Dorothy Mims
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- Height:
- 5-2
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- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Previous School:
- Westminster Christian Academy/University of Alabama
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- Gym Club/Center:
- Huntsville Gymnastics Center
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- Event:
- AA
Bio
2020 Senior Season: Finished her career with the Ladies by picking up several prestigious individual awards … named to the 2020 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association DIII regular season All-America Team as she earned Second Team All-America honors on the beam … She placed second in the event with an SAS of 9.775 … Selected as the Midwest Independent Conference’s “MIC Woman of the Year” in a blind vote by an independent committee … Named a Midwest Independent Conference scholar-athlete … Named to the USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Senior All-Star Team … Named USA Gymnastics Scholar Athlete, as she was recognized for having a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA ... Competed in all 10 of the Ladies' meets during the season on the beam ... Recorded a season and career-best 9.800 twice during the season in a pair of meets in February.
2019 Season: Competed vault two times for the Ladies...was the alternate, doing exhibition routeins on both vault and beam throughout the season.
2018 Freshman Season: Did not compete... Received Scholastic All-America honors from the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association and Academic All-Conference honors from the Midwest Independent Conference.
Prior to Centenary: Competed for the Huntsville Gymnastics Center and head coaches James Linderholm, Sarah Behel, Nicole Wall, and Amanda Kerr... Was a Region 8 qualifier from 2009-2016... Won on beam, floor, and in the all-around at the Auburn Classic and the Alabama State Championships in 2016... Also that year, won every event at the Huntsville Winter Invitational...Academic awards include the 2016 Westminster Christian Academy Science Award recipient for excellence in Physics, the Mathematics Award for excellence in AP calculus, and the recipient of the President’s Award for Educational Excellence... Also a Westminster Christian Academy Honors Graduate. Named to the President's List at the University of Alabama in spring 2017.
Personal: Full name is Dorothy Kate Mims... Birthday is July 21... Daughter of Dennis and Tracy Mims and has one brother, Sam... Majoring in biochemistry and chemical engineering
Favorite Movie: The Greatest Showman or How To Train Your Dragon
Favorite Athlete: McKayla Maroney
News mentions
Three Centenary Ladies gymnasts were named to the 2020 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association All-America Team, as seniors Cami Bea Austin and Dorothy Mims, and sophomore Kendall Sanders all received the national honors, the WCGA announced on Thursday.
The Midwest Independent Conference continued the announcement of its postseason awards and honors on Tuesday as the league’s Scholar-Athlete Team was released. Twelve Ladies gymnasts made the team meaning each earned a 3.25 grade point average or higher during the fall 2019 semester.
The Midwest Independent Conference announced its 2020 specialty award winners on Friday, after votes were tabulated by the league’s head coaches and the Centenary gymnastics teams claimed three honors. The league will continue recognize the outstanding accomplishments of its student-athletes next week, as the MIC All-Conference Team and Scholar-Athlete Team will be released.
Hey Ladies’ fans, it’s freshman Kendall Huff back with you for this week’s gym talk! The Ladies have had a whole week of practice and no school, due to Mardi Gras break. The break let our bodies (and our brains!) recuperate from the super busy weeks before. Some of us even got to have some fun and go to part of a Mardi Gras parade! For a few of us, it was our first time to experience one!
The Centenary gymnastics team posted its best score of the season, an impressive 191.875, on Sunday in its annual “Senior Day” meet versus the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks at the Gold Dome. Two seniors, Cami Bea Austin (Memphis, Tenn.) and Dorothy Mims (Huntsville, Ala.) were honored on Sunday at the end of the meet.
The Centenary gymnastics team welcomes the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks to town on Sunday for its annual “Senior Day” meet set for 2 p.m. at the Gold Dome. Two seniors, Cami Bea Austin (Memphis, Tenn.) and Dorothy Mims (Huntsville, Ala.) will be honored on Sunday. Live stats and live video will be available for the meet via www.gocentenary.com.
Hey Ladies fans, it’s your girl Xi pie back with another gym talk. This last week the Ladies went to North Carolina and competed against NC State and William and Mary. We had a short week coming off a double meet weekend, and it was mid-terms too, so we had limited time in the gym, and some stressful days trying to make up the work we missed the previous week on top of keeping up with this week’s tests. But never fear, your Ladies stayed the course and made it through!
Hey Ladies Fans! This is sophomore K2/Knaps with this week’s gym talk! The Ladies had yet another eventful double meet weekend, but this time around, it was in beautiful St. Louis, Missouri. We have two Missouri Natives on our team (Lauryn Stiff and Madison McCary) and it was nice to get to spend some time in their home state to do some gymnastics ....
The Centenary gymnastics team placed third in the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational tri meet on Friday at The Family Arena. The Ladies, currently the highest ranked team in division III in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings, were joined by host school and division 1 member Southeast Missouri State and Seattle Pacific.
Hey Ladies fans! This is sophomore Kendall Sanders with this week’s gym talk! Your favorite gymnasts are gearing up for a trip to Missouri for another double meet weekend! Wish us luck as we continue to flip higher and higher!
The Centenary gymnastics team fell by a score of 195.325-191.650 in an exciting and bittersweet dual meet at the Gold Dome on Friday evening. The Ladies cap the weekend with a dual meet versus Winona State on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m.
Hey Ladies Fans, it’s Junior Jenny with this week’s gym talk. Let me tell you, I am so so proud of the Ladies this week. We have really shown our grit and determination this week during practice while getting ready for our second home meet of the year. The Ladies have really stepped it up by being intentional with every turn and having no doubt in ourselves or our teammates.
The Centenary gymnastics team picked up its first win of the season as the Ladies defeated the Cortland Red Dragons by a score of 189.825 to 187.825 on Saturday in a dual meet at the Gold Dome.Centenary will host Texas Woman's for a second time this season on Friday, Feb. 7 for the Sylvia Keiter Memorial Meet at 6 p.m.
The Centenary gymnastics team will open its 2020 season on Saturday when the Ladies compete in a road meet at Oregon State University against the host Beavers and Seattle Pacific at 1 p.m. local time at Gill Coliseum. The Ladies will host Texas Woman's in their first home meet of the season next Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Gold Dome with first rotation set for 6 p.m. The meet will be the first of four straight at home for the Ladies.
Hey Centenary Gymnastics fans! It’s Freshman Taylor Wilson here with my first gym talk! Last week was finals week. Therefore, it was a calm week in the gym while the Ladies were studying hard and finishing the semester strong!