Paige Thaxton

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Westland, Mich.
High School:
John Glenn

Career Bests

Event	Score	Date
Vault	9.825	2x, last: 1/25/25 at Washington
Floor	9.875	2x, last: 3/15/24 vs. Denver

At Michigan
• Big Ten Champions (2023)
• Big Ten Regular Season Champions (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025, 2026)
• Three-time WCGA Scholastic All-America (2023, 2024, 2025)

Senior (2026)
• Academic All-Big Ten

Junior (2025)
• WCGA Scholastic All-America
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed on both vault and floor before missing the remainder of the season due to injury
• Scored a season-best 9.825 in back-to-back meets on the vault

Sophomore (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• WCGA Scholastic All-America
• Competed on both vault and floor
• Scored a season-best 9.875 at the Big Five Meet and against Denver on the floor

Freshman (2023)
• Big Ten Champions
• Big Ten regular season champions
• WCGA Scholastic All-America
• Did not compete

Club
• Competes for Michigan Academy of Gymnastics
• Earned the 2021 uneven bar national championship title
• Finished sixth on beam at the 2021 national championship
• Was the 2021 regional uneven bars champion
• Named to the Region 5 All-Star team two times
• Selected for the JO National Team in 2019
• Competed at the JO Nationals three times

Prep
• Prepped at John Glenn High School
• Was a four-year member of honor roll
• Has a 4.1 cumulative grade point average

Personal
• Full name is Paige Elizabeth Thaxton
• Parents are Jeffrey and Kerry Thaxton
• Has one sister
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and Arts
• Majoring in sport management