George Washington University Athletics
Gymnastics Adds Six for 2022-23 Season
8/19/2022 11:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
Five first-years and one transfer student-athlete to join GW program
WASHINGTON – GW gymnastics will welcome six newcomers to its program for the 2022-23 season, head coach Margie Foster-Cunningham has announced.
First-years Kasey Burke, Jayda Freeman, Kylie Kazmierski, Catherine O'Rourke and Deana Sheremeta will join GW, as well as transfer Nancy Kiner, who spent one season at the University of Pittsburgh.
They will join a team led by co-captains Deja Chambliss and Hannah Munnelly and 10 returning gymnasts.
Kasey Burke
North Andover, Mass.
North Andover High School / Yellow Jackets Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2021 JO National Championship Qualifier … 2021 Region 6 Vault and Bars Champion … 2021 Level 10 MA All-Around Champion … 2021 Level 10 MA Vault, Bars, and Floor Champion (with career-high 9.7 vault, 9.7 floor) … 2019-2021 Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete … 2021 North Andover High School Team Captain … 2019-2021 MVP of North Andover Gymnastics.
Jayda Freeman
Carrollton, Va.
Smithfield High School / World Class Gymnastics
High School/Club: First place finisher at Level 9 States and Regionals in 2022 and 2021 … competed for World Class Gymnastics.
Kylie Kazmierski
Waynesville, Ohio
Waynesville High School / Queen City Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2022 & 2021 Level 10 National Qualifier … finished fourth in the all-around, second on beam and third on floor at 2022 Level 10 Regionals … earned fourth place in the all-around at 2019 Eastern Nationals … third-place finisher at Level 9 Regionals in 2019 … competed for Queen City Gymnastics.
Nancy Kiner
El Segundo, Calif.
Pitt / El Segundo High School / Wallers' GymJam Academy
At Pitt: Named to EAGL All-Scholastic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
High School/Club: Competed for Wallers' GymJam Academy in 2020 … earned third place on beam, fourth place on bars and sixth place on vault at 2020 Presidential Classic … placed first on beam and second in the all-around at Chris Wallers' Heart of a Champion meet in February 2020 … placed third on vault, bars and in the all-around at the 2018 Long Beach Open … earned 2021 leadership award with Wallers'
Catherine O'Rourke
Arlington, Mass.
Arlington Catholic High School / Yellow Jackets Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2022 National Qualifier … 2022 Tim Korman Gymnast of the Year … 2021 Nationals alternate … 2018 and 2017 Eastern Nationals Qualifier … 2018 Level 9 All-Around State Champion
Deana Sheremeta
Circleville, N.Y.
Pine Bush High School / Galaxy Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2021 National Beam Champion … 2021 Regional Qualifier … 2021 New York State Bars, Beam, Floor and All-Around Champion … 2019 National Qualifier … 2019 Regional Beam Champion, finished second on floor and in the all-around … 2019 New York State Beam Champion … 2018 National Qualifier and Regional Floor Champion, finished second in the all-around … 2018 New York State Floor Champion.
First-years Kasey Burke, Jayda Freeman, Kylie Kazmierski, Catherine O'Rourke and Deana Sheremeta will join GW, as well as transfer Nancy Kiner, who spent one season at the University of Pittsburgh.
They will join a team led by co-captains Deja Chambliss and Hannah Munnelly and 10 returning gymnasts.
Kasey Burke
North Andover, Mass.
North Andover High School / Yellow Jackets Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2021 JO National Championship Qualifier … 2021 Region 6 Vault and Bars Champion … 2021 Level 10 MA All-Around Champion … 2021 Level 10 MA Vault, Bars, and Floor Champion (with career-high 9.7 vault, 9.7 floor) … 2019-2021 Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete … 2021 North Andover High School Team Captain … 2019-2021 MVP of North Andover Gymnastics.
Jayda Freeman
Carrollton, Va.
Smithfield High School / World Class Gymnastics
High School/Club: First place finisher at Level 9 States and Regionals in 2022 and 2021 … competed for World Class Gymnastics.
Kylie Kazmierski
Waynesville, Ohio
Waynesville High School / Queen City Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2022 & 2021 Level 10 National Qualifier … finished fourth in the all-around, second on beam and third on floor at 2022 Level 10 Regionals … earned fourth place in the all-around at 2019 Eastern Nationals … third-place finisher at Level 9 Regionals in 2019 … competed for Queen City Gymnastics.
Nancy Kiner
El Segundo, Calif.
Pitt / El Segundo High School / Wallers' GymJam Academy
At Pitt: Named to EAGL All-Scholastic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
High School/Club: Competed for Wallers' GymJam Academy in 2020 … earned third place on beam, fourth place on bars and sixth place on vault at 2020 Presidential Classic … placed first on beam and second in the all-around at Chris Wallers' Heart of a Champion meet in February 2020 … placed third on vault, bars and in the all-around at the 2018 Long Beach Open … earned 2021 leadership award with Wallers'
Catherine O'Rourke
Arlington, Mass.
Arlington Catholic High School / Yellow Jackets Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2022 National Qualifier … 2022 Tim Korman Gymnast of the Year … 2021 Nationals alternate … 2018 and 2017 Eastern Nationals Qualifier … 2018 Level 9 All-Around State Champion
Deana Sheremeta
Circleville, N.Y.
Pine Bush High School / Galaxy Gymnastics
High School/Club: 2021 National Beam Champion … 2021 Regional Qualifier … 2021 New York State Bars, Beam, Floor and All-Around Champion … 2019 National Qualifier … 2019 Regional Beam Champion, finished second on floor and in the all-around … 2019 New York State Beam Champion … 2018 National Qualifier and Regional Floor Champion, finished second in the all-around … 2018 New York State Floor Champion.
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