ALEXA Goldberg 5-0, JUNIOR IVYL AND, PA .
Made career all-around debut as a sophomore and expected to consistently compete all four events in 2016 … confidence continues to grow each season … one of the team’s top in-meet competitors … phenomenal bars routine is one of the highest scoring in nation … working on a full-in on floor … steady, consistent beam worker … upgrades on floor should help her score this year … aggressive gymnastics … has a ‘wow’ factor … maturity and work ethic on display each day in gym … invested in team’s success.
2015 (So.) • Enjoyed an extremely successful second campaign which saw her compete in 11 meets, two as an all-arounder, and finish with 321.7 points, the third-best total on the team • Season point total pushed her past the career 500-point threshold • Paced the team with 12 podium finishes, including a team-best eight victories, with seven wins coming on uneven bars • Set career highs on all four events, as well as in the all-around • Did not drop a score on bars or beam all season • Earned 15 scores of 9.8 or better • Scored below 9.85 on bars only three times • Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (3/17) • Opened season with an outright win on bars at Maryland (1/9) with a 9.85 score • Tied for second on bars at No. 15 Ohio State with No. 5 Michigan (1/17) with a 9.875 mark • Won bars outright against No. 23 Iowa State and No. 25 George Washington (1/25), scoring 9.85 • Made career all-around debut at NC State (1/31) and won bars with a 9.85 score • Tallied 38.775 in second career all-around appearance and placed second overall against Denver (2/13); also won bars with a 9.875 score • Scored 9.85 on floor and finished second in home quadmeet against Maryland, New Hampshire and Rutgers (2/22) • Tied for bars win at Pitt (2/28) with 9.85 • Scored a career-best 9.95 on bars against No. 11 Penn State (3/8) and tied for the event win; the score ranks No. 2 in program history, and she was the first WVU gymnast to hit mark since 2008 • Earned three podium finishes against Penn and Cornell (3/14), taking the wins on bars (9.9) and beam (9.825) and finishing third on floor with a career-best 9.875 mark • Tallied a career-high 9.85 on beam at the 2015 NCAA Morgantown Regional (4/4) and tied for 11th place • Posted team’s top bars season average (9.825); also ranked No. 2 on beam (9.75) and No. 4 on floor (9.733)
2014 (Fr.) • Competed in 11 meets with the team as a two-event specialist and also qualified for the NCAA Athens Regional Championships on the uneven bars • Tallied 223.35 points, the fifth-best total on team • Earned eight podium finishes, the third-best total on team, including five wins on bars • Scored 9.8 or better on bars nine times • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/21)
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• Opened Mountaineer career with a show-stopping routine at No. 21 Kentucky (1/10), scoring 9.925 on bars, the ninth-best mark in program history, and winning the event outright; the score was the team’s highest on the event since 2009 • In first career road meet, stuck bars routine at Maryland (1/17) for the even win • Finished first on bars against NC State (1/26) with 9.825 score; also earned a 9.825 on floor • Scored 9.8 on floor against George Washington and Towson (2/2) and tied for third place • Tied for second on bars at Iowa State (2/7) with a 9.85 mark • Victorious on bars against Pitt (2/14) with a 9.825 showing • Took the bars win in the team’s upset victory over No. 22 Ohio State (3/2) with a 9.9 score • Competed uneven bars as an individual qualifier at the NCAA Athens Regional Championships (4/5) and finished eighth with a 9.85 score, the fourth-best mark awarded • Finished season ranked No. 50 nationally, No. 7 in the Big 12, with a 9.87 RQS • Bars season average of 9.767 ranked No. 2 on team; also owned 9.65 season average on floor
Club Gymnastics • Level 10 gymnast at Central Bucks Gym • Six-time Junior Olympics National Team qualifier • Finished fourth on uneven bars at the 2013 Junior Olympics National Championships • Placed fifth on vault and beam at the 2013 Region 7 Championships • Finished first on bars and second in the all-around and on floor at the 2013 Pennsylvania State Championships • Finished fourth in the all-around at the 2012 Region 7 Championships • Won the uneven bars at the 2011 Region 7 Championships • Finished second on the uneven bars at the 2011 Junior Olympics National Championships and 2011 Pennsylvania State Championships • Finished second in the all-around at the 2012 and 2011 Pennsylvania State Championships
Personal • Daughter of David and Holly Goldberg • Has one sister • Birthday is July 11 • Attended Council Rock High North • Majoring athletic coaching education • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll