Personal
- Parents are Donald and Janet Hickman
- Is the second of five children
- Younger brothers are both involved in multiple sports, and are black belts in Taekwando
- Prepped at Osburn High
- Top honor graduate at Osbourn High School
- Majoring in business management
- Likes reading, horseback riding, dancing, skating, crafts, baking and collecting penguin replicas
Before BYU
- Competed for the Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
- Coached by Tatiana Perskaia, Galina Meliakena and Victor Vetrov at Capital Gymnastics
- Level 10 competitor
- 1995 Virginia state all-around and vault champion
- 1996 Virginia state floor and vault champion
- Finished third in the all-around at 1995 regionals, fourth bars and fifth vault and
- Finished fourth all-around, third on vault and fifth on bars at 1996 regionals
- Finished 17th all-around at the 1994 Junior Olympics Nationals
- Finished ninth on bars at the Buckeye Classic in 1994
- 1996 Spence Invitational champion on vault, second all-around and floor and fourth bars
- 1997 Go For It Classic second floor, sixth bars and fourth vault
Stats
Season and Career Highs:
| Year: | Vault: | Floor: |
| 1998 | 9.675 | 9.725 |
| 1999 | 9.800 | 9.750 |
| 2000 | 9.850 | 9.800 |
| 2001 | 9.925 | 9.875 |
| 2002 | 9.900 | 9.800 |
| Career High | 9.925 | 9.875 |