2013 Gymnastics Roster
Melanie Jones
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Kilbreda College
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
• 2013 All-Pac-12 First Team, Balance Beam & Floor Exercise
• 2012 All-American First Team, Floor Exercise
• 2012 All-Pac-12 First Team, All-Around
• Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week (Feb. 6-12, 2012)
• 2011 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention
OREGON STATE
2013: Melanie performed in all 12 meets in contributing to all four lineups at various times during the season … earned All-Pac-12 First Team on balance beam and floor exercise … performed in the anchor spot of the beam lineup scoring a career-best 9.90 three times including at the NCAA Corvallis Regional (4/6/13) … tied her career-high with a 9.95 on the floor twice including at the Pac-12 Championship meet (3/23/13) … scored 9.90 or better on the floor in each of the last six meets of the season … tied her career-best with a 9.875 on the vault against Arizona … “hit” 32 out of 36 routines.
2012: Melanie earned first team All-America honors – the first of her career – on the floor exercise … finished tied for fourth at Individual Event Finals (4/22/12) with a score of 9.925 … earned All-Pac-12 First Team in the all-around … added uneven bars to her repertoire in 2012 after not training on the apparatus for most of two years due to previous shoulder injuries … established career-high of 39.425 in the all-around at Pac-12 Championships (3/24/12) and tied career-high on the beam (9.90) … set career-highs on beam (9.90) and floor (9.95) at UC Davis (2/10/12) … set career-best on bars (9.85) against UCLA (2/17/12) and matched it at the Comfort Suites Invitational (3/16/12) … posted season-high 9.80 on the vault at Pac-12 Championships … performed first bars routine of her collegiate career against Stanford (1/27/12) … joined the all-around at UC Davis (2/10/12) and remained in all four lineups for the final eight meets of the season … “hit” 44-47 routines.
2011: Melanie performed in 11 meets in 2011 competing on beam and floor 10 times each and three times on vault … set a season-high on floor with a 9.925 against UCLA (1/28/11) … established a season-best of 9.85 on beam at Arizona State (2/6/11) and matched it against Utah (3/12/11) … scored a season-best 9.75 on vault at the Pac-10 Showcase (1/9/11) … missed the NCAA Corvallis Regional due to injury (ankle/foot) … suffered a calf injury during warm-ups at the NCAA Championships and missed the meet … Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention … “hit” 21 out of 23 routines.
2010: Melanie competed in 13 out of 14 meets as a freshman … scored 9.90 on the floor in each of the first three meets she was in the lineup … began the season in just the beam lineup before breaking into the vault and floor lineups … nailed her vault to score 9.875 and set a career-high at Utah (3/12/10) … set season-high on beam of 9.825 at LSU (3/5/10) … with the exception of a miss at NCAA Championships, Melanie scored 9.80 or better on all nine of her other floor routines … “hit” 27 out of 31 routines.
PREP CAREER: Melanie was the alternate to the 2008 Australian Olympic Team in Beijing … earned top 10 finishes on all four events at 2008 Australian National Championships; second on vault, ninth on uneven bars, balance beam and all-around and 10th on floor exercise … earned third place finish on vault and 10th on bars at 2007 national championships.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Bridget and Tony Jones … has three sisters, Rachel, Georgia and Lucy … has one brother, Stephen … enjoys sitting in the sun on the beach, surfing and relaxing in her spare time … is studying exercise and sport science with emphasis in therapy and allied health … chose OSU because “it is a beautiful place to take of advantage of a great opportunity.”
