Alyssa Minyard

Photo by: Bonnie Vick/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Uneven Bars & Balance Beam
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Golden HS
Hometown:
Golden, Colo.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2020 WCGA Scholastic All-American
• 2017 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
CAREER NOTES: ‘Hit’ 28 out of 29 routines in her career … competed in 21 meets in her career.

2020: ‘Hit’ all 10 of her routines in 2020. Regular season: Alyssa made a strong return from injury as a senior becoming the Beavers’ most consistent performer in the uneven bars lineup in all 10 meets … set a season-high with a 9.875 on the bars at Arizona (1/25) … scored 9.825 or better in seven meets … notched scores of 9.85 on five occasions - at Sacramento State (1/17), against Stanford (2/2), vs. LSU & Arizona State (2/8), against UCLA (2/29) and against Washington (3/6).

2019: Missed the season due to an injury suffered during the preseason.

2018: ‘Hit’ 18 out of 19 routines in 2018 … performed in the beam lineup 11 times and on bars eight times … earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. Championship season: Matched her career-high with a 9.825 on the beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/24) … scored 9.725 on the beam at the NCAA Raleigh Regional (4/7). Regular season: Made her college debut in the bars (9.725) and beam (9.550) lineups in the season-opener at Pittsburgh (1/13) … set her career-high with a 9.925 on the bars against Arizona (2/17) … set personal-mark of 9.825 on the beam at UCLA (2/25) and matched it against Michigan State (3/10) … turned in scores of 9.875 against Arizona State (2/3) and BYU (3/5) … earned two event titles (2 bars).

2017: Did not competed as a freshman.

PREP CAREER: Two-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier … earned a third place finish on the balance beam at 2016 Region 3 Championships … 2012 Level 9 Colorado state all-around champion.

PERSONAL: Born in Golden, Colo. … daughter of Tom and Liz Minyard … has a brother, Lance … enjoys skiing, watching football and baseball and biking … honor roll … member of National Honor Society … chose Oregon State “for the science programs and the beautiful campus” … has been involved in community service including volunteering as a gymnastics coach for Special Olympics … majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology with an option in pre-medicine and a minor in chemistry.