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![This athlete is the only NCAA gymnast to score a perfect 40.00 all around. Who is she? It’s not Nadia Comaneci Romanian gymnast - This is Karin Lichey, American gymnast, 1996 - Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast [born 19 September 1977 (age 43), in Cincinnati, Ohio] - She attended the University of Georgia from 1996–1999, and was part of both NCAA Championship teams in 1998 and 1999 - She earned first-team All-America certificates in all five categories both of those years and earned a total of 11 All-America awards in her career - The Southeastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999 - She won the Honda Sports Award as the nations' top gymnast in 1999 - On February 23, 1996, during her freshman year, she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to score an extremely rare perfect 40.0 in the all-around - As of 2020, she still remains the only collegiate gymnast ever to accomplish this feat](/media/videos/tmb/3756/1.jpg "This athlete is the only NCAA gymnast to score a perfect 40.00 all around. Who is she? It’s not Nadia Comaneci Romanian gymnast - This is Karin Lichey, American gymnast, 1996 - Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast [born 19 September 1977 (age 43), in Cincinnati, Ohio] - She attended the University of Georgia from 1996–1999, and was part of both NCAA Championship teams in 1998 and 1999 - She earned first-team All-America certificates in all five categories both of those years and earned a total of 11 All-America awards in her career - The Southeastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999 - She won the Honda Sports Award as the nations' top gymnast in 1999 - On February 23, 1996, during her freshman year, she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to score an extremely rare perfect 40.0 in the all-around - As of 2020, she still remains the only collegiate gymnast ever to accomplish this feat")
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