YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the passage of Title IX, Eastern Michigan University Athletics will spotlight both former and current student-athletes and their teams.
Legendary Eagle Natalie Hashimoto was a four-year member of the EMU gymnastics team (2000-03) where Hashimoto was the most decorated Eagle in program history. Hashimoto earned a postseason Mid-American Conference distinction in each of her extraordinary seasons in Ypsilanti. As a first-year in 2000, she earned MAC Freshman of the Year honors. Hashimoto claimed the conference's Gymnast of the Year honor in consecutive seasons (2001-02) and was named MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year in her final competitive season.