In the News:
- More pressure? No problem for Cairo Leonard-Baker (by Shawn Moran, ASU Communications/Mar. 19, 2019)
- VIDEO: Reporter tries gymnastics with Cairo Leonard-Baker (March of 2019)
Senior (2021):
- Competed in every meet this season, going on bars in every meet, on vault in all but one and on floor in all but two.
- Earned a 9.900 or better 13 times: six on bars, six on floor and one on vault.
- Scored a 9.800 or better on vault, bars and floor in all but one meet for each event.
- Won four event titles.
- Scored a 9.8625 on bars at the NCAA Championships to tie for 13th.
- At the NCAA Regional Final, scored her second-straight 9.950 on bars to tie for first in that event. She also brought in a 9.875 on floor and 9.850 on vault in the team's third place finish at the NCAA Regional Final.
- Won the bars title at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional to qualify her as an individual for the NCAA Championships. Her score of 9.950 was her highest score on any event this season and the best bars score by ASU this season.
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention on bars. She has earned conference in all four of her seasons, the first Gym Devil to do so since Ashley Kelly.
- In her final Pac-12s, she scored a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on vault.
- Won her second floor title of the season with a 9.925 against No. 18 Boise State. She also scored a 9.900 on bars.
- Ended her home career with a bang and a victory over Arizona. She won the bars title with a 9.900 and notched a 9.900 on floor to clinch the win.
- Won the floor title in a win against Washington with a season-high score of 9.925. She also matched her season-high on bars with a 9.900 and added a 9.825 on vault.
- Showed her senior leadership in a victory against Arizona, scoring high marks on all three events she competed in. She started with a 9.875 on vault before earning a season-high 9.900 on bars. On floor, she matched her season best with a 9.900.
- Tied her season high on floor with a 9.900 against No. 16 Cal.
- Had a strong meet against No. 3 Utah, scoring season highs on vault (9.900), bars (9.875) and floor (9.900). Her vault score tied a personal best.
- Added solid scores for the team on vault (9.850), bars (9.875) and floor (9.800) in a win against Oregon State.
- Kept up her strong performance on bars, earning a 9.850 at preseason No. 7 UCLA.
- Scored a 9.875 on bars in the home opener win against No. 10 BYU.
- In the season opener at No. 2 Oklahoma, scored a 9.825 on vault and bars, as well as a 9.800 on floor.
Junior (2020):
- 2020 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention on the uneven bars.
- Earned a 9.800 or better five times on vault, nine times on bars, and four times on floor. She scored a 9.900 or better eight times.
- Won seven event titles: two on vault, five on bars.
- Tied for first on bars in the win against Pittsburgh with a 9.900.
- Competed in the all-around for the first time this season in the win at No. 24 Arizona, competing on beam for the first time this year.
- Won the bars title at Stanford with a 9.925. Also earned a new season high on floor with a 9.925.
- Scored a 9.900 or better on all three events she competed against No. 13 Washington, winning event titles on vault (9.900) and bars (9.950). She helped ASU to a tie with a season-high score of 196.875. Her bars score was the highest score by any ASU gymnast this season.
- Took second on bars against No. 4 UCLA with a 9.875.
- At Oregon State, won the bars title with a 9.900 and scored a season-high 9.850 on vault.
- Made her floor debut this season in the win over No. 10 Cal.
- Earned a season-high 9.825 on vault at Utah, placing third individually in that event.
- Scored a 9.925 on bars against UC Davis, the highest score by any Sun Devil to this point of the season. Also won the bars and vault event titles.
- Competed on bars in the home opener against No. 1 Oklahoma.
Sophomore (2019):
- Named a second team All-American on bars after scoring a 9.900 at NCAA nationals, tying for ninth place.
- Named the MVP at the team banquet, as well as earning the Bars Award.
- Won seven bars titles, five floor titles and three all-around titles.
- Scored above 9.800 eight times on vault, 14 times on bars (every meet), five times on beam and 10 times on floor. Earned a 9.900 or better 15 times.
- Qualified as an individual for NCAA nationals on bars after winning the Baton Rouge regional title with a 9.925.
- Tied for fifth in the all-around at the Baton Rouge Regional.
- Named a WCGA Regular Season Second Team All-American on bars.
- Named to the All-Pac-12 All-Around First Team and Bars First Team.
- Had a strong showing at the Pac-12 Championships. Between both sessions, tied for second on bars with a 9.950 and tied for fourth with a 39.525. The all-around finish was the best for an ASU gymnast since 2007.
- Tied for first in the all-around and on floor in the meet against BYU and West Virginia.
- Won the individual title on bars with a 9.925 in the quad meet at Penn State.
- Scored a season-best 39.550 against Oregon State, winning the all-around and the individual bars title with a 9.925.
- Against Cal and BYU, scored a 9.825 or better on all four events, tying for the individual bars title with a 9.875.
- Earned season highs against Utah on vault (9.875) and floor (9.950), winning the individual title on floor.
- Scored a 9.975 on bars at UCLA, the first time since 2007 a Gym Devil scored that high on any event.
Freshman (2018):
- Freshman Phenoms Fuel Sun Devil Squads (by Simran Dave, thesundevils.com/March 26, 2018)
- Sun Devils gymnast Cairo Leonard-Baker realizing potential quickly (by Craig Morgan, thesundevils.com/Feb. 2, 2019)
- Earned regular season All-America second team honors in the all-around, as announced by the National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches.
- Named MVP at the team banquet.
- Won four bars titles, three floor titles and four all-around titles.
- Scored above 9.800 nine times on vault, 12 times on bars, six times on beam, and 11 times on floor. She earned a 9.900 or better 13 times.
- Received Second Team All-Pac 12 Conference honors in both the bars event as well as the all-around, as announced by the Pac-12 Conference.
- The first Gym Devil to qualify to the NCAA Championships as an individual since Taylor Allex (VT) in 2016.
- At the University Park Regional on Apr. 7, she tied for third in the all-around with a 39.200 and qualified to the 2018 NCAA Championships as an All-Arounder.
- The first Gym Devil to win Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. This marks the first time since Katie Freeland (1996) that an ASU gymnast has won a yearly conference award.
- Earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors for all-around and bars.
- At the Pac-12 Championships on Mar. 24, she notched a career-high 9.900 on vault for a fourth place finish. Also placed seventh on bars with a 9.875, fourth on floor with a 9.900, and sixth in the all-around with a 39.425.
- For the fifth time this season, she tied her career-high 9.850 on vault at Sacramento State Quad Meet (No. 13 Oregon St, Sac St, and UC Davis) on Mar. 16.
- Vs. Arizona on Feb. 24: Captured her fourth all-around title of the season with a 39.475. Also tied her career-best on vault with a 9.850 and notched a career-best 9.950 on floor.
- Tied her career-best on vault and bars with a 9.850 and 9.950 respectively vs. No. 13 Washington on Feb. 17.
- Recorded career-bests on two events vs. No. 29 California (Jan. 28): vault (9.850) and bars (9.950). Also had a career-best all-around of 39.575, which puts her 26th in the ASU record books.
- Earned a career-best 9.875 on beam at No. 20 Stanford on Jan. 20.
- LINK: Cairo Leonard-Baker has already made her mark on ASU gymnastics (by Kelly Broderick, ASU State Press/Jan. 8, 2018)
- Notched a 9.825 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.825 on beam, 9.900 on floor, and all-around title with a 39.475 at No. 16 West Virginia on Jan. 14.
- For Week 2-4 and 7-8, she earned Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the week for her stellar performances vs. No. 13 Washington/No. 29 California/Arizona and at No. 16 West Virginia/No. 20 Stanford.
- A two-time Junior Olympic National qualifier.
- Holds three of the top-100 bars scores in the nation in 2017, including a 9.825, which earned her the title of 2017 NorCal state bar champion.
- Garnered three other bar titles during the 2017 regular season, plus four top-five finishes in the all-around.
- Won both the vault and all-around, tied for first on floor, and added a second place finish on bars and beam at the 2015 NorCal State Championships.
- Hails from Head Over Heels Gymnastics, the same gym as former Gym Devil, Katelyn Lentz.
Is the daughter of Ruth Leonard. Graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies (business and organizational leadership).
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Cairo Leonard-Baker 2021 Results |
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| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| at Oklahoma | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.000 | 9.800 | 38.450 |
| BYU | 9.725 | 9.875 | -- | -- | -- |
| at UCLA | -- | 9.850 | -- | -- | -- |
| Oregon State | 9.850 | 9.875 | -- | 9.800 | -- |
| Utah | 9.900 | 9.875 | -- | 9.900 | -- |
| at Cal | 9.800 | 9.350 | -- | 9.900 | -- |
| Arizona | 9.875 | 9.900 | -- | 9.900 | -- |
| at Washington | 9.825 | 9.900 | -- | 9.925 | -- |
| Arizona | 9.800 | 9.900 | -- | 9.900 | -- |
| at Boise State | 9.850 | 9.900 | -- | 9.925 | -- |
| Pac-12s | 9.850 | 9.875 | -- | 9.700 | -- |
| NCAA Regionals | 9.825 | 9.950 | -- | 9.875 | -- |
| NCAA Regional Final | 9.850 | 9.950 | -- | 9.875 | -- |
| NCAA Championships | -- | 9.8625 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season High | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.000 | 9.925 | 38.450 |
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Cairo Leonard-Baker 2020 Results |
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| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| Collegiate Challenge | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Oklahoma | -- | 9.550 | -- | -- | -- |
| UC Davis | 9.775 | 9.925 | -- | -- | -- |
| at Utah | 9.825 | 9.825 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cal | 9.775 | 9.850 | -- | 9.625 | -- |
| at Oregon State, LSU | 9.850 | 9.900 | -- | -- | -- |
| UCLA | 9.775 | 9.875 | -- | 9.775 | -- |
| Washington | 9.900 | 9.950 | -- | 9.900 | -- |
| at Stanford | 9.850 | 9.925 | -- | 9.925 | -- |
| at Arizona | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.750 | 9.875 | 39.275 |
| Pittsburgh | -- | 9.900 | -- | 9.875 | -- |
| Season High | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.750 | 9.925 | 39.275 |
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Cairo Leonard-Baker 2019 Results |
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| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| Minnesota/Missouri/UIC | 9.675 | 9.900 | 9.725 | 9.900 | 39.200 |
| at Texas Woman's University | 9.725 | 9.850 | 9.575 | 9.875 | 39.025 |
| at UCLA | 9.750 | 9.975 | 9.850 | 9.825 | 39.400 |
| Utah | 9.875 | 9.875 | 9.750 | 9.950 | 39.450 |
| at Cal/BYU | 9.825 | 9.875 | 9.825 | 9.825 | 39.350 |
| Stanford | 9.775 | 9.925 | 9.675 | 9.950 | 39.325 |
| Perfect 10 Challenge | 9.800 | 9.925 | 9.575 | 9.775 | 39.075 |
| Oregon State | 9.875 | 9.925 | 9.850 | 9.900 | 39.550 |
| at Penn State/Cornell/Yale | -- | 9.925 | 9.750 | -- | -- |
| at Denver/Nebraska/Pitt | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 39.050 |
| West Virginia/BYU | 9.850 | 9.875 | 9.800 | 9.900 | 39.425 |
| Pac-12 Championships | 9.800 | 9.950 | 9.850 | 9.925 | 39.525 |
| NCAA Regionals | 9.825 | 9.925 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 39.350 |
| NCAA Nationals | - | 9.900 | - | - | - |
| Season High | 9.875 | 9.975 | 9.850 | 9.950 | 39.550 |
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Cairo Leonard-Baker 2018 Results |
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| Meet | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| Auburn/Iowa/Iowa State | 9.750 | 9.775 | 9.750 | 9.725 | 39.000 |
| at West Virginia | 9.825 | 9.925 | 9.825 | 9.900 | 39.475 |
| at Stanford | 9.775 | 9.900 | 9.875 | 9.900 | 39.450 |
| California | 9.850 | 9.950 | 9.850 | 9.925 | 39.575 |
| at Oregon State | 9.850 | 9.875 | 9.725 | 9.900 | 39.350 |
| at Utah | 9.725 | 9.875 | 9.725 | 9.875 | 39.200 |
| Washington | 9.850 | 9.950 | 9.825 | 9.900 | 39.525 |
| Arizona | 9.850 | 9.875 | 9.800 | 9.950 | 39.475 |
| at Minnesota | 9.800 | 9.875 | 9.825 | -- | -- |
| Oklahoma/Denver/Arkansas | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.750 | 9.825 | 39.225 |
| Sacramento State/Oregon State/UC Davis | 9.850 | 9.300 | 9.775 | 9.900 | 38.825 |
| Pac-12 Championships | 9.900 | 9.875 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 39.425 |
| NCAA Regionals | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.775 | 9.825 | 39.200 |
| NCAA Gymnastics Championships | 9.775 | 9.8125 | 9.7625 | 9.5375 | 38.8875 |
| Season High | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.875 | 9.950 | 39.575 |