Lauren Feely

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Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Class:
Junior
High School:
Carmel Catholic
Hometown:
Gurnee, Ill.

2017: Academic All-MAC ... MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ... Second Team All-MAC ... competed in all 13 of the team's meets and qualified for the NCAA Regional in Champaign, Ill. despite suffering a back injury prior to the season ... earned best season of career on vault with MAC-best 9.870 RQS and 9.820 season average ... won vault in four meets, including three outright, and finished second five times ... set new vault PR and tied for second-best vault in BGSU history with 9.925 against Western Michigan ... added 9.900 in vault victories against Ball State and Eastern Michigan ... tied for second on vault at MAC Championships with 9.850 to earn spot on All-Tournament team ... tied for seventh of 41 with 9.800 on vault at Regionals ... also competed on bars and beam throughout the season ... on bars, had season-best second place finish on Senior Night against Kent State (9.750) and season-best score (9.775) at Central Michigan to help earn first team win at CMU in 30 years ... on beam, tied for second with season-best 9.800 at Eastern Michigan ... also posted 9.800 on beam during Senior Night ... returned to floor exercise and all-around competition at Central Michigan for final five meets of season ... won all-around with season-best 39.150 in final dual meet of career at EMU.

2016: Academic All-MAC ... MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ... recorded one of the conference’s four total 4.0 GPAs … named Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Jan. 27) and Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 2) … finished tied for first in MAC rankings for all around, tied for third on vault and tied for eighth on floor ... tabbed Second-Team All-MAC and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team … captured the title of 2016 MAC All-Around Champion at the conference championship meet, earning a score of 39.300 … member of MAC Championship team that scored a 195.625, BG’s highest score at a conference championship meet … in BG’s first NCAA Regional bid since 1991, she placed sixth in all-around competition, scoring a 39.000 … set personal-best scores in the all-around (39.375 vs. NIU 3/12/16), uneven bars (9.850 vs. Denver 1/30/16), balance beam (9.850 at MACs 3/19/16) and floor exercise (9.900 vs. NIU 3/12/16) in 2016 … 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 ... Won a share of the MAC Vault title with CMU’s Halle Moraw – the conference’s gymnast and senior gymnast of the year – by tying a career-best 9.900 at the MAC Championships on March 21 … the vault championship was the definition of clutch, as Feely was the last gymnast to compete on the event … competed at all 12 meets, and served as an alternate on vault at the NCAA Columbus Regional … registered three first-place finishes, three second-place finishes, and four third-place finishes … generated three all-around scores at the beginning of the season and competed on at least two events at every meet, but led the Falcons on vault throughout the year, competing on the event at every competition … posted at least a 9.800 on vault at all but two meets … tied for first on vault with a 9.825 versus Ball State, then won the outright title on the event in her home state the following week with a 9.875 at Northern Illinois … added in a career-high 9.850 at NIU on floor to finish tied for third … placed second on vault versus Michigan State (9.800), at the Ozone Collegiate Classic (9.825) and at Central Michigan (9.850) … established a new career high on beam with a 9.775 versus Kent State … finished third on vault at Eastern Michigan (9.800) … earned her only top-three all-around finish of the season by finishing third in a season-opening victory over Michigan State (38.675) … notched at least a 9.700 a total of 19 times, while hitting at least a 9.800 a total of 11 times.

2014: MAC Freshman of the Year and second team All-MAC … posted one of just four BGSU scores of 9.900 on the season, doing so on the vault at the Chicago Style Meet … added a 9.875 on vault against Central Michigan … established her career-best in the all-around with a 38.975 at the Chicago Style Meet … won the vault five times and had eight top three finishes … added a second place finish once each on beam and floor … recorded four top-three results in the all-around, including first place in a victory over Ball State that pushed the team’s record to 3-0 in conference.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Carmel Catholic High School ... was a regional all-around, vault, bars beam and floor champion and won the state all-around along with vault and bars as a senior ... was her high school's Female Athlete of the Year in 2012-13.

Personal: Full name is Lauren Elizabeth Feely ... born Aug. 17, 1995 ... daughter of Liam and Jane Feely ... has one brother ... majoring in early childhood education.

Feely Accolades
MAC Co-Vault Champion (2015)
MAC All-Around Champion (2016)
All-Tournament Team (2015, 2016, 2017)
MAC Freshman of the Year (2014)
Second Team All-MAC (2014, 2016, 2017)
Academic All-MAC (2015, 2016, 2017)
MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete (2015, 2016, 2017)
Female Scholar Athlete of the Week (Jan. 27, 2016)
Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 2, 2016)

Career Bests
Vault – 9.925 vs Western Michigan (2/5/17)
Bars – 9.850 vs Denver (1/30/16)
Beam – 9.850 at MAC Championship (3/19/16)
Floor – 9.900 vs Northern Illinois (3/12/16)
All-Around – 39.375 vs Northern Illinois (3/12/16)