Sydney Converse

Position:
All-Around
Height:
4-11
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Parkview
Hometown:
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Awards and Honors
WCGA Scholastic All-American (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2016)
Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance (Feb. 28, 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

2020
Held key positions in the Cyclone lineup, anchoring beam for every meet in 2020 and leading off vault for the majority of meets … competed on beam, vault and floor in all 10 meets … had an excellent year on beam, posting the team’s top beam score with her career-best matching 9.900 at Southern Utah … Converse led the team with a 9.870 NQS on beam (T-49 nationally), collecting four 9.875s prior to the 9.900 performance … broke her career-high floor score set over four years prior with a 9.900 at Texas Woman’s, matching the score in the final floor routine of her career against Iowa … matched her career-high vault score with a 9.850 in the first meet of 2020 at Arizona … ended the year third among Cyclones in floor NQS (9.865, T-78 nationally) and fourth in vault NQS (9.800).

2019
Returned from 2018 injury to compete in three of four events … earned her first collegiate 9.900 against Oklahoma on March 11 on beam … competed in every meet for ISU on beam … ended the year tying a personal best 9.850 on vault in the Athens Regional … was in ISU’s vault lineup for the last nine meets of the season … competed on bars for the first time of her career earning 9.850 on Feb. 2 … her 9.850 was the highest official bars score in a debut since Jan. 15, 1999 when Sissy Huey posted the same score

2018
Missed all of 2018 season due to injury.

2017
Competed in the final seven meets of the season after recovering from an off-season foot injury… set a season-high on beam in her first appearance of 2017 with a 9.825… competed seven meets on beam and three on vault… earned a career-high 9.850 on vault at No. 6 Alabama on March 10 to help the team earn their highest vault and meet score of the season.

2016
Competed in thirteen meets in her first season with Iowa State, appearing the balance beam line-up in every meet … competed on vault in 12 meets and floor in eight … qualified as an individual specialist on both vault and beam for the Minneapolis Regional … scored a 9.600 on beam and 9.675 on vault at the regional competition … earned a career-high 9.875 on floor at a tri-meet at No. 2 Oklahoma with Arizona State on January 22.

Before ISU
Competed for Georgia Gymnastics Academy for 14 years under Judy Prestigiaccmo, Amanda Cain, and Annette Kaiser ... received the Team Leadership Award in 2015 and was voted Most Coachable in 2014 and 2015 … competed at Junior Olympics Nationals in 2014 and 2015, finishing 11th in the all-around in '14 and 14th in 2015 ... competed in the 2013 Junior Olympics National Invitational Tournament, placed fourth on floor, fifth on beam, and fifth all-around … won a Regional title on balance beam and floor in 2013 … holds 12 state titles across all events and the all-around.

Personal
Born June 19, 1997 in Vietnam … from Stone Mountain, Georgia … daughter of Dave and June Converse ... graduated as an honor student from Parkview High School in 2015, where she also played sand volleyball and flag football … majoring in marketing.