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2015 Nebraska Women’s Gymnastics
hollie blanske
5-2 • Junior • Oak Grove, Minn. • Twin City Twisters
honors and awards
•First-Team All-American (2014: Beam)
•NACGC/W Scholastic All-American (2013, 2014)
•Big Ten All-Around Runner-Up (2014)
•Big Ten Vault Co-Champion (2013)
•Second-Team All-Big Ten (2014)
•All-Big Ten Championship Team (2013: V; 2014: AA,
BB, FX)
•Academic All-Big Ten (2014)
•Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Fall Honor Roll (2012)
•Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Spring Honor Roll (2013,
2014)
•Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
•Junior Olympic National Team Member (2010, 2011)
•Junior Olympic National Champion (2011: UB, FX, AA)
•Region IV Co-Regional Gymnast of the Year (2011)
•Four-Time Junior Olympic National Qualifier
career highs
2015 • season outlook
One of Nebraska’s top performers in 2014, firstteam All-American Hollie Blanske hopes to contend
for Big Ten and NCAA titles as a junior. A tremendous
athlete, Blanske expects to be a leader in the allaround this season.
2014 • Sophomore season
Blanske became an All-American in 2014,
earning first-team accolades on beam at the NCAA
Championships. All season long she provided a solid
1-2-3 punch in the all-around with junior Jessie
DeZiel and senior Emily Wong. Blanske proved to
be one of the Huskers’ most valuable gymnasts and
continually provided clutch performances in every
event.
Blanske did not miss a meet all season in the
all-around, delivering her best performance at the
Big Ten Championships, soaring to a 39.60. Her
performance included two career-high scores on
floor (9.95) and beam (9.90) en route to finishing as
the Big Ten all-around runner-up. She was named
to the Big Ten Championship team for both beam,
floor and the all-around.
She notched a career-high score of 9.90 on
bars at the Masters Classic, as she tallied her third
individual event title on the season. Blanske hit
three scores of 9.90 or better on floor during her
sophomore campaign and moved into the back of
VAULT:
9.95 (2 times, last at Big Ten Championships,
3/23/13)
BARS:
9.90 (2 times, last at Masters Classic, 2/23/14)
BEAM:
9.90 (3 times, last at NCAA Super Six, 4/19/14)
FLOOR:
9.95 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/22/14)
ALL-AROUND:
the lineup with her strong routine.
At the NCAA Championships, Blanske proved
her strength as a powerful beam worker when she
recorded a career-high-matching 9.90 on beam at
the NCAA Semifinals and at the Super Six Finals. She
took 10th place overall on beam with a 9.85 mark at
the Event Finals.
2013 • freshman season
Blanske battled back from an offseason knee
injury to become a solid three-event competitor
for the Huskers in her first season. Blanske came
on strong late in the season for Nebraska, posting
or tying career-bests on all three events during
the month of March. She was a crucial part
of Nebraska’s Big Ten Championship-winning
efforts, finishing in a tie for sixth on floor (9.90)
and earning a share of the Big Ten titles on vault
(9.95).
Blanske finished the 2013 season with a trio of
individual titles, including two on vault and one
on floor. She notched a fourth-place finish on
vault at the NCAA Morgantown Regional, posting
a 9.925.
Before Nebraska
Blanske came to Nebraska after competing
under coaches Mike Hunger, Sami Wozney, Sarah
Jantzi and Rich Stenger at Twin City Twisters.
Blanske was a four-time Junior Olympic National
qualifier and was a Junior Olympic National Team
Member in 2010 and 2011. She was a 2011 Junior
Olympic National all-around champion, posting a
score of 38.450. She was also a national champion
on bars (9.625) and floor (9.775) in 2011. Blanske
captured three regional titles and was the 2011
Region IV Co-Regional Gymnast of the Year.
Personal
Blanske is the daughter of Jim and Michelle
Blanske and was born April 1, 1994. She has two
brothers, Brent and Bo, and one sister, Jamie. A
native of Oak Grove, Minn., Blanske was a threeyear honor roll selection at St. Francis Senior
High School and graduated with honors. She is a
business marketing major at Nebraska.
39.60 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/22/14)
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