2017 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around)
2017 Second Team All-Big Ten
2017 Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2016 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around)
2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
2016 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2016 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 Chrystal Chollet-Norton Award
2016 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
2015 NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
2015 Team Most Valuable Gymnast
2015 Most Inspirational Award
2015 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around)
2017 (Junior): Competed all-around in 13 meets on the season ... named Second Team All-Big Ten (3/13) to become the first Scarlet Knight to earn the honor ... selected for NCAA Regionals for the third-straight year as an all-arounder (3/20) ... honored as Rutgers' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner (3/17) ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/22) ... notched a 38.940 all-around RQS with a high of 39.075 ... had four meets totaling at least a 39.000 ... scored as high as 9.850 on balance beam (9.780 RQS), 9.825 on floor exercise (9.800 RQS), 9.800 on uneven bars (9.735 RQS) and 9.750 on vault (9.725 RQS) ... picked up at least a 9.700 in 41-of-52 routines during the season ... scored a 39.050 at NCAA Regionals held at West Virginia (4/1), marking a 9.825 on floor exercise, a 9.775 on uneven bars, a 9.750 on vault and a 9.700 on balance beam ... notched a 38.950 score at Big Ten Championships (3/18), including a team-high 9.800 on uneven bars ... scored a 38.925 in Big Five meet at Iowa (3/11), including a 9.800 on floor exercise, a 9.750 on balance beam and a 9.725 on vault ... picked up a season-best 39.075 at Central Michigan (3/5) with a high of 9.825 on floor exercise ... had a 9.750 on both floor exercise and balance beam at Southeast Missouri (3/3) ... scored best on floor exercise with a 9.800 at Towson (2/24) ... totaled a 38.775 all-around at Illinois-Chicago (2/19) with a high of 9.775 on balance beam ... took first place in the meet with a 39.000 all-around outing against Maryland (2/11) ... led the team with a 9.850 on balance beam and added a 9.800 on floor exercise at Ohio State (2/4) ... scored a 9.800 on both balance beam and floor exercise to total a 39.050 in win over Michigan State (1/28) ... recorded a 38.925 against Nebraska (1/21) with four scores of at least 9.700 and a high of 9.800 on floor exercise ... scored best on floor excercise with a 9.725 in all-around outing at Illinois (1/14) ... made season debut with a 38.825 all-around score with a high of 9.750 on floor exercise in home quad meet (1/7).
2016 (Sophomore): Competed in 13 meets, including all-around 12 times ... named NACGC/W Scholastic All-America (7/22), Academic All-Big Ten (3/23) and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/6) for posting over a 3.7 GPA ... earned the Chrystal Chollet-Norton Award for hard work, a positive attitude, the ability to persevere and commitment to Rutgers gymnastics ... scored a 38.990 RQS all-around to earn a spot at NCAA Championships ... scored a high of 39.050 all-around, 9.850 on both balance beam and uneven bars, 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on floor exercise ... scored a 39.025 all around with a best of 9.800 on uneven bars at the NCAA Championships (4/2) ... recorded a 38.950 all-around at Big Ten Championships (3/19) with a high of 9.775 on vault ... posted a 39.025 all-around with a 9.850 on balance beam at the Big Five meet (3/12) ... recorded a 9.800 on floor exercise during home quad meet (3/6) ... scored a 39.000 all-around, including a season-best 9.850 on bars at George Washington (2/28) ... reached a 9.750 on beam at North Carolina (2/26) ... compiled a 38.925 at in home meet (2/20) ... tied season-best performance with a 39.050 at Maryland (2/14) with four scores over 9.700 ... notched 39.050 with a high of 9.850 on beam at the RAC versus Ohio State (2/6) ... highlighted 38.925 all-around score with a 9.800 on floor at Michigan State (1/30) ... picked up a 9.750 on vault in home opener against Illinois (1/16) ... competed all-around in the opening meet in Boston (1/9), scoring best on vault (9.725) and floor exercise (9.725) ... named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch (12/10).
2015 (Freshman): Competed in 13 meets as a rookie, including all-around the last eight times ... earned team Most Valuable Gymnast and Most Inspirational Award, given to gymnast for overcoming adversity and achieving an amazing accomplishment ... named a NACGC/W Scholastic All-American (8/4) ... had averages of 9.728 (vault), 9.547 (uneven bars), 9.588 (balance beam) and 9.669 (floor exercise) ... competed on balance beam in every meet ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an all-arounder and posted a 38.850 score in the Morgantown Regional (4/4), with a season-high of 9.800 on balance beam ... recorded season-highs of 9.875 on floor exercise and 9.825 on vault on the way to a 38.525 all-around score at the Big Ten Championships (3/21) ... scored best on vault (9.800) in the Big Five Meet at Minnesota (3/14) ... notched a season-high 9.875 floor routine as part of a school-record event performance at the RAC (3/7), also earning a 9.800 on balance beam and a 9.775 on vault ... had at least a 9.700 in three events at Towson (2/27) ... reached a 9.725 on balance beam at West Virginia (2/22) ... had a season-best 38.900 all-around mark at NC State (2/20), including a 9.825 on floor exercise and a season-high 9.800 on uneven bars ... went all-around for the first time versus Maryland (2/14) and registered a 38.775 ... made collegiate debut with a 9.675 on balance beam at Penn State (1/10).
Prior to Rutgers: Member of the Hanover Gymnastics Club for nine years ... competed at the Level 9 Eastern Junior Olympic Nationals ... a Level 10 Regional Qualifier … totaled three regional appearances … earned the Youth Leader of the Year Award by the Hanover YMCA ... member of the National Honor Society at New Oxford ... elected as President of the National Art Honor Society ... served as historian for her class in student government ... received distinguished Honor Roll all four years … earned "Best of Show" art honor.
Personal: A visual arts major … has one younger sister, Rachel … daughter of Michael and Beth Groden … cousin, Matt Pitzulo, played baseball at Bowling Green.
