Maggie Mace Season 2023

CAREER HIGHS:
Bars: 9.825 (3/17/2024)

2024 – SENIOR SEASON
 
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: As a bars specialist, she competed in four meets for the Nittany Lions, earning a career high 9.825 in her final regular season meet as a Nittany Lion.
 
Meet-by-meet: at Southern Utah (3/8): Tallied a 9.725 on bars, her first stuck routine of the season. at NC State w/Penn, Texas Woman’s (3/10): Posted a 9.775 on bars. at George Washington w/Rutgers, Towson (3/17): Set her bars career high in what ended up being her final competed routine as a Nittany Lion, going 9.825 at George Washington.

2023 – JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Competed in four meets on bars.
 
Meet-by-meet: Michigan State (2/4): Set a season-best mark with a 9.775 on the bars.
 
2022 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned 2022 Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Made collegiate debut with a 9.775 score on bars at the Keystone Classic (1/7). 

2021 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Did not see action. 

Gymnastics Background:
Competed with Cincinnati Gymnastics for head coach Rachael Tracy…Finished fifth on vault, bars, floor and all-around at the 2020 California Grand Invitational...Earned third on bars at the 2020 Elevate the Stage meet...Placed second on bars at the 2019 Ohio State championships…Led her team to a 2018 Ohio State Championship while placing third on bars…Served as a 2018 Junior Olympic Nationals alternate and qualified for the 2016 Junior Olympic Nationals…Earned the 2017 Ohio State Championships All-Around Title while finishing second on bars, fourth on beam and floor and fifth on vault…Graduated a year early from high school.
 
Personal:
Daughter of Gina and Chris Mace…Has a sister, Mackenzie…Planning to major in Chemical Engineering to pursue a career in manufacturing new medicines and medical devices…Born in Michigan.
 
Why Penn State?
“I chose Penn State because when I stepped on campus, it felt like home and the atmosphere was like no place else.”