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 | -- | -- | -- | ||