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2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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(Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

Avery Balser

Avery Balser

  • Position:
    Bars, Floor
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Carroll, Ohio
  • High School:
    Bloom Carroll
  • Major:
    Psychology

Summary

Biography

CAREER HIGHS
VT UB BB FX AA
9.700 9.950 9.675 9.875 --

2025 (Senior)
  • Tied for 2nd out of 12 on bars along with Delaney Adrian & Ginger Richards (9.825) at the Dual Meet against New Hampshire (03/16).
  • Scored a season high of 9.875 on uneven bars (03/07).
  • Notched a season-high 9.750 on bars at the Big Four Meet (03/02).
2024 (Senior)
  • In her first NCAA postseason event, placed in a tie for 21st out of the 54 gymnasts in the event at the regional. The 9.850 is tied for Rutgers' best score on bars at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/6).
  • Scored a 9.850 on bars at the NCAA Regional Championships at the University of Florida's Exactech Arena on Friday evening to conclude the 2024 season for the Scarlet Knights. (4/6)
  • Qualified for the 2024 NCAA Regional Championships as individual event specialists at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which hosts the regional round beginning on Thurs., April 4 at 2 p.m. (3/25).
  • Scored a 9.800 on bars at the Big Ten Championships, placing 15th of 36 in Session I and 32nd of 60 overall at Michigan State's Jenison Field House (3/23).
  • Led the Scarlet Knights with a 9.800 to tie for 15th during the first session at the 2024 Big Ten Championships at Michigan State's Jenison Field House (3/23).
  • Tied her career-high with a massive 9.950 (bars) – the second-best score in school history – to win tie for first at the quad meet against Penn State, George Washington, and Towson (3/17).
  • Held a team-high of 9.85 (bars), garnering her 1st place in a tri-meet victory over Penn and Yale (3/15). 
  • Placed 1st of 12 scoring 9.8 (bars) in a dual with West Virginia (3/10). 
  • T-1st of 24 (bars) in a Quad-meet with Cornell, West Chester, and Ursinus (3/2).
  • T-8th of 30 (bars), at the Big Five Gymnastics Meet (2/23).
  • Reached 9.8 or higher on bars for the seventh time this season, in a dual with Michigan (2/17).
  • Earned her third-career 9.9+ on bars, the first of the 2024 season, and bested the field of 24 for the event win at the New Hampshire Quad Meet (2/11/24).
  • T-3rd of 12 (Bars), in a dual with Iowa (2/9).
  • Turned in her fourth score of 9.825 or higher this season, tying for third with that 9.825, in a dual with Iowa (2/9).
  • 3rd of 12 (bars), with a score of 9.850, against Penn State (1/25).
  • Scored her third consecutive 9.875 on bars to start the season, winning the event for the second time in three meets, in a dual with Maryland (1/19).
  • Made it 9.875 for the second week in a row to start the season on bars.
  • Picked up Rutgers' first event season win with a 9.875 on bars, sticking the landing and holding for a high opening night score.
2023 (Junior)
  • Won bars with a 9.875 in regular season finale victory over UPenn & West Virginia, contributing to a program-record team score of 196.875 (3/12).
  • Surpassed her career high on floor in NC State dual meet (3/4) scoring a 9.825 contributing to their 49.400, Rutgers' second-highest floor score in school history. 
  • Won bars in dual at No. 18 Iowa (2/18) with a 9.825.
  • One week after her first 9.9, upped the ante and scored an event-winning 9.95 on bars for the second-highest score in program history and the highest bars score since the 2000 season, 23 years ago (2/11 vs. Maryland).
  • Posted her first career 9.9 on bars in the quad with No. 3 Michigan, Fisk, and Souther Connecticut St. (2/3) and later made her season debut on floor with a career-high tying 9.800.
  • Matched her career-best bars performance (9.875) and placed third at Rutgers' home opener quad (1/14).
  • Paced Rutgers on bars at the Super 16 Collegiate Challenge in Las Vegas with a 9.825 (1/6)
2022 (Sophomore): Competed in 12 meets for Rutgers...contributed the program's highest team total at a Big Ten Championship, adding a 9.800 on bars (3/19)...contributed to a program-record team total of 196.400 (3/11)...finished first on bars with her career high of 9.875 in the home quad meet (3/4)...finished second on bars with a 9.850 at No. 20 Illinois (2/25)...matched her season high of 9.775 on floor at the Big Five meet (2/19)...posted a career-high 9.875 on bars, finishing first in the home quad meet with No. 17 Iowa, Ursinus and Kent State (2/11)...recorded a season-high 9.800 on bars in home tri meet against No. 1 Michigan and Alaska (2/4)...improved her score to 9.775 on bars in tri-meet with Kent State and Cornell (1/28)...scored then season high of 9.750 on bars and 9.750 on floor in quad meet (1/15)...began season with 9.775 on floor at Florida (1/07).

2021 (Freshman): Competed in 10 meets for the Scarlet Knights...finished second on floor with a career-high 9.800 in the win over Penn State (3/13)...finished in second place on bars with a 9.825 at Maryland (3/3)...posted a career-high of 9.850 on bars to lead the team in the event at the Big Five Meet (2/27)...made her collegiate debut in a tri-meet with Illinois and Maryland, leading the team on bars with a 9.775 (1/23).

Prior to Rutgers: Two-time JO National Qualifier…selected as first alternate JO National Qualifier…2018 Level 10 State Bar and All-Around Champion…2018 Regional Bar Champion…Honor Roll student…member of the  National Honors Society.

Personal: Daughter of Mindi and Chad Balser…has two brothers, Bailey and Jude…studying towards a career as an orthodontist.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'2"

  • 2022Sophomore

    Vault, Bars, Floor
    5'2"

  • 2023Junior

    Vault, Bars, Floor
    5'2"

  • 2024Senior

    Bars, Beam, & Floor
    5'2"

  • 2025Graduate Student

    Bars, Floor
    5'2"

  • 2025Graduate Student

    Bars, Floor
    5'2"
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