Aria Brusch Season 2024

Aria Brusch Season 2024

PositionAA
Height5-2
ClassGraduate Student
HometownCincinnati, Ohio

Career Highs
Bars – 9.950 vs. Kentucky (2/25/22); at SEC Championship (3/19/22); at Nashville (3/16/23)
Beam – 9.925 vs. Florida (3/4/22)
Floor – 9.900, 6x times – last at NCAA Regional (4/6/24)
 
Awards and Honors
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 All-SEC (bars)
2023 CSC Academic All-America – Third Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-SEC (bars)
2022 CSC Academic All-District
2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 CSC Academic All-District
2021 WCGA Scholastic All-American
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 WCGA Scholastic All-American
2020 First-Year SEC Academic Team

2024: Competed in every meet in her final season on the Plains, going on bars, beam and floor … Finished the year with an 9.875 NQS on floor, having six scores of 9.875 or better … Reached a career-best 9.9 on three occasions – vs. Florida (1/19), at Nashville (3/16), at NCAA Regional (4/6) … Had three 9.875s on the season on floor … Had a 9.865 NQS on bars, earning one event title on the season … Tied a career high with a 9.95 at Nashville, winning the event crown … Earned a 9.9 at the SEC Championships (3/23) … Finished with a 9.85 NQS on beam, scoring a 9.85 or better five times … Reached a season-best 9.9 at the Baton Rouge Podium Challenge (3/8).

2023: Earned All-SEC on bars once again for the Tigers … Had a 9.885 average on bars, competing in the event five times this year … Had four 9.9s for the squad, including two in the postseason … Competed on beam and floor in every meet as a senior … Had 9.880 NQS on beam and a 9.860 on floor … Earned a share of the beam title against NC State, scoring a 9.9 … Had three scores of 9.9 on beam for the Tigers … Earned three 9.9s against Penn State (3/10) on bars, beam and floor … Her floor score against the Nittany Lions tied a career high … Totaled two scores of 9.875 on floor for the squad.
 
2022: Big year competing in three events, earning All-SEC for her performance on bars … Had a 9.905 NQS on bars … Set a career best with a 9.95 vs. Kentucky (2/25) and at the SEC Championship (3/19) … Her score at SECs placed her in a tie for second … Totaled 11 scores of 9.85 or better on bars … Had a 9.925 at Elevate (3/6) … Added a 9.8875 at the NCAA Championship (4/14 … Finished with 10 scores of 9.85 or higher on beam … Set a career high with a 9.925 vs. Florida (3/4) … Earned 9.875 four times – vs. Iowa State (1/21); at LSU (2/5); at Michigan (3/12); NCAA Regional Final (4/2) … Had a 9.865 NQS on beam and a 9.800 NQS on floor … Tied her career high on floor with a 9.9 vs. Iowa State … Earned a 9.875 vs. Alabama (1/28) … Scored a 9.8675 on floor at NCAAs.
 
2021: Major contributor to the team’s success on bars this season … Finished with a 9.875 NQS on bars … Reached a season high in the event vs. Georgia (2/19), scoring a 9.925 … Has scored a 9.8 or better on five occasions – vs. Florida (1/8), vs. LSU (2/5), vs. Georgia, at Florida (2/26), vs. Arkansas (3.5) …. Scored a season-best 9.825 on beam against Florida to start the year … Set a season best on floor with a 9.875 against the Razorbacks … Competed on bars and floor for Auburn at the 2021 SEC Championship (3/20) and earned a 9.85 on floor.
 
2020: Had a great first season on the Plains, competing in three events for the Tigers and being the team’s most consistent competitor all season … Put together a solid year on bars, scoring a 9.8 or better in nine of 10 meets competed … Finished with a 9.84 NQS in the event … Reached a season high vs. Missouri (1/24) with a 9.9 … Scored a 9.85 on three occasions – at Collegiate Challenge (1/4), vs. Florida (2/14), vs. TWU (2/28) … Earned a 9.84 NQS on floor, having a 9.8 or higher eight times this season … Earned a career-best 9.9 at LSU (1/17) … Picked up a pair of 9.875s on the year – vs. Alabama (1/10), vs. TWU … Had a 9.81 NQS on beam with six scores of 9.8 or better … Set another career high at LSU with a 9.875 on beam … Earned a 9.85 for her routine at Arkansas (2/21) … Scored a 9.8 or higher in all three events four times as a freshman.
 
Prior to Auburn: 2019 JO National Champion – bars (9.9) … Three-time U.S. Championship qualifier … Finished third on floor and seventh in the all-around at the 2016 U.S. GK Classic … Three-time qualifier to JO Nationals … Finished fifth in the all-around at the 2017 meet … 2018 Region 5 Dream Team.
 
Personal: Daughter of Wainwright and LaDonna Brusch … Has a younger sister, Mila … Her great-great uncle, Lucious Williams, played professional baseball for the Birmingham Black Barons as part of the Negro Leagues … Cousin, Tori Jones, played collegiate tennis … Graduated with a degree in psychology through the College of Liberal Arts in Spring 2023 … Working on her master’s in industrial and organizational psychology.

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Freshman
2020

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Sophomore
2021

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Junior
2022

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Senior
2023

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