Natalie Wojcik

Natalie Wojcik
Born	(1999-10-14) October 14, 1999 (age 25) Abington, Pennsylvania, United States
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
College team	Michigan Wolverines (2019-23)
Club	Stallone Gymnastics (2016–2018) Berks Gymnastics (2014–2016)
Head coach(es)	Bev Plocki Marty Amrich
Assistant coach(es)	Gina Stallone Amrich
Medal record Representing Michigan Wolverines NCAA Championships 2019 Fort Worth Balance Beam 2021 Fort Worth Team

Natalie Wojcik (born October 14, 1999) is a former American artistic gymnast. ^[1] She competed for the Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team, and is a seven-time All-American. ^[2]

Early and personal life

Wojcik was born in Abington, Pennsylvania to Bernie and Suzy Wojcik. ^[1] She grew up in Douglassville, Pennsylvania with three siblings, Nicole, Nadia and Noelle, who are all competitive gymnasts. Wojcik began gymnastics at the age of three. She is of Polish descent.

Career

In the fall of 2018, Wojcik began attending the University of Michigan, joining the Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team. In her collegiate debut, she broke the school record of the highest all-around score (39.625) in a college debut with a 39.625; Wojcik also won three event titles (vault, bars and beam) at the same meet. She was named the WCGA Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year; she was named a two-time All-American for her freshman season: first team on balance beam, second team in the all-around.

In the post-season, Wojcik helped to lead her team to first place at the Big Ten Championships, becoming the Big Ten Floor and All-Around Champion, as well as second-place on vault and beam. Moreover, Wojcik was named to the All-Big Ten first team. ^[3] At the NCAA National Championships, she became the Regional Floor Champion at the Ann Arbor regional, placed 5th with her team (despite posting the 4th highest score of the two semi-finals), and became the National Beam Champion with a score of 9.950. ^[4]

As a junior, Wojcik won 15 event titles and scored at least a 9.900 on 28 events. At the Big Ten Championships, she won the individual vault title and took second place in the individual uneven bars and team competition. She scored two perfect 10s during the 2021 season. At the NCAA Championships, Wojcik helped Michigan win their first ever team championships, defeating the University of Oklahoma, University of Utah, and University of Florida.

Following her senior year in 2022, she was awarded the AAI Award. In June 2022, she was awarded the Excellence in Sports Award by the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame for her 2021 achievements.

Wojcik returned for a fifth season in 2023. She earned the fifth perfect 10 of her career against the University of Minnesota. At the Big Ten Championships, she captured the uneven bars title and the team title. She qualified as an individual to the NCAA Championships on uneven bars. During her career at Michigan, she earned 99 career event and all-around victories, as well as notching 135 career scores of 9.900 or higher. ^[5]

Regular season ranking

Season	All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor Exercise
2019	6th	3rd	23rd	7th	32nd
2020	14th	34th	19th	17th	37th
2021	6th	12th	6th	4th	54th
2022	11th	10th	8th	8th	19th
2023	17th	56th	12th	15th	127th

^[6]

Career perfect 10.0s

^[7]

Season	Date	Event	Meet
2019	February 23, 2019	Vault	Elevate the Stage
2021	February 15, 2021	Balance Beam	Michigan vs Nebraska
	March 20, 2021	Vault	Big Ten Championships
2022	February 4, 2022		Michigan @ Rutgers
2023	February 10, 2023	Balance Beam	Michigan vs Minnesota

NCAA Regular season ranking

^[8]

Season	All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor Exercise
2019	6th	3rd	23rd	7th	32nd
2020 [a]	14th	34th	19th	17th	37th
2021	6th	12th	6th	4th	54th
2022	11th	10th	8th	8th	19th
2023	17th	56th	12th	15th	127th

1. The season was cancelled after the 10th week of competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Level 10
2016	Nastia Liukin Cup		4
2017	Nastia Liukin Cup		4
2018	Nastia Liukin Cup		4
NCAA
2019	Big 10 Championships [9]				12
	NCAA Championships [10]	SF	8				15
2020	Post-season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021	Big 10 Championships		13			11	53
	NCAA Championships		24	11		17	13
2022	Big 10 Championships		13		58		59
	NCAA Championships	8	8
2023	Big 10 Championships		4	4		23	32

References

1. "USA Gymnastics | Natalie Wojcik". usagym.org. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
2. "Natalie Wojcik - Women's Gymnastics". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
3. "Big Ten Announces 2019 Women's Gymnastics All-Conference Teams". Big Ten Conference . Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
4. Just, Amie (April 20, 2019). "Michigan's Natalie Wojcik wins national beam title". mlive.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
5. McIntosh, Megan (April 12, 2022). "Wojcik Wins Prestigious AAI Award as NCAA's Top Senior Gymnast". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
6. "Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
7. "Hall of 10s". balancebeamsituation.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
8. "Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
9. "2019 Big Ten Championship score sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
10. "StatBroadcast Live Stat Feed". stats.statbroadcast.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
11. NCAA.com. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 17, 2021.