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2022 Gymnastics Roster

Alexia Burch

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Fifth Year
  • High School Spanish Springs HS
  • Hometown Sparks, Nev.

Biography

Career Highlights
• Two-time All-American on vault (1 NCAA, 1 regular season)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 Conference on vault
• 2021 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• 2022 Pac-12 Vault Champion
• 2022 NCAA Seattle Regional Uneven Bars Champion
• 13 career wins (12 on vault, 1 on bars)
• Hit 116-125 career routines
• Two-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic
• Two-time Team Captain
 
2022 Season (Fifth Year)
• 1st-team NCAA All-American on vault (9.925, 3rd place)
• 1st-team All-Pac-12 Conference on vault for third straight season
• Starter on vault in all but one competition, bars in seven meets, and beam in five outings
• Pac-12 Vault Champion (9.925)
• NCAA Seattle Regional Uneven Bars Champion with a career-best 9.95
• Posted season-best 9.95s on vault, bars and beam at the NCAA Regional Second Round
• Recorded a 9.90 or better on four-of-five postseason vaults
• Scored a 9.90 on bars against Arizona State and at the NCAA Regional Final
• 5 wins (four on vault, 1 bars)
• Hit 24-27 routines
• Member of team's Leadership Council 
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipient

 2021 Season (Senior)
• Starter on vault and beam in every meet, bars in 12 competitions
• 2nd-team Regular Season All-American on vault
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• 1st-team All-Pac-12 Conference on vault
• 5 victories (all on vault)
• Won four straight vault titles with four 9.90-plus scores, including career high 9.975 (vs. Arizona State, UCLA)
• Earned season high 9.8875 on bars at the NCAA Championship semifinals
• Posted four 9.90s on beam – three of which were in the leadoff spot
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Feb. 9) and two-time Pac-12 Coaches Choice recipient (Feb. 2, Feb. 23)
• Hit 38-40 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
 
2020 Season (Junior)
• Starter on vault and beam in every meet
• 1st-team All-Pac-12 Conference on vault
• Season-high 9.95 on vault (Arizona State) and beam (UCLA)
• 9.95 on beam against UCLA counted toward Utah setting a new school beam record of 49.775
• 2 victories (vault vs. ASU, California)
• Scored 9.875 or higher in 6-of-9 meets on both beam and vault
• Hit 19-19 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
 
2019 Season (Sophomore)
• Competed in every meet
• Starter on vault and beam
• Competed four times on floor
• Season-high 9.90 on vault (Arizona) and beam (Michigan)
• 9.875 on vault and 9.80 on beam at Pac-12 Championship
• 1 victory (vault vs. Arizona)
• Hit 27-30 routines
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
 
2018 Season (Freshman)
• Started on beam in six meets
• Also performed three times in exhibition
• 9.90 best on beam (Arizona)
• 9.85 best on floor (California)
• Hit 8-9 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
 
Prior to Utah
• Member of the U.S. Junior Olympic National team
• 2015 J.O. all-around and floor champion was 4th on beam (Jr. D)
• 4th on beam, 5th on floor (tie), 10th all-around (tie) at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships (Sr. D)
• 2nd on floor, 6th on beam (tie), 7th all-around at the 2016 J.O. Nationals (Sr. B)
• 1st on vault and beam, 2nd all-around, 3rd on floor at the 2016 Region 1 Championships
• 2nd on vault (tie) and floor, 7th all-around at the 2015 Region 1 Championships
• 2016 Nevada state beam champion (2nd on floor, 4th all-around)
• 1st in the all-around, vault and floor at the 2016 Spirit of the Flame Championships
• 1st all-around and placed in the top four on every event at the 2016 San Diego Classic
• 1st in the all-around and beam, 2nd on vault, bars and floor at the 2016 Boise State Gymnastics Open
• Qualified for the 2015 Nastia Liukin Cup
• Trained at Flips USA Gymnastics
• Graduated from Spanish Springs High School
 
Personal
• Daughter of Renee and Perry Burch
• Brother Perry and sister Kaitlin
• Interests include hunting, fishing, wakeboarding and hiking
• Graduated with a degree in Kinesiology (Summer 2021); Pre-nursing
• Full name is Alexia Marie Burch
 
Burch’s Career Highs
Vault     9.975 vs. Arizona State, Feb. 6, 2021            
9.975 vs. UCLA, Feb. 19, 2021
Bars 9.95 at NCAA Regional Second Round, March 31, 2022
Beam 9.95 at UCLA, Feb. 23, 2020
9.95 at NCAA Regional Second Round, March 31, 2022
Floor     9.85 vs. California, Feb. 25, 2018


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2019Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2020Junior

    5'2"
  • 2021Senior

    5'2"
  • 2021-22Fifth Year

    5'2"