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Darling was a member of the Pioneers’ gymnastics team for four seasons, 1996-1999, all of which TWU qualified for the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championship (USAGCNC). The Pioneers won the USAGCNC team title in 1996 and 1998 during that span.

Darling became the only TWU gymnast to ever tally a 10.0 when she recorded two perfect scores on the balance beam at the 1999 USAGCNC held in New Haven, Conn.

Individually, Darling won seven individual USAG national titles - vault in 1999; bars in 1999; beam in 1996, 1998, and 1999; and all-around in 1996 and 1999. She was also named a USAG All-America selection 17 times.

At one point during her college career, she held the school record on all four events and all-around. Her scores on beam (10.0) and in all-around (39.475) are still the best marks for those events in TWU history.

“I actually went to a TWU Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony during my freshman year of school,” said Darling. “I remember thinking at the time that it would be very exciting to become a Hall of Fame member one day. This is a tremendous honor because I will be joining a group of student-athletes and administrators who have contributed so much to TWU. I also feel very fortunate to be able to represent the TWU gymnastics program and all that Coach Kudlac has done over the years.”

Darling received the award as TWU’s Outstanding Athlete for Gymnastics in 1996-97 and 1998-99. She was also a nominee for the prestigious Honda Award, an annual award that honors the most outstanding female collegiate athletes.

Darling excelled academically as well, and in the spring of 1999, she was picked for the NACGC/W Scholastic All-America team. In December 2000, she graduated from TWU with her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.

Darling joined the Pioneers’ gymnastics staff as a student assistant from 1999-2001. From 2001-03, she served as the assistant coach while also working on her master’s degree at the University of North Texas. She graduated with her Master’s in Kinesiology in December 2003.

Darling, a native of Alvin, Texas, lives in Fort Worth with her husband, Scott, and their two children, three-year-old son, Cody and seven-month-old daughter, Caydence.