STATE PRESS: Q&A w/ Kahoku Palafox (March 23, 2010)
2012
• Came back from a season-ending knee injury in 2011.
• Competed bars and beam for the Sun Devils.
• One of the Sun Devils top performers on bars, scoring a season-high 9.875 against Illinois.
• Scored a season-high 9.850 on beam at UCLA.
• Graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Sustainability.
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic first team for the third-straight season.
2011
• Did not compete due to injury.
2010
• Competed on bars and beam throughout the season.
• Hit a career-high of 9.900 on bars against Arizona.
• Competed on beam for the first time since her time at ASU and tallied a career-high score of 9.850 against Central Michigan.
2009
• Served as a bar-specialist in her freshman season.
• Competed on bars every meet.
• Scored a career-high 9.8 on bars at Utah.
• Only recorded one fall the entire season.
Club/High School
• A 2008 graduate of Maryknoll High School in Honolulu.
• Competed for Kokokani Gymnastics.
• Was the 2005 regional bars champion.
• Placed second on bars at the 2008 Regionals.
• Placed first on bars and second in the all-around at the Hawaii State Championships.
• Qualified for nationals in 2006.
• Was on the Principal's List for three years and in honors for four.
Personal:
• Full name is Kahoku Plotnik Palafox.
• Daughter of Neal (family medicine) and Janis (registered nurse) Palafox.
• Has five siblings.
• Was born in Majuro, Marshall Islands.
• Lists most exciting sports moment as winning the bar event at the 2005 Regional.
• Enjoys listening to music, shopping, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends and family.
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| Kahoku Palafox 2013 Results | |||||||
| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA | ||
| Oklahoma | -- | 9.625 | 9.775 | -- | -- | ||
| at Sac. St./San Jose St. | -- | 9.875 | 9.725 | -- | -- | ||
| UCLA | -- | 9.775 | 9.725 | -- | -- | ||
| at Utah | -- | 9.850 | 9.750 | -- | -- | ||
| Oregon State | -- | 9.825 | 9.750 | -- | -- | ||
| at Stanford | -- | 8.750 | 9.825 | -- | -- | ||
| Washington | -- | 9.750 | 9.725 | -- | -- | ||
| at Arizona | -- | 9.850 | 9.100 | -- | -- | ||
| at Denver/Illinois State | -- | -- | ---- | -- | |||
| Bridgeport | -- | 9.875 | 9.775 | -- | -- | ||
| Pac-12 Championship | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NCAA Regional | -- | 9.900 | 9.725 | -- | -- | ||
| Season High | -- | 9.900 | 9.825 | -- | -- | ||
| Kahoku Palafox 2012 Results | |||||||
| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA | ||
| UC Davis | -- | 9.850 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| California | -- | 9.850 | 9.475 | -- | -- | ||
| Arizona | -- | 9.800 | 9.825 | -- | -- | ||
| Utah State | -- | 8.800 | 9.675 | -- | -- | ||
| Arizona | -- | 9.825 | 9.800 | -- | -- | ||
| Utah | -- | 9.750 | 9.525 | -- | -- | ||
| Illinois | -- | 9.875 | 9.800 | -- | -- | ||
| UCLA | -- | 9.700 | 9.850 | -- | -- | ||
| Washington | -- | 9.075 | 9.825 | -- | -- | ||
| Stanford | -- | 9.700 | 9.775 | -- | -- | ||
| Denver | -- | 9.775 | 9.775 | -- | -- | ||
| Pac-12 Championship | -- | 9.750 | 9.675 | -- | -- | ||
| NCAA Regional - Salt Lake City | -- | 9.775 | 9.675 | -- | -- | ||
| Season High | -- | 9.875 | 9.850 | -- | -- | ||
| Kahoku Palafox 2010 Results | |||||||
| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA | ||
| Lady Luck Invite | -- | 9.825 | 9.375 | -- | -- | ||
| California | -- | 9.675 | 9.050 | -- | -- | ||
| Arizona | -- | 9.900 | 9.775 | - | -- | ||
| UCLA | -- | 9.825 | 9.575 | 9.750 | -- | ||
| Utah | -- | 9.775 | 9.825 | -- | -- | ||
| Washington | -- | 9.700 | 9.125 | -- | -- | ||
| Stanford | -- | 8.950 | 9.725 | -- | -- | ||
| Oregon State | -- | 8.875 | 9.700 | -- | -- | ||
| Central Michigan | -- | 9.850 | 9.850 | -- | -- | ||
| BYU | -- | 9.800 | 9.125 | -- | -- | ||
| Pac-10 Championships | -- | 9.750 | 8.500 | -- | -- | ||
| NCAA Regional | -- | 9.775 | 9.575 | -- | -- | ||
| Season High | -- | 9.900 | 9.850 | -- | -- | ||
| Kahoku Palafox 2009 Results | |||||||
| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA | ||
| Missouri | -- | 9.750 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Stanford | -- | 9.675 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| UCLA | -- | 9.525 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Oregon State | -- | 9.675 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| California | -- | 8.900 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Arizona | -- | 9.700 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Washington | -- | 9.750 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Utah | -- | 9.800 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| UNO's Classic | -- | 9.700 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Pac-10 Championships | -- | 9.150 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| South Central Regional | -- | 9.725 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Season High | -- | 9.800 | -- | -- | -- | ||