In national and international competition she placed as high as third in five consecutive appearances at the all-around at the United States National Gymnastics Championships, as fifth place in the team competition at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and sixth place in the team competition (seventeenth in all-around) at the 1985 World Gymnastic Championships.
Her floor routines were choreographed to music with heavy bass so that she could feel the reverberations.
She overcame hearing issues to become a highly decorated gymnast.
[12] She was part of the 1991 Top VI class with Suzy Favor, Ed McCaffrey, Meredith Rainey, Pat Tyrance and fellow gymnast Patrick Kirksey.
[10] She completed her medical residency in family medicine in Appleton, Wisconsin.