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2002 — Returned to all-around competition on Mar. 16 at Alabama after recuperating from assorted injuries suffered in January … Scored a season-best 39.425 to place second at Alabama …?Also recorded season-bests on bars (9.85) and floor (9.875) …?Set season-best on bars (9.875) and floor (9.925) at the Pac-10 Championships …?Missed three meets with ankle and neck injuries then scored a 9.85 in her first meet back on vault and averaged 9.81 during the remainder of the season …?Recorded her season-best of 9.925 on vault in the season opener …?With Parker in the lineup, UCLA scored 49+ on vault 10 of 11 times … Has hit 26 consecutive vaults … Season-high on beam was 9.875, set Jan. 18 at Fullerton …?Placed first on beam two days later against Arizona State … Selected to the NACGC Scholastic All-America team for the third-straight year and to the first-team Pac-10 All-Academic and second-team Verizon Academic All-District VIII teams for the second-straight season, compiling a 3.73 GPA in Psychology.
2001 — Earned her first career perfect 10 on floor at Stanford on Jan. 14 …?Placed fourth on vault at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors …?Was one of just two competitors at the event finals to compete two 10.0 vaults (handspring front pike with a half-twist, layout cuervo) … Extremely consistent performer who averaged 9.8 or greater on all four events - 9.831 on vault, 9.821 on bars, 9.867 on beam and 9.814 on floor … Ranked seventh in the nation on vault …?West Regional co-champion on vault …?Scored career-highs on all events, with a 9.95 on vault, 9.975 on bars, 9.95 on beam, 10 on floor and 39.675 in the all-around …?Recorded nine first-place finishes, including a team-best five on vault … Won the all-around at Stanford and at Michigan State … Scored 39.4 or higher in four of five all-around attempts …?NACGC Scholastic All-American for the second consecutive year …?Voted to the Verizon Academic All-District VIII second team, one of just three underclassmen selected … First-team Academic All-Pac-10 selection.
2000 — Earned second-team All-America honors after placing 10th in the all-around at the NCAA Championships … Also earned second-team honors on bars … Academic All-American by the NACGC with a 3.665 GPA …?Recorded her career-high of 39.3 in the all-around at the NCAA Super Six … Tied her career-high on vault at Super Six with a 9.9 … Set career-highs at Regionals on beam (9.875) and floor (9.9) … Tied her career-high on bars with a 9.925 to tie for second place at the Pac-10 meet … Scored 39+ in the all-around six out of eight times with an average of 39.091 … Averaged 9.8 on vault and 9.797 on floor … Voted the team’s Co-Rookie of the Year.
Club — Competed with the Central California Gymnastics Institute for nine years under coach Donna Smith and also under coach Link Franzini for her senior year … Placed first on bars and 12th in the all-around at the 1999 Level 10 Nationals … Winner on bars, second-place finisher in the all-around and floor, and fourth-place finisher on vault and beam at the 1999 Level 10 Regionals … Finished ninth on bars at the 1998 Level 10 Nationals … Competed at the 1998 Spring Spectacular, placing first in the all-around, vault, bars and floor … Placed first in the all-around at the 1999 State Championships and the 1998 Regionals.
Personal — Describes her biggest athletic thrills prior to college as competing again after a two-year hiatus and winning the national bar title at the 1999 Level 10 Championships … Loves animals and anything outdoors …?Hobbies include reading, cooking, doing crafts, spending time with her family and friends, and working with kids …?Spent the summer of 2002 studying abroad in Spain …?Parents: Fred and Meri Lynn Parker … Has a younger brother, Clint … Full name is Kristin Leanne Parker … Born January 29, 1981 in Turlock, CA … Psychology major who hopes to work in the field of education.
