Main:Maggie Nichols

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NCAA Inspiration Award (2019)
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**Margaret Mary "Maggie" Nichols**is a gymnast for the University of Oklahoma. She was the ninth NCAA gymnast to complete a Gym Slam, the first to do so for Oklahoma, and the first NCAA gymnast to have achieved it twice.

A past member of the national team Nichols represented the United States in international competitions, including the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won a gold medal with the American team and an individual bronze medal on floor exercise, At the USA Gymnastics National Championships, she finished third in the all-around in 2014 and second in the all-around in 2015. Before a knee injury in early 2016, she was considered a major contender for the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Nichols has received 16 perfect 10.0's as of the 2018-19 season

## Competitive History

### 2020 Senior Season

Big 12 Gymnast of the Year…Five-time first-team WCGA All-American…Five-time All-Big 12 selection (vault, bars, beam, floor, all-around)…AAU Sullivan Award Semifinalist…Ranked No. 1 in the all-around and on vault to end the season…Finished the year ranked No. 2 on bars…Tallied five perfect 10s on the season to bring her career total to 22…Ranks fourth all-time for career perfect 10s in NCAA History…Six-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week…Tallied a season-high 39.900 in the all-around (Jan. 20) and is the only gymnast in NCAA history with multiple marks of 39.900 or higher…Secured 28 event titles, including six on vault, seven on bars, five on beam, five on floor and five in the all-around…Competed in 10 of 11 meets for the Sooners…Tallied a 9.9 or higher on 31 of 34 routines…Tallied a 9.9 or higher on all 10 bar routines…Recorded four perfect marks on vault and one on bars…Earned a 39.625 or better in the all-around six times…Finished with the top three all-around scores in the nation with a 39.900, 39.850 and 39.825.

### 2019 Junior Season

NCAA All-Around Champion…NCAA Co-Vault Champion…Just the sixth gymnast in NCAA history to win the all-around title in back-to-back seasons…Honda Sport Award Finalist…NCAA Inspiration Award Winner…Five-time first-team All-American (vault, bars, beam, floor, all-around)…2019 Big 12 Beam Champion...2019 Big 12 Co-Bars Champion...2019 Athens Regional Bar and Vault Champion...WCGA First-Team All-American (bars, beam)...Tallied a perfect 10 on vault in the first meet of the season (Jan. 5)...Scored a perfect 10 on bars at the Athens Regional...Two-time All-Big 12 (bars, beam)...two-time Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Jan. 28, March 3)...Competed in 15 of 17 meets for the Sooners... notched a 9.9 or better on bars in every meet...Tallied a 9.9 or better in 13 of 15 meets on beam...Notched a 9.9 or higher on 36 of 40 routines she competed…Secured 22 event titles, including nine on beam, eight on bars, two in the all-around and vault and one on floor.

### 2018 Sophomore Season

NCAA Individual National Champion in the All-Around (39.8125)….NCAA Co-Individual National Champion on bars with a perfect 10…NCAA Co-Individual National Champion on floor with a 9.9625…First-team All-American (bars, beam, floor, all-around)….Second-team All-American (vault)…NCAA Runner-up on beam with a 9.950…became just the third gymnast in OU history to record five All-America honors in one season… Scored a 10.0 on bars in Semifinal II, becoming just the third gymnast to ever record a 10.0 on the event at the NCAA Championships...NACGC/W First-Team All-American (all-around, vault, bars, beam, floor)…Scored eight 10.0s in her sophomore campaign (vault [twice], bars, beam [four times], floor)…Recorded a “Gym Slam” with a perfect 10.0 on every event for the second straight season…Is the only gymnast to ever record two “Gym Slams”…Scored two 10.0s in a meet for the first time in her career against Michigan (March 3)…2018 South Central Region Gymnast of the Year...Five-time All-Big 12 (all-around, vault, bars, beam, floor)…Only second gymnast in Big 12 history to earn all five awards in multiple seasons and first to do it in back-to-back years…2018 Big 12 Gymnast of the Year…Seven-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week…Big 12 All-Around and Co-Floor Champion…Competed all-around in 14 of 15 meets…Won 45 event titles, including at least five on every event (all-around: 13; vault: five; bars: nine; beam: nine; floor: nine).

### 2017 Freshman Season

Three-Time First-Team All-American (vault, bars, floor) … Co-Individual National Champion on bars with a 9.95 … One of four finalists for the Honda Sport Award … NACGC/W First-Team All-American (all-around, vault, bars, beam, floor) … Only gymnast in the country to earn five regular season All-American accolades … Scored seven 10.0s in her freshman campaign (vault [twice], bars, beam [three times], floor), completing her “GymSlam” with a perfect score on bars at Michigan on March 4 … Ninth collegiate gymnast to post a 10.0 on all four events in a career and first since Florida’s Bridget Sloan in 2015 … Set OU record for career 10.0s, passing Haley Scaman (five total – three on floor, two on vault) … Scored a 10.0 on beam during the Super Six, just the fourth 10.0 ever scored on the event at the NCAA Championships and the first earned in the team finals ... Set OU’s all-around program record with a 39.925 at the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational on Feb. 17, scoring a 10.0 on beam and a trio of 9.975s on vault, bars and floor … 2017 South Central Region Gymnast of the Year ... Five-time All-Big 12 (all-around, vault, bars, beam, floor) … Fifth gymnast in Big 12 history to earn honors on all four events and in the all-around … 2017 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year … Big 12 Vault and Co-Bars Champion … 10-time Big 12 Weekly Award Winner (Gymnast of the Week – Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 20; Newcomer of the Week – Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, March 6, March 13) … Her 10 weekly honors are the most in a single season in Big 12 history, passing OU’s Kiara Redmond-Sturns who had seven in 2008 … Secured 45 event titles, including eight on vault, 11 on bars, eight on beam, nine on floor and nine in the all-around ... Scored at least a 9.9 a total of 45 times this season, only posting a mark below the total four times ... Competed all-around in first seven meets of season before resting and returning to all four events at the NCAA Seattle Regional.

## Individual Results

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## Club Career

Elite level gymnast at Twin City Twisters … Trained under coaches Mike Hunger, Sami Wozney, Sarah Jantzi and Rich Stenger … Brings a wealth of national and international experience to Oklahoma … Member of the 2015 U.S. Women’s World Championships team that claimed a gold medal and also earned an individual bronze medal on the floor … Competed on all four events in team finals at the World Championships … Placed sixth at 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Four-time participant at the P&G Championships, securing a runner-up finish in the all-around in 2015 … Also tied for fourth on beam, fifth on floor and seventh on bars at P&Gs in 2015 … Other national competition appearances include American Cup (2016, second in all-around), Secret U.S. Classic (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Visa Championships (2012), American Classic (2011, 2012), Elite Qualifer (2011), Women’s Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships (2009, 2010, 2011), Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup (2011) and CoverGirl Classic (2009) … Participated at Jesolo Trophy in 2013, 2014 and 2015, placing first as a team in each of those years … Individual finishes at Jesolo Trophy: 2013 – second on floor, sixth in all-around; 2014 – third in all-around; 2015 – seventh in all-around … Finished first as a team and third individually in the all-around at 2014 Pan American Championships … Placed third in all-around at 2014 Tokyo World Cup … Earned second in the all-around in exhibition at 2013 Mexican Open … Member of the USA team that placed first in the 2013 USA, Germany, Romania Tri-Meet, where she also placed fourth in the all-around … High scores from pre-collegiate competition at Elite Level: vault-15.95, bars-14.95, beam-14.95, floor-15.3.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie\_Nichols\_(gymnast)
2. ↑ http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211212412&DB\_OEM\_ID=31000&Q\_SEASON=2018
3. ↑ https://roadtonationals.com/results/teams/dashboard/2019/47