2022-23 Women's Gymnastics Roster
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Smith, Nyah
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Nyah Smith
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- North Farmington
- Hometown:
- West Bloomfield, Mich.
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 9.900 (at Big Five Meet, 2/25/23)
• Bars - 9.775 (3x, most recent at Ohio State w/ Illinois, 2/7/21)
• Beam - 9.850 (2x, most recent at Big Five Meet, 2/22/20)
• Floor - 9.925 (2x, most recent at Eastern Michigan w/ LIU, 3/3/23)
• All-Around - 39.225 (vs. Nebraska, 1/26/20)
CAREER NOTES: A three-time WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient, as well as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2024: Academic All-Big Ten ... Made two vault and five floor appearances in 2024 ... Made her season debut on vault and floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/13), scoring a 9.775 on vault and 9.850 on floor ... Earned a 9.825 on floor at Penn State (1/19) ... Scored a 9.750 on vault at Michigan (2/4) ... Posted a 9.825 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Scored back-to-back season-high 9.875s on floor vs. New Hampshire (3/1) and vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9).
2023: Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Scored a 9.800 on vault and a 9.750 on floor at Alabama (1/6) ... Scored 9.800s in the lead-off spots on vault and floor at NC State (1/14) ... Led MSU off on floor vs. Michigan, scoring a 9.875 (1/22) ... Competed in the lead-off spots on vault and floor at Maryland (1/29) ... Scored 9.850s on vault and floor vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a career-high 9.900 on vault at Big Fives (2/25) ... Earned a 9.875 on floor at Big Fives ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.875 on floor at Illinois (2/27) ... Earned 9.800s on vault and beam at Eastern Michigan with LIU, a season-high beam score (3/3) ... Also tied her career-high floor score with a 9.925 at EMU ... Scored a 9.875 and 9.850 on floor vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.825 on floor vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Competed on vault and floor at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.800 on vault and 9.850 on floor (3/18) ... Competed in the lead-off spot on vault and floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) and Final (4/2), scoring a 9.850 on vault in the second round and a 9.850 on floor in the final.
2022 : WCGA Scholastic All-America Award ... Academic All Big-Ten … Made her season debut on 1/22 against Iowa, competing on vault and posting a 9.775 ... Made her 2022 beam debut against Michigan on 1/30, scoring a 9.800 ... Competed on floor in the tri-meet at Central Michigan with Western Michigan ... Set a new career-high on floor with a score of 9.875 at Ohio State 2/26 ... Doubled down on 3/5 against Western Michigan and set another career-best score on floor, this time a 9.925 ... Scored a 9.800 on floor at the Big Ten Championships on 3/19 ... Scored a 9.900 on floor at NCAA Regional Finals on 4/2.
2021: Academic All Big-Ten … Athletics honor roll, honor … WCGA Scholastic All-America Award ... In her second season, Smith competed all-around, posting a career high of 9.775 on bars vs. Illinois and OSU and a 9.850 on floor vs. NEB and OSU … She secured second for all-around with a 39.175, tying for fourth on the vault with a 9.800, and tied for fifth on floor with 9.850, tying her personal best, at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU … Earned a second-place all-around finish with a 38.875 vs. OSU and Illinois.
2020: Named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch ... Made Spartan debut with an all-around score of 37.250, tallying 9.825 on vault for her first career event title, 9.775 on beam, 9.650 on floor and 8.000 on bars in season-opener vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 5 ... Posted a personal best all-around score with a 39.125 for third place, tying for second on vault with a 9.825 and posting season bests on floor (9.825), bars (9.775) vs. CMU/Illinois State on Jan. 11 ... Tallied a 9.725 on floor and 9.775 on vault vs. Ohio State on Jan. 18 ... Set career-bests on beam (9.850) and floor (9.850) to earn third in the all-around competition with a career-best score of 39.225, also posted a 9.800 on vault and a 9.725 on bars vs. No. 16 Nebraska on Jan. 26 ... Placed second in the all-around competition with a 38.375, tying her career-high 9.825 on vault to tie for third, while posting a 9.800 on floor at Iowa on Feb. 1 ... Took third in the all-around competition with a 39.100, tying her career-best 9.825 to earn a share of top honors on vault, also tallying a 9.725 on bars, 9.800 on beam and a 9.750 on floor at Rutgers on Feb. 8 ... Placed third in the all-around competition with a 38.575, posting a career-high score of 9.775 on bars, adding a 9.775 on vault and a 9.750 on floor vs. No. 23 Illinois on Feb. 16 ... Placed seventh in the all-around (39.100), with a career-high 9.875 on vault and a career-best tying 9.850 on beam with scores of 9.750 on bars and 9.625 on floor at the Big Five - Elevate the Stage meet on Feb. 22 ... Took second in the all-around with a 39.075, tying her career-high on floor with a 9.850 to tie for fourth, posting a score of 9.825 on vault to tie for second, and scores of 9.750 on bars and 9.650 on beam at No. 17 Iowa State on Feb. 28 ... Recorded her first career all-around title with a cumulative score of 39.150, composed of two podium finishes on vault with a score of 9.850 and tied for second place on floor with a career-high tying score of 9.850 vs. Eastern Michigan on March 7.
Prior to MSU: Trained under Ruth and Chris Miller, Mel Foster and Renee Henry at Oakland Gymnastics … Four year Level 10 competitor … Two-time J.O. National Qualifier (2017 & 2019) … Placed sixth all-around at the 2019 Michigan State Championships … Also placed ninth all-around at the 2019 J.O. National Championships, finishing ninth on beam and 12th on vault.
Personal: Daughter of Antoinette Paige-Smith (Toni) and Jason Smith … Majoring in kinesiology ... Has a younger sister, Nikki, who is a freshman gymnast on the Spartan roster.
• Vault - 9.900 (at Big Five Meet, 2/25/23)
• Bars - 9.775 (3x, most recent at Ohio State w/ Illinois, 2/7/21)
• Beam - 9.850 (2x, most recent at Big Five Meet, 2/22/20)
• Floor - 9.925 (2x, most recent at Eastern Michigan w/ LIU, 3/3/23)
• All-Around - 39.225 (vs. Nebraska, 1/26/20)
CAREER NOTES: A three-time WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient, as well as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2024: Academic All-Big Ten ... Made two vault and five floor appearances in 2024 ... Made her season debut on vault and floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/13), scoring a 9.775 on vault and 9.850 on floor ... Earned a 9.825 on floor at Penn State (1/19) ... Scored a 9.750 on vault at Michigan (2/4) ... Posted a 9.825 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Scored back-to-back season-high 9.875s on floor vs. New Hampshire (3/1) and vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9).
2023: Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Scored a 9.800 on vault and a 9.750 on floor at Alabama (1/6) ... Scored 9.800s in the lead-off spots on vault and floor at NC State (1/14) ... Led MSU off on floor vs. Michigan, scoring a 9.875 (1/22) ... Competed in the lead-off spots on vault and floor at Maryland (1/29) ... Scored 9.850s on vault and floor vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a career-high 9.900 on vault at Big Fives (2/25) ... Earned a 9.875 on floor at Big Fives ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.875 on floor at Illinois (2/27) ... Earned 9.800s on vault and beam at Eastern Michigan with LIU, a season-high beam score (3/3) ... Also tied her career-high floor score with a 9.925 at EMU ... Scored a 9.875 and 9.850 on floor vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.825 on floor vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Competed on vault and floor at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.800 on vault and 9.850 on floor (3/18) ... Competed in the lead-off spot on vault and floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) and Final (4/2), scoring a 9.850 on vault in the second round and a 9.850 on floor in the final.
2022 : WCGA Scholastic All-America Award ... Academic All Big-Ten … Made her season debut on 1/22 against Iowa, competing on vault and posting a 9.775 ... Made her 2022 beam debut against Michigan on 1/30, scoring a 9.800 ... Competed on floor in the tri-meet at Central Michigan with Western Michigan ... Set a new career-high on floor with a score of 9.875 at Ohio State 2/26 ... Doubled down on 3/5 against Western Michigan and set another career-best score on floor, this time a 9.925 ... Scored a 9.800 on floor at the Big Ten Championships on 3/19 ... Scored a 9.900 on floor at NCAA Regional Finals on 4/2.
2021: Academic All Big-Ten … Athletics honor roll, honor … WCGA Scholastic All-America Award ... In her second season, Smith competed all-around, posting a career high of 9.775 on bars vs. Illinois and OSU and a 9.850 on floor vs. NEB and OSU … She secured second for all-around with a 39.175, tying for fourth on the vault with a 9.800, and tied for fifth on floor with 9.850, tying her personal best, at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU … Earned a second-place all-around finish with a 38.875 vs. OSU and Illinois.
2020: Named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch ... Made Spartan debut with an all-around score of 37.250, tallying 9.825 on vault for her first career event title, 9.775 on beam, 9.650 on floor and 8.000 on bars in season-opener vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 5 ... Posted a personal best all-around score with a 39.125 for third place, tying for second on vault with a 9.825 and posting season bests on floor (9.825), bars (9.775) vs. CMU/Illinois State on Jan. 11 ... Tallied a 9.725 on floor and 9.775 on vault vs. Ohio State on Jan. 18 ... Set career-bests on beam (9.850) and floor (9.850) to earn third in the all-around competition with a career-best score of 39.225, also posted a 9.800 on vault and a 9.725 on bars vs. No. 16 Nebraska on Jan. 26 ... Placed second in the all-around competition with a 38.375, tying her career-high 9.825 on vault to tie for third, while posting a 9.800 on floor at Iowa on Feb. 1 ... Took third in the all-around competition with a 39.100, tying her career-best 9.825 to earn a share of top honors on vault, also tallying a 9.725 on bars, 9.800 on beam and a 9.750 on floor at Rutgers on Feb. 8 ... Placed third in the all-around competition with a 38.575, posting a career-high score of 9.775 on bars, adding a 9.775 on vault and a 9.750 on floor vs. No. 23 Illinois on Feb. 16 ... Placed seventh in the all-around (39.100), with a career-high 9.875 on vault and a career-best tying 9.850 on beam with scores of 9.750 on bars and 9.625 on floor at the Big Five - Elevate the Stage meet on Feb. 22 ... Took second in the all-around with a 39.075, tying her career-high on floor with a 9.850 to tie for fourth, posting a score of 9.825 on vault to tie for second, and scores of 9.750 on bars and 9.650 on beam at No. 17 Iowa State on Feb. 28 ... Recorded her first career all-around title with a cumulative score of 39.150, composed of two podium finishes on vault with a score of 9.850 and tied for second place on floor with a career-high tying score of 9.850 vs. Eastern Michigan on March 7.
Prior to MSU: Trained under Ruth and Chris Miller, Mel Foster and Renee Henry at Oakland Gymnastics … Four year Level 10 competitor … Two-time J.O. National Qualifier (2017 & 2019) … Placed sixth all-around at the 2019 Michigan State Championships … Also placed ninth all-around at the 2019 J.O. National Championships, finishing ninth on beam and 12th on vault.
Personal: Daughter of Antoinette Paige-Smith (Toni) and Jason Smith … Majoring in kinesiology ... Has a younger sister, Nikki, who is a freshman gymnast on the Spartan roster.
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