2020 (Jr.): Earned Second Team All-MPSF honors on bars, with 9.765 NQS ranking 4th in UAA program history … scored between 9.625 and 9.8 on all 10 bars routines, helping Seawolves break team records for bars average and NQS … bars average of 9.730 broke previous program record and ranked only behind 2020 teammate Kenadi Brown (9.732) on all-time UAA list … came on strong over second half of season, delivering five straight scores between 38.225 and 38.575, despite never having competed all-around previously ... ranked third on team with four individual wins … boosted dual victory over Southeast Missouri with 9.8 on bars in season opener and aided Feb. 28 win over Seattle Pacific with 9.725 bars and 9.825 beam routines … contributed to 7th-best team total (193.525) in program history with 9.775 bars, 9.7 floor and 38.575 all-around scores in season finale at Denver … earned team’s Most Improved Gymnast award … made MPSF All-Academic Team with 3.29 overall GPA.
2019 (So.): Earned Second Team All-MPSF honors on uneven bars, ranking 13th in league and 4th on UAA single-season list with 9.745 NQS ... finished well in February and March to help UAA to team program records for NQS and average on both bars and beam ... made podium as runner-up on beam at MPSF Championships with 9.875, equaling 7th-best score in UAA history ... helped UAA to historic upset of UC Davis on Feb. 9 with 9.825 on bars, tying 10th-best mark in program history ... had UAA’s 4th-best average (9.597) and NQS (9.705) on beam ... made vault lineup in 10 of 11 meets, earning 9.55s at Utah State and in win over Illinois State ... along with 9.875 on beam, contributed to UAA’s meet-record 194.200 score at MPSF Championships with 9.775 on bars and 9.5 on vault.
2018 (Fr.): Team’s most consistent two-event competitor, earning Second Team All-MPSF honors on uneven bars and posting team’s top average on beam ... tied program record with 9.713 season average on uneven bars, while 9.666 beam average ranked 4th in program history ... ranked 5th in bars RQS (9.735) and 11th in beam RQS (9.695) on program lists ... scored 9.55 or better on all eight bars routines and seven of eight beam routines ... premiered with winning 9.75 on bars and 9.8 on beam in Jan. 12 victory over Cortland, earning best beam score by a Seawolf in a season-opening meet or collegiate debut ... equaled 14th-best bars score in program history and made podium with 3rd-place 9.8 at MPSF Championships; also helped UAA to season-high team total with 9.75 on beam at league meet ... posted 9.775 on bars at Seawolf Invitational.
BEFORE UAA: Competed four years at Level 10 and was three-time L10 Region 7 Championships qualifier, competing for World Class Gymnastics ... placed 2nd on beam, 9th on floor and 10th all-around at 2017 regionals ... won bars (9.725), placed 2nd on beam (9.525) and was 3rd all-around at 2017 Virginia L10 State Championships, and swept beam and bars titles at both World Class and Greensboro invitationals ... qualified for JO Nationals as high school junior in 2016 ... placed 3rd on bars, 4th on beam and 5th all-around at 2016 regionals, and 4th on beam and 5th all-around at 2016 State meet ... L10 regional qualifier as sophomore in 2015 and Level 9 Eastern Nationals beam champion as freshman in 2014.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 7, 1998 in Rota, Spain … daughter of Tripp and Anna Nelson … has one younger brother, Ramsey … honors student in high school ... started gymnastics at age 5 ... is registered hot yoga teacher.
MAJOR: Political Science
Career Highs
Vault: 9.55, twice (last: at Utah State, 2/22/19)
Bars: 9.825 vs UC Davis, 2/9/19
Beam: 9.875 at MPSF Championships, 3/23/19
Floor: 9.7 at Denver, 3/8/20
All-Around: 38.575, twice (last: at Denver, 3/8/20)
2020 Meet-By-Meet Results
Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AllArr
1/10 SE MISSOURI & UWEC 9.800 8.950
1/12 SE MISSOURI 9.650 9.175
1/18 SAN JOSE STATE 9.775 9.700
1/24 at UC Davis 9.750 9.575
1/31 at Seattle Pacific 9.400 9.625 9.700
2/14 at San Jose State 9.200 9.750 9.700 9.575 38.225
2/16 at Sacramento State 9.450 9.675 9.850 9.600 38.575
2/28 SEATTLE PACIFIC 9.350 9.725 9.825 9.450 38.350
2/29 SEATTLE PACIFIC 9.500 9.775 9.700 9.475 38.450
3/08 at Denver 9.425 9.775 9.675 9.700 38.575
Season Average Scores 9.387 9.730 9.585 9.560 38.435
2019 Meet-By-Meet Results
Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AllArr
1/04/19 ILLINOIS STATE 9.000 8.250 9.750
1/06/19 ILLINOIS STATE 9.550 9.400 9.675
1/11/19 BROWN 9.450 9.700 9.600
1/13/19 BROWN 9.350 9.775 8.775
1/25/19 at San Jose State 9.300 9.075
1/27/19 at UC Davis 9.500 9.650
2/09/19 UC DAVIS 9.375 9.825
2/22/19 at Utah State 9.550 9.725 9.750
3/01/19 at Oregon State 9.750 9.750
3/17/19 at Michigan State 9.275 9.475 9.600
3/23/19 at MPSF Championships 9.500 9.775 9.875
Season Average Scores 9.385 9.491 9.597
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results
Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AllArr
1/12 CORTLAND 9.750 9.800 8.675
1/14 CORTLAND 9.725 9.600
2/03 SEAWOLF INVITATIONAL 9.675 9.775
2/09 at Centenary 9.550 9.600
2/11 at Centenary 9.700 9.575
2/23 at Seattle Pacific 9.750 9.750
3/09 at Sacramento State 9.750 9.475
3/24 at MPSF Championships 9.800 9.750 8.700
Season Averages 9.713 9.666 8.688
