2024 Gymnastics Roster

Hannah White

Payton Richards

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mokena, Ill.
  • Club Aerials Gymnastics Club
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Biography

Collegiate Bests:
Vault: 9.95     2-14-20/4-2-23
Bars: 9.875 1-29-21/3-31-23
Beam: 9.95 2-7-20
Floor: 9.925 Five times
AA: 39.575 4-2-23
 
FLORIDA CAREER NOTES:
· All-American (2023 NCAA)
· 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
· SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

AS A GRADUATE (2024):
  • Shared third in Mizzou to the Lou after matching collegiate floor exercise best of 9.925
  • Injured right foot during floor routine versus LSU.
  • Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll
AS A SENIOR (2023):
  • All-America second-team honors (9.8625) in NCAA Championships’ semifinal vault competition
  • Equaled collegiate vault best (9.95) to win NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Final.
  • Collegiate high all-around (39.575) set in NCAA Regional Final
  • Won first vault title since 2020 at Arkansas (9.925)
  • Equaled collegiate floor exercise best (9.925) three times, including in NCAA semifinal
  • Set season balance beam best (9.90) in NCAA Regional Final
  • Collegiate high uneven bars score of 9.875 anchored lineup in NCAA Regional Round II
  • Shared Gator Gymnastics’ Most Improved with Riley McCusker
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A JUNIOR (2022):
  • Opened season with a 9.875 on balance beam (Jan. 7)
  • Set collegiate floor exercise best (9.925) at Auburn
  • Earned 9.8125 in NCAA Team Final vault competition.
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)
  • Set season all-around best (39.525) to take second at LSU
  • Season floor best (9.875) in three consecutive meets (Missouri and at LSU, vs Kentucky)
  • Set collegiate bars best (9.875) versus Missouri
  • 2021 debut of Yurchenko 1.5 in home finale earned season-best 9.90
  • Competed as all-arounder in four meets
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2020):
  • Total versus LSU (39.50) is third highest ever for Gator making all-around debut. Equaled that total to take second at Auburn.
  • Won two vault titles – at Kentucky (9.925) and at Auburn (9.95). Score at Auburn is collegiate best.
  • Raised collegiate beam best to 9.95 versus Denver & Iowa State
  • In every bars and beam lineup of 2020
  • Member of SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • Three top-four individual finishes in 2018 Junior Olympic Level 10 Senior D Championships – floor exercise (tied for third), all-around (4th) and uneven bars (T4th)
  • Shared 2017 JO Level 10 Senior A beam title. Also shared second in all-around and runner-up on bars
  • 2016 JO Level 10 Junior E all-around co-champion and claimed beam title. Also shared third on vault
  • 2018 and 2017 Region 5 Level 10 balance beam champion and tied for second in 2019. All-around runner-up in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Also 2016 Region 5 Junior all-around champion
  • 2019, 2018, 2017 Region 5 All-Star Team
  • 2017 Metroplex Challenge beam champion. All-around runner-up and shared second on vault
  • Beam champion at 2019 Chris Waller Heart of a Champion meet.
  • Runner-up in three events competed at 2019 Midwest Open – vault, bars and beam.
  • 2019 Illinois Level 10 all-around, bars and beam champion. Vault and floor exercise runner-up. Fourth consecutive state all-around win.
  • 2018 Illinois Level 10 all-around, vault, bars, beam champion. Claimed 2017 state titles for all-around, vault and bars
  • Member of Aerials Gymnastics Club in Downers Grove, Ill., and coached by Don and Patrice McPherson
MAJOR:
Graduated fall 2023 with bachelor's degree in Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Graduate summer 2024 with master's degree in Entrepreneurship.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    AA
    5'1"

  • 2021Sophomore

    AA
    5'1"

  • 2022Junior

    AA
    5'1"

  • 2023Senior

    AA
    5'1"

  • 2024Graduate Student

    AA
    5'1"

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