2015 Gymnastics Roster
Chelsea Tang
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- South Eugene HS
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
• 2015 All-America Second Team, Balance Beam & All-Around
• 2015 All-Pac-12 First Team, Floor Exercise
• 2015 All-Pac-12 Second Team, Balance Beam
• 2014 All-Pac-12 First Team, All-Around
• 2014 NCAA Regional Co-Champion, Balance Beam
• 2013 All-Pac-12 First Team, Balance Beam
• 2013, ‘14 & ‘15 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2014 NACGC Scholastic All-American
OREGON STATE
Career Notes: Two-time All-American … three-time Pac-12 All-Conference selection ... competed in all 50 of the meets in her career ... ‘hit’ 146 out of 152 routines in her career ... won 17 career event titles; six on beam, five in the all-around, four on bars and two on floor ... one of nine gymnasts in OSU history to record a 9.900 on all four apparatus joining a list that includes Annie Campbell (2000-02, 04), Jami Lanz (2006-09), Kaytianna McMillan (2014-present), Lindsay Nelson (2001-03, 05), Chelsea Plourde (2004-05), Tanya Ricioili-Hebron (2000, 02-04), Mandi Rodriguez (2007-10) and Makayla Stambaugh (2010-13).
2015: Competed on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise in all 13 meets ... also performed on vault and in the all-around four times ... earned All-America Second Team on beam and in the all-around … earned Pac-12 All-Conference First Team on floor and second team honors on beam ... won six event titles; three on beam, two on floor and one on bars ... received Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... ‘hit’ 40 out of 43 routines. Championship season: Scored 39.350 in the all-around to finish seventh in the evening semifinal session of NCAA Championships (4/17) … scored 9.850 on the beam to tie for eighth in the session and earn second team All-America honors at semifinals … also recorded a 9.875 on floor, 9.800 on bars and a season-best 9.825 on vault at NCAA Championships … scored 9.875 on floor, 9.825 on beam and 9.775 on vault at NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... scored 9.900 on floor, 9.850 on bars and 9.725 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Set a career-high 9.950 on the floor on Senior Night against San Jose State, Lindenwood and Seattle Pacific (3/14) ... set a personal-best with a 9.925 on bars at Stanford (1/26) ... tied her career-best with a 9.925 on the beam against Utah (2/27) ... vaulted to season-high 9.675 on Senior Night (3/14) ... set season-high with 39.075 in the all-around in the opener against UCLA (1/12) ... went through a fantastic two-week stretch scoring 9.900 or better on five out of six routines tallying a 9.925 on beam and a pair of 9.900’s on bars and floor against Utah (2/27) and then following a week later with 9.900’s on beam and floor and a 9.850 on bars at Nebraska (3/7) ... tallied a 9.925 on floor at California (2/13).
2014: Performed in the all-around in all 12 meets ... earned All-Pac-12 First Team in the all-around ... won 10 event titles; five in the all-around, three on beam and two on bars ... finished the season having performed in the all-around in 18 straight meets ... received Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... ‘hit’ 47 out of 48 routines. Championship season: Qualified to NCAA Championships as an individual in the all-around ... scored 38.900 in the all-around at nationals (4/18) with scores of 9.800 on bars and beam, 9.750 on vault and 9.550 on floor ... finished second in the all-around at the NCAA University Park Regional (4/5) with a score of 39.475 ... tied for the regional title on beam with a 9.850 ... tallied a 9.900 on the floor, 9.875 on bars, 9.850 on vault at regionals ... scored 39.325 in the all-around at Pac-12 Championships (3/22) with scores of 9.900 on bars, 9.850 on floor, 9.825 on beam and 9.750 on vault. Regular season: Named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the week of Jan. 13-19 for the first time in her career after scoring 39.275 in the all-around and earning event titles on bars (9.875) and in the all-around against Iowa State (1/25) ... set career-high in the all-around with a 39.500 at Arizona (3/9) ... raised her career-high on bars to 9.900 against Arizona State and Nebraska (3/1) ... established a season-best 9.900 on the floor against Boise State, Utah State and Seattle Pacific (2/15) ... set career-mark of 9.925 on the beam against Stanford (2/3) ... scored season-high 9.875 on vault and added a 9.900 on beam at Arizona (3/9).
2013: Enjoyed a breakout season competing in the all-around in nine of the last 10 meets of the year ... performed on vault and beam in 11 out of 12 meets ... performed on bars 10 times and floor nine ... won two event titles; one each on bars and beam ... earned All-Pac-12 First Team on balance beam ... received Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... ‘hit’ 41 out of 43 routines. Championship season: Qualified to NCAA Championships in the individual all-around ... scored 39.275 in the all-around at NCAA Championships (4/19) with scores of 9.850 on floor, 9.825 on vault and 9.800 on bars and beam ... tallied a 39.300 all-around total at the NCAA Corvallis Regional (4/6) to qualify to nationals with scores of 9.900 on beam, 9.850 on floor and 9.775 on vault and bars ... scored 38.925 at Pac-12 Championships scoring 9.900 on beam, 9.875 on bars, 9.850 on floor and 9.300 on vault. Regular season: Set career-highs on all four events plus the all-around ... scored the first of three straight 9.900’s on beam against Washington and Sacramento State (3/9), then at Pac-12’s and regionals ... set three career-bests at Stanford with California (3/1) scoring 9.900 on vault and 9.875 on bars and floor ... also posted scores of 9.875 on bars against Washington and Sacramento State and at Pac-12’s.
2012: Performed in the all-around in one meet ... suffered an early season elbow injury that limited her training the rest of the season ... ‘hit’ all 18 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.775 on vault at NCAA Championships ... tallied 9.800 on vault at the NCAA Auburn Regional ... scored 9.800 on vault at Pac-12 Championships. Regular season: Performed in three events (V, UB & BB) in her college debut - an upset of then-No. 4 Oklahoma (1/13) - tallying season-bests on all three, 9.825 on vault and bars and 9.800 on beam ... performed in the all-around in the season’s second meet at Arizona (1/20) scoring 38.225 ... scored 9.625 in her only floor routine of the season, at Arizona.
PREP CAREER: Chelsea finished fourth in the all-around at the 2011 Junior Olympic National Championships and made the J.O. National Team … won the J.O. national title on the uneven bars in 2010 … finished first in the all-around at the Metroplex Challenge … earned second place on vault and first on beam at 2010 Region 2 Champiopnships … trained at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics under coaches Linda Mulvihill, Todd Wayts and Emily Coward.
PERSONAL: Born in Eugene, Oregon … daughter of Jolie and Ted Tang … Jolie and Ted are chefs and own a restaurant … has one sister, Gene, and one brother, Byron … graduated high school with a 4.0 grade point average … majoring in exercise and sport science with an option in therapy and allied health … chose OSU “because it has both strong academics and an amazing gymnastics team. It has everything I was looking for in a university.”
