Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
2019 Gymnastics Roster
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MaKenna Merrell-Giles
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Pleasant Grove HS
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Grove, Utah
Bio
Career Highlights
* Nine-time All-American (4 NCAA, 5 regular season)
* 2018 Regional floor champion
* 2018 Pac-12 vault champion
* Nine-time All-Pac-12 Conference
* Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award
* 2019 team co-captain
* 2019 Utah Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete
* 2019 Greg Marsden Leadership Award
* Two 10.0 scores
* Career high 39.675 all-around score
* 34 career victories
* Hit 183-192 career routines
* WCGA Scholar All-American
* Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
2019 Season (Senior)
* Three-time NCAA All-American (1 NCAA, 2 regular season)
* 8th on vault across both semifinals at NCAA Championships
* 1st (tie) all-around and on vault in Baton Rouge Regional Final
* Utah Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete
* Greg Marsden Leadership Award
* 13 victories
* Hit 58-60 routines
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2018 Season (Junior)
* Three-time regular season All-American (1st team AA, VT, FX)
* Regional floor champion
* Pac-12 vault champion
* Three-time 1st-team All-Pac-12 Conference
* Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 6
* Won Coaches’ Most Improved Award
* Scored a 10.0 on vault and floor
* Triple winner vs. Washington and Arizona
* Career-high 39.675 all-around twice
* 15 victories
* Hit 54-56 routines
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2017 Season (Sophomore)
* Three-time NCAA All-American (2nd team AA, BB, FX)
* Two-time 2nd-team All-Pac-12
* 6 victories
* Hit 49-53 routines
* Double winner vs. Cal (vault, beam)
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2016 Season (Freshman)
* 3rd on floor at Pac-12 Championship
* Season-high 9.90 on floor, 9.825 on vault and 9.80 on beam
* Competed on floor at regionals (9.875) and nationals (9.8375)
* Hit 22-23 routines
* NACGC Scholar All-American
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Prior to Utah
* Four-time J.O. National Championships’ qualifier
* 2015 J.O. runner-up in the all-around, vault and floor (Senior C Division)
* 4th on bars and beam at 2015 J.O. Nationals
* 2nd on vault, 6th all-around at 2015 Nastia Liukin Cup
* 4th on bars and beam; 7th all-around (Senior A Division) at 2014 J.O. Nationals
* Three-time J.O. regional champion (2 floor, 1 bars)
* 2nd all-around at 2013 and 2014 regionals
* Trained at All-American Gymnastics
* Club coaches Jimmy Pratt and Dawn Johnson
* Graduated from Pleasant Grove High School
* Made the honor roll every term and was Student of the Month
Personal
* Daughter of Jodi and Paul Merrell
* Mother coaches at All-American Gymnastics
* Sisters Maegan and Mickell Merrell; brothers Mitchell and Mikah
* Sister Mickell was a BYU gymnast (2008-12)
* Married to Matthew Giles
* Won Church Recognition Award
* Parks, recreation and tourism major
* Full name is MaKenna Gayle Merrell-Giles
Merrell-Giles’ Career Highs
* Nine-time All-American (4 NCAA, 5 regular season)
* 2018 Regional floor champion
* 2018 Pac-12 vault champion
* Nine-time All-Pac-12 Conference
* Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award
* 2019 team co-captain
* 2019 Utah Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete
* 2019 Greg Marsden Leadership Award
* Two 10.0 scores
* Career high 39.675 all-around score
* 34 career victories
* Hit 183-192 career routines
* WCGA Scholar All-American
* Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
2019 Season (Senior)
* Three-time NCAA All-American (1 NCAA, 2 regular season)
* 8th on vault across both semifinals at NCAA Championships
* 1st (tie) all-around and on vault in Baton Rouge Regional Final
* Utah Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete
* Greg Marsden Leadership Award
* 13 victories
* Hit 58-60 routines
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2018 Season (Junior)
* Three-time regular season All-American (1st team AA, VT, FX)
* Regional floor champion
* Pac-12 vault champion
* Three-time 1st-team All-Pac-12 Conference
* Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 6
* Won Coaches’ Most Improved Award
* Scored a 10.0 on vault and floor
* Triple winner vs. Washington and Arizona
* Career-high 39.675 all-around twice
* 15 victories
* Hit 54-56 routines
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2017 Season (Sophomore)
* Three-time NCAA All-American (2nd team AA, BB, FX)
* Two-time 2nd-team All-Pac-12
* 6 victories
* Hit 49-53 routines
* Double winner vs. Cal (vault, beam)
* Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2016 Season (Freshman)
* 3rd on floor at Pac-12 Championship
* Season-high 9.90 on floor, 9.825 on vault and 9.80 on beam
* Competed on floor at regionals (9.875) and nationals (9.8375)
* Hit 22-23 routines
* NACGC Scholar All-American
* Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Prior to Utah
* Four-time J.O. National Championships’ qualifier
* 2015 J.O. runner-up in the all-around, vault and floor (Senior C Division)
* 4th on bars and beam at 2015 J.O. Nationals
* 2nd on vault, 6th all-around at 2015 Nastia Liukin Cup
* 4th on bars and beam; 7th all-around (Senior A Division) at 2014 J.O. Nationals
* Three-time J.O. regional champion (2 floor, 1 bars)
* 2nd all-around at 2013 and 2014 regionals
* Trained at All-American Gymnastics
* Club coaches Jimmy Pratt and Dawn Johnson
* Graduated from Pleasant Grove High School
* Made the honor roll every term and was Student of the Month
Personal
* Daughter of Jodi and Paul Merrell
* Mother coaches at All-American Gymnastics
* Sisters Maegan and Mickell Merrell; brothers Mitchell and Mikah
* Sister Mickell was a BYU gymnast (2008-12)
* Married to Matthew Giles
* Won Church Recognition Award
* Parks, recreation and tourism major
* Full name is MaKenna Gayle Merrell-Giles
Merrell-Giles’ Career Highs
| All-Around | 39.675 vs. Washington, Feb. 3, 2018 |
| 39.675 vs. Georgia, Mar. 16, 2018 | |
| Vault | 10.0 vs. Washington, Feb. 3, 2018 |
| Bars | 9.925 vs. Georgia, Mar. 16, 2018 |
| Beam | 9.95 vs. Georgia, Mar. 16, 2019 |
| Floor | 10.0 vs. Georgia, Mar. 16, 2018 |
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