Rheagan Courville
Rheagan Reneé Courville (born March 26, 1993) is a former American collegiate gymnast for the LSU Lady Tigers gymnastics team. In 2013, she was the National Co-Champion on vault and was also SEC Gymnast of the Year, Central Region Gymnast of the Year, and Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) Gymnast of the Year. Once again in 2014, Rheagan was the National Co-Champion on vault, 2014 TAF Gymnast of the Year, SEC Gymnast of the Year, Central Region Co-Gymnast of the Year, 2014 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American. From 2012-2015 Rheagan Courville awarded SEC Academic Honor Roll. She also helped the LSU Tigers finish 3rd in the team competition, the highest in school history.[1] During her elite career, Rheagan was crowned 2007 U.S. Classic Champion.[2] Rheagan finished 5th at the 2007 VISA Championships.[3]
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Full name | Rheagan Reneé Courville | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | March 26, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||
Level | College | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Louisiana Gymnastics Training Center | |||||||||||||||||||
College team | LSU Tigers (Class of 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | D-D Breaux | |||||||||||||||||||
Music | Sail by Awolnation (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alma mater | LSU | |||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
Rheagan was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 26, 1993 to parents, Aaron and Bridget Courville. She has one brother, Ryan. Courville graduated from University Laboratory High School of Baton Rouge in 2011.[4] She graduated from Louisiana State University in 2015, where she majored in Sports Administration.
Public image
Courville has been featured in various newspapers and publications such as The Daily Reveille[5] and The Advocate,[6] compared to in both articles as Seimone Augustus and Glen Davis as 'Baton Rouge's best ever'.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/Women/2007/07%20U.S.%20Classic.Challenge/07classicscores.pdf
- https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/Women/2007/07%20Visa%20Championships/JrWomen_CombinedResults.pdf
- "Rheagan Courville Bio". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "The Passion: Rheagan Courville's Journey Home". lsureveille.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "LSU gymnast Rheagan Courville driven to be the best, compared to Seimone Augustus, Glen Davis as Baton Rouge's best ever". theneworleansadvocate.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.