Back in the summer of 2012, you may have heard the name Elizabeth “Ebee” Price make headlines after she was named an alternate for the USA Women’s Gymnastics team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Since then, Ebee has placed in five world cup competitions, taking home four golds and one silver.

On March 1st, Price, a native of Coopersburg, PA and former student at Southern Lehigh, won the 2014 AT&T American Cup in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The American Cup is an elite international gymnastics competition that is part of the International Gymnastics Federation’s all-around World Cup series. It has been held every year since it began in 1976, when it was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Eight girls from six countries including Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Canada, and the US competed in this year’s American Cup.

“Winning the American Cup is a huge accomplishment for me,” Price said. “It’s one of the most prestigious competitions in the country, and being able to go out and compete some of my best routines against some of the best gymnasts in the world is pretty cool.”

Price won the competition by scoring a total of 59.966 points, which was over two points more than her US teammate Brenna Dowell who placed second overall.

“Going in to the meet, I felt that I had a pretty good chance of winning, especially since I had already competed against five of the other girls before, and scored considerably higher than them,” she said. “However, I couldn’t be completely sure I would win because it all depended on how well everyone performed their routines.”

Price scored a 15.7 on her vault, which was the highest score on any event out of all of the girls in the competition, although she does not think that was the best part of her meet.

“I think the strongest part of my competition was when I hit my bars and beam routines,” she said. “Those are the events that will either make or break you, so doing well on those two events definitely helped me secure the lead that I had been building.”

Price wasn’t the only American to come home with a gold; in the men’s competition, Sam Mikulak also beat out his competition by a little over a point. Both wins secured the US sweep at the American Cup, which has happened for the past four years of competition.

As the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio quickly approach, Price has a big decision on her hands.

“I don’t think I’m going to try for another Olympics because I’ll be attending college then, and it’s almost impossible for a female college gymnast to keep up the training necessary to compete at the Olympic level,” she said. “However I do plan on competing in college gymnastics while at school.”

She still has time to compete internationally before heading off to college at Stanford University in the fall. The next World Cup event will be held in Tokyo in April, but Price will not attend, as she will be competing in Canada at the Pacific Rim Championships.

You can stay up to date with Ebee’s competitions and training by following her on Twitter (@elizabeth_ebee) and Instagram (@eberjeebers).