Towson University Athletics

2015 SEASON: Competed at NCAA Auburn Regionals as vault specialist, scoring 9.700 … named first team All-EAGL for vault … selected to EAGL All-Tournament team for vault … appeared on vault and floor in all 12 meets … competed on beam once … scored a season-best 9.825 on floor three times … earned first-place finish on vault with a 9.850 score at Texas Woman’s University … posted four second-place finishes on vault during season … scored career-high 9.875 on vault at George Washington … placed third on floor at Missouri with a 9.750 score … helped Tigers to third-place finish at EAGL championship meet, finishing fourth on vault (9.850).

2014 SEASON: Named as a Scholastic All-America by the NACGCW ... missed the first eight meets of the year due to injury ... registered a 9.775 on vault against George Washington on March 14 ... scored a 9.800 on vault in tri-meet at GW ... finished second on vault at George Washington on March 16 ... posted a 9.700 on vault at the EAGL meet.

2013 SEASON: Appeared in 12 meets on vault ... also competed on floor in 12 meets ... member of the beam lineup six times ... averaged 9.80 on vault ... named first team All-EAGL on vault ... finished first on vault three times ... had a 9.73 average on floor ... won floor exercise twice ... led Tigers to win over Cornell with a first place finish on vault (9.875) ... also won vault with a 9.85 score against Bridgeport ... led Tigers to first-place finish at Shelli Calloway Invitational with first place finishes on vault (9.825) and floor (9.875) ... tied for first place on vault (9.825) at New Hampshire Invitational ... finished third on vault (9.825) at Towson's Senior Night Meet ... led Tigers to win over William & Mary by finishing first on floor (9.675), second on vault (9.725) and second on beam (9.80) ... tied for 19th on vault (9.75) at EAGL Meet ... also had a 9.70 on floor at EAGL Meet ... qualified for NCAA Southeast regional meet ... finished 16th at regional meet with a 9.85 score.

BACKGROUND: Four-time Level 10 gymnast at Silvia’s Gymnastics Club in Pennsylvania ... competed for Coaches Maia Mitova and Zarko Mitov ... led club team to second place finish at Pennsylvania state championship meet ... won vault championship as well as the beam and floor title at state meet last year ... finished third in the all-around competition at the state meet ... also captured regional championship on vault ... took third place on floor and was fifth in the all-around at regional meet ... Junior Olympics national qualifier who was 10th in vault and 20th in the all-around ... had career high 37.375 all-around score ... also has a career high 9.8 vault score ... owns career high 9.325 on bars and a 9.475 on beam with a 9.55 on floor ... started competing in gymnastics at the age of six.

PERSONAL: Honor roll student who graduated from Souderton Area (Pa.) High School ... has one younger sister and one older sister ... lists parents as the people she admires the most ... devoted fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles ... lists former Olympic gymnast Nastia Liuking as her favorite athlete ... also admires gymnast Aly Raisman ... favorite movie is “The Lucky One” ... lists Zac Effron as her favorite actor ... favorite food is crabs ... most memorable was a trip to South Africa in 2009 to compete in a gymnastics meet ... father is a graduate of Temple who works in industrial sales ... mother graduated from Gwynedd Mercy who is a pharmaceutical professional ... daughter of Steve and Karin Sassa ... born on Oct. 18, 1993 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... major is biochemistry.