2011-12 Gymnastics
Rachel Goldenberg
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- AA
- Hometown:
- Doylestown, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Central Bucks Gymnastics
- High School:
- Central Bucks West
Kent State Awards & Honors
• MAC Specialist of the Week: 2011 (2/21)
• Letterwinner: 2009, '10, '11
Career Highs
Vault: 9.900
Uneven Bars: --
Balance Beam: --
Floor Exercise: 9.775
All-Around: --
2011 Junior Season Highlights
• Appeared 12 meets on the vault and six meets on the floor exercise.
• Recorded season averages of 9.692 on the vault and 9.696 on the floor exercise.
• Posted scores of 9.750 or better 10 times, including nine times on the vault and once on the floor exercise.
• Totaled three top-three finishes.
• Tallied a 9.750 on the vault against Sacramento State (1/14) in the Lady Luck Invitational as Kent State recorded a 195.475-189.625 win.
• Posted a 9.775 on the vault to help Kent State tie Brigham Young (1/21) for first place at the Cleveland quad meet with a team score of 194.775.
• Tied for second place with a 9.825 on the vault as Kent State placed second at the Michigan quad meet (1/29) with 194.675 points. . Also achieved a 9.750 on the uneven bars.
• Tallied a 9.800 on the vault against Central Michigan (2/12).
• Recorded a career-high score of 9.900 to tie for first place on the vault and earn her first career MAC Specialist of the Week honors as Kent State won at Northern Illinois (2/20), 194.800-192.875.
• Scored a 9.825 on the vault to tie for second place as Kent State topped Western Michigan (2/27), 195.875-194.975.
• Posted her second straight 9.825 on the vault as Kent State beat Ball State (3/6), 195.950-194.525.
• Scored a 9.800 on the vault at the MAC Championships (3/19).
• Recorded a career-high score of 9.775 on the floor exercise in addition to a 9.750 on the vault at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (4/2), helping Kent State place second with a 195.450 to advance to the national championships for the first time in school history.
2010 Sophomore Season Highlights
•Competed in two meets on the vault and one on the floor exercise.
•Recorded season averages of 9.775 on the vault and 8.925 on the floor exercise.
•Posted a personal season-high score of 9.775 on the vault as the Golden Flashes took down Eastern Michigan (1/16), 195.175-191.000.
2009 Freshman Season Highlights
•Competed in 12 meets on the vault.
•Took third place on the vault with a career-high mark of 9.800 against Western Michigan (3/15).
•Also received scores of 9.800 on vault at the MAC Championships (3/21) and against Maryland and Central Michigan (2/15).
•Finished 15th in the Mid-American Conference with a regional qualifying score of 9.765 on vault.
Prior to Kent State
•Recipient of the Leadership Award for Central Bucks Gymnastics in 2008.
•Placed fourth on vault at regionals twice.
•Selected as the Most Improved Gymnast in 2005 and '07.
•Named best vaulter in 2006, '07 and '08.
•Four-year honor roll honoree at Central Bucks West High School.
Personal
•Born March 23, 1990.
•Daughter of Jim and Pam Goldenberg.
•Majoring in human movement.
