2023-24 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Stephen, Gabrielle

Gabrielle Stephen
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Bartlett
- Hometown:
- Elgin, Ill.
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 10.000 (at NCAA University Park Regional Second Round, 4/3/25)
• Bars - 9.975 (vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• Beam - 10.000 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/22/25)
• Floor - 9.975 (vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• All-Around - 39.750 (at NCAA University Park Regional Second Round, 4/3/25)
2025: George Alderton Female Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipient ... NCAA First Team All-American on bars ... First Spartan to earn First Team honors on the event ... MSU's first WCGA Central Region Gymnast of the Year ... First Team All-Big Ten, becoming one of two Spartans to earn four First Team All-B1G honors ... CSC Academic All-District ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Only Spartan to compete in the all-around in every meet in 2025 ... Opened the season with a 9.875 on floor to win the floor title vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Also scored a 9.875 on vault and 9.800 on bars vs. the Broncos ... Scored a 39.400 in the all-around at the Florida Quad (1/10) and posted a 9.800 on vault, 9.900 on beam and 9.850s on bars and floor ... Earned 9.875s on bars, beam and floor and scored a 9.825 on vault for a 39.450 in the all-around against Michigan (1/17) ... Won the beam and floor titles with 9.900s at Ohio State (1/24) ... Also won the all-around title at Ohio State with a 39.375 ... Earned a 9.800 on vault, 9.875 on floor, 9.825s on bars and beam and a 39.325 in the all-around at UCLA (2/1) ... Scored 9.900s on vault and beam, winning the vault title, and posted a 9.875 on floor and a 39.450 in the all-around vs. Minnesota (2/8) ... Won the vault title at Nebraska (2/15) with a 9.900 ... Scored a 9.825 on beam, 9.900 on floor and 39.375 in the all-around at Nebraska ... Won the all-around against Rutgers with a 39.500 (2/22) ... Posted a 9.875 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.900 on floor against the Scarlet Knights ... Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 25 ... Collected her first bars title of the season with a 9.925 at the Big Four Meet (3/2) ... Won the all-around (39.550) and beam (9.950) titles at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Also scored 9.900s on vault and floor at Elevate the Stage ... Won the vault title with a 9.900 vs. Bowling Green and scored a 9.900 on bars and 9.875 on floor (3/16) ... Finished second in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships (3/22) with a 39.675 ... Scored MSU's first perfect 10.000 on beam to earn a share of the B1G beam title and scored a 9.850 on vault, 9.900 on bars and 9.925 on floor to earn a spot on the All-Championships team ... Won a trio of regional titles in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional, winning the vault title with a perfect 10.000, the bars title with a 9.950 and the all-around title with a 39.750, the second-best all-around score in program history (4/3) ... Also scored 9.900s on both beam and floor in the second round of regionals ... Scored 9.900s on vault and floor and a 9.950 on bars in the regional final (4/5) ... Scored a 39.4625 in the all-around in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships (4/17) ... Posted a 9.9375 on bars in the NCAA semifinals to finish third overall and secure First Team All-America honors ... Also scored a 9.8375 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.8625 on floor.
2024: First Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... CSC Academic All-District ... Competed in the all-around in 12 meets for the Spartans ... Earned a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on beam in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5) ... Scored a 9.825 on bars at the Collegiate Quad (1/13) ... Posted 9.850s on vault and bars and 9.875s on beam and floor at Penn State (1/19) while scoring a 39.450 in the all-around ... Won her first event title of the season on vault vs. Iowa with a 9.925 (1/28) ... Also scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor against Iowa ... Scored 9.850s on vault, bars and beam at Michigan (2/4) ... Posted a 9.875 on floor and 39.425 in the all-around at Michigan ... Earned a 9.825 on vault, 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor vs. Illinois (2/9) ... Won the bars title vs. Maryland (2/18) with a 9.950 ... Also scored a 9.850 on vault and floor against Maryland ... Helped MSU to its second straight Big Ten regular season title at the Big Five Meet (2/23) with a 39.325 in the all-around, 9.875s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on beam ... Posted a 39.325 in the all-around against New Hampshire, earning a 9.875 on vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.825 on floor (3/1) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault, 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on beam vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) ... Won the all-around title at Illinois State w/ Lindenwood (3/16) with a season-high 39.500 ... Also won the bars title with a 9.900 and scored a 9.925 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Helped MSU to its first Big Ten Championships title with a 39.450 in the all-around, 9.875 on vault, 9.800 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor, earning a spot on the All-Championships team (3/23) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault, 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor at the NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round (4/5) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.875 on floor in the Gainesville Regional Final (4/7).
2023: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten All-Academic and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... CSC Academic All-District ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... Recipient of the Harold & Raynor Shnider Office of the Provost Award at MSU's Annual Academic Excellence Gala ... Competed in the all-around at Alabama, scoring a 39.350 for third (1/6) ... Earned a share of the vault title, with a 9.900 ... Also scored her second 9.900 of the night on floor, tying her career-high ... Scored a 9.725 on bars and 9.825 on beam ... Earned a share of the vault title at NC State with a 9.900 (1/14) ... Scored a 9.875 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Earned a share of the beam title vs. Michigan with a season-high 9.900 (1/22) ... Put up four scores of 9.800 or higher against Michigan ... Set a then-season-high in the all-around vs. Michigan with a 39.425 ... Placed second in the all-around at Maryland with a 39.325 (1/29) ... Scored 9.800s on vault and bars ... Earned a 9.850 on beam and 9.875 on floor ... Won the all-around with a career-high 39.575 vs. Penn State, the fourth-best score in program history (2/4) ... Also won the vault title with a then-season-high 9.925 ... Scored a 9.875 on bars, scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor vs. Penn State ... Won her second-straight all-around title at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.850s on vault, bars and floor ... Won the all-around at Big Fives, tying her then-career-high 39.575, also winning floor with a then-career-high 9.950 (2/25) ... Scored a 9.925 on vault, 9.825 on bars and 9.875 on beam at Big Fives ... Scored 9.875s on bars and beam at Illinois (2/27) ... Also scored a 9.850 on vault and 9.925 on floor ... Scored a perfect 9.950 on vault at Eastern Michigan with LIU (3/3) ... Also earned a 9.850 on bars and 9.925 on beam ... Scored a 9.900 on vault and 9.800 on bars vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) .. Won at least a share of all four event titles and the all-around title vs. Northern Illinois and scored a career-high 39.725 in the all-around (3/11) ... Scored career-high 9.975s on bars and floor ... Earned a 9.875 on vault and 9.900 on beam ... Competed in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 39.400 (3/18) ... Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round and Final, scoring a 39.525 in the second round (3/31) and 39.550 in the final (4/2) ... Won a share of the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional beam title with a 9.950, qualifying to the NCAA Championships on the event ... Scored a 9.700 on beam at the NCAA Championships (4/13).
2022: WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient ... Earned First-Team All-Big Ten honors ... Tabbed Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times ... Made her Spartan debut on 1/9 at UC Davis and competed all-around, scoring a 38.550 ... Won all-around against BGSU and Illinois State on 1/15 with a score of 39.425 ... Also won the vault title on 1/15, scoring a 9.850, and was in second on beam and floor ... Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on 1/18 ... Won the vault event against Iowa on 1/22 and set a new career-best score with a 9.950, the third-best vault score in MSU history ... Won the beam event against Maryland on 2/5 with a career-high 9.950 ... Shared a portion of the beam title on 2/11 with Central Michigan and Western Michigan ... Won the vault and a share of the beam title against Illinois on 2/13, placing second all-around ... Won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on 2/15 ... Placed second all-around at the Big Five meet on 2/19, finishing with a 39.475 ... Placed second on vault (9.875), third on beam (9.900) and fifth on floor (9.900) at the meet ... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on 2/22 ... Placed second all-around at Ohio State on 2/26 and earned a share of the beam title with a 9.900 ... Tied for second overall on vault with a 9.825 on 3/5 against WMU ... Tied for sixth on vault at the Big Ten Championships on 3/19 with a 9.900 ... Tied for third on vault at NCAA Regionals Second Round with a 9.900 ... Also scored a 9.900 on beam at Regionals on 3/31 ... Posted another vault score of 9.900 in the Regional Finals on 4/2.
Prior to MSU: Attended Bartlett High School ... Trained at Midwest Elite Gymnastics Academy in Elgin, Illinois, where she was coached by Roger Pasek and Kristen Traversa ... A four-year Level 10 ... Collected six event titles in two meets in the shortened 2020 season, including sweeping top honors at the Circle of Stars, winning all five titles ... Won the vault, while finishing second on bars, floor and all-around, along with third on beam at the Midwest Elite Gymnastics Academy Spring Invite ... Was third on bars and fourth on vault at the 2019 J.O. Level 10 National Championship ... Finished second on vault, along with fourth on beam and all-around at the 2019 Region 5 Level 10 Regional Championships ... Won the vault title at the 2019 Illinois Level 10 State Championship ... Was a 2018 J.O. National qualifier, as well as a Region 5 Level 10 Regional Championship qualifier ... Captured seventh on both vault and floor at the 2018 Illinois Level 10 State Championship.
Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Farrah Stephen ... Has four siblings, Patrick Jr., Olivia, Alexandra and Victoria.
• Vault - 10.000 (at NCAA University Park Regional Second Round, 4/3/25)
• Bars - 9.975 (vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• Beam - 10.000 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/22/25)
• Floor - 9.975 (vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• All-Around - 39.750 (at NCAA University Park Regional Second Round, 4/3/25)
2025: George Alderton Female Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipient ... NCAA First Team All-American on bars ... First Spartan to earn First Team honors on the event ... MSU's first WCGA Central Region Gymnast of the Year ... First Team All-Big Ten, becoming one of two Spartans to earn four First Team All-B1G honors ... CSC Academic All-District ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Only Spartan to compete in the all-around in every meet in 2025 ... Opened the season with a 9.875 on floor to win the floor title vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Also scored a 9.875 on vault and 9.800 on bars vs. the Broncos ... Scored a 39.400 in the all-around at the Florida Quad (1/10) and posted a 9.800 on vault, 9.900 on beam and 9.850s on bars and floor ... Earned 9.875s on bars, beam and floor and scored a 9.825 on vault for a 39.450 in the all-around against Michigan (1/17) ... Won the beam and floor titles with 9.900s at Ohio State (1/24) ... Also won the all-around title at Ohio State with a 39.375 ... Earned a 9.800 on vault, 9.875 on floor, 9.825s on bars and beam and a 39.325 in the all-around at UCLA (2/1) ... Scored 9.900s on vault and beam, winning the vault title, and posted a 9.875 on floor and a 39.450 in the all-around vs. Minnesota (2/8) ... Won the vault title at Nebraska (2/15) with a 9.900 ... Scored a 9.825 on beam, 9.900 on floor and 39.375 in the all-around at Nebraska ... Won the all-around against Rutgers with a 39.500 (2/22) ... Posted a 9.875 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.900 on floor against the Scarlet Knights ... Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 25 ... Collected her first bars title of the season with a 9.925 at the Big Four Meet (3/2) ... Won the all-around (39.550) and beam (9.950) titles at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Also scored 9.900s on vault and floor at Elevate the Stage ... Won the vault title with a 9.900 vs. Bowling Green and scored a 9.900 on bars and 9.875 on floor (3/16) ... Finished second in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships (3/22) with a 39.675 ... Scored MSU's first perfect 10.000 on beam to earn a share of the B1G beam title and scored a 9.850 on vault, 9.900 on bars and 9.925 on floor to earn a spot on the All-Championships team ... Won a trio of regional titles in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional, winning the vault title with a perfect 10.000, the bars title with a 9.950 and the all-around title with a 39.750, the second-best all-around score in program history (4/3) ... Also scored 9.900s on both beam and floor in the second round of regionals ... Scored 9.900s on vault and floor and a 9.950 on bars in the regional final (4/5) ... Scored a 39.4625 in the all-around in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships (4/17) ... Posted a 9.9375 on bars in the NCAA semifinals to finish third overall and secure First Team All-America honors ... Also scored a 9.8375 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.8625 on floor.
2024: First Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... CSC Academic All-District ... Competed in the all-around in 12 meets for the Spartans ... Earned a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on beam in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5) ... Scored a 9.825 on bars at the Collegiate Quad (1/13) ... Posted 9.850s on vault and bars and 9.875s on beam and floor at Penn State (1/19) while scoring a 39.450 in the all-around ... Won her first event title of the season on vault vs. Iowa with a 9.925 (1/28) ... Also scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor against Iowa ... Scored 9.850s on vault, bars and beam at Michigan (2/4) ... Posted a 9.875 on floor and 39.425 in the all-around at Michigan ... Earned a 9.825 on vault, 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor vs. Illinois (2/9) ... Won the bars title vs. Maryland (2/18) with a 9.950 ... Also scored a 9.850 on vault and floor against Maryland ... Helped MSU to its second straight Big Ten regular season title at the Big Five Meet (2/23) with a 39.325 in the all-around, 9.875s on vault and floor and a 9.825 on beam ... Posted a 39.325 in the all-around against New Hampshire, earning a 9.875 on vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.825 on floor (3/1) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault, 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on beam vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) ... Won the all-around title at Illinois State w/ Lindenwood (3/16) with a season-high 39.500 ... Also won the bars title with a 9.900 and scored a 9.925 on vault, 9.825 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Helped MSU to its first Big Ten Championships title with a 39.450 in the all-around, 9.875 on vault, 9.800 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on floor, earning a spot on the All-Championships team (3/23) ... Scored a 9.875 on vault, 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor at the NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round (4/5) ... Scored a 9.825 on vault and 9.875 on floor in the Gainesville Regional Final (4/7).
2023: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten All-Academic and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... CSC Academic All-District ... WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week ... Recipient of the Harold & Raynor Shnider Office of the Provost Award at MSU's Annual Academic Excellence Gala ... Competed in the all-around at Alabama, scoring a 39.350 for third (1/6) ... Earned a share of the vault title, with a 9.900 ... Also scored her second 9.900 of the night on floor, tying her career-high ... Scored a 9.725 on bars and 9.825 on beam ... Earned a share of the vault title at NC State with a 9.900 (1/14) ... Scored a 9.875 on beam and 9.850 on floor ... Earned a share of the beam title vs. Michigan with a season-high 9.900 (1/22) ... Put up four scores of 9.800 or higher against Michigan ... Set a then-season-high in the all-around vs. Michigan with a 39.425 ... Placed second in the all-around at Maryland with a 39.325 (1/29) ... Scored 9.800s on vault and bars ... Earned a 9.850 on beam and 9.875 on floor ... Won the all-around with a career-high 39.575 vs. Penn State, the fourth-best score in program history (2/4) ... Also won the vault title with a then-season-high 9.925 ... Scored a 9.875 on bars, scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor vs. Penn State ... Won her second-straight all-around title at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.850s on vault, bars and floor ... Won the all-around at Big Fives, tying her then-career-high 39.575, also winning floor with a then-career-high 9.950 (2/25) ... Scored a 9.925 on vault, 9.825 on bars and 9.875 on beam at Big Fives ... Scored 9.875s on bars and beam at Illinois (2/27) ... Also scored a 9.850 on vault and 9.925 on floor ... Scored a perfect 9.950 on vault at Eastern Michigan with LIU (3/3) ... Also earned a 9.850 on bars and 9.925 on beam ... Scored a 9.900 on vault and 9.800 on bars vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) .. Won at least a share of all four event titles and the all-around title vs. Northern Illinois and scored a career-high 39.725 in the all-around (3/11) ... Scored career-high 9.975s on bars and floor ... Earned a 9.875 on vault and 9.900 on beam ... Competed in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 39.400 (3/18) ... Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round and Final, scoring a 39.525 in the second round (3/31) and 39.550 in the final (4/2) ... Won a share of the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional beam title with a 9.950, qualifying to the NCAA Championships on the event ... Scored a 9.700 on beam at the NCAA Championships (4/13).
2022: WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient ... Earned First-Team All-Big Ten honors ... Tabbed Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times ... Made her Spartan debut on 1/9 at UC Davis and competed all-around, scoring a 38.550 ... Won all-around against BGSU and Illinois State on 1/15 with a score of 39.425 ... Also won the vault title on 1/15, scoring a 9.850, and was in second on beam and floor ... Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on 1/18 ... Won the vault event against Iowa on 1/22 and set a new career-best score with a 9.950, the third-best vault score in MSU history ... Won the beam event against Maryland on 2/5 with a career-high 9.950 ... Shared a portion of the beam title on 2/11 with Central Michigan and Western Michigan ... Won the vault and a share of the beam title against Illinois on 2/13, placing second all-around ... Won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on 2/15 ... Placed second all-around at the Big Five meet on 2/19, finishing with a 39.475 ... Placed second on vault (9.875), third on beam (9.900) and fifth on floor (9.900) at the meet ... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on 2/22 ... Placed second all-around at Ohio State on 2/26 and earned a share of the beam title with a 9.900 ... Tied for second overall on vault with a 9.825 on 3/5 against WMU ... Tied for sixth on vault at the Big Ten Championships on 3/19 with a 9.900 ... Tied for third on vault at NCAA Regionals Second Round with a 9.900 ... Also scored a 9.900 on beam at Regionals on 3/31 ... Posted another vault score of 9.900 in the Regional Finals on 4/2.
Prior to MSU: Attended Bartlett High School ... Trained at Midwest Elite Gymnastics Academy in Elgin, Illinois, where she was coached by Roger Pasek and Kristen Traversa ... A four-year Level 10 ... Collected six event titles in two meets in the shortened 2020 season, including sweeping top honors at the Circle of Stars, winning all five titles ... Won the vault, while finishing second on bars, floor and all-around, along with third on beam at the Midwest Elite Gymnastics Academy Spring Invite ... Was third on bars and fourth on vault at the 2019 J.O. Level 10 National Championship ... Finished second on vault, along with fourth on beam and all-around at the 2019 Region 5 Level 10 Regional Championships ... Won the vault title at the 2019 Illinois Level 10 State Championship ... Was a 2018 J.O. National qualifier, as well as a Region 5 Level 10 Regional Championship qualifier ... Captured seventh on both vault and floor at the 2018 Illinois Level 10 State Championship.
Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Farrah Stephen ... Has four siblings, Patrick Jr., Olivia, Alexandra and Victoria.
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