2018-19 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Cassidy Keelen

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Junior
  • Last School(s) Laurel Springs
  • Hometown Lucas, Texas
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

As a Senior (2020):
Medically retired prior to the start of the 2020 season but will remain involved with the program as a student manager
 
As a Junior (2019):
Beam specialist for the Bears, claiming two titles and going 12-13 on the event…Five total Top 3 finishes on the balance beam…Competed on beam in both the NCAA Regional Second Round and Final, scoring a career-high 9.95 in the Regional Final to win the meet title…Did not compete at the Pac-12 Championships due to illness…Matched her career-high 9.90 on beam in the Cal quad meet…Set a career-best 9.90 on beam at Arizona to win her first collegiate event title…Matched her then-career-best 9.85 total on beam to take third vs. Stanford…Made her season debut with a 9.75 performance on beam at LSU
 
As a Sophomore (2018):
Team captain for 2018…Competed in every meet of the 2018 season, hitting 93 percent of her routines (25-27; 11-11 on vault, 12-13 on beam, 2-3 on floor)…Two Top 3 finishes…Vault and beam competitor in the NCAA Championships semifinal (4/20), scoring a 9.75 on beam…Hit both vault (9.80) and beam (9.775) at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional (4/7)…Matched her career-high 9.85 on beam for the fourth time in 2018 at the Pac-12 Championships (3/24)…Matched career-high 9.85s on both vault and beam in the home opener against Arizona (2/4)
 
As a Freshman (2017):
Competed in three meets before dislocating her knee in week four of the season to sideline her for the remainder of the season…Runner-up on beam at Iowa (1/15) with a 9.85 and third on vault with a 9.775…Took third on beam in her Cal debut at the NorCal Classic (1/9), scoring a 9.825 and also competing on vault (9.85) and floor (9.60)
 
High School/Club:
Member of the Texas Dreams gym club since 2010, coached by Kim Zmeskal-Burdette and Chris Burdette…2015 JO National Team member…Runner-up on all-around and vault, and third on floor and fourth on beam at 2015 JO Nationals…Beam Champion at the 2015 Level 10 Texas State Championships and Regional Championships; Also claimed second all-around at both meets…Runner-up on floor at Level 10 Regionals…Posted a second-place finish on bars at Level 10 State competition…Invited to the 2015 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup following an outstanding performance at the 2015 WOGA Classic, winning bars (9.80) and earning second in all-around (38.775), vault (9.75) and beam (9.725); fourth on floor (9.5)…Top-three all-around finisher in all seven meets of her 2015 season…Posted top 10 finishes in three events at the Supergirl Cup – vault (2nd), beam (4th) and floor (8th) with a ninth-place all-around total…Fifth all-around, second on floor and eighth on beam at 2014 JO Nationals…Vault and beam champion at Level 10 Regionals, third all-around (2014)…Floor champion at 2013 Regionals and runner-up on vault and all-around…Impressive performance at the 2012 Level 10 Regionals saw her take the all-around and floor crown and finish as a runner-up on vault and bars…Two-time Level 10 state floor and all-around champion (2012, 2013)…Also bars champion in 2012 and vault champion in 2013…Fifth all-around, second on beam and seventh on floor at JO Nationals (2012)…Western National All-Around Champion (2011)
 
Personal:
Started gymnastics in the second grade…Enjoys cooking and spending time with family and friends…. Parents are Greg and Stephanie…Brother, Blake, attends Colorado State
 
Major:
Cognitive Science
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2018-19Junior

    All-Around
    5'1"