2022-23 Women's Gymnastics Roster
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Nikki Smith
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- North Farmington
- Hometown:
- West Bloomfield, Mich.
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 10.000 (2x, most recent vs. New Hampshire, 3/1/24)
• Bars - 9.975 (2x, most recent at NCAA University Park Regional Final, 4/5/25)
• Beam - 9.950 (at NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round, 4/5/24)
• Floor - 10.000 (vs. Iowa, 1/28/24)
• All-Around - 39.775 (vs. Bowling Green/LIU, 3/5/23)
2025: WCGA Regular Season All-American (First Team, Vault) ... Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, MSU's third gymnast to receive the award and first since 2007 ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Three-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Competed in the all-around in all but one meet ... Opened the season with a 39.475 in the all-around against Western Michigan (1/4), scoring a 9.950 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.850 on beam and 9.800 on floor ... Won the vault, bars and all-around titles vs. the Broncos, earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors on Jan. 7 ... Scored a 39.300 in the all-around, a 9.825 on vault, 9.900 on bars and 9.825 on beam at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Won the vault (9.950), floor (9.925) and all-around (39.525) titles against Michigan and also scored a 9.875 on beam (1/17) ... Won the vault (9.950) and bars (9.850) titles at Ohio State and scored a 9.850 on floor and 39.250 in the all-around (1/24) ... Scored her third-straight 9.950 on vault to win the event title at UCLA (2/1) and scored a 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor to win the all-around title with a 39.425 ... Earned Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors on Feb. 4 ... Scored 9.875s on vault and beam vs. Minnesota and won the bars (9.925) and all-around title (39.575) while scoring a 9.900 on floor (2/8) ... Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 11 ... Posted 9.900s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on bars and 9.800 on beam at Nebraska (2/15) ... Won the vault and all-around (39.425) titles at Nebraska ... Won the bars title with a 9.950 against Rutgers, also scoring a 9.925 on vault and 9.850 on beam (2/22) ... Collected her first-career beam title at the Big Four Meet with a season-high 9.925 (3/2) ... Also won the floor title at Big Fours with a 9.900 ... Scored a 39.300 in the all-around at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Won the vault (9.900), bars (9.925) and all-around titles (39.500) against Bowling Green (3/16) and scored a 9.825 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Finished fifth in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships with a 39.550 (3/22) ... Also added 9.900s on vault and bars, a 9.825 on beam and a 9.925 on floor at the B1G Championships ... Scored a 39.550 in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional with a 9.850 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor (4/3) ... Won the vault title in the regional final with a 9.950, earned a career-high 9.975 on bars to win the event title and won the all-around title with a season-high 39.650 (4/5) ... Competed on vault, beam and floor at the NCAA Championships, scoring a 9.8125 on beam and 9.900 on floor (4/17).
2024: WCGA Regular Season All-American (Second Team, Vault) ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Three-time Big Ten Specialist of the Week ... Academic All-Big Ten ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Scored a 39.175 in the all-around in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5), also scoring a 9.800 on vault and 9.925 on bars ... Scored a 9.850 on vault, 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/13), winning the bars title ... Posted a 39.250 in the all-around at Penn State (1/19) and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.875 on floor ... Scored MSU's first-ever perfect 10.000 on floor vs. Iowa (1/28) and scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.850 on bars ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on Jan. 29 ... Recorded a 9.950 on vault, 9.850 on bars and 9.875 on floor at Michigan (2/4) ... Earned a 9.900 on vault and 9.950 on floor vs. Illinois, capturing the floor title (2/9) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.900 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Also earned the floor title vs. Maryland ... Won the vault title at the Big Five Meet with a 9.975 (2/23), also scoring a 9.900 on bars and 9.850 on floor to help MSU to its second straight Big Ten regular season title ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on Feb. 27 ... Scored the second 10.000 on vault of her career vs. New Hampshire (3/1) ... Also posted a 9.800 on bars vs. New Hampshire ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on March 5 ... Scored a 9.950 on floor vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) ... Earned a 9.900 on vault and won the floor title with a 9.925 at Illinois State w/ Lindenwood (3/16) ... Competed on vault, bars and floor at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.875 on vault, 9.900 on bars for bronze and 9.925 on floor, helping MSU to its first championship title (3/23) ... Won the NCAA Gainesville Regional all-around title in her return to the all-around on April 5 with a 39.675 ... Scored a 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on bars and 9.875 on floor while scoring a career-high 9.950 on beam to qualify for the NCAA Championships on the event ... Scored a 9.850 on bars and 9.925 on floor in the Gainesville Regional Final (4/7) ... Earned a 9.825 on beam at the NCAA Championships (4/18).
2023: Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... Six-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Made her Spartan debut at Alabama (1/6) ... Scored a 9.850 on vault and floor and a 9.875 on bars ... Made her all-around debut at NC State, scoring a 9.850 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.900 on floor (1/14) ... Won the all-around (39.525) and vault (9.925) vs. Michigan (1/22) ... Tied her career high with a 9.850 on bars vs. Michigan ... Scored a 9.825 on beam vs. Michigan ... Won the floor title with a 9.900 at Maryland (1/29) ... Also scored a career-high 9.850 on beam ... Won the bars title vs. Penn State with a then-career-high 9.925 (2/4) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault and 9.875 on floor vs. Penn State ... Posted an all-around score of 39.450 vs. Penn State ... Won her second-straight bars title with a 9.875 at Iowa (2/11) ... Also scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.875 on floor at Iowa ... Finished second in the all-around at Big Fives with a 39.550 (2/25) ... Tied her then-career high with a 9.950 on vault, scored a then-career-high 9.950 on floor, and scored 9.825s on bars and beam at Big Fives ... Scored 9.825s on vault and bars at Illinois (2/27) ... Also scored a career-high 9.975 on floor and 9.900 on beam ... Scored a career-high 9.975 on bars at Eastern Michigan with LIU and earned a 9.925 on vault and 9.850 on floor (3/3) ... Scored the third perfect 10.000 on vault and third overall in MSU history vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Also scored a 9.950 on bars, a career-high 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor ... Broke MSU’s all-around record vs. Bowling Green and LIU with a 39.775 ... Scored a 9.925 on bars vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Also earned 9.875s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on beam ... Competed in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 39.375 (3/18) ... Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) and Final (4/2), scoring a 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor in the second round and a 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on bars, 9.900 on beam, 9.950 on floor and 39.700 in the all-around.
Prior to MSU: Trained at EuroStars Gymnastics in Plymouth, Mich. under Tania Gueorguiev, Nicole Cook and Anna Genrich … A seven-year Level 10 athlete ... 2022 Development Program Championships all-around, vault, bars and beam champion, also finishing sixth on floor … Two-time Michigan State All-Around Champion … 2021 Region 5 All-Around Champion, sweeping three of four events … Three-time Nastia Cup Qualifier … Tied for first in the all-around at the 2022 Nastia Cup ... Captured second place on floor, third on vault and fifth all-around at the 2021 Nastia Cup … Three-time JO National Qualifier … 2021 National Floor Champion and finished fourth place in all-around and vault at the USAG DP National Championships ... Represented Region 5 on the All-Star Team in Arizona in 2021 … Rated a five-star recruit by CollegeGymNews.
Personal: Daughter of Antoinette and Jason Smith … Has an older sister, Nyah, who was on the gymnastics team at Michigan State.
• Vault - 10.000 (2x, most recent vs. New Hampshire, 3/1/24)
• Bars - 9.975 (2x, most recent at NCAA University Park Regional Final, 4/5/25)
• Beam - 9.950 (at NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round, 4/5/24)
• Floor - 10.000 (vs. Iowa, 1/28/24)
• All-Around - 39.775 (vs. Bowling Green/LIU, 3/5/23)
2025: WCGA Regular Season All-American (First Team, Vault) ... Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, MSU's third gymnast to receive the award and first since 2007 ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Three-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Competed in the all-around in all but one meet ... Opened the season with a 39.475 in the all-around against Western Michigan (1/4), scoring a 9.950 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.850 on beam and 9.800 on floor ... Won the vault, bars and all-around titles vs. the Broncos, earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors on Jan. 7 ... Scored a 39.300 in the all-around, a 9.825 on vault, 9.900 on bars and 9.825 on beam at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Won the vault (9.950), floor (9.925) and all-around (39.525) titles against Michigan and also scored a 9.875 on beam (1/17) ... Won the vault (9.950) and bars (9.850) titles at Ohio State and scored a 9.850 on floor and 39.250 in the all-around (1/24) ... Scored her third-straight 9.950 on vault to win the event title at UCLA (2/1) and scored a 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor to win the all-around title with a 39.425 ... Earned Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors on Feb. 4 ... Scored 9.875s on vault and beam vs. Minnesota and won the bars (9.925) and all-around title (39.575) while scoring a 9.900 on floor (2/8) ... Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 11 ... Posted 9.900s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on bars and 9.800 on beam at Nebraska (2/15) ... Won the vault and all-around (39.425) titles at Nebraska ... Won the bars title with a 9.950 against Rutgers, also scoring a 9.925 on vault and 9.850 on beam (2/22) ... Collected her first-career beam title at the Big Four Meet with a season-high 9.925 (3/2) ... Also won the floor title at Big Fours with a 9.900 ... Scored a 39.300 in the all-around at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Won the vault (9.900), bars (9.925) and all-around titles (39.500) against Bowling Green (3/16) and scored a 9.825 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Finished fifth in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships with a 39.550 (3/22) ... Also added 9.900s on vault and bars, a 9.825 on beam and a 9.925 on floor at the B1G Championships ... Scored a 39.550 in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional with a 9.850 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor (4/3) ... Won the vault title in the regional final with a 9.950, earned a career-high 9.975 on bars to win the event title and won the all-around title with a season-high 39.650 (4/5) ... Competed on vault, beam and floor at the NCAA Championships, scoring a 9.8125 on beam and 9.900 on floor (4/17).
2024: WCGA Regular Season All-American (Second Team, Vault) ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Three-time Big Ten Specialist of the Week ... Academic All-Big Ten ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Scored a 39.175 in the all-around in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5), also scoring a 9.800 on vault and 9.925 on bars ... Scored a 9.850 on vault, 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/13), winning the bars title ... Posted a 39.250 in the all-around at Penn State (1/19) and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.875 on floor ... Scored MSU's first-ever perfect 10.000 on floor vs. Iowa (1/28) and scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.850 on bars ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on Jan. 29 ... Recorded a 9.950 on vault, 9.850 on bars and 9.875 on floor at Michigan (2/4) ... Earned a 9.900 on vault and 9.950 on floor vs. Illinois, capturing the floor title (2/9) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.900 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Also earned the floor title vs. Maryland ... Won the vault title at the Big Five Meet with a 9.975 (2/23), also scoring a 9.900 on bars and 9.850 on floor to help MSU to its second straight Big Ten regular season title ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on Feb. 27 ... Scored the second 10.000 on vault of her career vs. New Hampshire (3/1) ... Also posted a 9.800 on bars vs. New Hampshire ... Named Big Ten Specialist of the Week on March 5 ... Scored a 9.950 on floor vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) ... Earned a 9.900 on vault and won the floor title with a 9.925 at Illinois State w/ Lindenwood (3/16) ... Competed on vault, bars and floor at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.875 on vault, 9.900 on bars for bronze and 9.925 on floor, helping MSU to its first championship title (3/23) ... Won the NCAA Gainesville Regional all-around title in her return to the all-around on April 5 with a 39.675 ... Scored a 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on bars and 9.875 on floor while scoring a career-high 9.950 on beam to qualify for the NCAA Championships on the event ... Scored a 9.850 on bars and 9.925 on floor in the Gainesville Regional Final (4/7) ... Earned a 9.825 on beam at the NCAA Championships (4/18).
2023: Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... Six-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Made her Spartan debut at Alabama (1/6) ... Scored a 9.850 on vault and floor and a 9.875 on bars ... Made her all-around debut at NC State, scoring a 9.850 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.900 on floor (1/14) ... Won the all-around (39.525) and vault (9.925) vs. Michigan (1/22) ... Tied her career high with a 9.850 on bars vs. Michigan ... Scored a 9.825 on beam vs. Michigan ... Won the floor title with a 9.900 at Maryland (1/29) ... Also scored a career-high 9.850 on beam ... Won the bars title vs. Penn State with a then-career-high 9.925 (2/4) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault and 9.875 on floor vs. Penn State ... Posted an all-around score of 39.450 vs. Penn State ... Won her second-straight bars title with a 9.875 at Iowa (2/11) ... Also scored a 9.800 on vault and 9.875 on floor at Iowa ... Finished second in the all-around at Big Fives with a 39.550 (2/25) ... Tied her then-career high with a 9.950 on vault, scored a then-career-high 9.950 on floor, and scored 9.825s on bars and beam at Big Fives ... Scored 9.825s on vault and bars at Illinois (2/27) ... Also scored a career-high 9.975 on floor and 9.900 on beam ... Scored a career-high 9.975 on bars at Eastern Michigan with LIU and earned a 9.925 on vault and 9.850 on floor (3/3) ... Scored the third perfect 10.000 on vault and third overall in MSU history vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Also scored a 9.950 on bars, a career-high 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor ... Broke MSU’s all-around record vs. Bowling Green and LIU with a 39.775 ... Scored a 9.925 on bars vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Also earned 9.875s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on beam ... Competed in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 39.375 (3/18) ... Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) and Final (4/2), scoring a 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor in the second round and a 9.900 on vault, 9.950 on bars, 9.900 on beam, 9.950 on floor and 39.700 in the all-around.
Prior to MSU: Trained at EuroStars Gymnastics in Plymouth, Mich. under Tania Gueorguiev, Nicole Cook and Anna Genrich … A seven-year Level 10 athlete ... 2022 Development Program Championships all-around, vault, bars and beam champion, also finishing sixth on floor … Two-time Michigan State All-Around Champion … 2021 Region 5 All-Around Champion, sweeping three of four events … Three-time Nastia Cup Qualifier … Tied for first in the all-around at the 2022 Nastia Cup ... Captured second place on floor, third on vault and fifth all-around at the 2021 Nastia Cup … Three-time JO National Qualifier … 2021 National Floor Champion and finished fourth place in all-around and vault at the USAG DP National Championships ... Represented Region 5 on the All-Star Team in Arizona in 2021 … Rated a five-star recruit by CollegeGymNews.
Personal: Daughter of Antoinette and Jason Smith … Has an older sister, Nyah, who was on the gymnastics team at Michigan State.
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