Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
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Makenna Smith
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Rio Rancho Cyber Academy
- Hometown:
- Albuquerque, N.M.
Bio
Career Highlights
• 10x All-American (3 regular season, 7 NCAA)
• 34 event victories
• 2025 Big 12 Bars Champion
• 2025 All-Big 12 Team (vault, beam, floor and all-around)
• 3x All-Pac-12
• 2024 and 2025 Team MVP
• Career highs of 9.50 or better on all four events (9.975 on vault, bars, and floor, 9.95 on beam)
• 171-172 hit routines
2025 Season (Junior)
• 10x All-American (3 regular season, 7 NCAA)
• 34 event victories
• 2025 Big 12 Bars Champion
• 2025 All-Big 12 Team (vault, beam, floor and all-around)
• Three-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 22, March 11 and 18)
• Set career highs on vault (9.975), beam (9.95), floor (9.975), and all-around (39.725)
• 171-172 hit routines (63-64 on the season)
• 2025 Team MVP
2024 Season (Sophomore)
• Competed in the all-around 14 times, starting on beam every meet but one
• NCAA All-American (first team all-around, vault; second team: bars)
• Posted a season-high 39.6375 all-around score at the NCAA Championship Semifinal
• Scored above 39.500 in the all-around six times
• Posted a season-high 9.975 on bars against Stanford, scoring 9.9 or better on the apparatus six times
• Scored 9.9 or better on vault seven times, posting a season-high 9.950 at the NCAA Regional Final
• Scored a season-high 9.925 twice on floor, first at the Best of Utah and then at the Pac-12 Championships.
• Tallied seven event wins (4 all-around, 2 vault, 1 bars)
• First Team All-Pac-12 (all-around)
• 2024 Team MVP
• Hit 61-61 routines
2023 Season (Freshman)
• First team NCAA All-American (vault)
• Competed in the all-around five times, and was a starter on vault every meet, floor all but one competition, bars 13 times, and beam six times
• Scored a team-best 9.90 on vault at the NCAA Semifinal to earn the first All-America award of her career
• Posted season high 39.500 in the all-around against California, highlighted by 9.925 on floor
• Won first career event title with a 9.90 on vault vs. LSU
• Won the all-around title at the Metroplex Challenge in her collegiate all-around debut (39.400)
• Scored a 9.875 or higher on floor 11-of-14 routines
• Averaged above a 9.85 on all four events
• Tallied season bests of 9.95 on vault at Oklahoma and 9.95 on floor at the NCAA Regional Final
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 14)
• 3 event victories
• Hit 47-47 routines
Prior to Utah
• Two-time medalist on floor at Junior Olympic National Championships (2018, 2019)
• Three-time Junior Olympic National Championships qualifier
• T-5th on vault, 6th on floor at the 2021 J.O. National Championships
• 1st on floor, t-3rd on beam, 8th in the all-around at 2019 Nastia Liukin Cup
• Nine-time regional champion
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on bars, 1st on floor, 3rd on beam at 2022 Region 3 Championships
• 1st on vault (10.0), 1st on bars (9.90), 1st on floor (9.925) at 2021 Region 3 Championships
• 2019 regional balance beam champion
• 2018 regional all-around champion
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on beam at the 2021 Optional State Championships
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on beam, 1st on floor, 2nd on bars at the 2019 Optional State Championships
• Trained at Gold Cup Gymnastics
Personal
• Daughter of Craig and Stefanie Smith
• Has a sister, Marleigh
• Majoring in psychology
Smith's Career Highs
• 10x All-American (3 regular season, 7 NCAA)
• 34 event victories
• 2025 Big 12 Bars Champion
• 2025 All-Big 12 Team (vault, beam, floor and all-around)
• 3x All-Pac-12
• 2024 and 2025 Team MVP
• Career highs of 9.50 or better on all four events (9.975 on vault, bars, and floor, 9.95 on beam)
• 171-172 hit routines
2025 Season (Junior)
• 10x All-American (3 regular season, 7 NCAA)
• 34 event victories
• 2025 Big 12 Bars Champion
• 2025 All-Big 12 Team (vault, beam, floor and all-around)
• Three-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 22, March 11 and 18)
• Set career highs on vault (9.975), beam (9.95), floor (9.975), and all-around (39.725)
• 171-172 hit routines (63-64 on the season)
• 2025 Team MVP
2024 Season (Sophomore)
• Competed in the all-around 14 times, starting on beam every meet but one
• NCAA All-American (first team all-around, vault; second team: bars)
• Posted a season-high 39.6375 all-around score at the NCAA Championship Semifinal
• Scored above 39.500 in the all-around six times
• Posted a season-high 9.975 on bars against Stanford, scoring 9.9 or better on the apparatus six times
• Scored 9.9 or better on vault seven times, posting a season-high 9.950 at the NCAA Regional Final
• Scored a season-high 9.925 twice on floor, first at the Best of Utah and then at the Pac-12 Championships.
• Tallied seven event wins (4 all-around, 2 vault, 1 bars)
• First Team All-Pac-12 (all-around)
• 2024 Team MVP
• Hit 61-61 routines
2023 Season (Freshman)
• First team NCAA All-American (vault)
• Competed in the all-around five times, and was a starter on vault every meet, floor all but one competition, bars 13 times, and beam six times
• Scored a team-best 9.90 on vault at the NCAA Semifinal to earn the first All-America award of her career
• Posted season high 39.500 in the all-around against California, highlighted by 9.925 on floor
• Won first career event title with a 9.90 on vault vs. LSU
• Won the all-around title at the Metroplex Challenge in her collegiate all-around debut (39.400)
• Scored a 9.875 or higher on floor 11-of-14 routines
• Averaged above a 9.85 on all four events
• Tallied season bests of 9.95 on vault at Oklahoma and 9.95 on floor at the NCAA Regional Final
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 14)
• 3 event victories
• Hit 47-47 routines
Prior to Utah
• Two-time medalist on floor at Junior Olympic National Championships (2018, 2019)
• Three-time Junior Olympic National Championships qualifier
• T-5th on vault, 6th on floor at the 2021 J.O. National Championships
• 1st on floor, t-3rd on beam, 8th in the all-around at 2019 Nastia Liukin Cup
• Nine-time regional champion
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on bars, 1st on floor, 3rd on beam at 2022 Region 3 Championships
• 1st on vault (10.0), 1st on bars (9.90), 1st on floor (9.925) at 2021 Region 3 Championships
• 2019 regional balance beam champion
• 2018 regional all-around champion
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on beam at the 2021 Optional State Championships
• 1st in the all-around, 1st on vault, 1st on beam, 1st on floor, 2nd on bars at the 2019 Optional State Championships
• Trained at Gold Cup Gymnastics
Personal
• Daughter of Craig and Stefanie Smith
• Has a sister, Marleigh
• Majoring in psychology
Smith's Career Highs
| All-Around | 39.725 at Best of Utah, Jan. 20, 2025 |
| 39.6375 at NCAA Semifinal, April 18, 2024 | |
| Vault | 9.975 vs. Arizona, Feb. 7, 2025 |
| 9.95 at NCAA Regional Final, April 7, 2024 | |
| 9.95 at Oklahoma, Jan. 22, 2023 | |
| Bars | 9.975 vs. Stanford, Feb. 23, 2024 |
| Beam | 9.95 at Best of Utah, Jan. 20, 2025 |
| 9.925 at NCAA Semifinal, April 18, 2024 | |
| 9.925 at Arizona State, Feb. 20, 2023 | |
| Floor | 9.975 vs. UCLA, March 15, 2025 |
| 9.95 at NCAA Regional Final, April 1, 2023 |
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