2027 Gymnastics Roster
Carlee Nelson
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ohio
- High School:
- Fort Frye High
Statistics
Career Highs
| Event | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Vault | 9.85 | at Florida with North Carolina, Temple (1/9/26) at Pitt with Illinois State (3/15/26) |
| Balance Beam | 9.875 | Eastern Michigan, Iowa State, Towson (1/29/23) |
| Floor Exercise | 9.825 | Denver (1/24/26) at Northern Illinois with Western Michigan (2/6/26) |
Career Statistics
| Year | Meets | AA | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 105.475 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 24.575 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 210.8 |
| 2026 | 13 | 0 | 291.15 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 603.05 |
2026 (Sr.)
- Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Surpassed 500 career points
- Competed in all 13 meets on floor exercise, while also earning time in the vault and beam lineups
- Totaled 291.15 points to rank third on the team and reach the 500-career point threshold
- Finished the year with National Qualifying Scores of 9.805 on vault and 9.79 on floor
- Tallied a pair of podium finishes on the year
- Posted a new career high on floor with a 9.825 vs. Denver on Jan. 24, before matching the total again on Feb. 6 at Northern Illinois
- Hit a new career best with a 9.85 on vault in the season opener at Florida on Jan. 9
- Secured nine scores of 9.8 or higher throughout the season
2025 (Jr.)
- Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Competed in all 15 meets, earning time in the vault and balance beam lineups
- Ranked sixth on the team with 210.8 points on the year
- Secured a new career high on vault on Feb. 14, scoring a 9.8 at BYU
- Reached her season high on beam twice during the year, posting a 9.8 at Pitt (March 9) and at Penn (March 14)
- At Penn, she earned her first podium finish of the season with her beam score
- Finished the year with National Qualifying Scores of 9.755 on vault and 9.59 on beam
2024 (So.)
- WCGA Scholastic All-American
- Competed in one meet before sustaining a season-ending injury in the season opener against Temple on Jan. 7
- Notched performances on vault, balance beam and floor exercise against Temple
- Finished the year with 24.575 points
- Earned a second-place finish on vault with a 9.75 on Jan. 7
2023 (Fr.)
- WCGA Scholastic All-American
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Competed in seven meets in her inaugural season, earning time in the vault and balance beam lineups
- Finished the year with 105.475 season points
- Made her Mountaineer career debut in the season opener at Florida with Ball State and Lindenwood on Jan. 6, competing on vault
- Set a new career high on vault in the home opener against Maryland and Kent State on Jan. 13, tallying a 9.75
- Reached a new career best on beam with a 9.875 against Eastern Michigan, Iowa State and Towson on Jan. 29
- The total also was good for her first career podium finish, placing third in the final event standings
- Competed on balance beam in the 2023 Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Championships
Club Gymnastics
- Five-year Level 10 gymnast for coaches Nikki Thomson, Liz Nutter and Angela Way at Gymniks Gymnastics in Vienna, West Virginia
- Secured first place at the 2021 West Virginia State Championship meet on vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise to earn the all-around state champion title
- At the 2021 Region 7 Championships later that month, she won the balance beam title and made the podium on floor exercise and the all-around.
- With her performance at regionals, she earned a trip to the 2021 Women's Level 10 National Championships
- She tallied a top-10 finish on floor exercise in her first appearance at the national meet
- Also placed first on all four events, including the all-around, at the Girl Power Invitational in 2019
- Graduated from Fort Frye High School
Personal
- Daughter of Rob and Stefanie Nelson
- Birthday is November 5th
- Has one brother, Luke, who currently plays college basketball at Muskingum
- Her mother, Stefanie, ran track in college
- Majoring in general business
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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