Tacia LaBatte
Class: Junior
Hometown: Kaneohe, HI
High School: Castle HS
University: University of WashingtonPersonal
Born April 3, 1982 in Kaneohe, Hawaii . . . stepfather, Joe Rapp, is a gymnastics coach ... mother Tani is a bank teller . . . has three younger siblings, Isaiah, Tamara, and Tiara . . . graduated high school with a 3.93 GPA . . . member of dance and cheer team in high school . . . placed second at the Junior Olympic Nationals . . . three-time international team member of Region II All-Stars ... coached by stepfather (Joe) on the club level.
Washington
Will go as an all-arounder for the Huskies... one of three Washington gymnasts to compete at the 2003 NCAA Championships... fully recovered from a broken foot that sidelined her for much of the 2001 campaign... has not yet won an event championship as a Husky. 2004 (Junior): Competed in 11 of 13 meets during the season... a regular in the Huskies vault, bars and floor lineup during the year... tied for 14th on bars at the North Central regional (9.750)... only all-around effort came at Arizona... won two event titles this year... an honorable mention selection to the Pac-10 All-Academic team... tied her career best score on the bars as the leadoff man against Boise State and Seattle Pacific (9.875)... tied her career best score to win the floor title against Utah, Iowa, and Illinois-Chicago (9.950)... also tied her career best score for fifth place on vault (9.925)... tied her career high score on the bars against UCLA (9.875) for seventh place... finished sixth on the vault (9.825) and tied for eighth on floor (9.850) against UCLA... in her first all-around performance of the season at Arizona, tied her career best score with a 39.325... set new career highs on vault (9.925) and bars (9.875) against Arizona State... won her first career-event title at Stanford on the vault (9.900)… set new career high on beam at the Cancun Invitational (9.825)… scored above a 9.750 in her 11 vault performances on the season… her scores counted to the Husky total 25 out of 30 routines this season. 2003 (RS Sophomore): Advanced to the NCAA Championships after placing fifth at the NCAA West Regional ... placed 18th overall in her session at nationals ... only competed four times in the all-around during the season ... set career high score of 39.350 at dual meet at Utah ... also set career marks in vault (9.900), bars (9.850) and beam (9.800) during that competition ... scored 9.950 in two meets ... an honorable mention selection to the Pac-10's All-Academic squad ... winner of the team's most improved award. 2002 (Sophomore): Only competed at Stanford before suffering a season ending foot injury … scored a career best of 9.600 on the vault and 9.725 on the beam ... suffered a broken foot in the summer that limited her preseason training. 2001 (Freshman): While competing at Utah she posted a career high of 9.650 on vault and a career high of 9.875 for the Utes.