Karin Lichey Usry is an Americangymnast (born September 19, 1977 inCincinnati, Ohio)[1] She attended theUniversity 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. TheSoutheastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999. She won theHonda 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]
| 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 theUniversity 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]
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