Kailey Gillings

Hometown:
Beach City, TX
Event(s):
AA
High School:
Texas Connections Academy
Prev School:
Arkansas
Class:
Graduate Student
Club:
Stars Gymnastics

Career Highlights (at Pitt)
EAGL All-Tournament Second Team Bars (2022)
2x EAGL All-Scholastic Team (2021, 2022)
2x ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2022)
Competed in every meet this season on bars… Earned a career-high 9.825 three times in the event… Assisted in breaking the program bars record at Maryland vs. Minnesota (49.400, 2/14)… Finished the season with an NQS score of 9.785 on bars… EAGL All-Tournament Second Team on bars… Named to EAGL All-Scholastic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SENIOR (2021)
Suffered a season-ending leg injury, preventing her from competing during the 2021 campaign … Named to the EAGL All-Scholastic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

AT ARKANSAS (2018-20)

AS A JUNIOR (2020)
Competed on the UB and BB in the season-opening meet at Florida (Jan. 10) and scored a 8.950 and 9.550 respectively… Competed as an exhibition in three additional meets.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
WCGA Scholastic All-American … SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll recipient … Competed once as a scored member of the rotation in the first meet of the season, her first collegiate meet of her career, against No. 2 Oklahoma on Balance Beam, turning in a score of 9.575 as the second Gymback in the unit.

AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
Did not compete.

CLUB
Competed at Stars Gymnastics in Houston, Texas … Level 10 since 2013 … Concluded her 2014 season competing at the Elite level in the American Classic and the U.S. Classic … Finished third in the all-around and first on balance beam at the Texas Level 10 State Championships in spring of 2017 … Third in the all-around, second on balance beam (9.450) and tied for third on bars at the Region 3 Level 10 Championships … Concluded her season at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, finishing tied for eighth in the all-around and third on bars … Also competed at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals in 2013, 2014 and 2015, finishing as high as sixth in the all-around with a career-best 37.975 in 2015 … Floor exercise champion at the 2014 Texas Level 10 State Championships, beam champion at the 2014 Region 3 Level 9 and 10 Championships and beam champion at the 2016 Texas Level 9 and 10 State Championships.

PERSONAL
Born May 28, 1999 … daughter of David and Megan Gillings … Attended Texas Connections Academy, a homeschooled program in Houston, Texas … Earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Arkansas (2020) … Graduate major is instruction and learning.

Kailey Gillings Career Highs