Erin Macadaeg
junior • AA • 2L • redwood city, calif. • carlmont hs • san mateo
Skilled as an all-arounder and excels on beam … Can step into any lineup and contribute solid performances … Served as the leadoff performer on beam as a sophomore and set the tempo by delivering big scores consistently … Has career highs of 9.925 on vault and 9.95 on beam and floor … Will continue to compete for a spot in several lineups in 2017.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)
Outstanding leadoff performer on beam in all 14 meets … Competed on vault in seven meets and in the floor lineup in one meet … Finished the season ranked No. 23 nationally on beam … Posted a career-best 9.95 in her only floor performance of the season at the Lady Luck Invitational (1/14) … Her 9.95 is the highest score in an LSU gymnast’s first career floor routine in program history … Posted season-high 9.925 three times on beam: at Georgia (2/13), at Florida (2/26) and vs. Alabama (3/4) … Tallied a season-high 9.90 on vault at Florida … Averaged a 9.824 on beam and a 9.768 on vault … Won four individual titles with three on beam and one on floor … Beam titles came at Lady Luck with a 9.875, at Georgia with a 9.925 and vs. Alabama with a 9.925 … Floor title was at Lady Luck … Posted 11 scores of 9.825 or better in 14 beam routines from the leadoff spot … Was outstanding in helping LSU earn a school-record second place finish in the NCAA Super Six (4/16) when she posted a 9.8875 on beam … Narrowly missed All-America honors on beam as she tied for ninth at NCAA Semifinal I (4/15) with a 9.875 in the leadoff spot … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)
Competed on beam in 12 of 13 meets and vaulted three times as well … Posted a season high of 9.95 on beam vs. Georgia (2/6) and 9.925 on vault at Centenary (3/13) … Earned SEC Specialist of the Week after she tallied a 9.95 to win the beam title in LSU’s victory against Georgia … In the season opener against Iowa (1/9) she became the first LSU gymnast since Rebecca Lightsey on Jan. 23, 2000 to score a 9.90 in her first collegiate beam routine … Posted eight scores of 9.825 or higher on beam and three scores of 9.90 or better … Named a Scholastic All-American and SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
Former elite gymnast who finished her career as a level 10 performer under the tutelage of coaches Armen Astoian and Oksana Bystrova at San Mateo Gymnastics … Ended her club career by showcasing her talent at the 2014 Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships where she earned a spot on the J.O. National Team by winning the beam and floor titles, placing second in the all-around and finishing fourth on vault … Won the floor title and finished second on vault at the 2014 Region 1 Championships … Captured the bars, beam and all-around titles at the 2014 NorCal state championships … In her final season of club gymnastics in 2014, she won four vault titles, five bars titles, four beam titles, five floor titles and four all-around titles … Competed as an elite gymnast in 2013 when she swept all five titles at the National Elite Qualifier … Earned third place on beam at the 2013 Secret U.S. Classic, an elite competition … Placed seventh on beam and 10th in the all-around at the 2013 P&G Championships … Won the beam national title at the 2012 Level 10 J.O. Championships after capturing the beam title at the state championships … Attended Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., where she graduated in 2014.
PERSONAL
Full name is Erin Deborah Macadaeg … Born June 23, 1996 in San Mateo, Calif. … Daughter of Richard and Joann Macadaeg … Has one brother, Joseph … Majoring in marketing.
MACADAEG’S CAREER INDIVIDUAL TITLES
Beam: 4
Floor: 1
Total: 5
“Erin is a tremendous role player on this team. She trains in the all-around and we have used her in every event during competition except uneven bars. We are focused on developing her so she can contribute the same way she does on balance beam. She has a tremendous amount of scoring potential. The value of what she brings to us in balance beam is very rare.”
• 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC Specialist of the Week (vs. Georgia)
• 2015 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
macadaeg’S CAREER HIGHS
Vault: 9.925 (3-13-15 at Centenary)
Beam: 9.950 (2-6-15 vs. Georgia)
Floor: 9.950 (1-14-16 vs. NC State at Lady Luck Invite)