Ht
5'
1"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Manassas,
Virginia
Last School
Osbourn High School
Roster Years
1998-2002
Personal
- Parents are Donald and Janet Hickman
- Is the second of five children
- Younger brothers are both involved in multiple sports, and are black belts in Taekwando
- Prepped at Osburn High
- Top honor graduate at Osbourn High School
- Majoring in business management
- Likes reading, horseback riding, dancing, skating, crafts, baking and collecting penguin replicas
Before BYU
- Competed for the Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
- Coached by Tatiana Perskaia, Galina Meliakena and Victor Vetrov at Capital Gymnastics
- Level 10 competitor
- 1995 Virginia state all-around and vault champion
- 1996 Virginia state floor and vault champion
- Finished third in the all-around at 1995 regionals, fourth bars and fifth vault and
- Finished fourth all-around, third on vault and fifth on bars at 1996 regionals
- Finished 17th all-around at the 1994 Junior Olympics Nationals
- Finished ninth on bars at the Buckeye Classic in 1994
- 1996 Spence Invitational champion on vault, second all-around and floor and fourth bars
- 1997 Go For It Classic second floor, sixth bars and fourth vault
Stats
Season and Career Highs:
| Year: | Vault: | Floor: |
| 1998 | 9.675 | 9.725 |
| 1999 | 9.800 | 9.750 |
| 2000 | 9.850 | 9.800 |
| 2001 | 9.925 | 9.875 |
| 2002 | 9.900 | 9.800 |
| Career High | 9.925 | 9.875 |
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
1999
- Competed in vault and floor for the Cougars
- Recorded a career-high 9.800 on vault twice against Utah State (2/19) and Nebraska/Oregon State (2/22)
- Posted a career-high score of 9.750 on floor twice against Utah (1/29) and at the Cat Classic (2/5)
- Academic All-American
Sophmore Year
2000
- Set a career-high of 9.850 on vault against Oregon State (3/3)
- Recorded a career-high 9.800 on floor against Oregon State (3/3)
- Scored a 9.825 on the vault at both Regionals (4/1) and Nationals (4/13)
- Academic All-American
Junior Year
2001
- Recorded a career-high 9.925 on vault against Stanford/SUU (3/10)
- Scored a career-high 9.875 on floor twice during the season against Utah State (3/16) and Utah (3/23)
Senior Year
2002
- Competed in all meets on vault
- Scored a season-high 9.900 on vault at SUU (3/15)
- Academic All-American
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
1998
- Scored season highs of 9.675 on vault and 9.725 on floor at Utah State (1/30)
- Sustained injury at the beginning of the season and redshirted
- Academic All-American
Medical Redshirt Year
1998
scored season highs on vault (9.675) and on floor (9.725) at Utah State...got hurt at the beginning of the season and redshirted.