2024 Gymnastics Roster
Ellen Collins
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clearfield, Pa.
- High School:
- Clearfield Area High
Statistics
Career Highs
| Event | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Vault | 9.55 | Pitt (3/14/21) |
| Floor Exercise | 9.9 | Pitt and Central Michigan (3/5/23) at Oklahoma (2/24/23) Bowling Green (2/19/23) |
Career Statistics
| Year | Meets | AA | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 19.075 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 107.975 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 105.425 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 232.475 |
2023 (Jr.)
- Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Feb. 19)
- Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished the year with a career-best 107.975 points as part of a breakout junior year
- Earned three podium appearances on the year, including the first of her career on Feb. 19
- Made her debut in WVU’s coveted floor exercise lineup on Feb. 3 at Pitt before going on to become a consistent member of the lineup for the remainder of the season
- Tallied her first score of 9.9 or higher with a career-best 9.9 on floor against Bowling Green on Feb. 19
- Matched the total two more times throughout the season, first at Oklahoma on Feb. 24 and then again against Pitt and Central Michigan on March 5
- Finished the season with a 9.866 average and a 9.88 National Qualifying Score on floor
- Appeared in the floor lineup at the 2023 Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Championships
2022 (So.)
- Did not compete
2021 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- WCGA Scholastic All-American
- Appeared in a pair of meets for WVU, competing on vault
- Made her career debut at Pitt (March 12), totaling a 9.525 score on vault
- Tallied a career-high 9.55 total on vault against Pitt (March 14)
Club Gymnastics
- Three-year level 10 gymnast at Centre Elite Gymnastics
- Won the vault title outright at the 2020 Arizona Sunrays Classic Rock Invitational, which is a part of the Nastia Liukin Cup Series
- Placed first on floor exercise at the 2019 Pikes Peak Cup, which also is a Nastia Liukin Cup qualifying event
- Finished as high as 15th on vault at the 2019 Region 7 Championships
- Earned a trio of top-10 finishes at the 2019 Pennsylvania State Championships, placing as high as seventh on floor and tying for ninth on vault
- Placed ninth on floor at the 2018 Region 7 Championships
- Posted a pair of top-15 finishes at the 2018 Pennsylvania State Championships, tying for 12th on vault and placing 14th on floor
- Graduated salutatorian from Clearfield Area High
- Was a member of the student council
- Spanish Honor Society President
- National Honor Society Vice President
Personal
- Daughter of Scott and Elizabeth Collins
- Father was a member of the Mountaineer wrestling team from 1987-91, becoming WVU’s first NCAA Champion as a senior
- Mother competed for the Mountaineer gymnastics program from 1987-90
- Birthday is June 8
- Majoring in biology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Assistant Coach Kaylyn Millick | Intro
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Assistant Coach Jessica Yamzon | Intro
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Associate Head Coach Travis Doak | Intro
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Head Coach Jason Butts | Intro
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