2024 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Blackson, Courtney
Courtney Blackson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove, Calif.
- Position:
- Vault, Bars, Floor
- High School:
- Pleasant Grove HS
- Height:
- 5-6
- Major:
- Undeclared
- Club:
- Byers Roseville
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- NCAA Women’s Gymnastics National Runner-Up, Vault (2023)
- 2x NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship Participant (2023, 2024)
- 2x WCGA National Championship All-America First Team (2023 – Vault, 2024 - Bars)
- 4x NCAA Regional Championships Participant (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2x Mountain Rim Gymnastics Rim Conference Vault Champion (2021, 2023)
- 3x All-Mountain West (2024 – Bars First Team, Floor First Team, Vault Second Team)
- 6x All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Rim Conference (2021 – Floor Second Team, Vault Second Team, 2023 – Bars First Team, Floor First Team, Vault Second Team)
- CSC Academic All-American Third Team At-Large (2023-24)
- 4x WCGA Scholastic All-American (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- 2x CSC Academic All-District 7 (2023, 2024)
- Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)
- Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2024)
- 2x Academic All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Rim Conference (2021, 2022)
- 7x Mountain West Specialist of the Week (Jan. 9, 2024 – Floor, Jan. 23, 2024 – Vault, Feb. 6, 2024 – Floor, Feb. 13, 2024 – Vault, Feb. 20, 2024 – Floor, March 5, 2024 – Floor, March 12, 2024 – Bars)
- 8x Mountain Rim Gymnastics Rim Conference Specialist of the Week (March 7, 2022 – Vault, Jan. 30, 2023 – Bars, Feb. 6, 2023 – Bars, Feb. 20, 2023 – Floor and Vault, March 6, 2023 – Floor, March 13, 2023 – Floor and Vault)
- 2x Ford Boise State Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 7, 2024, April 26, 2024)
- Honors: NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship Participant…WCGA National Championship All-America First Team, Bars…NCAA Regional Championships Participant…All-MW First Team, Bars…All-MW First Team, Floor…All-MW Second Team, Vault…Seven-time MW Specialist of the Week (Floor – 4, Vault – 2, Bars – 1)…Two-time Ford Boise State Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 7, April 26)...CSC Academic All-American Third Team At-Large...WCGA Scholastic All-American...CSC Academic All-District 7...Spring Academic All-Mountain West...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
- Notable Rankings: Tied for sixth on bars at nationals (9.925)…9.910 NQS on floor (T-2nd MW)…9.885 NQS on bars (T-3rd MW)…9.830 NQS on vault (T-5th MW).
- Top Highlights: Appeared on bars for Boise State in 10 meets…also competed on vault and floor eight times…advanced to the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship (April 18) on bars, tying for sixth...claimed three individual event titles on both bars and floor and a pair of titles on vault…was Boise State’s top performer in two of her three events against No. 4 Utah (Jan. 5), securing the Broncos’ highest score on floor with a 9.875… tied for first on vault, tallying a 9.900, and scored a 9.900 on bars at the Broncos’ home opener (Jan. 19)…scored a 9.950 on floor, tying the program record against No. 19 Iowa State to finish first (Feb. 2)…scored a 9.925 on bars and a season-best 9.950 on vault, finishing first, at Southern Utah (Feb. 9)…tied the program record on floor, scoring a 9.950 and winning the event against Sacramento State and Southern Utah (Feb. 16)…posted a 9.925 on bars to tie for first with fellow senior Emily Lopez against No. 29 Iowa State, Texas Woman’s and Utah State (Feb. 23)…tied for first with fellow Bronco Emma Loyim on floor, matching the program record with a 9.950 for the second time this season against No. 16 Minnesota, UC Davis and No. 26 Washington (March 1)…won on bars, registering a career-best 9.950 against San Jose State, Illinois State and Yale (March 10)…returned to the bars lineup to post a team-high 9.825 against BYU in the first round of the NCAA Regional Championship in Fayetteville (April 3)…competed as an individual in the second round of the NCAA Regional Championship, scoring a 9.950 to tie her career-high and the program record at a regional competition on bars (April 4)…punched her ticket to the national championship.
- Honors: NCAA Women’s Gymnastics National Runner-Up, Vault…WCGA National Championship All-America First Team, Vault…NCAA Regional Championships Participant…MRGC Vault Champion….All-MRGC First Team, Bars…All-MRGC First Team, Floor…All-MRGC Second Team, Vault…WCGA Scholastic All-American…CSC Academic All-District 7…Seven-time MRGC Specialist of the Week (Floor – 3, Vault – 2, Bars – 2).
- Top Highlights: Competed in each of Boise State’s 12 meets on vault, bars and floor…advanced to the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship (April 13) on vault, tying for national runner-up accolades on the apparatus…named a first-team All-American for her performance at the national competition…tabbed to the all-conference first team on bars and floor, and the second team on vault…captured the vault title at the MRGC Championships (March 18)…seven-time MRGC Specialist of the Week…claimed three individual event titles on vault and a pair of titles on both bars and floor…among Boise State’s top-two performers in each of her three events at the Wasatch Classic (Jan. 14)...posted a career-high 9.925 on bars at the time...against Southern Utah (Jan. 27), tied her career-high bars score at the time, earning her first-career event win on the apparatus...against Utah State (Feb. 3), tied her career-high on bars at the time, marking her second-career win on the apparatus...captured individual titles on both vault (9.875) and floor (9.900) at Utah State (Feb. 10)...fourth-career vault title and first on floor...against BYU (Feb. 17), tied her career-high on floor at the time (9.925)…tied her career-best mark at the time of 9.925 on bars at Southern Utah (Feb. 22)...at Minnesota (March 4), matched her career-best performance at the time with a 9.925 on floor…led the Broncos on both floor and vault at the MRGC Championships (March 18), earning a 9.875 on floor and a 9.900 on vault...secured her sixth-career victory on vault and her second at a conference championship (2021)...against BYU in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Regional Championships (March 29), she matched the second-best vault score by a Boise State gymnast at a regional meet with her 9.950 and tied her then-career-best mark...scored a 10.000 on vault during the second round of the 2023 NCAA Regional Championships (March 30)...marked the first perfect score by a Bronco at a regional competition in program history, the fourth 10.000 on vault in Boise State history and the sixth mark of perfection all-time for the Blue and Orange…punched her ticket to the national championship.
- Honors: NCAA Regional Championships Participant…WCGA Scholastic All-American…Academic All-MRGC…MRGC Specialist of the Week (Vault – 1).
- Top Highlights: Appeared in all 10 of the Broncos' meets, competing on vault and floor 10 times and bars eight...named MRGC Vault Specialist of the Week once on vault (March 7)...two individual championships on vault...won the vault title at Southern Utah (Feb. 25, 9.875) and at the Illinois quad-meet (March 4, 9.900)...posted three vault scores of 9.850 or better, including a season-high 9.900 at Illinois (March 4)...tied her career-high on bars at the time (9.875) three times this season; vs Utah State (Feb. 18), at Southern Utah (Feb. 25) and at the MRGC Championships (March 19)...set a career-high at the time on floor against Utah State with a 9.925 (Feb. 18)...posted five scores of 9.850 or better and led the team four times on floor.
- Honors: NCAA Regional Championships Participant…MRGC Vault Champion…All-MRGC Second Team, Floor…All-MRGC Second Team, Vault…WCGA Scholastic All-American…Academic All-MRGC.
- Top Highlights: Appeared in 10 of the Broncos’ 11 meets during her collegiate debut, seeing action on vault and bars in 10 meets, and on floor in nine...named second-team All-Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference on both vault and floor...captured the vault title at the MRGC Championships (March 20), scoring a season-high 9.950...led the Broncos on vault eight times throughout the season, and led the team on floor twice...made her Boise State debut in the Broncos’ upset of No. 14 BYU (Jan. 23)...set season-highs on both bars (9.875) and floor (9.900) at No. 11 BYU (Feb. 19)...tied her season-high on floor against 16th-ranked SUU (Feb. 27) and No. 10 Arizona State (March 12).
- Coached by Rhonda Hawkins, Elisha Adrian, Cassie Hall and Addie Mclaughlin at Byers Roseville...was a member of the Junior Olympic National Team in 2018, and attended the Junior Olympic National Team Camp that year as well...has been a Junior Olympic National qualifier in each of the last four years, finishing in the top 10 on bars in each of the last two...in 2018, finished third in the all-around, second on bars and fourth on floor; and in 2019, finished ninth on bars...at the Junior Olympic Region 1 Regionals, finished second on vault, sixth on floor and seventh in the all-around in 2018...in 2019, captured both the vault and floor titles while finishing second in the all-around...at the Northern California State Championships, won the vault title in each of her final two years...also finished first on bars in 2018 while finishing second on floor and in the all-around, and in 2019, finished first on floor and third in the all-around.
SEASON/CAREER HIGHS
| VAULT | BARS | BEAM | FLOOR | ALL-AROUND | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | HIGH SCORE | WINS | HIGH SCORE | WINS | HIGH SCORE | WINS | HIGH SCORE | WINS | HIGH SCORE | WINS |
| 2021 | 9.950 | 1 | 9.875 | 0 | -- | -- | 9.900 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | 9.900 | 2 | 9.875 | 0 | -- | -- | 9.925 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | 10.000 | 3 | 9.925 | 2 | -- | -- | 9.925 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | 9.950 | 2 | 9.950 | 3 | -- | -- | 9.950 | 3 | -- | -- |
| CAREER | 10.000 | 8 | 9.950 | 5 | -- | -- | 9.950 | 5 | -- | -- |
GYM | Senior Video
Friday, March 14
WBB | Highlights vs Nevada
Monday, March 10
GYM | Boise State Gymnastics Vlog
Tuesday, January 28
GYM: Team Retreat
Monday, September 09
