Mary Lillian Sanders

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-1
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Prattville, Ala.
High School:
Evangel Family Christian Academy

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS:
2017 | Senior Honors —SEC Academic Honor Roll … Balance Beam — made her season debut on the balance beam with a season-best 9.825 at Oklahoma (1/6) … In The Classroom — carries a 3.68 cumulative grade point average into the spring semester.

2016 | Junior Honors — Scholastic All-American … SEC Academic Honor Roll … Balance Beam — made her career debut in Alabama’s competitive balance beam lineup at the SEC Championship and went on to compete on the beam during the entire championship portion of the season ...posted a career-best score of 9.85 on the balance beam at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Championships, a score she matched at the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals ... went exhibition on the balance beam in the season opener at UCLA, at the Elevate the Stage meet, against Auburn and against Kentucky ... In The Classroom — earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters ... carries a career GPA of 3.754.

2015 | Sophomore Honors — Scholastic All-American … Vault — made her debut in the Tide’s competitive lineup on the vault at Missouri ... Balance Beam — went exhibition in her Crimson Tide debut on the balance beam in the Tide’s season-opener against Arizona ... In The Classroom — earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester … carries a cumulative 3.809 GPA into her junior year.

2014 | Freshman Honors — Scholastic All-American … In The Classroom — Earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS:
Coached by Elena Bodrikova, Jessica Sedgwick and Otis Reeves at Prattville YMCA Gymnastics ... USA Junior Olympic National Championships Qualifier in 2008 and 2013 ... 2013 Alabama State and J.O. Region 8 Vault Champion ... won the vault and balance beam at the 2013 National Gymnastics Challenge ... named Art Student of the Year as a freshman ... earned a place on the “A” honor roll as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Full Name: Mary Lillian Sanders ... daughter of Stephanie and Bill Sanders ... sister – LouAnne Sanders Owens ... history major ... born May 24, 1995.

SANDERS’ TOP SCORES:
Vault: 9.750 | Beam: 9.850