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Utah State University Athletics

2023 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Profile

  • VT, UB, BB
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Bolton, Ontario, Canada
    Hometown
  • 5'3
    Height
  • Silverthorn Collegiate Institute
    High School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Grace Rojas
Grace Rojas
VT, UB, BB
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference (2019).

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Ranks fifth, is tied for sixth and tied for 11th all-time in school history with single-season bars averages of 9.809 (2021), 9.800 (2020) and 9.786 (2023).

2023 (GRADUATE): Competed in nine meets… Averaged 9.786 on bars, which is tied for 11th all-time in school history… Tied for ninth on bars with a 9.800 at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championships (3/18)… Tied for eighth on bars with a 9.825 in a home tri meet against Alaska and Nebraska (3/3)… Placed third on bars with a 9.875 against Boise State (2/10)… Placed fourth on bars with a 9.850 at Boise State (2/3), where she also competed on beam… Opened the season by placing 24th on vault (9.400), tying for 14th on bars (9.800) and tying for 15th on beam (9.750) at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah Meet (1/13)… Did not compete at No. 21 Southern Utah (1/20) due to injury, but returned the following week in Utah State’s home opener against BYU (1/27) and placed fourth on bars (9.850) and 11th on beam (9.650).

2022 (SENIOR SEASON): Missed the first six meets of the season while recovering from an injury… Made her season debut in a home tri meet against No. 12 BYU and No. 23 Towson (2/25), tying for 10th on bars with a 9.750… Tied for 14th on bars (9.850) in Session 1 of the second round of the NCAA Norman Regional (3/31)… Placed sixth on bars with a career-best score of 9.900 at the conference championships (3/19), helping the Aggies win their first-ever MRGC title.

2021 (JUNIOR SEASON): Was a fixture in the bars lineup, competing on the event in all 11 meets… Averaged 9.809 on bars, which ranks fifth all-time in single-season school history… Tied for 14th in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference and tied for 30th in the North Central Region with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.844 on bars… Also tied for 14th in the MRGC and tied for 33rd regionally with an NQS of 9.819 on vault… Tied for 29th on bars (9.825) and placed 45th on vault (9.750) at the Salt Lake City NCAA Regional Second Round (4/2)… Recorded season-high-tying score of 9.850 on bars in three of the last five meets of the season, including at the MRGC Championships (3/20), where she tied for fifth on the event… Tied for 10th on vault with a 9.800 at the MRGC Championships… Tied for third on vault with a career-best 9.850 against No. 11 BYU (2/26)… Matched that vault score in the regular season finale at No. 5 Utah (3/12) to place fifth.

2020 (SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN): Competed on vault and bars in all nine meets… Averaged 9.800 on bars, which is tied for sixth all-time in school history… Ranked 10th in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference and tied for 25th in the North Central Region with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.825 on bars… Ranked 22nd in the MRGC and 49th regionally with an NQS of 9.770 on vault… Tied for fourth on bars with a season-high-tying 9.850 against No. 17 BYU (3/6)… Recorded five 9.825s on bars, including four straight during the season… Recorded season-high vault score of 9.825 two times, once at the Boise State quad meet (2/21) and again against BYU… Also competed on beam in three meets.

2019 (FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN): Competed on vault, bars and beam during her first season… Captured her first-career event title with a season-best 9.800 on vault against Alaska Anchorage (2/22)… Tied for third on bars with a season-high 9.850 against Southern Utah (3/8)… Tied for sixth on beam with a career-best 9.825 at a tri meet hosted by Boise State (3/1)… Averaged 9.710 on vault, 9.685 on beam and 9.661 on bars... Earned academic all-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference accolades.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in the all-around for Manjaks Gymnastics in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, under coaches Kelly Manjak and Kelsey Arnold… During the 2018 Provincials and 2018 Canadian Championships, Rojas placed third and sixth in the all-around, respectively… Was the all-around provincial champion in 2017 and captured fifth place in the all-around at the 2017 Canadian Championships… Helped Team Ontario capture two all-around titles at the 2017 and 2018 Canadian Championships… Graduated with honors and a four-year bilingual studies certificate from Silverthorn Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke, Ontario.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Antonio and Shelley Rojas… Has two older sisters… Competed for the same club and went to the same school as former USU teammate Maddie Straker… Earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State in the spring of 2021 and is pursuing her master’s degree in business administration.

CAREER HIGHS:
VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND
9.850 9.900 9.825 --- ---
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