Maurella Walls Class: Senior Hometown: Elmhurst, Pa. High School: North Pocono Height: 5-3 Birthdate: 09/13/1980 Club Team: Keystone Gymnastics

2002: Performed one vault and scored a 9.600 at State of Michigan Classic Feb. 3, before missing remainder of season with an injury.

2001: Earned her second collegiate letter … competed in all but two meets in the vault ... posted a career-best 9.700 on two occassions: Feb. 17 at New Hampshire and March 5 at Pittsburgh ... had a 9.625 vault Feb. 9 at Ohio State and again March 17 vs. Missouri.

2000: Earned her first collegiate letter … competed mainly on the vault … recorded a season-high 9.675 on March 11 … scored no lower than 9.200 during the season on vault … competed in the Big Ten Championships on vault … delivered the team’s second-best vault score (9.600) at the 2000 NCAA Region IV Championships.

Pre-MSU: Graduate of North Pocono High School ... competed for Keystone Gymnastics as a Level 10 gymnast ... regional floor champion and national alternate as a junior ... four-year participant in track and field ... captained the team as a senior ... recipient of the Most Outstanding Athlete in a Team Sport award ... named most athletic in her class ... National Honor Society.

Personal: Born September 13, 1980 in Scranton, Pa., she is the daughter of Clifton and Diane Walls ... a family and child ecology major.