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Isabelle Schaefer
- Position:
- AA
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Cannon School
Bio
Collegiate Bests: | ||
Vault: | 9.825 | 3/6/22 |
Bars: | 9.925 | Seven times |
Beam: | 9.300 | 1/15/22 |
CAREER HONORS:
- 2024 All-ACC First Team (bars)
- 2024 All-ACC Championship Teams (bars)
- 2024 NCAA Regional individual qualifier
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2022, 2023 All-EAGL Team
- 2022, 2023 EAGL All-Tournament Team
- Bars: 9.925 - T-3rd
- Named All-ACC First Team on bars
- Named to the All-ACC Championship Team on bars
- Competed in every bars lineup as well as five vault lineups
- Finished the season ranked second in the ACC and fifth in the Southeast Region on bars (9.91 NQS)
- Scored 9.875 on bars at the UNC Quad Meet on Jan. 5 to tie for first place and posted a season-high 9.775 on vault
- Matched her career-high 9.925 on bars at the ESPN Collegiate Quad in Utah on Jan. 12 to tie for second place
- Named the program’s first-ever ACC Specialist of the Week on Jan. 15
- Matched her career-high 9.925 on bars vs. Clemson on Jan. 26 to win the event, also scoring 9.75 on vault
- Won bars vs. Pitt on Feb. 16 while matching her career-high 9.925
- Placed third on bars vs. No. 6 Kentucky on March 8 with another 9.925
- Runner-up on bars (tied career-high 9.925) at the ACC Championships to earn All-ACC Championship Team honors
- Earned a 9.85 on bars at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, the first individual regional berth of her career
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
2024 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES:
- Bars: 9.875 - Jan. 5
- Bars: 9.925 - Jan. 26
- Bars: 9.925 - Feb. 16
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023):
- Named Second Team All-EAGL on bars
- Named First Team EAGL All-Tournament on bars
- Competed in every bar lineup of the year, making four appearances on vault
- Earned marks of 9.825 on bars in the first three meets of the season
- Posted a 9.900 on bars vs. George Washington on Jan. 28 to win that event, the third event title of her career
- Tied for second on bars (9.875) on Feb. 4 at the NC State tri-meet with Western Michigan
- Placed third on bars (9.925) at the UNH quad meet with LIU and GWU on Feb. 12, matching her career-high
- Season-high 9.775 on vault on March 10 at Mizzou Quad Meet
- Runner-up on bars (9.900) at the EAGL Championships on March 18
- Named to the EAGL All-Scholastic Team
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Bars: 9.900 - Jan. 28
- Named to First Team All-EAGL on bars
- Named to First Team All-EAGL Tournament on bars
- Competed in all but one meet of the season, appearing in the bars lineup 12 times, five times on vault and once on beam
- Shared the first bars title of the season with teammate Lali Dekanoidze on Jan. 7 in their first collegiate meet, beating out Olympic all-around gold medalist Suni Lee
- Took home second bars title of the season at LIU in a career-best of 9.925, also posting a 9.825 in first vault appearance
- Named to the EAGL All-Scholastic Team
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Bars: 9.875 - Jan. 7
- Bars: 9.925 - March 6
- Trained at Everest Gymnastics under coaches Qi Han, Yiwen Chen and Biyu Sun
- 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup Qualifier
- 2017, 2018 Junior Olympic Nationals Qualifier
- Runner-up on bars at the 2017 Junior Olympic Nationals
- Birthday is September 17
- Daughter of Amy and Mark Schaefer
- Has two siblings: Claire and William
- Majoring in psychology
- Chose Carolina for the welcoming and inclusive community, and because it felt like home
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