Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast (born September 19, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio)[1] She attended the University of Georgia from 1996 to 1999, and was part of both NCAA Championship teams in 1998 and 1999. She earned first-team All-America certificates in all five categories both of those years and earned a total of 11 All-America awards in her career. The Southeastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nations's top gymnast in 1999.[2][3]

On February 23, 1996, during her freshman year, she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to score an extremely rare perfect 40.0 in the all-around. As of 2022, she remains the only collegiate gymnast ever to accomplish this feat.[4][5]

Career Perfect 10.0

Season Date Event
1996 February 11, 1996 Vault
February 23, 1996 Vault
Uneven Bars
Balance Beam
Floor Exercise
1997 January 19, 1997 Vault
Uneven Bars
1998 January 17, 1998 Uneven Bars
January 25, 1998
February 6, 1998
February 14, 1998 Vault
March 21, 1998
April 4, 1998 Uneven Bars
Floor Exercise
1999 January 16, 1999 Uneven Bars
January 22, 1999 Vault
Floor Exercise
February 26, 1999 Vault
March 5, 1999 Uneven Bars
March 20, 1999

After graduating from college with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 2000, she married Mike Usry and had two children. She has been a volunteer coach for the University of Georgia women's gymnastics team. She is the former Director of Board Relations at the University of Georgia Foundation and Director of the Emeriti Trustees and the Board of Visitors in the Division of Development & Alumni Relations at the University of Georgia.[6][7][8] She now works full-time at Southland Organics, a company that she co-founded in 2009. [9]

References

  1. ^ "Karin Lichey". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ Richtman, Caitlyn (2019-04-16). "Karin Lichey Usry reflects on her time as a GymDog". UGA Alumni Association. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ "Karin Lichey Usry Bio". georgiadogs.com.
  5. ^ "Hill: The Perfect 40 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  6. ^ "Where Are They Now?". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  7. ^ Richtman, Caitlyn (2019-04-16). "Karin Lichey Usry reflects on her time as a GymDog". UGA Alumni Association. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  8. ^ "Karin Lichey Usry Division of Development & Alumni Relations".
  9. ^ "Karin Usry". Southland Organics.
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