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2024 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Profile

  • VT, BB, FX
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Ramsey, Minnesota
    Hometown
  • 5'6
    Height
  • Anoka HS/Ball State
    High School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Garett Graf/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Alivia Ostendorf
Alivia Ostendorf
VT, BB, FX
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Ramsey, Minnesota
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West: Vault (2024); Mountain West Floor Co-Specialist of the Week (2/23/24); Mountain West Vault Co-Specialist of the Week (3/17/24); Academic All-Mountain West (2024); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024); Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Vault Specialist of the Week (2/27/23); MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week (2/27/23; 3/13/23); Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American (2023, 2024); College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024).

SINGLE-MEET RECORDS: Tied for the fourth-best vault score in school history with a personal-best 9.925 set at the Boise State Tri Meet (3/17/24)... Tied for the ninth-best vault score in school history with a 9.900, accomplished in a dual meet at BYU (2/24/23).

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Tied for sixth and 10th all-time in school history with single-season floor averages of 9.863 and 9.846 set in 2023 and 2024, respectively... Tied for ninth and tied for 17th all-time in school history with single-season vault averages of 9.808 and 9.792 set in 2023 and 2024, respectively. 

2024 (GRADUATE SENIOR CAMPAIGN): Earned first team all-Mountain West honors on vault as she ranked fourth in the conference and 22nd in the North Central Region with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.840… Tied for eighth in the conference and tied for 24th in the region on floor with an NQS of 9.870… Also competed on beam in eight meets… Had an average score of 9.792 on vault, 9.578 on beam and 9.846 on floor… Her floor average is tied for the 10th-best in school history for a single season, while her vault average is tied for the 17th best… Tied for third on vault with a 9.800 and tied for sixth on floor with a 9.850 at the MW Championships (3/23)… Won four event titles during the season to lead the team… Named the MW Floor Co-Specialist of the Week as she tied for second on the event with a career high 9.925 at the Utah State Quad Meet (2/23)… Also tied her season-high on beam with a 9.750 in that meet… Named the MW Vault Co-Specialist of the Week after tying for first with a career-high 9.925 at a tri meet hosted by No. 26 Boise State and with No. 17 Oregon State (3/17)… That vault score is tied for the fourth-best in school history… Also tied for fourth on floor in that meet with a 9.875… Won the floor title with a 9.875 and tied for first on vault with a 9.825 against San José State (2/16)… Tied for first on vault with a 9.850 and tied for fourth on floor with a 9.850 at the Air Force Tri Meet with San José State (3/1)… Placed third on floor with a 9.875 and fifth on vault with a 9.825 against Southern Utah (2/2)… Tied for fourth on floor with a 9.800 at the North Carolina Quad Meet (1/5)… Tied for fourth on floor with a 9.850 and tied for eighth on beam with a season-high 9.750 at the Southern Utah Tri Meet (1/19)… Tied for seventh on vault with a 9.825 and tied for 11th on floor with a 9.875 at the Oklahoma Quad Meet (2/9)… Tied for seventh on vault with a 9.850 and tied for eighth on floor with a 9.850 at the Utah Tri Meet (3/15)... Earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors... Earned Academic All-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2023 (SENIOR CAMPAIGN): Competed in all 10 meets… Averaged 9.863 on floor, which is tied for sixth all-time in school history, and averaged 9.808 on vault, which is tied for ninth all-time… Tied for fifth on both vault (9.850) and floor (9.850), and tied for 17th on beam (9.750), at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championships (3/18)… Named the MRGC Co-Vault and Co-Floor Specialist of the Week after placing first on vault with a season-high 9.900, which is tied for ninth all-time in program history, and placing first on floor with a 9.900 at BYU (2/24)… Garnered her second co-MRGC Floor Specialist of the Week accolade after tying for third on the event with a 9.900 at a quad meet hosted by Cal (3/10)… Notched three titles on the season to rank second on the team… Captured her first title as an Aggie as she tied for first on floor with a career-high 9.925 at Boise State (2/3)… Also placed sixth on vault with a season-high 9.825 against the Broncos… Placed fourth on vault (9.800) and seventh on beam (9.750), and tied for third on floor (9.825), against Boise State (2/10)… Tied for eighth on vault (9.750), placed 11th on beam (9.750) and tied for second on floor (9.875) against No. 21 Southern Utah (2/17)… Made her Aggie debut at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah Meet (1/13), where she placed 14th on vault (9.775), 21st on beam (9.625) and tied for sixth on floor (9.850)… Tied for sixth on vault (9.725), tied for seventh on floor (9.800) and placed ninth on beam (9.625) at No. 21 Southern Utah (1/20)… Tied for sixth on vault (9.725) and tied for fourth on floor (9.850) against BYU (1/27)... Earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Spent her first three collegiate seasons at Ball State, where, as a junior, she helped the Cardinals notch their third-best team score in school history with a 195.900 at the 2022 Mid-American Conference Championships… Overall, Ball State placed fourth at the meet, its best MAC Championship finish since placing second in 2016… The Cardinals started the meet on vault, where Ostendorf notched a 9.750 to tie for 19th… She also tied for 14th on beam (career-best 9.825) and placed 32nd on floor (9.650)… Competed in 12 meets as a junior, even competing against her future team when the Aggies hosted both Ball State and Southern Utah in a tri meet on Feb. 4 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum… In that meet, she tied for 12th on vault (9.750), tied for 12th on beam (9.725) and tied for 10th on floor (9.750)… As a sophomore in 2021, she competed in all 10 meets on both beam and floor, while competing on vault three times… Logged a season-best floor score of 9.875 against Western Michigan, and registered routines of 9.800-or-better six times on floor, including a 9.750 at the MAC Championships… Landed season-best beam routines of 9.775 in back-to-back meets, with the first against Illinois State and the second at Eastern Michigan… Had a 9.700-or-better on beam seven times, including a 9.750 at the MAC Championships, and notched a season-best 9.775 on vault at Kent State… During her freshman campaign in 2020, she competed in all 10 meets, including in the all-around in the first four… Won the all-around at Pittsburgh with a career-best score of 38.725, counting a 9.800 on floor, a season-best 9.750 on beam, a 9.600 on vault and a 9.575 on bars.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at Twin City Twisters in Champlin, Minnesota, for 14 years, helping guide the club to 11 consecutive state championships... She placed fifth in the all-around at regionals in 2019, ninth on floor at the 2018 Junior Olympics Championships and 17th in the all-around at the 2017 Junior Olympics national meet... Graduated from Anoka (Minnesota) High School in 2019.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeff Ostendorf and Stacey Goodrich... Has three siblings... Full name is Alivia Edna Ostendorf... Graduated from Utah State in the spring of 2024 with a bachelor's degree in integrated studies.

CAREER HIGHS:
VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND
9.925 9.625 9.825 9.925 38.725
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