Rachel Reis

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Class:
Senior
High School:
Allen D. Nease
Hometown:
Ponte Vedra, Fla.

2017: Academic All-MAC ... MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ...competed in 12 of 13 meets for BGSU as a bars specialist ... set a personal record and tied for first with 9.875 at Central Michigan ... score was best for BGSU all season on bars and helped Falcons win at CMU for first time in 30 years ... performance at CMU combined with perfect 4.0 GPA earned MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors on March 1 ... tied for third with 9.725 on Senior Night against Kent State ... capped career with 9.825 and 14th place finish at MAC Championships ... earned outright victory with 9.750 in home opener against Illinois State ... placed sixth with 9.800 in tri-meet at Utah State ... scored 9.700 or better in ten of 12 bars performances.

2016: Academic All-MAC ... MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ...Recorded one of the conference’s four total 4.0 GPAs … Top scorer for BGSU on bars at NCAA Regionals with a 9.775 … Member of MAC Championship team that scored a 195.625, BG’s highest score at a conference championship meet … Scored a career-high 9.850 on bars against Northern Illinois (March 12) … Against NIU, was a contributor to earning a new school record of 196.500 … Recorded seven scores of 9.800 or higher throughout the season on bars … Earned a personal-best on beam with a 9.800 at Kent State (Feb. 21) … Received four scores of 9.700 plus in 2016 on the event … 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.

2015: Academic All-MAC ... MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ...Contributed for the Falcons by competing on bars a total of six times, including an appearance in each of Bowling Green’s first three competitions … won the event outright against Kent State by scoring a career-high 9.850, which earned her a spot in the lineup the following week at the MAC Championships … posted a 9.725 at Northern Illinois … opened the season with a 9.650 in a win over Michigan State.

2014: Competed on uneven bars and balance beam during the season … won the bars against Northern Illinois with a career-best 9.825 … added three other bars scores of at least 9.750 during the season … scored a career-high 9.700 on balance beam at the MAC Championships … Registered two top-three finishes on the bars during the season.

High School: Graduated in 2013 from Allen D Nease High School as summa cum laude ... competed for TNT Gymnastics ... in 2013, placed fourth on balance beam and sixth in the all-around in the level 10 Florida State Championship ... a year prior, placed first on the uneven bars in level 10 at the Florida State Championship and was fourth on bars in the region 8 championship ... placed third on uneven bars in 2011 for level 10 at the Florida State Championship and fourth on balance beam at the region 8 championship ... second place on uneven bars in 2011 in level 10 Junior Olympic NIT.

Personal: Full name is Rachel Marie Reis ... born Oct. 19, 1994 ... daughter of Don and Cindy Reis ... has one brother and one sister ... plans to become a physical therapist.

Reis Accolades
Academic All-MAC (2015, 2016, 2017)
MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete (2015, 2016, 2017)
MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (March 1, 2017)

Career Bests
Bars – 9.875 at Central Michigan (2/26/17)
Beam – 9.800 at Kent State (2/22/16)