Columbia University Athletics

Prior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner at Wheeling Central Catholic High School ... Helped lead the Maroon Knights to the state championship as a sophomore in 2018 ... Two-year captain ... Two-time All-OVAC selection and three-time all-state honoree ... Named to the West Virginia State Tournament All-Tournament Team as a junior ... Scored 1,129 career points despite a season-ending injury at the beginning of her senior year ... Score 515 points (21.4 ppg) as a junior ... Played AAU for the West Virginia Thunder ... Made her high school’s Distinguished Honor Roll all four years ... Two-year member of the National Honor Society ... Twice named to the OVAC All-Academic Team ... Volunteered at First Baptist Church Nursery and for the Drug Free Clubs of America.

Personal: Born Oct. 14, 2001 in Iowa City, Iowa ... Daughter of Dawn and Kenny Gainer ... Father played baseball at West Virginia Wesleyan ... Cousin, Daniel, competes in wrestling at Pitt ... Chose Columbia over interest from several schools, including Harvard, Yale, Brown, Youngstown State, Robert Morris, Akron and American.