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Baleigh Garcia

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
West Boca Raton
Hometown:
Boynton Beach, Fla.

CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 9.900 (at NCAA Seattle Regional Final, 4/2/22)
• Bars - 9.850 (vs. Western Michigan, 3/5/22)
• Beam - 9.950 (3x, most recent at Big Ten Championships, 3/18/23)
• Floor - 9.850 (at NC State, 1/14/3)
• All-Around - 39.300 (vs. Nebraska/Ohio State, 1/30/21)

2024: Academic All-Big Ten ... Second-Team All-Big Ten ... Competed on beam in every meet in 2024 ... Scored a 9.900 on beam in MSU's Big Ten opener at Penn State (1/19) ... Earned a season-high 9.925 on beam to help MSU defeat Michigan on the road (2/4) ... Posted a 9.825 on beam vs. Illinois (2/9) and a 9.875 on beam vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam at the Big Five Meet (2/23) to lead the Spartans to their second-straight Big Ten regular season title ... Earned her third 9.900 of the season on beam vs. New Hampshire to collect her first event title of the season (3/1) ... Recorded three-straight 9.925s on beam, vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9), at Illinois State w/ Lindenwood (3/16) and at the Big Ten Championships (3/23) ... Earned back-to-back beam titles at the ISU Tri and at the Big Ten Championships, becoming MSU's first Big Ten champion on the event since 1996 while earning a spot on the All-Championship team for the second year in a row while helping MSU to its first Big Ten Championship title ... Competed on beam in the NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round (4/5) and regional final (4/7).

2023: Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... CSC Academic All-District ... Second-Team All-Big Ten ... Earned a share of the beam title at Alabama in MSU's season opener (1/9) with a 9.900 ... Scored a 9.825 on vault at Alabama ... Won the beam title with a 9.900 and scored a career-high 9.850 on floor at NC State (1/14) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam vs. Michigan (1/22) ... Earned a 9.850 on beam at Maryland ... Won her third beam title of the season with a season-high 9.925 vs. Penn State (2/4) .... Scored a 9.850 on vault for a season high vs. Penn State ... Scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.850 on beam at Iowa (2/11) ... Posted a season-high 9.875 on vault and 9.900 on beam at Big Fives (2/25) ... Scored a 9.900 on beam at Eastern Michigan w/LIU (3/3) ... Tied her career high with a 9.950, earning a 10.000 from one judge, vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) for the beam event title ... Scored a 9.800 on beam vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Competed on vault and floor at the Big Ten Championships (3/18), tying for second on beam with a 9.950 ... Earned a 9.825 on vault and 9.875 on beam in the NCAA Regional Pittsburgh Regional Final (4/2).

2022: WCGA Scholastic All-America award ... A Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... A second team All-Big Ten selection ... Won beam title at the tri-meet with UC Davis and Sacramento State on 1/9, scoring a 9.9 and tying her career-best beam performance ... Won her second straight beam title at home against Bowling Green and Illinois State on 1/15 with a 9.925, the 10th best beam score in MSU history ... Tied her vault career-high with a 9.800 also on 1/15 ... Won the beam title at Michigan on 1/30 with another 9.925 ... Set a new personal-best vault score in the meet with a 9.850 ... Tied her career-high 9.850 on vault on 2/5 against Maryland ... Won a share of the beam title on 2/13 against Illinois with a 9.925 ... Tied for seventh overall on vault at the Big Five meet on 2/19, scoring a 9.825 ... Won a share of the beam title at Ohio State on 2/26 with a 9.900 ... Tied for third overall on beam with a 9.900 at Kentucky on 3/11, her eighth beam score of 9.900 or higher this season ... Posted a 9.800 on vault at the Big Ten Championships ... Scored a 9.850 on beam at NCAA Regionals Second Round on 3/31 ... Tied for fourth overall and set a new career-high with a 9.950 on beam at NCAA Regional Finals 4/2 ... Also earned a new vault career-best of 9.900 at the Finals.

2021: WCGA Scholastic All-America award ... In her Spartan debut, she burst onto the scene at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU, claiming the all-around with a 39.300, as well as capturing the beam title with a 9.900, collecting both individual titles outright … Her 39.300 in the all-around is just shy of MSU’s top 10 individual all-around list, while her 9.900 on beam is tied for No.24 on the Spartans’ all-time beam list … Won second all-around title in second collegiate meet with 39.150, vs. OSU and Illinois … Tied for sixth in bars with a 9.825 vs. OSU and Illinois … Posted a career-high of 9.800 on vault which earned her a second-place finish in the event vs. OSU and Illinois.

Prior to MSU: Attended West Boca Raton Community High School … Trains at American Twisters Gymnastics Club in Coconut Creek, Fla., and coached by Christy Ramierez and Gary Anderson … Seven-year level 10 … 2014 U.S. Secret Classic Vault Champion … 2015 Hopes qualifier … Placed first on vault and floor and second all-around at the 2020 Magical Classic … Won the all-around with first place finishes on vault, bars and floor and third on beam at 2020 Elevate the Stage … Placed first on floor, second on beam and third on vault and all-around at the 2020 Tim Rand Invitational … Placed sixth on vault at the 2019 J.O. National Championships … Finished fourth on beam and all-around at the 2019 Region 8 Level 10 Regionals … Earned an all-around title and placed first on beam, second on bars and third on vault at the 2019 Florida Level 10 State Championships … Finished third on beam at the 2018 Region 8 Level 10 Regionals … Placed second all-around at the 2018 Florida Level 10 State Championships with a first place finish on vault … Finished seventh on vault at the 2017 J.O. National Championships … Placed third on all-around and vault and first on beam at the 2017 Region 8 Level 10 Regionals … Placed fourth all-around with second place finishes on vault, bars and beam at the 2017 Florida Level 10 State Championships … Placed 10^th in the all-around competition at the 2016 J.O. National Championships … Finished second on vault and all-around and third on beam at the 2016 Region 8 Level 10 Regionals … Won the all-around competition with first place finishes on vault, bars and beam and placed sixth on floor at the 2016 Florida Level 10 State Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Danielle and Alex Garcia … Has a sister, Hannah.