2021-22 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Lea Mitchell
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Boynton Beach Community High School
- Hometown:
- Boynton Beach, Fla.
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 9.900
• Bars - 9.900
• Beam - 9.925
• Floor - 9.950
• All-Around - 39.375
CAREER NOTES: Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I At-Large Third Team accolades in 2022, becoming just the second Spartan gymnast all-time to reach CoSIDA Academic All-American status, with Angela Howard having received the honor consecutively in 1994 and 1995 ... Recipient of the 2021 Big Ten Conference Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award, becoming the first MSU female student-athlete to receive this honor, and only the second Spartan overall ... Won 23 career event titles, with 10 on floor, five in the all-around, four on vault, three on bars and one on beam ... Three-time team co-captain (2020-22) ... Five-time WCGA Scholastic All-America honoree (2018-22) ... Four-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree (2019-22).
2022: Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I At-Large Third Team accolades ... A WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient ... Also earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades, as well as Academic All-Big Ten honors and the MSU SASS Scholar-Athlete Award recipient ... Made season debut on 1/15 against Bowling Green and Illinois State ... Placed second and earned a new career-best score in the beam event with a 9.900 ... Tied career-best bars score against Maryland on 2/5 ... Scored a season-best 9.900 on floor in the meet against Illinois 2/13 ... Tied for second place on the uneven bars event at Big Fives on 2/19, posting a 9.875 ... Scored a 9.900 on floor at Ohio State 2/26 ... Tallied scores of 9.850 on both bars and beam on 3/5 against Western Michigan ... Scored two scores of 9.900 or better at Kentucky on 3/11, a 9.900 on floor and a career-high 9.925 on beam to tie for second place ... Tied for sixth on beam at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.850 ... Posted a 9.900 on floor at the NCAA Regional Finals on 4/2 ... Scored a 9.875 at Regionals Second Round and Regional Finals ...
2021: Co-Captain…Named one of two recipients of the Big Ten Conference Wayne Duke Postgraduate Award … Is the first MSU female student-athlete to receive this honor, and only the second Spartan overall … One of two members from the gymnastics team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … Scholar-Athlete award … Academic All Big-Ten … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... WCGA Scholastic All-America award ... Athletics honor roll, highest honor … In senior season with the Spartans, competed all-around, sharing the floor top spot with a 9.875, collecting her 10th career floor top honor, claimed third for all-around with a 39.025 at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU … Took third place all-around rounding out the Spartan sweep with a 38.175 vs. OSU and Illinois … Was fifth on bars with a season-high 9.850 vs. OSU and Illinois.
2020: Co-Captain ... Named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch ... Academic All-Big Ten ... WCGA Scholastic All-America honoree ... Tallied 9.800’s on floor and beam, while posting scores of 9.775 on bars and 9.725 on vault on the way to a second place all-around finish (39.100) in season-opener vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 5 ... Earned her first all-around title of the season, posting a personal best score of 39.375, while earning a share of top honors on floor with a 9.875 and tying for third on beam with a career-best 9.875 vs. CMU/Illinois State on Jan. 11 ... Captured top gymnast honors with her second-consecutive all-around title, posting a 39.325, while earning top honors on floor, tying her career-high 9.925 in the anchor spot to help clinch the Spartans’ comeback win on floor in the last rotation, and also earned a share of the bars title with a 9.875 vs. Ohio State on Jan. 18 ... Earned top honos on floor for the third-consecutive meet, posting a season-best 9.950 vs. No. 16 Nebraska on Jan. 26 ... Placed second in the all-around competition with a score of 39.275, tying her career-best on vault with a 9.825 and scoring a 9.775 on bars and a 9.725 on beam vs. No. 16 Nebraska on Jan. 26 ... Collected her third all-around title of the season with a score of 39.175, earning a share of the bars title with a 9.825 and tying for second on floor with a 9.825 ... Earned top gymnast honors for the fourth time this season, registering an all-around score of 39.300, placing first on floor exercise with a 9.900, tying for second on beam (9.825) and tying for third on bars (9.825) at Rutgers on Feb. 8 ... Recorded her fifth all-around title and third-consecutive honor with a score of 39.300, tying for first on floor with a 9.850, tying for second on vault with a career-tying 9.825, adding a 9.850 on beam and 9.775 on bars vs. No. 23 Illinois on Feb. 16 ... Placed fourth overall in the all-around competition, with a career-high tying score of 39.375; Mitchell tied for fourth on vault with a career-best 9.900, tied for fourth on floor with a 9.900, also posting a 9.850 on bars and 9.725 on beam at the Big Five - Elevate the Stage meet on Feb. 22 ... Registered her sixth all-around title of the season with a 39.225, tallying scores of 9.850 on bars (tied for third) and beam (second), 9.750 on vault and 9.775 on floor at No. 17 Iowa State on Feb. 28 ... Garnered her seventh all-around title this season with a 39.1150, composed of two podium finishes including a second place finish on vault (9.800) and third place on beam (9.850) vs. Eastern Michigan on March 7.
2019: WCGA Scholar All-American ... NCAA Regionals Qualifier ... Named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch ... Tallied a 9.800 on floor on the way to a second place all-around finish (38.675) in season-opener vs. No. 25 NC State on Jan. 5 ... Posted a 9.800 on floor and 9.775 on vault, earning third place in the all-around (39.025) at the Collegiate Challenge in Anaheim on Nov. 12 ... Posted a then-personal best 9.900 on floor to tie for first and tied her personal best of 9.825 on vault, tying for first, to win the all-around with a season-high 39.100 vs. No. 14 Ohio State on Jan. 27 ... Tied second-best score of season on floor with 9.850, and earned 9.725 on bars at No. 21 Minnesota on Feb. 2 ... Earned career-high 9.925 on floor to tie for first and season-high 9.800 to tie for third on bars, while totaling a 39.050 in the all-around, her third score of 39.000 or higher at Illinois on Feb. 8 ... Grabbed share of fifth event win this season with 9.775 on vault, and won the all-around for second time this season with 39.025 vs. Rutgers on Feb. 16 ... Recorded 9.800s on vault and floor on the way to season-best all-around score of 39.150, tying for second at the Big Five meet on Feb. 22 ... Set new career-highs of 9.900 on bars, 9.825 on vault and 39.350 in the all-around to earn her third all-around win of the season at EMU on March 1 ... Earned seventh all-around score of 39.0 or better with 39.100 at Elevate The Stage on March 8 ... Tied for first on vault equaling her personal best (9.825) and bars (9.850) on the way to her fourth all-around win of the season with a 39.275 vs. Alaska, Ball State and UIC on March 17 ... Named to All-Big Ten Second Team on March 18 ... Tallied second-best all-around score of season (39.300) taking second in the afternoon session at the Big Ten Championships on March 23 ... Named to Big Ten All-Championships Team on March 23 ... Placed seventh overall in Session I at the NCAA Regionals with a score of 38.900, tallying a 9.725 on vault, 9.750 on bars, 9.700 on beam and 9.725 on floor, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on April 5.
2018: Named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch ... WCGA Scholar All-American ... Competed in the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio ... Competed in the all-around in her Spartan debut, tallying a score of 38.625 and placing second ... Earned a score of 9.850 on floor on Jan. 5 against Bowling Green, tying for first place alongside teammate Roya Shirley ... Scored a 9.825 on bars against Bowling Green (Jan. 5), claiming second place ... Won the all-around against Iowa in the 2018 Big Ten opener with a score of 38.950, posting a then-season-high 9.700 on beam ... Tallied a season-high 9.775 on vault at Minnesota on Jan. 20 ... Posted a season-high in the all-around at Minnesota on Jan. 20 with a score of 39.000, winning the all-around competition ... Competed in the all-around in quad against Eastern Michigan, Pitt & Rutgers on Jan. 27, winning the all-around for the second time in three meets with a score of 39.325, a season-high ... Earned season-highs in all four events in quad meet on Jan. 27, posting scores of 9.825 on vault (1st), 9.825 on bars (3rd), 9.800 on beam (3rd), and 9.875 on floor (T-2nd) ... Earned a season-high 9.850 on bars against Penn State on Feb. 4 ... Placed second in the floor competition on Feb. 4 against Penn State, tying a season-high 9.875 in the event ... Posted a season-high 9.825 on beam at Michigan on Feb. 10 ... Finished third in the all-around competition on Feb. 10 at Michigan with a score of 39.150 ... Gathered a season-high 9.850 on beam against Illinois, also winning the all-around competition with a score of 39.175 with scores of 9.725 on vault, 9.775 on bars and 9.825 on floor (first-place finish) ... Tied for first on beam with a score of 9.825 at UIC on March 4 ... Finished tied for second on floor at UIC on March 4 with a score of 9.775 ... Was second in the all-around competition at UIC on March 4 with a score of 39.000 ... Finished second in the all-around at Oregon State on March 10 with a score of 39.075 ... Earned a season-high 9.850 on bars at the B1G Five meet on March 17.
Prior to Michigan State: Trained at American Twisters, where she was coached by Gary Anderson and Christy Ramirez for four years … Named the Palm Beach Athlete of the Year in 2015-16 … Won a hardest working award and team leadership award … Named the 2016 Level 10 Regional All-Around Champion where she placed second on floor and vault and third on bars and beam … 2017 Florida State Bar Champion … 2015-17 Silver Medalist in All-Around at the Florida State Meet … Earned Bronze at the Level 10 Regionals … Placed fifth at the Level 10 Nationals where she placed second on floor … Overall was a five-time Level 10 National Qualifier, two times of which she was a National Invitational Qualifer placing first on vault and third all-around … Seven-time level 10 Regional Qualifier.
Personal: Majoring in journalism, with minors in dance and Spanish… Daughter of Spencer and Maureen Mitchell.
