2023 Gymnastics Roster
Soraya Hawthorne
- Height:
- 4-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
CAREER HIGHs (career routines)
VAULT: 9.900 (21)
BEAM: 9.875 (19)
FLOOR: 9.975 (28)
2022 (Junior): competed in all 12 meets on floor, ten times on beam, and nine on vault… scored a career high 9.975 on floor against Missouri, helping the GymDogs to a 49.625 for the rotation, marking the highest event score under head coach Courtney Kupets Carter… notched a career high 9.875 on beam at Arkansas… scored a season high 9.850 four times- versus Auburn, Missouri, at Elevate the Stage, and the NCAA Auburn Regional… earned two event titles for her performance on floor- against LSU and Missouri… named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Sophomore): Competed in all nine meets on floor, five times on beam, and four on vault… earned a career-high of 9.900 twice on vault at Auburn and at Missouri, a 9.875 on beam against Arkansas… scored a season-high 9.925 twice on floor at Auburn and at Missouri… scored a 9.900 or better six times on vault and floor… named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll…named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics fall spring honor roll
2020 (Freshman): competed in all 10 meets on vault in addition to nine appearances on floor and four on beam… posted a high-score of 9.950 in her second floor routine against LSU… scored her best on vault at Kentucky with a 9.900 and debuted on beam with her best score (9.850) in the UGA Tri-Meet… shared one event title on floor against LSU where she tied for the Georgia’s best score of the event with Rachael Lukacs and Sabrina Vega… was also Georgia’s high scorer on vault in her debut at the Critique Classic (9.875)
Club:trained at Gymstars Gymnastics….2018 National Vault Champion, while also finishing fifth all-around, and ninth on floor and bars at the Junior Olympics Nationals…finished third on vault and ninth all-around at the 2017 Junior Olympics Nationals…finished ninth on floor at Junior Olympics Nationals in 2016… has a skill named after her in the USA Junior Olympics Code of Points, called the "Hawthorne"… 2015 floor champion, placed second in the all-around, third on vault and third on beam at the Level 9 Eastern Championships
