Rachel Heaton
Vault Beam Floor
Ht
5'
0"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Draper, 
Utah
Last School
Alta High School
Roster Years
2019-2022


Personal

  • Parents are Matthew and Lichelle Bain
  • Has five siblings
  • Her sister Megan was also a gymnast for BYU gymnastics
  • Her brother Christian plays on the BYU men's soccer team
  • Majoring in Experience Design and Management
  • Best moment as a gymnast: "Sticking my vault at a home meet as well as getting my career high on floor at Oklahoma."
  • Favorite thing about BYU: The atmosphere
  • Favorite Athlete: Shawn Johnson 

Before BYU

  • Level 9 State Champion
  • 3rd in the all-around at Western Nationals
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2019

  • Competed as an exhibition routine on floor against Boise State (2/15), scoring a 9.775
Sophmore Year 2020

  • Made her floor debut by earning a 9.800 against Nebraska (1/6). Competed 6 times on the event. 
  • Posted a career-high floor score of 9.850 against Utah State (3/6)
  • Earned a 9.125 in her beam debut against UCLA & Utah State (1/18)
  • Performed exhibition beam routines against Nebraska (1/6, 9.125), at Best of Utah (1/11, 9.700), Illinois State (2/28, 9.800) and Utah State (3/6, 9.750)
  • Performed exhibition vault routines against Denver (2/22, 9.700) and Utah State (3/6, 9.800)
Junior Year 2021

  • Achieved a career-high score of 9.875 on floor against Oklahoma (3/5)
  • Notched a career-high score of 9.800 on vault against Utah State (2/26) and the MRGC Championships (3/20)
  • Competed on floor for all 13 meets
  • 2021 Academic All-MRGC honors
Senior Year 2022

  • Performed exhibition floor routines against SUU (9.675, 2/18) and Illinois State (9.775, 3/4)
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year