Kristin Peters

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Maineville, Ohio
Prev School:
Kings
High School:
Kings

2009-2010: Kent State gymanstics head coach Brice Biggin is pleased to welcome back Kristin Peters as a graduate assistant coach for the 2009-10 school year.
“The coaching staff is excited,” said Biggin. “To not only bring back someone of that caliber, but also to bring back a quality person in Kristin Peters is huge. We are really looking for her to help our younger athletes and to help us to take another step to becoming a better team.
In 2007 and ‘08, Peters won Mid-American Conference championships on both bars and beam. She joins Shelly Stambaugh and Michelle Naessig (both with five) as the only KSU gymnasts with four or more MAC titles. She is also the only KSU gymnast to win two conference titles on beam and only the second to win twice on bars (Naessig on bars 1996-97).
With the hiring of Peters, three of the four current gymnastic coaches have competed for and graduated from Kent State. She joins head coach Brice Biggin and assistant coach Thomas Ward in this regard.
Competing on vault, bars and beam during her athletic career, Peters will assist on all events.
“Even though she didn’t compete on floor, she will be able to watch a floor routine, pick out the good and tell some of the athletes what they need to do to make their routine better,” explained Biggin. “We will try to use her everywhere and see where she is most comfortable at.
“She understands the team sport of gymnastics so well and displayed that so well when she was here. We are thrilled to have her back with us” said Biggin.
Peters is seeking her masters in sports managent and resides in Kent, Ohio.

2007: Qualified for the NCAA Championships on the uneven parallel bars and the beam events...placed fifth on the bars with a mark of 9.850 and finished ninth on the beam with a score of 9.800...won MAC individual titles on both the beam and the uneven parallel bars...scored a 9.900 on the beam to win by .05...received marks of 9.875 on the bars and finished in first by .075 of a point...named to the All-MAC Gymnastic First Team...received a career-high mark of 9.925 on the beam against Pittsburgh 2/23...had career-high 9.925 mark on the beam and a career-best 9.875 score in the vault against Central Michigan 2/25, finishing first and fourth respectively.

2006: Competed in all 11 meets...served as team tri-captain...ranked first in MAC and 10th in the Central Region on bars with a 9.820 RQS...also scored a career-high tying and MAC season-best 9.900 on bars against Eastern Michigan on 2/26/06...tops MAC Best list on that event...captured six bars titles on the year...in meets where she did not finish first she placed in top three in all...ranked tied for fifth in MAC on beam with RQS of 9.705 and season average of 9.666...finished first with a season-high 9.825 on beam against Central Michigan on 2/24/06...with that score she placed on the MAC Best List...Also earned seven top five finishes on that event...increased vault difficulty from a 9.800 to a 10.000 this season...scored a career-high 9.825 for a second place finish against Northern Illinois (3/12/06)...currently ranks in the top-ten all-time in Kent State gymnastics’ history tied for fifth on bars (9.900) and tied for sixth on beam (9.925)...named MAC Specialist of the Week 3/13/06.

2005: Appeared in 12 meets on bars and averaged a 9.790...her bars average was tied for 22nd in the Central Region...posted seven top-three finishes, including three first-place titles...Was named the MAC Specialist of the Week Feb. 7...tallied a personal-best 9.9 on bars against Bowling Green...that score is tied for sixth on the school’s all-time top 10 list...won bars at the All-Ohio Championships with a 9.85...registered a 9.8 or better in six meets...on the MAC top performance list, she was tied for third with a 9.9.

Prior to Kent State: Level 10 gymnast...regional qualifier...member of Queen City Gymnastics in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Personal: Born Sept. 25, 1986...daughter of Sandy Peters and Steve Licardi...majoring in communications.