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2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Profile

  • VT, UB, BB
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
    Hometown
  • 5'3
    Height
  • Odyssey Charter HS
    High School
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Danika Kirstine
Dani Kirstine
VT, UB, BB
Position
Senior
Class
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hometown

Summary

Biography

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HONORS: 
Mountain West Bars Co-Specialist of the Week (1/31/25, 2/2/24); Academic All-Mountain West (2024, 2205); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025); Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American (2022, 2023, 2024, 2205); Academic All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference (2022); College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024, 2025).

2025 (SENIOR CAMPAIGN): Competed in 11 meets on bars… Tied for seventh in the Mountain West and was 31st in the North Central Region on bars with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.835 … had an average score of a 9.734 on bars … tied for sixth on bars with a 9.775 against BYU at the NCAA Regional Championships in Salt Lake City (4/2) ... placed fourth with a 9.875 on bars at the MW Championships (3/23) ... named the MW Bars Co-Specialist of the Week after winning her own title of the season as she tied for first with a career-high-tying 9.900 at the Boise State Tri Meet with Sacramento State (1/31) ... placed second on bars with a 9.850 against Boise State (2/21) ... placed third on bars with a 9.800 against San Jose State (2/7) ... tied for fourth on bars with a 9.800 at Air Force (1/24) ... tied for fifth on bars with a 9.800 at No. 21 Arizona (3/14) ... tied for eighth on bars with a 9.850 against No. 7 California and Texas Woman's at the Metroplex Challenge (2/14) ... earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... named Academic All-MW and a MW Scholar-Athlete.  

2024 (JUNIOR CAMPAIGN): Competed in all 12 meets on beam and in 10 meets on bars … tied for 15th in the Mountain West and tied for 44th in the North Central Region on bars with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.780 … tied for 17th in the conference and tied for 49th in the region on beam with an NQS of 9.770 … had an average score of 9.552 on bars and 9.571 on beam … tied for 10th on beam with a 9.850 and tied for 12th on bars with a 9.775 at the MW Championships (3/23) … named the MW Bars Co-Specialist of the Week as she scored a career high 9.900 to place second against Southern Utah (2/2) … tied for fifth on beam with a career-high 9.875 in the meet … won her first-career event title as she placed first on bars with a 9.850 against San José State (2/16) ... earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... named Academic All-MW and a MW Scholar-Athlete.

2023 (SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN): Competed in all 10 meets of the season … tied for third on bars (9.850) and tied for 15th on beam (9.775) at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championships (3/18) … tied for 10th on bars with a 9.850 at the Cal Quad Meet (3/10) … tied for second on bars with a season-high 9.875 and placed fourth on beam with a career-best 9.875 against BYU (1/27) … tied for third on bars with a 9.875 against No. 21 Southern Utah (2/17) … tied for fourth on bars with a 9.800 and made her collegiate debut on beam, tying for fifth with another 9.800, at No. 21 Southern Utah (1/20) … placed sixth on beam with a 9.800 against Boise State (2/10) … tied for fourth on bars with a 9.775 at BYU (2/24) … made her Aggie debut at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah Meet (1/13), where she tied for 20th on bars with a 9.775 ... earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors.

2022 (FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN): Did not compete during the season, but performed exhibition routines on bars against No. 23 Towson (2/27) and at the Washington Tri Meet (3/6), recording scores of 9.775 and 9.650, respectively … earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America and Academic All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference accolades.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at Brown’s Gymnastics in Las Vegas, Nevada, under the direction of Kyle Khou … was the 2019 Junior Olympic Nationals bars champion and helped lead her club team to a first-place finish at Lady Luck 2020.

PERSONAL: Daughter of James Kirstine and Josée Lacasse ... has one younger sister ... her mother is a former Canadian alpine skier who won multiple World Cup titles and competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Calgary, placing 11th in the giant slalom and 16th in the slalom ... she later attended Sierra Nevada College on a full scholarship and is in the Eagles’ Hall of Fame ... earned her bachelor's degree from Utah State in journalism and communications in the spring of 2025 ... last name is pronounced Ker-stine.

CAREER HIGHS:
VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND
--- 9.900 9.875 --- ---
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