Columbia gymnast Whitnee Johnson

August 3, 2010 | 8:13 p.m. CDT

In July, Kent State offered a full athletic scholarship to Whitnee Johnson, a 17-year-old senior at Rock Bridge High School. She will be the first gymnast from Show-Me Gymnastics in Columbia to move on to college competition.

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