Birthdate:
10/8/1992
Program:
Trampoline & Tumbling
Level:
Senior
Current Residence:
Temecula, CA
Head Coach:
Bret Stout
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Amy McDonald
McDonald is the daughter of William, a high school teacher and basketball and baseball coach, and Pamela, a mortgage underwriter. She has two brothers, Kyle (26), a college student, and Jeffrey (22), a college student on scholarship for baseball, and a younger sister, Courtney (18), a mortgage office assistant.
- Nickname: Ames
- Hometown: Allen, TX
- Name of College: Collin County Community Colleg
- Degree/Major: Athletic training
- Year you began gymnastics: 1987
- Favorite Event: Tumbling
- How did you get involved in gymnastics: My parents put me in it when I was 3 years old because I wouldn't stop jumping all over the house, especially my mom's furniture.
- Favorite thing about gymnastics: Being a member of the national team and being able to travel to different places. I also like meeting new people and learning new skills.
- What are your goals for gymnastics?: To be a member of the 2009 World Championships Team. I also would like to increase the difficulty on my tumbling passes and the confidence I have in myself and my ability as a power tumbler.
- Names of parents/guardians/spouse: William McDonald - High school teacher and basketball/baseball coach
Pamela McDonald - Mortgage Underwriter
- Names of sibling(s): Kyle McDonald, college student
Jeffrey McDonald (22), college student on scholarship for baseball
Courtney McDonald (18), mortgage office assis
- Favorite school subject: Sports medicine
- Hobbies or favorite activities: Volleyball, scrapbooking and hanging out with friends
- Favorite music: Anything but rap!
- Favorite book(s): Pursuit of Happiness
- Favorite TV show(s): One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, ER, Law & Order: SVU, Project Runway, Will & Grace, Gilmore Girls, Friends and N3mbers
- Favorite Food: Ice cream, or my mom's sloppy joes or broccoli cheese soup
- Other sports involvement: I just help my dad with baseball and basketball
- 2009
Final Selection Event, Las Vegas, Nev. -
5th-TU
- 2009
Visa Championships, Dallas, Texas -
3rd-TU
- 2009
U.S. Elite Challenge, Ft. Smith, Ark. -
3rd-TU
- 2009
Winter Classic, Birmingham, Ala. -
4th-TU
- 2008
Visa Championships, Houston, Texas -
4th-TU
- 2008
U.S. Elite Challenge, Mobile, Ala. -
5th-TU
- 2008
U.S. Elite Challenge, Mobile, Ala. -
5th-TU
- 2008
Winter Classic, Tulsa, Okla. -
4th-TU
- 2007
Stars and Stripes Cup, Birmingham, Ala. -
3rd-TU
- 2007
National Championships, Memphis, Tenn. -
4th-TU
- 2007
National Championships, Memphis, Tenn. -
4th-TU
- 2007
U.S. Elite Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo. -
3rd-TU
- 2007
Winter Classic, Lubbock, Texas -
5th-TU
- 2006
U.S. Championships, Schaumburg, Ill. -
2nd-TU
- 2009
World Championships, St. Petersburg, Russia -
2nd-TU (Team)
- 2008
Pan American Championships, Buenos Airies, Argentina -
4th-TU
- 2007
World Championships, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada -
1st-TU (Team), alternate
- 2007
World Cup, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada -
- 2005
World Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands -
2nd-TU (Team)
- Women: AA = All Around | VT = Vault | UB = Uneven Bars | BB = Balance Beam | FX = Floor Exercise | (T) = Tie
- Men: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie
- Rhythmic AA = All Around | RP = Rope | HP = Hoop | BA = Ball | CL = Clubs | RB = Ribbon | (T) = Tie
- Acrobatic: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around | CB = Combined
- T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline
- Parkour: FS - Freestyle | SP = Speed