Women's Gymnastics
 

  Melissa Popovich
Melissa Popovich

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Medina, Ohio

High School:
Medina

Height:
5-3

Event:
All-Around

Birthdate:
10/10/1981

Experience:
2L

Ranks in the top-10 on the all-time BGSU performance list in all events. Owns the second-best mark on floor (9.95), bars (9.9), vault (9.9) and all-around (39.525). She also is tied for top mark on the beam with a 9.925.

2004: 2004 MAC and Senior Gymnast of the Year...four-time MAC Gymnast or Co-Gymnast of the Week...has posted an all-around score of 39-plus eight times this season and had a RQS averaged of 39.325, ranking third in the region...owns the top four performance on the vault this season, twice recording 9.9's...captured four uneven bars titles throughout the season, most noteably a 9.850 versus North Carolina...she also recorded a school-record 9.925 on the beam versus Kent State back on 2/20/04...won the floor exercise at the All-Ohio Championships with a 9.950, one of four floor excersise victories in 2004.

2003: Posted an all-around score of 38.975 versus the University of Pittsburgh, finishing first in the event...scored a 9.850 at the MAC Championships to finish 10th on the bars...placed fourth on the floor exercise at the MAC Championships with a 9.900...posted a score of 9.850 or better on the floor five times.

2002: Competed in 11 meets in both the beam and floor and participated in nine meets in the bars...scored career-high in the floor at the All-Ohio meet with a 9.950...tied her personal-best in the bars vs. Eastern Michigan with a 9.825.

2001: Competed in all 13 meets on the bars and floor and six meets on the beam...top floor score (9.900) came against Western Michigan...high bars mark of 9.825 at Cat Classic...scored season-best 9.825 on beam against Michigan State.

High School: Finished as the runner-up at state in the bars and the floor...was first alternate for the USAG Region 5 national team...a three-time conference MVP...named Athlete of the Year by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal... had a career-best 37.15 at the Pinky Stone Memorial Meet in Syracuse...coached by Don Metzger and Bob Anderson.

Personal: Daughter of Barbara Cheyney...born October 10, 1981...member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Fashion Merchandising Association...majoring in apparel merchadising and product development.

Career Best: floor (9.950), bars (9.9), beam (9.925), vauly (9.9) and all-around (39.525)