Nikki Dilbert

Position:
All Around
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Champlin Park
Hometown:
Champlin, Minn.

Awards and Honors
ISU Janet Anson 'Key' Gymnast of the Year (2008)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2008, 2009, 2010)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Marie-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance Award (March 2, 2008)
NACGC/W Academic All-American (2009)
Dean's List (S10)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (2009)
Chi Alpha Sigma member

2010
Academic All-Big 12 first-team recipient...did not compete in 2010 after suffering a preseason elbow injury.

2009
First-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree...competed in 12 Cyclone meets...tied her season highs on both vault (9.800) and floor (9.800), while also tallying a 9.775 on bars at the NCAA North Central Regional...made her season debut on floor against West Virginia, scoring a 9.800 while also tallying a season-high 9.825 on bars...registered a season-best 9.800 on vault at Michigan...scored a season-high 9.825 on bars at Nebraska, to tie for third...tied her season high on vault (9.800) and scored a 9.725 on bars against Oklahoma...tallied a 9.775 on bars and 9.750 on vault at Big 12 Championship...scored a 9.775 on bars at Minnesota...notched a 9.775 on vault at Iowa to take third...tallied a 9.775 on vault to take third, while also making her beam season debut...earned third career letter.

2008
An Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection...an all-around performer in all of ISU’s meets...placed seventh (39.175) in the all-around at the NCAA Northeast Regional...scored 9.800 on vault, bars and floor to go along with a 9.775 on beam in regional performance...finished fifth in the all-around at the Big 12 Championship...tied for fifth on vault (9.825), third on bars (9.850) and eighth on floor (9.800) at the conference meet...tallied 9.800 on floor at Georgia...second on vault (9.800) and third on floor (9.825) at Nebraska...second on vault (9.775), third on bars (9.825) and fourth on beam (9.750) at Iowa...tied career-high 9.850 to win bars and scored 9.875 to claim floor title against Minnesota...share of third on floor with a 9.825 against Iowa...joint second in the all-around at Oklahoma (39.275)...tied for second on vault (9.875), fourth on bars (9.825) and solo fifth on beam (9.825) at Oklahoma...set personal mark of 39.325 to win all-around against Stanford and claimed floor title with career-best 9.900...against Cardinal was second on vault (9.800), fifth on bars (9.850) and fifth on beam (9.775)...claimed vault title (9.825) at Minnesota...runner-up in all-around competition at Missouri behind fourth-place finishes on bars (9.625) and floor (9.750)...second in all-around (38.900) against Nebraska...second on bars (9.725) and third on floor (9.700) against Huskers.

2007
Placed third on bars with a career-high 9.875 at the NCAA Central Regional...finished eighth in the all-around at the Big 12 Championship...set season highs on every event vs. Denver and Iowa, placing third in the all-around (39.250), tied for fourth on bars (9.850), tied for sixth on vault (9.80), tied for sixth on beam (9.775) and eighth on floor (9.825)...took fourth in the all-around with a second-place finish on bars against Nebraska...scored a 9.80 on bars at Iowa for third place...at Stanford, scored a 9.80 on vault and tied her season high on bars (9.850)...was part of a three-way tie for first place (9.850) on bars vs. Missouri...made her collegiate debut in front of a hometown crowd when the Cyclones competed at Minnesota in January, scoring a 9.650 on vault.

Before ISU
Three-time Minnesota level 10 bars champion...2005 regional bars and all-around champion...placed first on floor exercise and vault at regionals in 2005...also lettered in track...all-conference selection and state qualifier in triple-jump...holds school triple-jump record (34-feet-2-inches)...three-year honor roll student.

Personal
Born Feb. 6, 1988...daughter of Jeff and Barb Dilbert...coached by Bryon Hough at TAGS Gymnastics-South...is fluent in American Sign Language...majoring in kinesiology - physical education.