#RazorFacts
- All-SEC Team (2014, 2016)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2014)
- Katie Hardman Gym’Back Pride Award (2016)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016)
- Won Three Career Event Titles (1 BB, 2 FX)
Personal Bests
V: 9.85, Metroplex Challenge, Jan. 31, 2015
BB: 9.9, 3x, last at Auburn, Feb. 3, 2017
FX: 9.925, 2x, last vs. Auburn, Jan. 29, 2016
As A Senior (2017)
Won the balance beam title at Auburn on Feb. 3, matching a career-best with a score of 9.900… It was her first individual title of the season, her second career balance beam title and her fourth career individual title overall… Also tied for the team lead with a 9.850 on floor at Auburn on Feb. 3… Scored a 9.875 on floor and helped Arkansas score a 49.225 on floor against LSU on Feb. 10… Also scored a 9.850 on vault and helped Arkansas score a season-best 49.000 on vault against LSU on Feb. 10… Scored a season-best 9.800 on floor and helped Arkansas score a 49.325 on floor, its best team score in any event, against Florida on Feb. 17… Won her second balance beam title of the season, the third of her career, with a 9.825 against Centenary and San Jose State on March 10… She also scored a 9.850 on floor exercise in her final regular-season routine in Barnhill Arena… Scored a 9.800 on floor exercise and a 9.850 on balance beam at the SEC Championship on March 18.
As A Junior (2016)
Earned All-SEC Team honors with a career high of 9.9 on balance beam at the SEC Championship … Won balance beam (9.85) and floor exercise (9.925) event titles vs. Auburn on Jan. 29 … Competed in all 13 balance beam and floor exercise lineups … Vault score counted towards team total in 9-of-11 performances … Led off vault lineup in final six meets … Balance beam score counted towards team total in 12-of-13 performances … Had career high of 9.9 on balance beam two times … Had 11-of-13 balance beam scores of 9.8 or better … Floor exercise score counted towards team total in 12-of-13 performances … Had season high of 9.925 on floor exercise vs. Auburn on Jan. 29 … Had four floor exercise scores of 9.9 or better … Second on team with 9.812 average on floor exercise … Had three balance beam scores and five floor exercise scores lead the team.
As A Sophomore (2015)
Won her first career event title on Feb. 20 with a 9.850 on the floor at No. 24 Kentucky, sharing the honor with teammate Heather Elswick … Set a career-best in all three events she competed in this year … Made her collegiate debut on the vault in the season-opener at co-defending national champion, Oklahoma, and scored a 9.825 … Scored a career-best 9.850 on the vault on Jan. 31 at the Metroplex Challenge … Posted a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise on Jan. 16 in the home opener against the defending SEC champion, Alabama, which helped Arkansas post its highest-ever floor exercise total with a 49.600 … Collected a career-high 9.825 on the balance beam on Feb. 13 in a tri-meet against Illinois State and Southeast Missouri … Featured in every beam and floor routine and all but one vault rotation … Scores counted on 32 of her 35 routines … Scored a 9.8-or-higher on 11 floor routines, seven vault rotations and two beam routines … Averaged a 9.844 on the floor, a 9.791 on the vault and a 9.615 on the balance beam.
As A Freshman (2014)
Competed in all 12 meets for Arkansas as a true freshman … Recorded a career-best mark on the beam against No. 2 Oklahoma with a 9.825 … Set a career-best score of 9.875 on the floor against Kentucky … Finished second on the floor in the Razorbacks session at the SEC Championship to earn All-SEC team honors … Top freshman finisher on the beam to earn a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team … Her scored counted in 11 of the 12 beam scores and 10 of the 11 floor scores during her first year.
Prior to Arkansas
Club
Competed for Ace Gymnastics in Ipswich, Mass., where she was a Level 10 gymnast, regional competitor and national qualifier in four seasons with Ace … Won the floor with a score of 9.55 and finished second in the all-around at regionals as a freshman, followed that with an all-around title with a score of 37.375 and moved on to nationals where she finished second in the all-around by scoring 9.625 … As a junior, won both the regional beam and floor, and finished second in the all-around with a 37.650 … Picked up a second-place on the bars and was third on the beam and vault at regionals as a senior … Prep career-best include a 9.575 on vault, a 9.45 on bars, 9.75 on beam and floor and a 38.325 which she scored in March 2012 at the Starlight Invitational in Boston, Mass.
High School
Attended St. Mary’s High School … A member of the National Honor Society and the yearbook staff for the Spartans.
Personal
Born April 18, 1995 … One of two children to Richard and Laurie Nelson of Peabody, Mass. … Has one older brother, Peter … Majoring in business (Community relations).
