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2015 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Jordan Naleway

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Vernon Hills, Ill.
  • High School Vernon Hills

Biography

Junior - 2014

  • Competed in the lead-off spot on both bars and floor for every meet, hitting all 28 routines
  • Achieved a new career high of 9.875 on bars on March 8 then tied that personal best the very next week at the Big Ten Quad
  • Set a new personal best of 9.85 on floor at the Big Ten Championships
  • Won her first career individual title with a 9.825 performance on bars at Michigan State
  • Delivered a 9.75 (bars) and a 9.8 (floor) at the NCAA Championships
  • Hit a 9.825 or higher eight times on bars
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
  • Mortar Board Senior National Honor Society Inductee
  • Scholastic All-American 2014

Sophomore - 2013

  • Voted the Most Improved Gymnast after a solid sophomore season and even better post-season
  • At the Big Ten Championships, she set a new career high of 9.8 on bars, and a new career high of 9.825 on beam in just her second performance on the apparatus in her collegiate career
  • Competed on floor (9.775) at Big Ten's, marking just the second time she performed in three events
  • At the NCAA Championships, tied her career high of 9.8 on floor for the third time that season
  • Finished with two Top-5 finishes
  • Competed in all 14 meets on bars and floor
  • Hit all 30 routines
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Freshman - 2012

  • Competed at four meets on uneven bars and hit all four routines
  • Made Illini debut in the lineup vs. Kentucky, recording a career-high 9.775 and placing fourth
  • Was in the bar lineup at the NCAA Champaign Regional

High School/Club

  • Four-time JO Level 10 National Qualifier
  • Finished fourth on bars and 14th in the all-around at the 2011 JO National Championships
  • Improved in the all-around each year from 2008-10 at the JO National Championships, coming in 37th in 2008, 18th in 2009 and 11th in 2010
  • Finished sixth on bars at the 2010 JO National Championships and eighth in 2009
  • Was the Region V floor champion in 2010 and placed in the top six in the all-around at the past three Region V Championships
  • Was the 2009 Illinois state bar champion
  • Followed a runner-up finish in the all-around at the 2008 Illinois state meet with back-to-back third-place finishes in 2009 and 2010
  • Member of the honor roll and completed over 100 hours of community service in high school
  • Competed for Aerial Gymnastics
  • Coached by Don and Patrice McPherson and Jeanne Johnson

Personal

  • Born Dec. 10, 1992
  • Daughter of Lynn and Joel Naleway
  • Has two brothers, Patrick and Jack
  • Says she chose Illinois because "it is the perfect balance of an excellent education and an outstanding gymnastics program. The university is highly ranked, and I immediately felt like I was part of the Illini family with such welcoming girls and talented coaches."
  • Majoring in social work and communications

Career Highs

Bars: 9.875 (2x, last at Big Ten Quad Meet, 3/15/14)
Beam: 9.825 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/23/13)
Floor: 9.850 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/22/14)

Career Titles

Bars: 1

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2013Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2014Junior

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2015Senior

    All-Around
    5'5"