Kara Wright

Position:
AA
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School:
First Colonial

As a Junior:
Team's Most Outstanding Gymnast of 2009 ... Named to first-team All-EAGL team in all-around and uneven bars ... Earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors ... Received EAGL All-Academic honors ... Named 2009 NACGC Academic All-America ... Earned coaches award on uneven bars ... Recorded a personal best 9.875 on uneven bars at New Hampshire, the Governor's Cup, LSU and Alabama ... Took first on uneven bars on three occasions including the Governor's Cup ... Placed first on uneven bars and third in all-around at New Hampshire ... Finished first on vault and third in all-around at Kentucky ... Captured first on bars and all-around at Maryland ... Scored a personal-best 39.200 in all-around at Maryland ... Earned a second place finish at EAGL Championships.

As a Sophomore:
Earned first-team All-EAGL honors in vault, balance beam, floor exercise and all-around ... Named to the EAGL All-Academic Team ... Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America at-large second team ... Earned the coaches award on balance beam ... Competed in all 11 meets as an all-arounder ... Was one of Carolina's most consistent performers ... Scored a person-best 39.125 in the all-around at West Virginia and at the Tar Heel Invitational ... Scored a season-best 9.875 on floor exercise at the Tar Heel Invitational ... Won the floor exercise competition at the season-opening George Washington Invitational ... Captured the vault title with a 9.875 at the Governor's Cup meet ... Finished eighth in the all-around at the EAGL Championships with a 38.850.

As a Freshman:
Member of the EAGL All-Academic Team...had one of her strongest meets against Alabama where she tied for eighth on floor exercise with a personal best score of 9.800...at the same meet placed fifth on all-around with a personal best 39.050...against New Hampshire set a personal best on beam with a score of 9.800...tied for sixth on uneven bars with a personal best score of 9.825...at the NCAA Regional tied for third on vault with a personal best 9.900...her personal best score on vault ranks fourth on Carolina's overall scores...received EAGL Rookie of the Week for her strong meet against George Washington, Rhode Island, Towson and William & Mary...All-EAGL second-team selection on vault.

Prep:
Club (World Class Gymnastics): Trained under Tami Elliott Harrison and Jon Angle ... Member of the 2006 Junior National Team and was the Junior Olympic National all-around and floor exercise champion... 2006 Region VII all-around champion and was first on floor ... 2006 Virginia state all-around champion, wining all four events ... Qualified to Senior International Elite status in 2005 ... Member of the 2004 Junior Olympic National Team ... 2006 Virginia Athlete of the Year ...High School (First Colonial): 2006 national all-around champion ... Four-time state all-around champion ... 2006 Virginia Beach High School's Athlete of the Year ... 2006 Virginia Pilot Athlete of the Year ... Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta ... Virginia Pilot Scholastic Achievement Team ... Norfolk Sports Club Scholastic Award ... AP Scholar.

Personal:
Daughter of David and Gay Wright...born August 21, 1988 in Bethesda, Md. ...given name is Kara Elizabeth Wright... Has two brothers, Rob (28) and Scott (23) ... Majoring in journalism and mass communication ... Member of the UNC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Carolina Leadership Academy.

Personal Bests
Vault: 9.925 - 2/14/10 - Chapel Hill, N.C.
Uneven Bars: 9.875 (5 times) - most recently on 3/27/10 - Durham, N.H. (EAGL Championships)
Balance Beam: 9.825 - 3/6/09 - College Park, Md.
Floor Exercise: 9.900 - 3/20/10 - Chapel Hill, N.C.
All-Around: 39.325 (twice) - most recently on 3/27/10 - Durham, N.H. (EAGL Championships)