2016 Gymnastics Roster
Nocella, Alyssa
Alyssa Nocella
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Boyertown Area
- Hometown:
- Gilbertsville, Pa.
Bio
Nocella Accolades
• First Team All-MAC (2014, 2015, 2016)
• MAC Balance Beam Champion (2013)
• NCAA Individual Regional Qualifer in All-Around (2013, 2014, 2015)
• MAC All-Tournament Team (2013)
• MAC Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 28, 2014; Feb. 9, 2015; Feb. 15, 2016; March 15, 2016)
• Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17, 2016)
• Academic All-MAC (2015, 2016)
• MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year (2016)
2016: Academic All-MAC … Joins Megan Harrington as the only two gymnasts in program history to be named Academic All-MAC three straight years … Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17) and Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 15, March 15) … Named First-Team All-MAC … Awarded MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year … Member of MAC Championship team that scored a 195.625, BG’s highest score at a conference championship meet … Earned a personal best score of 39.425 in a meet against Northern Illinois, which sits at the third highest all-around in the history of the program … Achieved nine all-around scores over 39 points this season … Scored 9.900 five times this season, three times on floor and twice on bars … Was a part of a school record-breaking team beam score of 49.250, as well as a school-record overall score of 196.500 … Competed at NCAA Regionals for the fourth time in her career … Recorded four all-around wins this season and three second-place finishes … Tied for first on vault once, four first-place finishes and one tie for first-place on bars, two first-place and two ties for first-place on floor ... Finished tied for first in MAC rankings in all around, second on bars and fourth on floor.
2015: Turned in one of the best seasons in the history of the program … named First Team All-MAC for the second straight season … NCAA Regional qualifier … became the third Falcon across the last 15 years to qualify to compete at NCAA Regionals in three straight years … came 0.25 all-around points away from qualifying for the NCAA National Championships … Academic All-MAC … named MAC Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 9 … only Falcon to generate an all-around score at all 12 of Bowling Green’s competitions … recorded 19 top-three finishes … registered six all-around titles … in total, registered seven first-place finishes, nine second-place finishes and three third-place finishes … recorded the fifth-highest floor score (9.925) and the third-best all-around score (39.350) in program history in a win over Ball State … won the all-around at four straight competitions across the middle of the season … scored above a 9.800 on floor five times … scored a career-best 9.825 on vault at the MAC Championships … totaled at least a 9.700 on all four events at seven different competitions … reached the 9.800 plateau a team-high 20 times … hit the 9.700 mark 41 times … posted a 9.700 or above over her final nine appearances on bars … recorded a 9.850 on floor in two of the final three meets of the season … closed out her season on vault by hitting 9.800 or higher three straight times … recorded at least a 39.00 in the all-around seven times … posted a 9.850 on floor at NCAA Regionals for the third straight year … finished tied for 11th in the all-around at NCAA Regionals by scoring a 39.100.
2014: NCAA Regional qualifier … first team All-MAC … named MAC Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 28 after scoring a then-career-best 39.150 in the all-around in a win over Eastern Michigan … recorded the third-highest all-around score in program history with a 39.350 at Kent State … registered at least a 39.000 all-around score on four other occasions … tied for the team’s season-best score on balance beam with a 9.875 at Kent State … had three of the team’s six highest scores on floor, recording a 9.900 at Kent State … also had a pair of 9.875 scores, doing so in a triangular at Maryland and in a home meet against Northern Illinois … won an individual event title on every apparatus at least once during the season … had three titles on floor, two on balance beam and one each on bars and vault … also posted two all-around titles … added a total of 24 top-three finishes during the year – seven of those came in the all-around.
2013: Won the MAC balance beam title as a freshman, scoring a career-high 9.85 at MAC Championships ... qualified to NCAA Regionals in the all-around, finishing 11th overall ... scored a 9.85 on floor exercise at Regionals -- the highest score from a Falcon at Regionals since 1999 ... was named to the All-MAC Tournament Team ... finished the year ranked third in the MAC on floor ... won four individual event titles during the regular season (one on beam, three on floor) ... scored 9.85 or higher eight times on floor exercise, including a 9.9 against Ball State and EMU on Feb. 23 ... notched career-best numbers on vault (9.75 twice) and bars (9.775) ... scored a career-high 38.850 in the all around against Western Michigan.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Boyertown Area Senior High School ... qualified for the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships, where she tied for first with a 9.700 to become the co-national floor champion and finished eighth in the all-around ... added a pair of 17th place finishes on vault and beam and finished 14th on bars.
Personal: Full name is Alyssa Nocella ... born Nov. 2, 1994 ... daughter of Jeff and Sandy Nocella ... majoring in physical therapy.
Career Bests
Vault – 9.850, vs. Northern Illinois (3/12/16)
Bars – 9.900, Two Times
Beam – 9.875, at Kent State (3/6/14)
Floor – 9.925, vs. Ball State (2/8/15)
All-Around – 39.425, vs. Northern Illinois (3/12/16)
• First Team All-MAC (2014, 2015, 2016)
• MAC Balance Beam Champion (2013)
• NCAA Individual Regional Qualifer in All-Around (2013, 2014, 2015)
• MAC All-Tournament Team (2013)
• MAC Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 28, 2014; Feb. 9, 2015; Feb. 15, 2016; March 15, 2016)
• Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17, 2016)
• Academic All-MAC (2015, 2016)
• MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year (2016)
2016: Academic All-MAC … Joins Megan Harrington as the only two gymnasts in program history to be named Academic All-MAC three straight years … Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Feb. 17) and Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 15, March 15) … Named First-Team All-MAC … Awarded MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year … Member of MAC Championship team that scored a 195.625, BG’s highest score at a conference championship meet … Earned a personal best score of 39.425 in a meet against Northern Illinois, which sits at the third highest all-around in the history of the program … Achieved nine all-around scores over 39 points this season … Scored 9.900 five times this season, three times on floor and twice on bars … Was a part of a school record-breaking team beam score of 49.250, as well as a school-record overall score of 196.500 … Competed at NCAA Regionals for the fourth time in her career … Recorded four all-around wins this season and three second-place finishes … Tied for first on vault once, four first-place finishes and one tie for first-place on bars, two first-place and two ties for first-place on floor ... Finished tied for first in MAC rankings in all around, second on bars and fourth on floor.
2015: Turned in one of the best seasons in the history of the program … named First Team All-MAC for the second straight season … NCAA Regional qualifier … became the third Falcon across the last 15 years to qualify to compete at NCAA Regionals in three straight years … came 0.25 all-around points away from qualifying for the NCAA National Championships … Academic All-MAC … named MAC Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 9 … only Falcon to generate an all-around score at all 12 of Bowling Green’s competitions … recorded 19 top-three finishes … registered six all-around titles … in total, registered seven first-place finishes, nine second-place finishes and three third-place finishes … recorded the fifth-highest floor score (9.925) and the third-best all-around score (39.350) in program history in a win over Ball State … won the all-around at four straight competitions across the middle of the season … scored above a 9.800 on floor five times … scored a career-best 9.825 on vault at the MAC Championships … totaled at least a 9.700 on all four events at seven different competitions … reached the 9.800 plateau a team-high 20 times … hit the 9.700 mark 41 times … posted a 9.700 or above over her final nine appearances on bars … recorded a 9.850 on floor in two of the final three meets of the season … closed out her season on vault by hitting 9.800 or higher three straight times … recorded at least a 39.00 in the all-around seven times … posted a 9.850 on floor at NCAA Regionals for the third straight year … finished tied for 11th in the all-around at NCAA Regionals by scoring a 39.100.
2014: NCAA Regional qualifier … first team All-MAC … named MAC Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 28 after scoring a then-career-best 39.150 in the all-around in a win over Eastern Michigan … recorded the third-highest all-around score in program history with a 39.350 at Kent State … registered at least a 39.000 all-around score on four other occasions … tied for the team’s season-best score on balance beam with a 9.875 at Kent State … had three of the team’s six highest scores on floor, recording a 9.900 at Kent State … also had a pair of 9.875 scores, doing so in a triangular at Maryland and in a home meet against Northern Illinois … won an individual event title on every apparatus at least once during the season … had three titles on floor, two on balance beam and one each on bars and vault … also posted two all-around titles … added a total of 24 top-three finishes during the year – seven of those came in the all-around.
2013: Won the MAC balance beam title as a freshman, scoring a career-high 9.85 at MAC Championships ... qualified to NCAA Regionals in the all-around, finishing 11th overall ... scored a 9.85 on floor exercise at Regionals -- the highest score from a Falcon at Regionals since 1999 ... was named to the All-MAC Tournament Team ... finished the year ranked third in the MAC on floor ... won four individual event titles during the regular season (one on beam, three on floor) ... scored 9.85 or higher eight times on floor exercise, including a 9.9 against Ball State and EMU on Feb. 23 ... notched career-best numbers on vault (9.75 twice) and bars (9.775) ... scored a career-high 38.850 in the all around against Western Michigan.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Boyertown Area Senior High School ... qualified for the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships, where she tied for first with a 9.700 to become the co-national floor champion and finished eighth in the all-around ... added a pair of 17th place finishes on vault and beam and finished 14th on bars.
Personal: Full name is Alyssa Nocella ... born Nov. 2, 1994 ... daughter of Jeff and Sandy Nocella ... majoring in physical therapy.
Career Bests
Vault – 9.850, vs. Northern Illinois (3/12/16)
Bars – 9.900, Two Times
Beam – 9.875, at Kent State (3/6/14)
Floor – 9.925, vs. Ball State (2/8/15)
All-Around – 39.425, vs. Northern Illinois (3/12/16)
BG Gym : Coach Emmons Post Mac Championship 3.22
Saturday, March 22
BG Gym Postmeet 3.2
Sunday, March 02
BG GYM PostMeet 2.2
Sunday, February 02
BG Gymnastics Postmeet 1.26
Monday, January 27
