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Experienced gymnast who has emerged as a powerful contender on bars and presents potential to make an impact on beam and floor … hard work and grit should help her succeed as a senior … team’s most consistent bars worker … coaches expect big things out of her on that event … team relies on her bars routine each week … consistently ranked high in region on bars … proved that she can deliver in clutch situations … leads through hard work and determination.
At West Virginia in 2011
• One of the most-consistent Mountaineer bars workers
• First team all-EAGL bars
• Competed in 10 meets, seven as a bars and beam specialist, and earned 162.975 points
• Suffered a late-season injury that held her out of three of the year’s last four meets
• Tallied 9.7 or better on bars in all but two routines
• Career-best bars score of 9.875 matched Amy Bieski for the best apparatus score of the season
• Scored season-best 9.775 beam score and finished second against Pitt and Rutgers (1/29)
• Career-best 9.875 bars score good enough for first place against North Carolina (2/20)
• Bars RQS of 9.76 ranked No. 19 in the Southeast region and No. 3 on the team
• Bars season average of 9.683 was third-best mark on team
• EAGL all-Academic Team
• NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
At West Virginia in 2010
• Fast, skill-packed bars routine continued to set standard for Mountaineers in second season with team
• Competed in each meet with bars and beam lineups and earned 250.45 points
• Repeat member of all-EAGL bars first team
• Swung to four 9.8-plus bars scores on season
• Proved value on beam at Pitt with Kent State (1/16), scoring 9.7 and tying for third place
• Tied for first place on bars with 9.8 score at Maryland with Denver and Rutgers (1/30)
• Tied for bars win with season-best 9.825 effort against Ohio State (2/12)
• Set career-high beam mark at Penn State (2/20) with third place, 9.8 effort
• Paced the Mountaineers on bars at Masters Classic (2/28) with 9.725 score
• Took second on bars and third on beam against Bowling Green (3/6) with matching 9.775 scores
• Matched season-high bars score of 9.825 and finished first overall against Bridgeport (3/19)
• Finished 15th on bars at EAGL Championship (3/27) with 9.8 points, the meet’s fifth-best score • Matched career-best beam score of 9.8 and finished ninth overall at NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (4/10)
• Team-best bars RQS of 9.79 ranked eighth in EAGL and 17th in region
• Paced squad with 9.737 bars season average
At West Virginia in 2009
• Made immediate impact on the Mountaineers’ bars lineup, competing in all but the season opener and scoring less than 9.7 points only twice
• First team all-EAGL uneven bars
• Shared the WVU Coaches Award with Amy Bieski
• Earned 106.975 points in 11 meets
• Earned first career win and set season-best mark with 9.85 bars showing against Maryland, George Washington and Rutgers (1/31)
• Finished third on bars at George Washington (2/9) with 9.75 points
• Finished fourth on bars with 9.8 points at home against Kentucky (3/1)
• Ended season ranked 23rd on bars with RQS of 9.775
• Averaged 9.725 on bars on 11 attempts
• EAGL all-Academic Team
Club Gymnastics
• Three-time level 10 region 5 qualifier at Sports Club of Novi Gymnastics under coaches Brian and Jenn Lewis
• First place all-around at the 2008 Circle of Stars
• Fourth place on bars and beam at the 2008 level 10 state meet and level 10 regional meet, respectively
• 2007 Twistar’s Invitational all-around champion
• Finished second on beam and third in all-around at the 2006 level 10 state meet
Personal
• Daughter of Greg and Wendy Roach
• Has one brother
• Birthday is April 5
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from South Lyon High and was a four-year honor roll member
• Majoring in elementary education
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Nicole Roach’s Career Highs
Bars 9.875 vs. North Carolina 2/26/11
Beam 9.8 at Penn State 2/20/10; NCAA Southeast Regional Championships 4/10/10
Nicole Roach’s Career Statistics
Year Meets AA Total Points
2009 11 0 106.975
2010 13 0 250.45
2011 10 0 162.975
Totals 34 0 520.4
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