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Sacramento State

2008 Gymnastics Roster

Melissa Genovese

  • Height 5-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • High School Charter Community School
  • Club All-Star Gymnastics

Biography

2007 Season: Tied for sixth at the NCAA West Regional on beam after scoring 9.825…had the highest team total in the all-around at the meet with a 38.750…won the beam title at the WAC Championships with a career-best tying 9.900…named first team all-WAC on beam and second team on floor…led the team with an average of 9.713 on beam…finished first in the event five times…made her debut in the all-around, and with Borisova, became the first Hornets to compete in all four events every meet…top all-around score of 39.175 came in the home finale against San Jose State…had never competed on floor prior to the season and responded by averaging 9.668…top score of 9.900 came against Boise State…tied her career high on vault with 9.650s in the last three meets…set her career high on bars with a 9.850 vs. Penn…seven of her 14 beam routines were 9.750 or better.

2006 Season:
Appeared in all 13 meets on bars and beam…was the team’s most consistent beam performer, averaging 9.742…scored 9.900 at Utah State and at UC Davis…those scores are tied for second in school history…11 of her 13 beam scores were at least 9.700…her final nine routines were at least a 9.750…averaged 9.806 during that span…tied for sixth at the WAC Championships with a 9.775…on bars, she tied her then-career high with a 9.625 at the WAC Championships.

2005 Season:
Reached the NCAA West Regional as an event specialist on beam…tied for 25th in the meet with a 9.725…was named first team all-MPSF and tied for second at the league championships with a 9.850…averaged 9.679 on the event during her first year…appeared in all 13 regular-season meets on both vault and beam…scored at least 9.700 in nine meets…career-high 9.875 came against San José State on Feb. 4…averaged 9.502 on vault.

Prior to Sacramento State:
As an elite-level gymnast, she won the all-around, bars and beam titles at the 2002 U.S. Challenge…placed second in the all-around at the 2003 America Challenge…while competing at Level 10, she won the beam and finished fifth in the all-around at the 2002 Junior Olympics…was the state champion in the all-around and on bars that same year…competed at the club level for Sierra Gold.

Personal: Majoring in public relations…a 2002 graduate of Charter Community School in Placerville, Calif…parents are Jeff and Tamara Genovese.

Historical Player Information

  • 2005Freshman

    5'0"
  • 2006Sophomore

    5'0"
  • 2007Junior

    5'0"
  • 2008Senior

    5'0"

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