Nicole Medvitz Season 2016

ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM (2016, 2017)
BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK (1/6/2014)
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR (2016, 2017)
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2015, 2016, 2017)
NACGC/W SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (2016, 2017)

15 CAREER EVENT TITLES

CAREER BESTS

2017 (Senior Year)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...All-Big Ten Second Team honoree...Competed in the uneven bars lineup and balance beam lineup in all 12 meets...Competed in her first career all-around at the Texas Woman’s University Quad Meet with a score of 38.425 (2/19)...Posted a career-best 9.625 on the vault at the Texas Woman’s University Quad Meet (2/19)...Tied a career-best 9.850 on the uneven bars in back-to-back meets...Tied a career-best 9.850 on the uneven bars to finish third at the Penn Quad Meet (3/5)...Finished 15th on the uneven bars at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.825 (3/18)...Placed 15th on the uneven bars at the NCAA Regional with a 9.800 (4/1)...Won seven balance beam titles...Won her first balance beam title of the season at Nebraska with a score of 9.900 (1/15)...Won three-straight balance beam titles (Illinois – 9.925, Michigan State – 9.900 & Ohio State – 9.875)...Finished second on the balance beam at the Texas Woman’s University Quad Meet with a score of 9.900 (2/19)...Won three-straight balance beam titles (Pittsburgh – 9.875, Penn Quad Meet – 9.850 & Big Five Qualifier – 9.900)...Placed 10th on the balance beam at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 9.850 (3/18)...Finished fifth on the balance beam at the NCAA Regional with a 9.850 (4/1).

2016 (Junior Year)
Appeared in the Nittany Lion lineup on the uneven bars and the balance beam in all 12 meets...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...All-Big Ten Second Team...Championship season: At the Big Ten Championships (3/19), Medvitz tied for 12th on the balance beam with a score of 9.825...At the NCAA Regional Championships (4/2), Medvitz tied for 30th on the balance beam with her tally of 9.725...Regular season: Medvitz earned a 9.725 on the uneven bars and a 9.425 on the balance beam in the season-opening meet vs. North Carolina State (1/9)...Against Illinois (1/29), Medvitz tied for third on the balance beam with teammate Kiera Brown with a score of 9.850...Medvitz tied for third place on the balance beam with a score of 9.800 against Michigan State (2/6)... Against Ohio State (2/13), Medvitz tied for second place on the balance beam with a score of 9.875...Medvitz earned a career-best on the balance beam in the season’s first quad meet against Alabama, Cornell and Denver with a score of 9.900 winning the event (2/20)...Medvitz took first place on the balance beam against Maryland (2/22) with a score of 9.875...Against Southern Connecticut, Temple, West Chester and West Virginia (2/26), Medvitz tied for her third-straight balance beam title (9.900) and tied a career-best (9.850) to place third on the vault...Tied for her fourth-straight balance beam title against Arizona State with a 9.875 (3/4)...Hit a career-best 9.975 on the balance beam to place second at the Big Five Qualifier (3/12)...Her score of 9.975 on the balance beam is tied for fifth in program history.

2015 (Sophomore Year)
Competed in 11 of the team's 12 meets, including the NCAA Regional Championships...Competed on the balance beam each of her meets...Academic All-Big Ten...Championship season: Competed on the balance beam at the Big Ten Championships (3/21) and scored 9.800...Scored 9.700 on the balance beam at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/4)...Regular season: Tied a career-best at 9.875 to tie for the balance beam title vs. No. 24 Michigan State (2/7)...Won the event with a 9.850 at Pittsburgh (2/21)...Also scored 9.850 vs. Maryland (1/24) on the event...Logged a 9.825 on the balance beam at the B1G Five Meet (3/14). Scored 9.800 on the event three times; at B1G Championships, at West Virginia (3/8) and in a quad-meet vs. Brockport, Iowa State and Penn (2/28).

2014 (Freshman Year)
Competed in all 14 of the team's meets, including the NCAA Regional Championships and at the NCAA Championships...Competed on the uneven bars and balance beam...Competed on the balance beam in every meet...Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week once (1/6)...Ranked tied for second on the team on the balance beam and tied for fifth on the uneven bars. Championship Season: Competed on two events at the Big Ten Championships (3/22)...Tied for fourth on the balance beam with a career-best-tying 9.875...Also tied a career-best 9.850 on the uneven bars...Competed on the uneven bars and balance beam at the NCAA Regional Championships (4/5)...Scored 9.750 on the balance beam...Competed on two events at the NCAA Championships (4/18)...Scored 9.700 on the balance beam and 9.675 on the uneven bars at the championships. Regular Season: Scored a career-best 9.850 on the uneven bars three times; B1G Championships, at New Hampshire with Bridgeport and George Washington (3/8) and against Cornell, Southeast Missouri and UIC (1/18)...Tied for the event title at New Hampshire with Bridgeport and George Washington (3/8)...Swung to a 9.775 on the uneven bars vs. Illinois (2/15) and at Ohio State (2/1)...Boasted a career-high 9.875 on the balance beam at the B1G Championships and at New Hampshire with Bridgeport and George Washington (3/8)...Tied for the event title with a 9.850 vs. Bridgeport, Western Michigan and Yale (2/28).

Gymnastics Background
Competed for ENA Paramus under coaches Craig and Jen Zappa and John Wojtczuk...Competed as a Level 10 gymnast from 2009-13...Five-time Junior Olympic National Championship qualifier...Won the Junior Olympic National Championship on the balance beam in 2011, 2012 and 2013...Won four balance beam titles and two uneven bar crowns at the Regional Championships...Finished runner-up in the all-around at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Regional Championships...Claimed three uneven bar championships and four balance beam titles at the New Jersey State Championships...Won the New Jersey State Championship in the all-around in 2011 and 2012 and was runner-up in 2010...Named 2010-11 New Jersey Gymnast of the Year...Was a National Honor Society and high honor roll member in high school...Also competed for the swimming and diving team at Paramus and was the Big North Conference diving champion.

Personal
Born Nicole Marie Medvitz in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on April 29, 1995...Daughter of Bob and Denise Medvitz...Has two younger brothers, David and Eric...Majoring in management.