Karin Lichey

Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast [born (1977-09-19) 19 September 1977, in Cincinnati, Ohio].[1] 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's top gymnast in 1999.[2][3] In her freshman year she scored a perfect 40.0, and she remains the only collegiate gymnast ever to accomplish this feat.[4][5]

After graduating from college with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 2000, she married Mike Usry and had two children. She has been a volunteer coach for the University of Georgia women's gymnastics team. She now works in the Division of Development & Alumni Relations at the University of Georgia as the Director of Board Relations at the University of Georgia Foundation and Director of the Emeriti Trustees and the Board of Visitors.[6][7] [8]

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  8. "Karin Lichey Usry Division of Development & Alumni Relations".


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