Biography
Career Highs at Penn
Vault: 9.925 (two times, most recently 3/22/25)
Bars: 9.950 (2/8/25)
Beam: 9.925 (two times, most recently 4/3/25)
Floor: 9.900 (two times, most recently 4/3/25)
All-Around: 39.450 (4/3/25)
CAREER HONORS
2025: NCAA Regionals Qualifier (all-around)
2025: GEC Gymnast of the Year
2025: GEC Co-Performance of the Year
2025: GEC Champion (vault)
2025: GEC Champion (bars)
2025: GEC Champion (all-around)
2025: First-team All-GEC (vault)
2025: First-team All-GEC (bars)
2025: First-team All-GEC (beam)
2025: First-team All-GEC (floor)
2025: First-team All-GEC (all-around)
2025: Ivy Classic Champion (bars)
2025: Ivy Classic Champion (all-around)
2025: First-team All-Ivy (vault)
2025: First-team All-Ivy (bars)
2025: First-team All-Ivy (all-around)
2025: Second-team All-Ivy (floor)
2025: Academic All-Ivy
2025: Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (women's at-large)
2024: GEC Gymnast of the Year
2024: GEC Champion (beam)
2024: GEC Champion (all-around)
2024: First-team All-GEC (vault)
2024: First-team All-GEC (bars)
2024: First-team All-GEC (beam)
2024: First-team All-GEC (floor)
2024: First-team All-GEC (all-around)
2024: Ivy Classic Champion (all-around)
2024: First-team All-Ivy (bars)
2024: First-team All-Ivy (vault)
2024: First-team All-Ivy (all-around)
2024: Second-team All-Ivy (vault)
2024: Second-team All-Ivy (floor)
2023: Second-team All-GEC (vault)
2023: Second-team All-GEC (bars)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (3/12/25)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (2/26/25)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (2/12/25)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (1/15/25)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (2/28/24)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (2/14/24)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (2/7/24)
GEC Gymnast of the Week (1/18/23)
GEC Newcomer of the Week (1/11/23)
Program record for vault (9.925; two times, most recently 3/22/25)
Program record for all-around (39.450; 4/3/25)
2025: Team captain … Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season, Championship team, and Ivy Classic champions … NCAA Regional qualifier in the all-around, becoming the first Penn gymnast to do so since 2013 … Named GEC Gymnast of the Year for the second consecutive season … GEC Co-Performance of the Year for her record-breaking 9.925 on vault against West Virginia (3/14) … First-team All-GEC (vault) … First-team All-GEC (bars) … First-team All-GEC (beam) … First-team All-GEC (floor) … First-team All-GEC (all-around) … First-team All-Ivy (vault) … First-team All-Ivy (bars) … First-team All-Ivy (all-around) … Second-team All-Ivy (floor) … Won three GEC titles on bars, floor and all-around, becoming the first Quaker since 2001 to win three individual conference titles in one season … Won two Ivy Classic titles on bars and all-around, becoming the first Penn gymnast to repeat as an individual Ivy Classic champion (all-around) and win multiple Ivy Classic titles since 2012 … Appeared in 14 meets, 12 competing in the all-around … Named GEC Gymnast of the Week four times (1/15, 2/12, 2/26, 3/12) … Broke her own program and the Ivy record in the all-around with a score of 39.450 (4/3 at NCAA Regionals) … Set a new school record on vault with a score of 9.925 (3/14 vs. West Virginia) … In addition to her all-around and vault records, Kerico notched a new personal bests on bars (9.950, 2/8 at Temple) and beam (9.925, 3/4 at Towson) … Led Northeast Region gymnasts in National Qualifying Score (NQS) in the all-around (39.155), finished second on bars (9.890) and was third on vault (9.850), all those marks topped the GEC … Ranked third in NQS among GEC gymnasts on beam (9.800) and fifth on floor (9.830) … Scored three 9.8’s, tying a career high 9.850 on vault at #21 Penn State (1/5) to help the Quakers record their highest score (194.725) in a season opener … Repeated the 9.850 mark and notched a 9.825 on floor at #16 Rutgers (1/11) … Set a new career high score of 9.900 on bars at Penn’s Senior Meet (1/17) … Notched a 9.950 on bars at Temple (2/8) to break her personal best and score the first 9.95 on the event for Penn gymnastics since 2001 … Posted a 9.900 on bars and set a season high 9.850 on floor at Southern Connecticut (2/15) … Posted three 9.825’s or better – including a 9.875 on bars for the event title – en route to a 39.275 as she took home back-to-back Ivy Classic (2/23) titles in the all-around … Recorded the second-best beam score in school history (9.925) and notched 9.875 on bars at Towson (3/4) to tie her program record in the all-around at 39.325 … Executed a stuck 1.5 Yurchenko on vault to break the program record, scoring a 9.925 against West Virginia (3/14) … Contributed mightily to Penn’s fourth-straight GEC Championship (3/22), winning the vault (9.925), bars (9.900) and all-around (39.425) titles, her all-around score shattered her own previous record … Shined on the biggest stage at the NCAA Regional (4/3), breaking her own program record in the all-around again (39.450), while scoring a 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor … Academic All-Ivy ... Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year in women's at-large category … Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area in women’s at-large … Earned the program’s Most Valuable award at the season-ending banquet … GEC Scholar Athlete.
2024: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season, Championship team, and Ivy Classic champions … GEC Gymnast of the Year … First-team All-GEC (vault) … First-team All-GEC (bars) … First-team All-GEC (beam) … First-team All-GEC (floor) … First-team All-GEC (all-around) … First-team All-Ivy (bars) … First-team All-Ivy (beam) … First-team All-Ivy (all-around) … Second-team All-Ivy (vault) … Second-team All-Ivy (floor) … Won two GEC titles on beam and all-around, becoming the first Penn gymnast to win two conference titles in one season since 2012 … Ivy Classic champion in the all-around, setting a program record score of 39.325, snapping a 12-year-old mark … Put together one of the most remarkable individual seasons in program history, appearing in all 14 meets, nine as an all-arounder … Named GEC Gymnast of the Week three times (2/7, 2/14, 2/28) … Set career highs on bars (9.875, 2/2 at Towson), beam (9.900, 3/23 at GEC Championships), floor (9.900, 3/10 at NC State), and all-around (39.325, 2/24 at Ivy Classic) … On vault, had a season-high score of 9.825 on three occasions … Notched a 9.825 on bars at Keystone Classic (1/5) … Scored a 9.800 on bars at GW (1/14) … Notched 9.8s or higher in all three events she appeared in at West Virginia (1/21) … Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on bars at Yale (1/28) … First all-around effort came at Towson (2/2), scoring a 9.875 on bars and a 9.825 on floor, totaling a 39.150 … Scored a 9.825 on vault and a 9.850 on bars at the Alumni Meet (2/4) … Scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.825 on floor vs. Temple (2/9) … Notched scores of 9.825 on bars and 9.825 on floor at LIU (2/17) … One of her top efforts of the year came at the Ivy Classic (2/24), recording a program-record all-around score of 39.325 with scores of 9.825 (bars), 9.875 (beam), and 9.850 (floor) … Picked up four scores of 9.8 or above at Texas Woman’s (3/3) in a meet featuring top-ranked Oklahoma to total an all-around mark of 39.300 … Had a 9.800 on bars and a 9.900 on floor at NC State (3/10) … Scored marks of 9.800 on bars and 9.825 on floor at Rutgers (3/15) … Led the team at GEC Championships (3/23) with scores of 9.900 on beam to win the title, 9.850 on bars and 9.875 on floor for a GEC title-winning score of 39.300 in the all-around … GEC Scholar-Athlete.
2023: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season and Championship team champions … Second-team All-GEC on vault … Second-team All-GEC on bars … Started season as one of two all-around specialists for the Quakers, ending the year a regular in three events (vault, bars and beam) after missing the middle of the season due to injury … Made her collegiate debut in style, earning an all-around score of 39.125 at Pitt’s Keystone Classic (1/6), highlighted by a score of 9.875 on balance beam. Also tallied a mark of 9.825 on floor … Named GEC Newcomer of the Week (1/11) … Put up scores of 9.850 on vault and 9.825 on beam at Penn State (1/13) … Named GEC Gymnast of the Week (1/18) … Notched a score of 9.800 on floor and scores of 9.750 on bars and beam in the Quakers’ home opener vs. William & Mary (1/22) … Put forth an excellent showing at UNH (1/29), reeling off scores of 9.875 on bars and a 9.800 on beam, totaling a 39.100 on all around … After missing three meets due to injury, returned at the Ivy Classic (2/26), posting a score of 9.425 on bars … Added vault back to her arsenal vs. UNH (3/2), tallying a score of 9.750 and a 9.725 on bars … Solid rotation on bars at Maryland (3/5), with a 9.825 … Participated in three events at Rutgers (3/12), scoring a 9.825 on bars and a 9.750 on vault … Put up big performances at GEC Championships (3/18), scoring a 9.825 (beam), a 9.775 (vault) and a 9.650 (bars) ... Earned program's Rookie of the Year award at season-ending banquet.
High School: Captain of high school gymnastics team.
Personal: Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business … Favorite event is Uneven Bars.
Why Penn? “When visiting the city and Penn it felt like home. The athletes felt like family, and the academic opportunities are matched with the culture that can be found around campus.”
