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Avery Balser
- Position:
- Bars, Floor
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Carroll, Ohio
- High School:
- Bloom Carroll
- Major:
- Psychology
| 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).
- 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.
- 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)
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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