2023 Gymnastics Roster

Leah Clapper

  • Position All Around
  • Height 4-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Ann Arbor, Mich
  • Club Gym America
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Biography

Collegiate Bests:
Vault:
Bars: 9.875 1-8/2-19-21
Beam: 10.0* 2-19-21
Floor: 9.90 4-3-21
AA:
*UF record
 
FLORIDA CAREER NOTES:
· 2021 WCGA All-American
· 2021 All-SEC
· 2022 & 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American
· 2022 Scholar-Athlete of the Year at INFLCR NIL Summit
· 2021 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
· 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 WCGA Scholastic All-American
· 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
· 2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

AS A GRADUATE (2023):
  • Exhibition balance beam (9.60) versus Kentucky
  • Led off floor exercise lineup at Oklahoma with a 9.75
  • Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll
  • Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-American
AS A SENIOR (2022):
  • Anchored balance beam lineup with a 9.975 to take second versus Arkansas
  • 9.95 in season opener shared beam win with Sloane Blakely. Used same score to share win versus LSU
  • Shared second in NCAA Auburn Regional final beam standings (9.95)
  • Led off floor lineup at Missouri with a 9.85.
  • 2022 Scholar-Athlete of the Year at INFLCR NIL Summit
  • 2022 College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) Academic All-America At-Large second team
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • Gator Gymnastics’ Graduate Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
AS A JUNIOR (2021):
  • All-America balance beam first-team in the WCGA regular-season awards
  • All-SEC Conference
  • Turned in Florida’s ninth 10.0 for balance beam to win Kentucky dual event title
  • Shared Feb. 26 Auburn beam win with teammate Ellie Lazzari at near-perfect 9.975
  • Shared NCAA Athens Regional Final beam win (9.95)
  • Anchored uneven bars lineup at Auburn in first lineup appearance, sharing second with teammate Trinity Thomas at 9.875. Earned same mark versus Kentucky
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large first team
  • Gator Gymnastics’ Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • SEC Scholar-Athlete of Year
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
  • Anchored lineup versus Alabama to win first beam title of Gator career with a collegiate best 9.975
  • Shared second at Georgia with beam mark of 9.95
  • Pair of exhibition routines in Feb. 7 tri-meet – 9.85 on bars and 9.825 on beam
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll 
AS A FRESHMAN (2019):
  • Part of five balance beam lineups, earning a 9.875 four times (and a 9.825 in other)
  • Inserted in beam lineup for season opener after training injury to Alyssa Baumann, anchoring lineup with a 9.875
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • Took 15th in 2017 P&G Senior Women’s all-around
  • 12th in 2017 U.S. Classic all-around, taking 10th in floor exercise
  • Second in 2017 American Classic all-around, taking third in both balance beam and floor
  • Placed 13th in 2016 Secret U.S. Classic all-around
  • Ninth in all-around at 2018 Junior Olympic Level 10-Senior D Championship
  • Seventh in all-around, tied for fourth on floor and tied for fifth on beam at 2016 J.O. Level 10-Junior D Championships
  • Member of Gym America under coach and past Gator gymnast Claudia Kretschmer, Brian Zook, Ed Kretschmer
MAJOR:
  • Graduated summa cum laude in August of 2021 with bachelor's degree in Advertising.
  • Graduated in August of 2022 with master's in Mass Communications.
  • Graduated in August of 2023 with master's  Entrepreneurship.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    All Around
    4'11"
  • 2020Sophomore

    All Around
    4'11"
  • 2021Junior

    All Around
    4'11"
  • 2022Senior

    All Around
    4'11"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    All Around
    4'11"