Julie Talbot Grant
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Title
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Julie Talbot Grant
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Subject
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Gymnastics
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Date
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1997-1998
2017 (Hall of Fame Induction)
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Description
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Grant started competing in the all-around right away for the Thunderbirds, and did so all four years she was a member of the gymnastics program.
She was once the school record holder on beam and qualified for NCAA competition multiple times as an individual, putting the Thunderbird gymnastics program on the map nationally and laying the groundwork for future generations of gymnasts at SUU.
Grant was named GTE Academic All-American First Team in 1997 after being named to the Third Team in a previous year. She was named Most Outstanding Gymnast in 1996 and Female Athlete of the Year in 1997. Grant graduated from Southern Utah in 1998.
According to SUU head gymnastics coach Scott Bauman, Julie Talbot Grant was the first true level 10 gymnast that the program recruited. Bauman also noted that Julie set the bar for a higher standard of recruits throughout her competing years, and over the duration of Julie's time as a Thunderbird, the team was structured around her.
Following her gymnastics career, Talbot Grant spent a couple years as an assistant coach for the Flippin' Birds before moving to Dallas, Texas, where she currently lives with her husband, raising their four children.
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Rights
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Image property of Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
