2010: Carried a 3.74 GPA, earning NACGC Academic honors ... competed as an all-arounder in all 12 meets, as well as MAC
Championships ... First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC selection ... named team MVP ... earned MAC Gymnast of the Week in first two weeks of season ... tied
for first
on floor (9.850) at MAC Championships, which was just the 14th time in school
history a
Bronco has taken first in an event at the conference championships and
just the
fourth time ever on floor ... also finished sixth on beam (9.775) and eighth in
the
all-around(38.525) at the MAC Championships ... qualified as an at-large bid to NCAA Central
Regional, tying for 14th in all-around (38.575) ... finished first
in
all-around in four out of six meets during MAC duals ... set team season highs on
beam
(9.825), floor (9.875) and all-around (39.075) ... both beam and all-around scores were also personal highs and came against Kent State (3/21) ... had numerous
first-place
finishes in multiple events.
2009: Competed as an all-arounder in all 11 meets, as well as MAC Championships ... qualified as an at-large bid to the NCAA Central Regional in all-around ... reached the podium in two events at MAC Championships ... had second most individual first-place finishes with seven on season ... prior to 2009, Garbarino had only competed on vault and bars ... recorded team season highs on bars, beam, floor and all-around ... twice hit 9.700 on the vault, at Illinois-Chicago (1/31) and at MAC Championships (3/21) ... posted a 9.775 on bars and 9.800 on beam in back-to-back meets, vs. Northern Illinois (3/9) and at Kent State (3/15) ... twice recorded a 9.875 on floor, at Bowling Green (2/13) and at Kent State ... had a season-high 39.025 in the all-around at Kent State ... placed sixth on floor with a 9.825 and in the all-around with a 38.500 at the MAC Championships (3/21) ... took 17th in the all-around at the NCAA Central Regional (4/4) scoring a 38.225.
2008: Named Freshman of the Year ... received NACGC All-Academic Team honors ... competed in final eight meets of the season after missing the first five with injury ... had bars score counted towards team total seven of eight meets ... placed first on the bars with a career-high 9.750 against Bowling Green (2/24) ... finished ninth on the bars at the MAC Championships with a 9.700 (3/29).
HS/Club: Trained at World Class Gymnastics Academy ... five-time national qualifier ... third place beam, fourth place floor, 12th place all-around at nationals junior year ... sixth place floor at nationals sophomore year ... 2006 New York all around, beam and floor champion as a junior ... 2007 all around and bars champion ... 2004 Regional bars champion ... regional vault champion 2003 ... six-time Empire State Games competitor – part of the 2004 gold medal team ... on high school honor roll.
Personal: Born Sept. 14, 1989, in Albany, N.Y. ... daughter of Richard and Kathleen Garbarino ... maintains a 3.74 GPA, majoring in advertising & promotion.
Garbarino’s Career Highs
Vault: 9.700 (4x, last: at MAC Championships, 3/27/10)
Bars: 9.800 (2x, last: at Kent State, 3/21/10)
Beam: 9.825 (vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/28/10)
Floor: 9.875 (3x, last: at Kent State, 3/21/10)
All-Around: 39.075 (at Kent State, 3/21/10)
* entering 2011 season
