2015 Women's Gymnastics Roster
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
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2012Freshman
All-Around
5'6"
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2013Sophomore
All-Around
5'6"
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2014Junior
All-Around
5'6"
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2015Senior
All-Around
5'5"