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2010 Gymnastics Roster

Melissa Johnson

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-1
  • Hometown St. Charles, Ill.

Biography

2010: WAC vault champion, earning first-team all-WAC honors with a 9.925 ... scored a 9.900 or higher four times on the event during the season ... competed on vault, bars and beam in each of SUU's meets during the year ... led the team with a 9.860 season average on vault ... finished fourth on the team on bars (9.721) and third on the team on beam (9.708) ... tallied seven individual titles, all on vault, including six straight to begin the year ... recorded season highs of 9.925 (VT), 9.825 (UB) and 9.825 (BB) ... academic all-WAC.

2009: Competed in the all-around in all but three meets during the year while appearing on the vault in every meet ... two-time vault champion during the season ... all-around champion at Utah State, scoring a career-best 39.175 ... recorded the sixth-best vault score in school history against Sacramento State (9.900) ... led the team on vault with a season average of 9.796 ... finished fourth on the uneven bars (9.648) and third on beam (9.658) ... academic all-WAC ... recorded season highs of 39.175 (AA), 9.900 (VT), 9.825 (UB), 9.825 (BB) and 9.850 (FX).

2008: 
Competed in all but three meets on vault with one appearance on the floor during the year ... third on the team with a 9.705 season average on vault ... Academic all-WAC ... NACGC-W scholar athlete.


2007:  Competed in eight meets on vault with appearances on beam and floor once during the season ... recorded a season-high 9.675 on her primary event of vault ... vault score counted towards the team score in all but three meets with her lone beam score also counting.

Club Highlights: Qualified for nationals at Level 10 competing at St. Charles Gymnastics Academy for coaches Shawn Bowlden and Margaret Koczwara.

Personal:
Parents are Luann and Robert Johnson ... majoring in accounting ... graduated in the top five-percent, was an honor roll student and member of the Spanish National Honor Society at SCEHS.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2008Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2009Junior

    5'1"
  • 2010Senior

    5'1"