2023 Gymnastics Roster
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Chambliss, Deja
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Deja Chambliss
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Clover Hill High School
- Hometown:
- Chesterfield, VA
- Major:
- Health and Biomedical Data Science
Bio
Career Highs
V: 9.950, UB: 9.925, BB: 9.925, FX: 9.950, AA: 39.600
Honors: 2023 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around) ... 2023 EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year ... 2023 All-EAGL First Team (Vault, Floor, All-Around), All-EAGL Second Team (Beam) ... 2023 EAGL Gymnast of the Week (2x) ... 2023 AAI Award Nominee ... 2022 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around) ... 2022 All-EAGL First Team (Vault, Floor, All-Around) ... 2022 EAGL Gymnast of the Year ... 2022 EAGL Gymnast of the Week (4x) ... 2021 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (Vault) ... 2020 All-EAGL First Team (Vault) … 2020 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … All-EAGL Scholastic Team (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).
2023 as a graduate student: Advanced to Denver NCAA Regionals as an all-around individual competitor with a 39.345 NQS … nominated for the 2023 AAI Award, awarded to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the nation … named EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year for her second-straight major EAGL Award … finished first in EAGL on vault with a 9.890 NQS … crowned vault and floor champion at EAGL Championships (3/18) with matching 9.900s … named EAGL Gymnast of the Week two times throughout the regular season … competed in the all-around in all 14 meets throughout the season … won the all-around title four times during the season and scored a season-high 39.500 at LSU (3/3) behind career-high 9.925s on bars and beam … crowned vault champion in eight meets during the season, including five consecutive titles from January 28 – February 17 … posted four 9.900s or better on vault … scored a 9.900 or better on floor in seven meets.
2022 as a senior: Earned a trip to Raleigh NCAA Regionals as an all-around individual competitor with a 39.315 NQS, a mark that ranked 35th in the country … named EAGL Gymnast of the Year after finishing first in the league on vault, floor and in the all-around … helped GW to its third EAGL Championship … crowned vault and floor champion at EAGL Championships (3/19) … tied the program record after being named EAGL Gymnast of the Week four times throughout the regular season … earned a perfect 9.950 on vault in GW’s Pink Meet on Feb. 6 … posted a career-high 9.950 on floor at EAGL Championships (3/19) … matched her career-high on the uneven bars with a 9.850 (2x) … earned a career-high 9.925 on beam (2/20) that powered her to a career-high 39.600 in the all-around, tying for second in program history … was the team’s only all-around competitor and competed in all four events in all but one meet throughout the season … All-EAGL First Team selection on vault (9.895 NQS), floor (9.905 NQS) and in the all-around (39.240 NQS) … named to 2022 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … selected as the team MVP and earned the Lindsey Ferris Award following the conclusion of the season.
2021 as a junior: Earned a trip to Salt Lake City NCAA Regionals as an individual competitor on vault and earned a 9.825 … tied for second overall on vault at EAGL Championships with a 9.850 … tied her career-high 9.900 on vault at Temple on 3/5 … set a new career-high on bars at Temple, registering a 9.850 … tied her career-high on floor in GW’s season opener at Towson (2/12) earning a 9.900 … was the teams only All-Around competitor and earned a season-best 38.625 at Towson on 2/12 … named to the 2021 EAGL Scholastic Team.
2020 as a sophomore: Returning from a season-ending Achilles injury, Chambliss had a breakout sophomore campaign, earning First Team All-EAGL recognition on vault (9.865 NQS) and Second Team honors on bars (9.790 NQS) … began to hit her stride at the end of the season, either matching or setting new career highs on all four events in the squad’s final weekend of competition … only Colonial this season to hit a 9.900 on a pair of events (vault and floor) … also boasts personal-best scores of 9.825 on bars and 9.825 on balance beam … debuted in the all-around at Denver (Feb. 16), earning a spot on the podium with a score of 39.150 … finished on the all-around podium at every meet in which she saw action … scored above the 39.000 threshold in all five meets, including a pair of career-high 39.400s to wrap 2020 … matched or exceeded a 9.800 on vault at eight meets … never scored below a 9.825 on floor in 2020, hitting her career-high 9.900 at GW’s Senior Day meet (3/8) … also had eight bars routines of 9.700 or better … needed to compete in the all-around at one more meet to contribute to an NQS score … recognized on the 2020 All-EAGL Scholastic Team.
2019 as a first-year: Posted a team-high score of 9.800 on vault and added a 9.550 on floor exercise at the season-opening Lindsey Ferris Invitational (1/13) … ruptured her Achilles tendon and sat out the remainder of the 2019 season … named to the 2019 All-EAGL Scholastic Team.
High School/Club: Competed for Richmond Olympiad Gymnastics ... took first place in all-around (37.875), vault (9.800), and floor (9.700) at Hill's Maryland Classic ... 2018 Virginia State Champion on Vault and Bars ... also took third place on vault (9.775) at Nationals ... competed at the 2017 National Championships, where she earned 1st place team honors and took fifth place in vault ... won the All-Around silver medal at the 2017 Hill's Maryland Classic ... 2016 Richmond Fall Class All-Around Champion (37.9) ... 2016 Gymstrada Invitational Vault Champion (9.9).
V: 9.950, UB: 9.925, BB: 9.925, FX: 9.950, AA: 39.600
Honors: 2023 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around) ... 2023 EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year ... 2023 All-EAGL First Team (Vault, Floor, All-Around), All-EAGL Second Team (Beam) ... 2023 EAGL Gymnast of the Week (2x) ... 2023 AAI Award Nominee ... 2022 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (All-Around) ... 2022 All-EAGL First Team (Vault, Floor, All-Around) ... 2022 EAGL Gymnast of the Year ... 2022 EAGL Gymnast of the Week (4x) ... 2021 NCAA Regional Individual Qualifier (Vault) ... 2020 All-EAGL First Team (Vault) … 2020 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … All-EAGL Scholastic Team (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).
2023 as a graduate student: Advanced to Denver NCAA Regionals as an all-around individual competitor with a 39.345 NQS … nominated for the 2023 AAI Award, awarded to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the nation … named EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year for her second-straight major EAGL Award … finished first in EAGL on vault with a 9.890 NQS … crowned vault and floor champion at EAGL Championships (3/18) with matching 9.900s … named EAGL Gymnast of the Week two times throughout the regular season … competed in the all-around in all 14 meets throughout the season … won the all-around title four times during the season and scored a season-high 39.500 at LSU (3/3) behind career-high 9.925s on bars and beam … crowned vault champion in eight meets during the season, including five consecutive titles from January 28 – February 17 … posted four 9.900s or better on vault … scored a 9.900 or better on floor in seven meets.
2022 as a senior: Earned a trip to Raleigh NCAA Regionals as an all-around individual competitor with a 39.315 NQS, a mark that ranked 35th in the country … named EAGL Gymnast of the Year after finishing first in the league on vault, floor and in the all-around … helped GW to its third EAGL Championship … crowned vault and floor champion at EAGL Championships (3/19) … tied the program record after being named EAGL Gymnast of the Week four times throughout the regular season … earned a perfect 9.950 on vault in GW’s Pink Meet on Feb. 6 … posted a career-high 9.950 on floor at EAGL Championships (3/19) … matched her career-high on the uneven bars with a 9.850 (2x) … earned a career-high 9.925 on beam (2/20) that powered her to a career-high 39.600 in the all-around, tying for second in program history … was the team’s only all-around competitor and competed in all four events in all but one meet throughout the season … All-EAGL First Team selection on vault (9.895 NQS), floor (9.905 NQS) and in the all-around (39.240 NQS) … named to 2022 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … selected as the team MVP and earned the Lindsey Ferris Award following the conclusion of the season.
2021 as a junior: Earned a trip to Salt Lake City NCAA Regionals as an individual competitor on vault and earned a 9.825 … tied for second overall on vault at EAGL Championships with a 9.850 … tied her career-high 9.900 on vault at Temple on 3/5 … set a new career-high on bars at Temple, registering a 9.850 … tied her career-high on floor in GW’s season opener at Towson (2/12) earning a 9.900 … was the teams only All-Around competitor and earned a season-best 38.625 at Towson on 2/12 … named to the 2021 EAGL Scholastic Team.
2020 as a sophomore: Returning from a season-ending Achilles injury, Chambliss had a breakout sophomore campaign, earning First Team All-EAGL recognition on vault (9.865 NQS) and Second Team honors on bars (9.790 NQS) … began to hit her stride at the end of the season, either matching or setting new career highs on all four events in the squad’s final weekend of competition … only Colonial this season to hit a 9.900 on a pair of events (vault and floor) … also boasts personal-best scores of 9.825 on bars and 9.825 on balance beam … debuted in the all-around at Denver (Feb. 16), earning a spot on the podium with a score of 39.150 … finished on the all-around podium at every meet in which she saw action … scored above the 39.000 threshold in all five meets, including a pair of career-high 39.400s to wrap 2020 … matched or exceeded a 9.800 on vault at eight meets … never scored below a 9.825 on floor in 2020, hitting her career-high 9.900 at GW’s Senior Day meet (3/8) … also had eight bars routines of 9.700 or better … needed to compete in the all-around at one more meet to contribute to an NQS score … recognized on the 2020 All-EAGL Scholastic Team.
2019 as a first-year: Posted a team-high score of 9.800 on vault and added a 9.550 on floor exercise at the season-opening Lindsey Ferris Invitational (1/13) … ruptured her Achilles tendon and sat out the remainder of the 2019 season … named to the 2019 All-EAGL Scholastic Team.
High School/Club: Competed for Richmond Olympiad Gymnastics ... took first place in all-around (37.875), vault (9.800), and floor (9.700) at Hill's Maryland Classic ... 2018 Virginia State Champion on Vault and Bars ... also took third place on vault (9.775) at Nationals ... competed at the 2017 National Championships, where she earned 1st place team honors and took fifth place in vault ... won the All-Around silver medal at the 2017 Hill's Maryland Classic ... 2016 Richmond Fall Class All-Around Champion (37.9) ... 2016 Gymstrada Invitational Vault Champion (9.9).
GW Gymnastics Senior Meet
Sunday, February 27
Pink Meet
Sunday, February 06
GW Gymnastics Lindsey Ferris Meet
Sunday, January 16
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