Aja Sims

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
William R. Boone

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS:
2017 | Senior Honors — First Team Championship Balance Beam All-American … regular season Second Team All-American on the floor exercise … SEC Academic Honor Roll … named the Tide's 2017 team captain … earned the David Patterson Work Ethic Award … General — has competed in Alabama’s balance beam and floor exercise lineup in 12 meets this season … has competed in Alabama’s uneven bars lineup 10 meets this season ... has competed 34 routines in Alabama’s competitive lineup this season, the third most on the team … Uneven Bars — has competed in the Tide’s competitive uneven bars lineup in 10 meets this season … scored a season-best mark on the uneven bars of 9.850 at Georgia (3/5) … Balance Beam — has competed in the Tide’s competitive balance beam lineup in 11 meets … scored a season-best balance mark of 9.950 at Missouri (1/20) … won the balance beam at Missouri (1/20) and Arkansas (1/27) … Floor Exercise — has competed in the Tide’s competitive floor lineup in 12 meets … scored a career-best floor exercise mark of 9.975 at the Elevate the Stage Meet against Auburn (1/29) and against Iowa State (3/10) … has scored 9.9 or better on the floor exercise eight times this season … won the floor exercise at the Elevate the State meet against Auburn (1/29), Boise State (2/24), Iowa State (3/10) and the NCAA Morgantown Regional (4/1)… In The Classroom — earned President’s List (4.0 grade point average) in the fall … carries a 3.757 cumulative GPA.

2016 | Junior Honors — Scholastic All-American … SEC Academic Honor Roll … First Team Regular-Season Balance Beam All-American ... Balance Beam — posted a career-best 9.975 on the beam at Florida ... won the beam against Arkansas with a 9.95 ... competed on the beam in 14 of 15 meets in 2016 ... posted six scores of 9.9 or better on the beam in 2016 ... Floor Exercise — scored a 9.85 against Kentucky to share a portion of the floor title ... led off the floor exercise rotation at UCLA to open the season ... posted a season-best 9.875 on the floor against Arkansas, a score she matched at Auburn ... competed on the floor exercise in the 11 of 15 meets in 2016 ... In The Classroom — earned a place on the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester ... earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester … carries a 3.726 GPA for her career.

2015 | Sophomore Honors — Scholastic All-American … Uneven Bars — competed on the uneven bars in 13 meets during the season, posting a season-best 9.9 at the SEC Championships ... won the uneven bars in the season opener against Arizona ... tied for second on the uneven bars at the NCAA Auburn Regional Championship with a 9.9 ... Balance Beam — competed on the balance beam in all 15 meets during the season, posting a career-best 9.95 in the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Final ... won the balance beam at Arkansas with a 9.9 ... tied for second on the balance beam at the NCAA Auburn Regional Championship with a 9.9 ... second on the balance beam at the NCAA Super Six Team Finals ... Floor Exercise — competed on the floor five times during the season, posting season-best 9.9s against Auburn and at Missouri ... tied for first on the floor exercise against Auburn with a 9.9 ... In The Classroom — earned a place on the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester.

2014 | Freshman Honors — Scholastic All-American … NCAA Seattle Regional Balance Beam Champion ... All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman Team ... SEC Freshman of the Week (2/18) ... Uneven Bars — scored a career-best 9.950 on the uneven bars at the SEC Championships ... Balance Beam — competed on the balance beam in all 14 meets during the season ... scored a career-best 9.950 on the balance beam at home against Auburn ... Floor Exercise — scored a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise at home against Stanford … In The Classroom — Earned a place on the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or better) for the spring semester

PREP HIGHLIGHTS:
Graduated early from William R. Boone High School to join Alabama in January of 2014 ... coached by Kelly Pitzen and Brandy Johnson at Brandy Johnson’s Global Gymnastics ... member of the USA Junior Olympic team in 2011-12 ... an uneven bars skill, “The Sims” is named for her ... 2012 JO National all-around, uneven bars and balance beam champion ... accepted into the Law Magnet Program in high school ... graduated with a 4.7 cumulative grade point average.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Full Name: Aja Monet Sims ... daughter of Daisy Canady and Clinton Sims ... sister – Leslie Canady ... exercise science major … born Oct. 4, 1995.

SIMS’ TOP SCORES:
Bars: 9.950 | Beam: 9.975 | Floor: 9.975