Women's Gymnastics
- Title:
- Undergraduate Student Assistant Coach
Melanie Jones enters her first season as an undergraduate student assistant coach at Oregon State.
Jones, a native of Melbourne, Australia, has spent the past four years at Oregon State performing as one of the most dynamic gymnasts to take the floor of Gill Coliseum for the Beavers. Jones earned All-America honors on the floor exercise in 2012 finishing third overall at Individual Event Finals. Jones was a three-time All-Pac-12 selection and set personal-bests of 9.95 on the floor exercise, 9.90 on balance beam, 9.875 on vault, 9.85 on uneven bars and 39.425 in the all-around.
Prior to her arrival at Oregon State, Jones was the alternate to the 2008 Australian Olympic Team. She earned top 10 finishes on all four events at the 2008 Australian National Championships..
An exercise and sport science major, Jones will focus primarily on the fitness and conditioning of the OSU gymnasts.
