Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
Final Score
Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
2020 Gymnastics Roster
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Kim Tessen
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mountain View HS
- Hometown:
- Orem, Utah
Bio
Career Highlights
• 2020 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• 2020 Second-team All-American (vault, bars)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 Conference
• 12 career victories
• Hit 78-85 career routines
• 27 career 9.90 or better scores
• Two-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
2020 Season (Senior)
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• Second-team All-American on vault and bars
• First-team All-Pac-12 on vault and bars
• Posted career highs on every event competed
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 14 and March 10
• Scored a 9.90 or higher on at least one event in every meet
• 10 victories
• Hit 22-24 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2019 Season (Junior)
• Starter on vault and bars
• Hit 25-27 routines
• Career high 9.925 on bars at Pac-12 Championship
• Season high 9.90 on vault twice
• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2018 Season (Sophomore)
• 2nd-team All-Pac-12 Conference on vault
• 2 victories (both on vault)
• Hit 24-27 routines
• 9.95 career high on vault and 9.90 high on bars (3 times)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
• Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2017 Season (Freshman)
• Missed the final 11 meets with an injury
• Starter on three events at the time of her injury
• Season highs on vault (9.90), bars (9.85) and floor (9.825)
• Hit 7-7 routines
• WCGA Scholar All-American
• Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Prior to Utah
• 2016 Junior Olympic National Team member
• 1st on bars (tie), 2nd all-around and 5th on vault (tie) at the 2016 Junior Olympic National Championships (Senior E division)
• 5th all-around at 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup
• 2016 Region 1 all-around champion (Senior E)
• Four top-10 finishes at the 2015 J.O. Nationals (Senior A division)
• 2nd on vault and bars and 4th all-around at the 2015 Region 1 Championship
• 6th on vault and 9th on bars at the 2012 J.O. nationals (Junior A)
• 2012 Region 1 all-around champion (Junior A)
• Trained at All-American Gymnastics
• Club coaches: Jimmy Pratt and Dawn Johnson
• Graduated from Mountain View High School
• Member of National Honor Society
Personal
• Daughter of Colleen and Chip Tessen
• Sister Hannah
• Psychology major
• Full name is Kimberly Kay Xiusha Tessen
• Born in China
Tessen’s Career Highs
• 2020 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• 2020 Second-team All-American (vault, bars)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 Conference
• 12 career victories
• Hit 78-85 career routines
• 27 career 9.90 or better scores
• Two-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
2020 Season (Senior)
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• Second-team All-American on vault and bars
• First-team All-Pac-12 on vault and bars
• Posted career highs on every event competed
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 14 and March 10
• Scored a 9.90 or higher on at least one event in every meet
• 10 victories
• Hit 22-24 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2019 Season (Junior)
• Starter on vault and bars
• Hit 25-27 routines
• Career high 9.925 on bars at Pac-12 Championship
• Season high 9.90 on vault twice
• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2018 Season (Sophomore)
• 2nd-team All-Pac-12 Conference on vault
• 2 victories (both on vault)
• Hit 24-27 routines
• 9.95 career high on vault and 9.90 high on bars (3 times)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
• Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2017 Season (Freshman)
• Missed the final 11 meets with an injury
• Starter on three events at the time of her injury
• Season highs on vault (9.90), bars (9.85) and floor (9.825)
• Hit 7-7 routines
• WCGA Scholar All-American
• Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Prior to Utah
• 2016 Junior Olympic National Team member
• 1st on bars (tie), 2nd all-around and 5th on vault (tie) at the 2016 Junior Olympic National Championships (Senior E division)
• 5th all-around at 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup
• 2016 Region 1 all-around champion (Senior E)
• Four top-10 finishes at the 2015 J.O. Nationals (Senior A division)
• 2nd on vault and bars and 4th all-around at the 2015 Region 1 Championship
• 6th on vault and 9th on bars at the 2012 J.O. nationals (Junior A)
• 2012 Region 1 all-around champion (Junior A)
• Trained at All-American Gymnastics
• Club coaches: Jimmy Pratt and Dawn Johnson
• Graduated from Mountain View High School
• Member of National Honor Society
Personal
• Daughter of Colleen and Chip Tessen
• Sister Hannah
• Psychology major
• Full name is Kimberly Kay Xiusha Tessen
• Born in China
Tessen’s Career Highs
| Vault | 10.0 vs. Stanford, March 6, 2020 |
| Bars | 9.975 at California, Feb. 8, 2020 |
| Floor | 9.925 at Arizona, Feb. 1, 2020 |
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