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Illinois State University Athletics

2019 Gymnastics Roster

Meredith LaRoche

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Space Coast High School
  • Hometown Cocoa, Fla.

Biography

2019 Season: Appeared in all 12 meets for vault, nine meets for beam, 11 meets for bar, and two meets for floor for the Redbirds… set a career high 9.8750 on vault against Ball State (Feb. 24)… posted a career high 9.8750 on bars at the Illinois Classic (Mar. 9)… named MIC Performance of the Week for vault against Ball State and Southeast Missouri State (Feb. 27)… named MIC All-Conference 1st team on vault… finished at the MIC Conference Championship tying for fourth place on vault…received WCGA Scholastic All-America Award.

2018 Season: Competed in all 12 meets for the Redbirds in the vault… scored a 9.7500 against Alaska Anchorage (Jan. 21)...competed in the floor exercise at Central Michigan (Jan. 6), scoring a 9.7500.

2017 Season: Placed third in the All-around at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships with a score of 39.050 to earn First-Team All-MIC honors as the fourth Redbird to do so … Ranked fourth in the Conference with an RQS of 39.885 … Placed second in the All-Around competition against Lindenwood with a score of 38.700 … Placed fourth in the All-Around Competition in Illinois Classic with a score of 39.825, and a personal-best score of 9.750 on bars … Won in the All-Around against University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a personal-best score of 39.025 … Took second place in each individual events against University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with scores of 9.700 or above on each rotation … Finished the meet with back-to back score of 9.800 on beam and floor against University of Wisconsin-La Crosse … Finished second overall with a score of 38.975 against Iowa State and Gustavus Adolphus … Won the All-Around Competition against Southeast Missouri State … Place second in the All-Around competition with a score of 38.525, aided by a score of 9.700 on beam to finish in third place overall … Placed second overall in the All-Around with a score of 38.350 against Bowling Green State, and a second-place finish on the vault with a score of 9.800 … Named Midwest Independent Conference Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 10) … Won the All-Around competition at the Ozone Collegiate Gymnastics Classic with a personal best score of 38.925, with first-place ties of 9.750 on the floor and a recorded score of 9.700 on the beam … Received a perfect 4.0 Cumulative GPA for the 2017 season … Earned Midwest Independent Conference Academic All-Conference.

2016 Season: Posted a personal-best score of 9.825 on the vault at Lindenwood … Posted a season-high score of 9.675 on the uneven bars … Posted a season-high score of 9.700 on the balance beam … Posted a personal-best score of 9.900 on the floor … Recorded an All-Around score of 38.900 against Southeast Missouri State University (Feb. 19).

Space Coast High School: Competed at Brandy Johnson’s … Eleventh All-Around at National’s senior year … National team member … Vault, bars and All-Around State Champion.

Personal: Born May 4, 1997…Daughter of Richard and Sami LaRoche … Sister of Alexandra … Major: Biology.

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

All-Around

2016

9.8250

9.6750

9.7000

9.9000

38.9000

2017

9.8000

9.7750

9.8000

9.8750

39.0500

2018

9.7500

9.6750

9.0250

9.7500

37.8750

2019

9.8750

9.8750

9.7250

9.800

38.8000

Career Highs

9.8750

9.8750

 9.8000

9.9000

39.0500

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2018Junior

    5'5"
  • 2019Senior

    5'5"