2024-25 Gymnastics Roster
Biography
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Honors and Awards:
2025 Big 12 Specialist of the Year
2025 All-Big 12 Beam Team
2025 Big 12 Specialist of the Week (2/3-2/8)
2025 Big 12 Specialist of the Week (1/13-1/18)
2024 Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (2/26-3/3)
2024 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2022 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
Career Highs:
UB: 9.925
BB: 9.975
FX: 9.925
2025 (Fifth Year):
- Competed in all of Arizona’s 14 meets during the season
- Earned a career high of 9.925 on bars against Denver (1/31) to help the GymCats tie the bars score for the third highest score in program history (49.425)
- Posted a season high of 9.925 against Denver (1/31)
- Scored three 9.90s on bars throughout the season (vs. Air Force (1/17), at Arizona State (1/26), and vs. BYU (3/8))
- Scored two 9.90s on beam throughout the season (vs. Clemson, Michigan, and NC State (1/10) and at West Virginia (2/28))
- Named Big 12 Specialist of the Week twice (1/13-1/18 and 2/3-2/8) after placing first on beam with a 9.90 against Clemson, Michigan and NC State, and a career and season high performance against Denver
- Tabbed to All-Big 12 Beam Team after ranking 39th in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 on beam
- Earned Big 12 Specialist of the Year after ending the regular season with a 9.875 NQS on bars and an NQS of 9.885 on beam
2024 (Senior Year):
- Competed in all 14 of Arizona’s meets during the season
- Scored a season high 9.875 on bars against Southern Connecticut State (3/13)
- Earned a career high 9.975 on beam at Washington (3/3) to help the GymCats set a program record score on the event with a 49.625
- Posted a season high 9.875 four times on floor (vs. Stanford (1/27), at Texas Woman's Quad (2/19), vs. Oregon State (2/25), and at Washington (3/3))
- Scored a 9.825 or above on floor in 13 meets
- Helped Arizona earn the seventh highest team score in program history (197.000 vs. Stanford) with a 9.925 on beam and a 9.825 on floor
- Scored a 9.90 on beam and a 9.875 on floor to help the GymCats post the ninth highest program score at the Texas Woman’s Quad Meet (196.950)
- Posted a 9.925 on beam against Oregon State to help Arizona earn the fifth highest beam score in program history (49.425)
- Earned Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors after helping Arizona beat Washington and set the program record on beam (49.625) with a career high 9.9.75 on the event
2023 (Junior Year):
- Competed in 10 meets during the season
- Posted a career high 9.875 three times on beam (vs. California (1/20), at Arizona State (2/4), at Utah (3/3))
- Tied her career best 9.90 on bars at California (1/20)
- Matched her career high of 9.925 on vault against BYU (3/10) to help Arizona score a 197.275
2022 (Sophomore Year):
- Competed in 12 meets during the season
- Earned a career best 9.90 on bars vs. Utah (2/25)
- Posted a career high 9.825 on beam vs. Stanford, Oklahoma, and Utah State (1/22) and at Pac-12 Championships (3/19)
- Earned a career best 9.925 on floor at the NCAA Norman Regional (3/31)
- Never earned below a 9.70 on bars
- Earned a 9.825 or above in all five meets she competed on floor
2021 (Freshman Year):
- Competed in nine meets during the season
- Made her freshman debut with a career-high 9.875 on bars at Utah (1/23)
- Tied her career-high 9.875 score on bars two times (at Air Force & Texas Woman’s on 2/28 and at Pac-12 Championships on 3/20)
- Posted a career-best 9.800 on beam vs. UCLA (1/31) and vs. California (2/6)
- Earned a career-high 9.850 on floor at Arizona State (2/24) and the NCAA Utah Regional (4/6)
- Won the team award for Impact Performance for her bars performance at Pac-12 Championships
Club/High School:
- Trained at Oshkosh Gymnastics Center for two years and Twin City Twisters for seven years
- Club coaches included Mike Hunger, Sami Wozhey, Steve Hafeman, Sarah Jantze, and Kassandra Nathe
- Prepped at Maple Grove Senior High School in Minnesota
- 2020 Minnesota Junior Olympic Athlete of the Year
Personal:
- Elena Rose Jin Deets
- Adopted daughter of Tim and Cheryl Deets
- Born in Ruijin City, China
- Both parents attended the University of Minnesota
- Two older brothers, Aaron and Stuart
- Cousin, Robert Frozena, played men’s basketball at Marquette
- Enjoys doing makeup, shopping, taking pictures, and baking in her free time
- Has taken five years of piano lessons
- Chose Arizona because, “I love the atmosphere of the team and it felt like I belonged the first time I visited. I also love the campus and the weather here.”
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