2013 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Participated in 12 meets, competing on floor and vault in all 12 • set career highs on floor exercise with a 15.450 at Oklahoma and on vault with a 14.850 at Nebraska • averaged a 14.467 on the floor exercise and a 14.538 on the vault • also competed on the high bar eight times and still rings five times • set a season high with a 14.050 on still rings and recorded a career high 14.050 on high bar at Illinois • was second on the team with a 14.600 on vault at the Big Ten Championships and tied for first on the team in floor exercise at the NCAA Championship Qualifier with a 15.050.
2012 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Appeared in five regular-season meets plus the Big Ten and NCAA Championships • scored a season high 15.200 on floor against Oklahoma/Ohio State and a career high 14.400 on still rings • registered a season high 14.700 on vault against both UIC and vs. Iowa/Brockport • competed in the NCAA Championships, earning a 14.300 on rings.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: A 2011 graduate of De Smet Jesuit High School • 2011 Missouri state champion in all-around, floor, rings, vault, and high bar • placed 11th in all-around in the 2010 Region 3 Championships • placed seventh in floor, 12th in vault and 23rd in all-around in the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals • four-time academic all-American.
PERSONAL: Plans to major in sociology of law, criminology and deviance • son of Matt and Mary Ann Bauer • born July 4, 1992.
