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Taira Neal

Player Profile
Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Normal, Ill.

High School:
University

Height:
5-3

Club:
Gymnastics Etc.

04/30/2012

Gymnasts Honored at Team Banquet

The MSU gymnastics team held its annual team banquet on Sunday (April 29).

04/07/2012

Gymnastics Competes in NCAA Auburn Regional

Spartans score 194.050 at 2012 NCAA Regional

04/06/2012

Gymnastics Prepares for NCAA Auburn Regional

The Spartans head to Auburn, Ala. for seventh straight NCAA appearance.

03/28/2012

2011-12 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Selections Announced

Forty-nine Spartans student-athletes were recognized for having a 3.0 or better GPA.

03/26/2012

Gymnastics Selected to Auburn Region for NCAA's

The Spartans were selected for the sixth straight season


2012: Second-Team All-Big Ten ...Academic All-Big Ten...Recorded a career-best 9.925 on the vault at Iowa and tied that mark three more times...MSU's top individual performer in the 2012 NCAA Auburn Regional with a 9.900 score and fourth place finish on the vault...Won the vault nine times and placed in the event in all but one regular-season meet...Her 9.925 vault score is tied for fifth-best in the MSU recordbooks...Tied her career-best 9.775 on the bars at the 2012 NCAA Auburn Regional...Led MSU on the vault with a 9.900 RQS...Earned MSU's Kathryn Mahoney Award

2011: Academic All-Big Ten ... Made her collegiate debut against Iowa, Michigan & Western Michigan after missing last year due to preseason surgery ... Posted a career-best 9.775 on the vault at the Big Ten Championships ... Recorded a career-high 9.250 on the beam at New Hampshire ... Was the top Spartan on the vault at the NCAA Corvallis Regional with a personal-best 9.775.

2010: Medical Redshirt.

Prior to Michigan State: Trained at Gymnastics Etc. under the direction of Teresa Millmore ... Qualified for nationals in both 2007 and 2008 ... Won vault, bars, floor and all-around at states in 2008 ... Was the regional vault champion in 2008, posting a score of 9.95 ... Finished first at Nationals on vault in 2007 with a score of 9.85.

Personal: Born May 5, 1991 to Ira and Demetra Neal-Harper ... Older sister, Nicole, runs track at McKendree University.