Star Match Wins and ECAC Title Merit Athlete of the Week Recognition
Milestones:
*2011 NCAA Qualifier as an all-arounder
*2010 NCAA Qualifier on floor exercise
*School record holder on vault (16.1) and floor exercise (15.05)
*2011 All-East ECAC honors (3rd on still rings and vault)
*2011 ECAC Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 29)
*2011 NCAA Gymnast of the Week (March 13)
*Two-year letterman
2012: On medical leave.
2011: Among six individuals to qualify for the NCAAs as an all-arounder ... top all-around score an 84.7 ... headed into the NCAAs ranked 10th nationally with an 81.625 average ... also listed 23rd on still rings (14.567 avg.) and tied for 36th on vault (15.50 avg.) ... set school record 16.1 on vault and one of just 22 gymnasts heading to the meet to score in the 16.0 range ... went on to advance in floor exercise (14.9 avg.) and vault (15.85 avg.) after finishing third among the individual competitors ... placed 14th overall on floor and 10th on vault - just 0.55 shy of winning mark ... first Black Knight to advance past the preliminary round since 2006 ... quest ended in prelims ... tied for 23rd (15.7) on vault and finished 34th (14.7) on floor among 48 competitors. ... turned in third-place finishes on still rings and vault at ECAC individual championships ... earned All-East honors in both events ... set school mark on floor exercise at the All-Academy meet (15.05).
2010: One of two Army freshmen to qualify for the NCAAs ... shined in first-ever competition after meeting the standards in floor exercise ... just missed the cutoff (top three) among the individual qualifiers to advance to the second session after finishing fourth with a 14.25 ... headed into the championship meet ranked third among the individual qualifiers and 39th nationally with a 14.52 average ... captured the bronze in that event at the ECAC individual championships with a 14.45 to earn All-East honors ... first Army gymnast to medal since 2007 ... turned in a 14.8 to tie for third place in the prelims ... mark just 0.1 off career-and team-high 14.9 set in home triangular against Springfield and Brockport for first collegiate win in that event ... set a school mark of 15.9 on vault in first-place finish the week prior in dual at Springfield ... broke former mark of 15.65 set in 2008, first year of new scoring system ... compiled a 14.7 average in that discipline ... also regular competitor on parallel bars and still rings ... personal-best 13.8 on rings turned in against Air Force with career-high 13.6 on parallel bars posted in triangular vs. Springfield and Brockport ... career-high 79.85 in all-around was third highest season mark recorded by a Black Knight.
Club/High School: Competed for New England Academy of Gymnastics ... six-time Junior National Qualifier ... Region 6 team member past five years and two-time champion, claiming title on still rings in 2009 and all-around in 2007 ... captured the silver in all-around in 2009 ... five-time Massachusetts state champion who earned medalist honors in floor exercise, still rings and vault at the 2009 meet ... finished third on parallel bars along with fourth-place showing in all-around ... three-time academic All-America ... lettered in golf at Acton-Boxborough Regional ... placed fourth at 2007 state championship along with being named Lowell Sun's player of the year ... twice named team MVP.
Personal: Given name is ... Kip Edward Webber ... parents' names are Todd and Margarett Webber ... older brother Alex (22) is in the Coast Guard ... majoring in Civil Engineering
