titles on the team with a total of eight
• Tied the school record beam score with a 9.950, achieving a new career high in the process, at home against Oklahoma
• Achieved a career-high beam score of 9.925 twice
• Finished the season ranked 13th in the nation on bars with a RQS of 9.905 and 15th in the nation on beam with a RQS of 9.900.
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Scholastic All-American 

Junior - 2014

• Competed in every meet on bars and beam, hitting 25-of-28 routines
• Won the team's Most Outstanding Gymnast Award
• Minneapolis Regional Champion on bars, achieving a new career high of 9.925 in the process (tied the fourth highest of all-time at Illinois)
• Also set a new career high of 9.925 on beam, tying the second highest score in school history
• First-Team All-Big Ten selection
• Ranked fifth in the Big Ten on beam (T-27th Nationally) with a 9.87 RQS and third on bars (T-24th Nationally) with a 9.895 RQS
• Led the team with 11 individual titles, including six on bars and five on beam
• Scored a 9.9 or higher eight times
• Hit at least a 9.875 on bars in four of the final five meets and only dropped below a 9.8 three times on beam
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Scholastic All-American
• Chi Alpha Sigma inductee

Sophomore - 2013

• Second-Team All-Big Ten
• Competed in every meet on bars and beam
• Led the team on beam with a 9.85 at the NCAA Championships
• Delivered a crucial 9.875 on beam at the Morgantown Regional in what was the final apparatus
• Earned the second most individual titles on the team with four, two on beam and two on bars
• Set career highs of 9.9 on both bars and beam
• Most Consistent Beam award winner
• Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Nominated for the Fighting Illini Spirit Award

Freshman - 2012

• Did not compete
• Was awarded Scholastic All-American

High School/Club

• Two-time JO Level 10 National Qualifier
• Five-time JO Level 10 Regional Qualifier
• 2010 JO Level 10 State bar champion
• 2007 JO Level 10 National bar champion
• All-Around champion at the 2006 Pre-Elite US Challenge
• Received her high school's Academic Excellence Award for earning a GPA over 4.0
• Was part of her high school's College Prep and Veterinarian Mentor Program
• Competed for Team OC
• Coached by Brent Gohres and Gaby Shirazi

Personal

• Born Dec. 23, 1992
• Daughter of Sami and Joe Kato
• Has one sister, Milky
• Says she chose Illinois because "The team chemistry is amazing and we aren't just a team, we're a family. On top of that, the campus is beautiful, the education is one of the best, and the gymnastics program just keeps on growing and improving. Illinois has the potential to be in the top 12 spots every year, and the fight and drive to be in the top spots is the reason why I chose Illinois."
• Double majoring in communications and sociology

Career Highs

Bars: 9.950 (at 2015 NCAA Regional, 4/44/15)

Beam: 9.950 (vs. Oklahoma, 2/27/15)

Career Titles

Bars: 11
Beam: 12
Total: 23