2024 Gymnastics Roster
Abbie Pierson
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- New Kensington, Pa.
- High School:
- Saint Joseph High
Statistics
Career Highs
| Event | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Vault | 9.950 | at Iowa State (1/28/22) |
| Uneven Bars | 9.8 | at Michigan with Auburn (3/12/22) |
| Balance Beam | 9.925 | at North Carolina (2/24/22) |
| Floor Exercise | 9.925 | Pitt and Central Michigan (3/5/23) at Iowa (3/8/20) |
| All-Around | 39.2 | at Michigan with Auburn (3/12/22) |
Career Statistics
| Year | Meets | AA | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 264.175 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 350.275 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 371.8 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 430.4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 387.225 |
| Total | 48 | 5 | 1,803.875 |
2023 (Sr.)
- Surpassed 1,000 career points
- Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Red Brown Cup honoree
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (March 6)
- Competed in all 14 meets on vault, balance beam and floor exercise, while also appearing in the uneven bars lineup twice to record a pair of all-around performances
- Finished the year second on the team with 430.4 season points
- Collected 11 podium finishes, including four even wins, to tie for second place on the team
- Ended the year with a National Qualifying Score of 9.8 or higher on all three of her regularly competed events, including a 9.87 on vault, a 9.8 on beam and a 9.89 on floor
- Also finished the year with averages of 9.818 on vault, 9.35 on bars, 9.732 on beam and 9.857 on floor
- Competed in the all-around in the season opener at Florida with Ball State and Lindenwood on Jan. 6, posting a 38.35 to place third for her first podium appearance of the year
- Earned her first event win of the season with a 9.85 on vault at Towson with New Hampshire and West Chester on Jan. 20
- Impressive showing at Texas Woman’s on Feb. 26 included a pair of event wins on vault and floor, as she tallied a 9.9 on each event
- Reached new season highs on vault (9.925), beam (9.875) and floor (9.925) in the home finale against Pitt and Central Michigan on March 5
- In that performance, she tied for first on vault and placed second on floor, while her total on floor also matched her career high on the event
- Scored a 9.9 or higher eight times throughout the year
2022 (Jr.)
- NCAA Regional Championships Individual Event Specialist (beam, floor)
- Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (March 15)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 17)
- Competed in 12 meets on vault, balance beam and floor exercise, while also making appearances in the uneven bars and all-around lineups
- Ranked third on the team with 371.8 points on the year, finishing the campaign just shy of 1,000 points for her career with 986.25
- Tallied 17 podium finishes, including six event wins, to rank No. 2 on the squad
- Finished the year with season averages of 9.734 on vault, 9.525 on vars, 9.806 on beam and 9.873 on floor
- Made her career debut on bars and the all-around at Pitt on Feb. 6, earning a 9.75 on bars and a 38.575 all-around total
- Set a season-high score of 9.9 on floor exercise in WVU’s season opener at Towson on Jan. 14, then went on to earn the mark five more times throughout the year
- Recorded a pair of event wins at Towson, including her 9.9 on floor and a 9.825 on vault
- Earned a new career best on vault at Iowa State on Jan. 28, securing a 9.95 to finish first overall on the event
- Also tallied a 9.9 on floor at Pitt on Feb. 6, to finish in first place
- Notched a new career-best 9.925 total on beam at North Carolina on Feb. 24, earning a first-place finish for the performance
- In the regular-season finale at Michigan on March 12, she reached a career-best 9.8 on bars and went on to tally her first career all-around score of 39.0+ with a 39.2
- Represented the Mountaineers in the NCAA Norman Regional Second Round, competing as an individual event specialist on beam and floor, scoring a 9.9 on beam (T-3rd) and floor (T-8th)
2021 (So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- WCGA Scholastic All-American
- Ranked No. 4 on the team with 350.275 season points
- Passed the 500-career point plateau
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 15)
- Ranked No. 4 on the team with 350.255 season points
- Competed on vault, beam and floor in all 12 meets
- Recorded five event wins on the season (two on beam, two on floor and one on vault)
- Tallied her first podium finishes of the year against Denver (Feb. 11), posting a 9.8 to finish tied for second on vault and a season-high 9.9 on floor for a second-place showing
- Earned her first event win of the season with a 9.85 score on beam at Pitt (March 5)
- Matched her season-high mark on floor four times throughout the year, including at the Big 12 Championship (March 20) and the NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships (April 1-2)
- Also finished in a tie for first on floor (9.9) on the first day of the NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships (April 1)
2020 (Fr.)
- NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Linda Burdette-Good Award for the Most Valuable Gymnast
- Competed on balance beam in all 10 meets, also made appearances on vault and floor exercise
- Made the podium 10 times, tied for the team lead, in her rookie season
- Registered four event wins, two on vault and one each on beam and floor
- Only dropped one score on beam and two scores on floor all season
- Ranked No. 1 on the team with 264.175 season points
- Ended the year with season averages of 9.825 on vault, 9.732 on beam and 9.806 on floor
- Made her collegiate debut in the Mountaineers’ season opener at Penn State, posting a career-high 9.9 mark on vault and beam to win the event titles outright (Jan. 11)
- Tied for second on beam with a score of 9.825 against Temple and New Hampshire (Jan. 26)
- Scored a 9.875 mark on floor to earn a share of the event title at George Washington with William & Mary and Pitt (Jan. 31)
- Tallied a 9.825 on floor in three straight meets (Feb. 14, Feb. 21 and Feb. 23)
- Totaled a matching career-high score of 9.9 on vault at Pitt (Feb. 21)
- Posted a 9.825 on vault to finish second against Western Michigan, Bowling Green and Towson (Feb. 23)
- Tied for second on beam with a 9.875 performance against Pitt and Rutgers (March 1)
- Set a career-high 9.925 on floor and placed second at Iowa; also posted a 9.875 showing on vault in a tie for second (March 8)
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 13)
Club Gymnastics
- Four-year level 10 gymnast from Gymkhana Inc
- Three-time Junior Olympics National Championships qualifier
- Placed third on vault and eighth in the all-around at the 2018 JO National Championships
- Captured the vault title and finished second on floor and the all-around at the 2018 Region 7 Championships
- Won titles on vault and floor, as well as the all-around, and finished third on the uneven bars and beam events at the 2018 Pennsylvania State Championships
- Finished eighth on vault and ninth on floor at the 2017 JO National Championships
- Earned four top-10 finishes at the 2017 Region 7 Championships, including a victory on floor and a second-place showing on vault; also finished seventh in the all-around and ninth on beam
- Placed fifth on vault at the 2016 JO National Championships
- Finished as high as third on vault and placed sixth in the all-around and seventh on floor at the 2016 Region 7 Championships
- Earned a runner-up finish on vault, a third-place showing on beam and a sixth-place finish in the all-around at the 2016 Pennsylvania State Championships
- Attended Saint Joseph High
Personal
- Daughter of Gregory and Michelle Pierson
- Birthday is May 14
- Has one brother and one sister
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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