Courtney Turco

Position:
AA
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Springfield, Va.
High School:
West Springfield

As a Junior: Competed in 12 meets ... Set a personal best 9.700 on floor exercise at the NCAA Regionals ...member of the EAGL All-Academic Team...received NACGC Academic All-America honors

As a Sophomore: 2005 NACGC Academic All-America...member of EAGL All-Academic Team...set a personal best of 9.675 on floor exercise against Rutgers and William & Mary...achieved a personal best of 9.575 on beam against NC State...received team's Most Improved Gymnast Award.

As a Freshman: Competed on vault several times for the Tar Heels, twice regularly and six times in exhibition...high score was a 9.80 as exhibitionist vs. James Madison...member of EAGL All-Academic Team...NACGC Academic All-America...writer for the Blue & White, a campus magazine.

Prep: TOPS national team member...Junior National Elite qualifier...Level 10 vault champion at 2002 Regionals...competed on 2001 Level 10 Virginia state runner-up team...member of Level 10 Region 7 national team...Level 10 State and Regional qualifier for six years...Level 9 state uneven bars champion...runner-up on beam at 2003 Level 10 state championship...senior class Valedictorian...member of National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, National Art Honor Society and Student Congress..."Odyssey of the Mind" coach for fourth and fifth graders...A-B Honor Roll throughout high school.

Personal: Daughter of Edward and Lisa Turco...born Feb. 14, 1985, in Alexandria, Va....given name is Courtney Leigh Turco...majoring in journalism with a minor in creative writing...wants to move to Europe one day to write.

Personal Bests at UNC
Beam: 9.575 vs. NC State 2-27-05
Floor: 9.675 vs. Rutgers, William & Mary 2-19-05
Vault: 9.800 vs. James Madison 2-27-05