2011 Gymnastics Roster

Lockard Koval

Mollie Blessing

  • Class Senior
  • Position VT, BB, FX
  • Highschool Plano Senior HS
  • Hometown Plano, TX
  • Major Nursing

Biography

2010: Injuries kept her sidelined for the entire season... named NACGC/W Scholastic All-American.

2009: Competed on vault and floor during her sophomore year...posted a 9.725 or better in four meets on vault...recorded a season-high 9.700 on floor twice including at the 2009 USAG National Championship team finals...scored a 9.750 to win the vault title in a dual meet against Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 23rd...earned USAG second team All-America honors on floor.

2008: Vaulted in every meet for the Pioneers as a freshman...competed on floor in 15 of the Pioneers’ sixteen meets...developed into the team’s most consistent vaulter as she recorded 15 vault scores of 9.70 or better...hit a career-high 9.800 vault to help TWU win the 2008 USAGCNC on Apr. 18...scored a 9.75 to win the vault title at the quad meet at West Chester University on Feb. 17...her success on vault carried over to floor where she delivered seven scores of 9.700 or better...executed three career-high 9.800 floor routines...her 9.800 on floor at the 2008 USAGCNC Team Finals helped secure the Pioneers’ national championship...totaled one title, one runner-up, and two third place finishes on floor...finished fourth on vault and ninth on floor at the 2008 USAGCNC Individual Event Finals...earned 2008 All-MIC first team honors on vault and was a 2008 USAG first team All-American on both vault and floor.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at US Gold/Excite Gymnastics in Highland Village, Texas, under the direction of coach Tina Martin…placed sixth on vault at the 2007 Level 10 Region III meet…also finished seventh on vault at the 2007 Level 10 Texas State meet…won the 2007 US Gold/Excite “Most Dedicated Gymnast” award…a 2006 Level 10 Regional III qualifier who finished tenth on the vault…was a 2005 Level 9 Western National Qualifier and placed 4th in the all-around…in 2004, was a Level 9 Western National Alternate and won the US Gold Gymnast of the Year and Hardest Worker awards…a 2007 graduate of Plano (Texas) Senior High School.

PERSONAL: A nursing major...the daughter of Gerald and Gail Blessing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008

  • 2009Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2010Junior

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2011Senior

    VT, BB, FX
    5'2"