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2026 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Nyah Reader

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Shenendehowa
  • Hometown Rexford, N.Y.

Biography

2024: Did not Compete…Named a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete

2023: Competed in 13 meets as a vault, beam, and floor specialist…Recorded 16 scores of 9.800 or higher and six scores of 9.850 or higher…Named a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete…Named MIC gymnast of the week twice during the season…Placed first on beam five times and on the floor one time…Opened the season capturing first event title win of career with a 9.725 on the beam against Lindenwood (1/8)...Placed first on the beam again with a score of 9.750 against Centenary College and Greenville (1/14) and registered a score of 9.800 on the floor to tie for a career-first first place finish…At home against Texas Women’s (1/27) captured another event title win on the beam with a score of 9.875 and placed second on the floor with a career-best score of 9.850…Added a 9.800 against Illinois State (2/17) tying for third place on the beam…At Greenville placed third on the vault (9.625), first on the beam again registering a score of 9.875, and second on the floor posting a 9.750 (2/25)...Posted a career-best vault score of 9.800 against Illinois State (3/3), tallied a score of 9.825 for second place on the beam, and tied for third on the floor (9.850)...Had a career-high and season best team score on the beam against Missouri, Ball State, and North Carolina (3/10) placing third with 9.900…At the 2023 MIC Conference championships (3/17) took home the gold on the beam with another 9.900 score…Tied for second on the beam during the 2023 USAG Championship finals (4/07) with a score of 9.825 and posted another 9.825 on the floor placing fourth.

2022: Competed in 12 meets as a vault, beam, and floor specialist…Registered nine scores of 9.700 or higher including a trio of marks of 9.800 or higher…Selected to the 2022 All-MIC Second-Team for floor…Named a 2022 USA Gymnastics First Team All-American for beam…Notched a NQS of 9.755 on beam in 2022…Made Redhawks debut at Kent State’s Tri Meet (1/16) with Northern Illinois, posting a 9.450 on vault, 8.250 on beam and 8.850 on floor…Posted six-straight beam scores of 9.700 or higher from Feb. 6 to March 6…Tallied a 9.750 on beam, her first career score of 9.700 plus at Arkansas (2/6) to go with 9.525 on vault…Registered a pair of career bests on vault (9.675) and beam in SEMO's home opener against Lindenwood (2/11)…Finished as the runner-up on beam with a career-best 9.850 at the home dual…Added a 9.800 on beam against Illinois State (2/25)…Posted a pair of 9.700s on beam and floor and a 9.525 on vault at Texas Woman’s Quad Meet with Oklahoma and Air Force (3/6)…Tallied a career high 9.750 on floor at the 2022 MIC Championship (3/18) for All-MIC Second-Team honors…Also chipped in a 9.575 on vault and a 9.650 on beam…Matched a career-best beam score of 9.850 in the 2022 USAG Championships Session I (4/8) as SEMO notched a program-best beam score of 49.425…Also had a 9.650 on floor and 9.550 on vault…Named a Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Academic All-American, a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete and selected to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Club: Two-time Level 10 Regional Qualifier and a two-time Level 9 Regional Qualifier…Served as an Eastern Nationals Alternate in 2016…Posted her career-best All-Around score of 37.575 to secure first at the Long Island Classic (9.600 on vault, 9.150 on bars, 9.475 on beam, 9.350 on floor) in her junior season…Selected to compete in the Parkettes Night Session…Notched a personal-high vault of 9.700 for third at the Parkettes Night Session during her sophomore campaign…Awarded the Best Comeback Award in 2017 and earned the Workhorse Award in 2019… Home gym is World Class Gymnastics Academy in Latham, New York…Coached by Erik Quaal, Amichai Sabari, Kristen Schumaker, Craig Bednarczyk and Marisa Bednarczyk at World Class Gymnastics Academy…Graduated from Shenendehowa High School in 2021…Earned Magna Cum Laude (2018), High Honor Roll (2018 and 2019), Maxima Cum Laude (2019) and Cum Laude (2020) honors for her academics…Member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born on October 26, 2003…Daughter of Michael Reader and Joanna Cote…Majoring in Biology: Pre-Physician Assistant at SEMO.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    All-Around
    5'0"
  • 2023Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'0"
  • 2024Junior

    All-Around
    5'0"
  • 2025Senior

    All-Around
    5'0"
  • 2026Graduate Student

    All-Around
    5'0"