Jovannah East

Class:
Senior
High School:
Zion Benton Township
Hometown:
Zion, Ill.

2020: Competed on all four events for the Falcons, averaging a 39.094 all-around score and being named MAC Gymnast of the Week three times … Of the ten meets during the season, won the vault and floor five times each, the beam three times and bars once … Also won the all-around title at five meets … Never placed lower the fifth on floor, scoring at least a 9.825 in every meet … Posted a career-best 9.825 on bars at West Virginia to win the first bars title of her illustrious career … Finished her career with 114 top three event finishes (70 first-place results and 25 second-place finishes) … Had season-best 9.875 scores on vault at Western Michigan and at Temple … Scored a 9.900 on balance beam at Kent State … Recorded 9.900 scores on floor exercise at Western Michigan and at Temple … Twice scored 39.300 in the all-around, doing so at home against Eastern Michigan and on the road at Brown … Posted at least a 39.200 all-around score in seven of the nine meets in which she competed in all four events.

2019: First Team All-MAC ... Qualified for NCAA regional competition in the all-around … Co-MAC Champion on balance beam and third-place finisher in the all-around … Scored a 39.025 on the all-around in the NCAA Regional meet … Recorded a 9.825 on floor, 9.800 on beam, 9.750 on bars and 9.650 on vault at regionals … MAC All-Tournament Team and Gymnast of the Week … Scored at least a 9.950 on three of four events during the year … Posted a 9.975 on floor against Kent State … Scored a 9.900 or better on floor five times … Added a 9.900 or better on beam three times and a 9.900 or better on vault twice … Had a season-best all-around score of 39.375 on Senior Night in a win over Western Michigan.

2018: First team All-MAC ... MAC All-Tournament Team ... Academic All-MAC ... MAC vault co-champion ... two-time MAC Gymnast of the Week ... NCAA Regionals qualifier for second consecutive year (all-around) ... second BGSU gymnast ever to reach NCAA national championship meet (all-around) ... at NCAA meet, placed 16th of 18 in all-around during her semifinal (39.0125) ... top individual event at NCAAs was floor exercise, where she tied for 22nd (9.8375) ... also scored 9.7250 on beam, 9.6875 on bars, and 9.7625 on vault ... competed on vault, beam, and floor in every meet and added bars to her repertoire midway through season to become BGSU's newest all-arounder ... earned 19 event victories and 33 top-three finishes out of 56 possible (including all-around competitions) ... won ten out of 14 times on vault, including outright victories vs all six MAC opponents in regular season ... out of 49 individual events, scored 9.9+ nine times, 9.85+ 29 times, 9.8+ 38 times, and 9.7+ 44 times ... scored personal-record 9.925s on vault (at Denver) and on beam (at Illinois), and is tied for second-best in BGSU history for both events ... matched her career-high 9.925 on floor in home finale vs NIU; score is tied for sixth in BGSU history ... scored a 9.825 on the bars and 39.400 in the all-around in her first career attempts at New Hampshire ... set current personal record in the all-around (39.425) against Northern Illinois, the third-best all-around score in BGSU history ... tallied 9.900 on vault, beam, and floor at Elevate The Stage quad meet (vs Michigan, Denver, Utah State) ... won MAC co-championship on vault with 9.850 ... also at MACs, placed 31st on bars (9.700), tied for ninth on beam (9.875), tied for third on floor (9.875), and tied for second in the all-around ... led MAC with 9.885 vault RQS, third in MAC for floor RQS (9.890) and all-around RQS (39.180), and fourth in MAC with 9.875 beam RQS ... RQS for vault, beam, floor, and all-around each ranked in the top 15 of the Central Region and in the top 100 nationally ... qualified for NCAA Regionals as an all-arounder ... at Regionals, tied for fourth with 39.250 all-around score ... won tiebreak for spot at nationals with 9.850 in two events at Regionals: beam (T-8th) and floor (T-11th) ... will compete at NCAA Championships ... first Falcon since Marny Oestreng in 1999 to reach nationals and first Falcon ever to compete as an all-arounder at nationals.

2017: MAC Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-MAC ... competed in 13 of 14 meets during one of BGSU's all-time best freshman campaigns ... scored 9.800 or better for 28 of 32 routines across three events (vault, beam, floor), including a streak of 21 in a row ... finished first 12 times and at least once in nine of 13 meets, including five outright wins ... finished in top three 19 of 32 times (.594) and in top five 25 of 32 times (.781) ... began career with 9.825 and first-place tie on beam at season-opening Penn State quad ... after missing home opener due to injury, returned with 9.850 and first-place tie on vault at Metroplex Invitational quad that included top-20 squad George Washington ... in first career dual at Northern Illinois, posted 9.850 on both vault and beam for victories in both events ... named MAC Specialist of the Week following duals against NIU and WMU ... again posted wins on both vault (9.850) and beam (9.875, PR) versus New Hampshire ... joined floor exercise lineup against Ball State ... versus Cardinals, won on beam (9.825) and finished second on both floor (9.800) and vault (9.850) ... won on vault in four straight meets starting at Central Michigan, capping the run with vault PR of 9.900 at Eastern Michigan ... at MAC Championships, set floor PR of 9.925 to place third and tied for second (9.850) on vault) ... named to MAC's All-Tournament team ... qualified for NCAA Regional in Champaign, Ill. with MAC-best 9.870 vault RQS, also qualified on beam ... posted 9.800 in both events at Regional and tied for seventh place on vault.

High School: A 2016 graduate of Zion Benton Township High School ... member of Scamps Gymnastics Club ... competed at 2016 Junior Olympic Nationals and won vault championship.

Personal: Full name is Jovannah Cierra East ... daughter of Joseph and Cassandra East ... sister of Jourdon (14) ... born April 9, 1998 ... majoring in Sports Management.

Recipient of the Lee & Marge Meserve Women's Athletic Scholarship

East Accolades

Academic All-MAC (2018, 2019)
First Team All-MAC (2017, 2018, 2019)
MAC Freshman of the Year (2017)
MAC Vault Co-Champion (2018)
MAC Beam Co-Champion (2019)
MAC All-Tournament Team (2017-19)
NCAA Regionals Qualifier (2017-19)
NCAA Nationals Qualifier (2018)
MAC Gymnast of the Week (7x)
MAC Specialist of the Week (2/7/17)

Career Bests
All-Around - 39.425 vs Northern Illinois (3/17/18)
Vault - 9.950 at Oregon State w/Alaska (3/1/19)
Bars - 9.825 at New Hampshire (2/18/18), at West Virginia w/WMU, Towson (2/23/20)
Beam - 9.950 vs UIC (1/27/19)
Floor - 9.975 vs Kent State (2/17/19)