HONORS: Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Second-Team All-American: Floor (2019); Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Floor Specialist of the Year (2017, 2019); First-Team All-MRGC: Vault (2017, 2018), Floor (2017, 2018, 2019); Second-Team All-MRGC: Vault (2019); Second-Team All-MRGC: All-Around (2019); MRGC Gymnast of the Week (1/20/19); MRGC Vault Specialist of the Week (1/13/19); MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week (1/8/17; 1/15/17; 1/22/17; 1/29/17; 2/5/17; 2/26/17; 3/19/18; 1/13/19; 1/20/19; 2/17/19; 2/24/19; 3/3/19; 3/10/19); Academic All-MRGC (2016, 2017, 2018); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2016, 2017, 2018).
CAREER RECORDS: Has 21 career floor titles, which ranks first all-time in school history… Has eight career scores of 9.925 on floor to rank first in school history… Has 38 career individual titles, which is tied for fifth all-time in school history… Has five career vault titles, which is tied for 11th all-time in school history… Has five career bars titles, which is tied for 12th all-time in school history… Has five career all-around titles, which is tied for 16th all-time in school history.
SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Averaged 9.906 on floor as a senior (2019), which ranks first all-time in single-season school history… Captured 16 total titles as a senior, which ranks fourth all-time in class history… Recorded seven floor titles as a senior to rank first in class history and tied for fourth overall in a single season… Won the all-around five times as a senior, which ranks third all-time in class history… Bars average of 9.792 set in 2019 ranks fifth all-time in single-season school history… Recorded five all-around victories in 2019 to tie for seventh all-time in single-season program history… Captured five floor titles as a junior (2018), which ranks second all-time in class history… Recorded 10 total titles as a junior, which ranks fifth all-time in class history… Owns the sophomore class record for most floor wins with eight (2017)… Captured 11 total titles as a sophomore, which is tied for fifth all-time in class history… Her floor averages of 9.871 in 2017 and 9.846 in 2018 rank third and sixth all-time in school history… Vault average of 9.808 set in 2018 ranks fourth all-time in school history, while her 2017 bars average of 9.764 ranks 14th.
SINGLE-MEET RECORDS: Set a career-high mark on floor with a 9.975 against Southern Utah (3/8/19), which is tied for first all-time in school history, tied for first in Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference history and is the top score in senior class history… Scored a career-high 39.525 in the all-around at the West Virginia quad meet (2/17/19), tying for the second-highest score in program history, and the highest in senior class history… Earned a personal-best 9.900 on beam at the WVU quad meet, which is tied for 15th all-time in school history…Owns three of the top floor scores in school history at an NCAA Regional Championships meet with a pair of 9.925s (Minneapolis, 4/7/18; Corvallis, 4/5/19) and a 9.825 (Seattle, 4/1/17), which rank first and tied for eighth all-time on the event at a regional meet… Has one of the best vault scores in school history at a regional meet with a 9.800 (Minneapolis, 4/7/18), which is tied for eighth all-time.
2019 (SR): Tabbed the first regular season All-American in school history as she garnered second-team All-America honors on floor from the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association… Named the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference co-Floor Specialist of the Year after leading the league with a National Qualifying Score of 9.925, which also ranked third in the North Central Region and tied for 16th nationally on the event… Earned first-team all-MRGC on floor and second-team all-conference accolades on vault and in the all-around… Became the first Utah State gymnast to ever average 9.900 or better on an event as she averaged 9.906 on floor, which ranks first all-time in single-season school history… Led the team with 16 total titles, which ranks fourth all-time in class history… Recorded seven floor titles to rank first in senior class history and tied for fourth overall in a single season… Won the all-around five times, which ranks third all-time in senior class history… Bars average of 9.792 ranks fifth all-time in single-season school history… Won the all-around competition five times, which is tied for 16th all-time in program history and tied for seventh in a single season… Set a career-high mark on floor with a 9.975 against Southern Utah (3/8/19), which is tied for first all-time in school history, tied for first in MRGC history and is the top score in senior class history… Scored a career-high 39.525 in the all-around at the West Virginia quad meet (2/17/19), tying for the second-highest score in program history, and the highest in senior class history… Earned a personal-best 9.900 on beam to place second at the WVU quad meet… That score is tied for 15th all-time in school history… One of three Aggie gymnasts that qualified as an individual for the NCAA Regional Championships (4/5), where she placed third on floor with a 9.925 and 13th in the all-around with a 38.425… Her 9.925 on floor ranks first all-time in school history for a regional meet and her third-place finish is the best-ever by an Aggie on the event at the regional championships… Tied for 40th on bars (9.725), tied for 42nd on vault (9.675) and placed 56th on beam (9.100) at regionals… Won the individual floor title outright with a 9.925 – the lone gymnast to record a 9.900 or better – and placed fifth in the all-around with a 38.800 at the MRGC Championships (3/22)… Also tied for fifth on vault (9.825), tied for sixth on bars (9.850) and placed 22nd on beam (9.200) at the MRGC Championships… Recorded a 9.900 or better on floor in nine of the 12 meets she competed in, including a 9.925 or better in the final seven meets… Earned Floor Specialist of the Week honors an MRGC-leading six times… Tabbed the MRGC Vault and Floor Specialist of the Week after tying for first on floor (9.900) and tying for third on vault (9.850) at the Pittsburgh quad meet (1/12)… Was named the MRGC Gymnast of the Week and Floor Specialist of the Week the following weekend as she won the all-around (39.225) and placed first on floor (9.875) against No. 6 BYU (1/18)… Earned her third Floor Specialist of the Week accolade from the MRGC after tying for second on the event with a 9.925 at the WVU quad meet, where she also placed second on vault with a career-high-tying 9.850 and tied for second on bars with a season-high 9.850… Was named the MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week the very next weekend as she won the event with a 9.925 against Alaska Anchorage (2/22)… Earned her third-straight MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week award the following weekend as she won the event outright with a 9.925 as the Boise State tri meet (3/1)… Made it four-consecutive MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week accolades with her 9.975 against Southern Utah the following weekend… Placed in the top three a total of 24 times to rank first on the team… Averaged 9.750 on vault, 9.529 on beam and 38.977 in the all-around.
2018 (JR): Tied for fifth on floor with a 9.925 at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/7), where she also tied for 21st on vault with a 9.800… The 9.925 on floor ranks first all-time in school history for a regional meet and is tied for 16th overall… The 9.800 on vault is tied for eighth all-time in program history for a regional meet… Earned a pair of first-team all-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference accolades after tying for first on floor with a 9.900 and tying for third on vault with a 9.850 at the league championships (3/24)… Led the team with 10 event titles, which ranks fifth all-time in junior class history… Captured five floor titles on the season, which ranks second all-time in junior class history… Tabbed MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week after capturing the floor title with a 9.900 against Southern Utah (3/16)… Ranked fourth in the MRGC, tied for eighth in the North Central Region and tied for 50th nationally with a floor Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 9.890… On vault, she tied for fifth in the conference, tied for 14th regionally and tied for 85th nationally with a 9.840 RQS… Season vault and floor averages of 9.808 and 9.846, respectively, rank fourth and sixth all-time in school history… Notched three vault titles on the season, once at Bowling Green (1/13), once at the UC Davis tri meet (2/9) and at home against Southern Utah (3/16)… Placed first on bars two times, once against San José State and Sacramento State (1/19) and again at Southern Utah (2/12)… Placed in the top three a total of 15 times to rank first on the team… Earned academic all-MRGC and USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award honors.
2017 (SO): Competed on vault, bars and floor in all 14 meets of the season… Tied for 24th on vault (9.775), tied for 26th on bars (9.750) and tied for 15th on floor (9.825) at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/1)… Her 9.825 on floor at the Seattle Regional tied for the sixth-best score in school history on the event at a regional meet… Earned Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Floor Specialist of the Year honors after ranking first in the league with a Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 9.900, which also tied for fourth in the North Central Region and tied for 29th in the nation… Garnered first-team all-league honors after tying for first on floor (9.900) and tying for third on vault (9.800) at the MRGC Championships (3/18)… Her floor average of 9.871 ranks third all-time in school history and her eight floor titles set the sophomore class record on the event… Captured a team-best 11 total titles as a sophomore, which is tied for fifth all-time in class history… Won the floor title in the first five meets of the season and was tabbed the MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week six times (1/6, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/26), becoming the first gymnast in school history to accomplish that feat… Recorded the first of six season-high 9.9s on floor at BYU (1/20)… Tallied 10 of the team’s top floor scores with the six 9.9s and four more 9.875s… Her bars average of 9.764 ranks 14th all-time in program history and her RQS of 9.820 on the event tied for 15th in the MRGC and tied for 29th regionally… Captured two bars titles on the season, once at BYU with a 9.825, and once against No. 21 Southern Utah (3/10) with a personal-best score of 9.875, which tied for the Aggies’ top score on the event during the season … Also notched one vault title on the season with a career-high 9.850 against BYU (2/3)… Her 9.850 tied for the Aggies’ top score on vault during the season… Averaged 9.716 on vault… Placed in the top three on vault, bars and floor a total of 19 times to rank first on the team... Earned academic all-MRGC and USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award honors.
2016 (FR): Competed in the final 12 meets of the season… Tied for 19th on vault (9.775), tied for 22nd on floor (9.800) and tied for 32nd on bars (9.650) at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/2)… Tied for 14th on vault (9.750), tied for 19th on floor (9.775) and placed 23rd on bars (9.700) at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championships (3/19)… Captured one event title as she tied for first on floor with a 9.850 at Illinois-Chicago (3/13)… Averaged 9.795 on floor in five meets… Earned academic all-MRGC and USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award honors.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in the all-around for Idaho Elite Gymnastics in Idaho Falls under coach Yuliya Brown... Was the 2015 Idaho State champion in the all-around and a four-time national qualifier... Graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Chad and Lori Ward... Has two brothers and one sister... Married Tanner Sessions in August of 2018... Chose Utah State because of the coaching staff, the camaraderie of the team and it was close to home... Majoring in exercise science.
CAREER HIGHS:
| VAULT |
BARS |
BEAM |
FLOOR |
ALL-AROUND |
| 9.850 |
9.875 |
9.900 |
9.975 |
39.525 |
