Natalie Hamp

2023 NIU Women's Gymnastics Roster

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NIU Career Bests:
Bars - 9.925 2x (last in NIU Tri Meet, 2-24-22)
Beam - 9.650 x (vs EMU, 2-19-21)

2022

The bar anchor for the Huskies scored better than 9.800 in 11 of 12 meets on the year.
Earned first team All-MAC honors with the top NQS on bars in the league at 9.885
Tied her personal best mark with a 9.925 at the NIU Tri Meet (2-4), just the fourth Huskie to reach that mark on bars.
Repeated as uneven bars champion at the 2022 MAC Championships with a 9.900 (3-19), her fourth score of 9.900 or higher on the season.
Qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional Championships on bars for the second consecutive season and scored a 9.875 at the competition in Seattle, Washington (3-31).
Earned MAC Specialist of the Week (2-8) honors after the NIU Tri Meet and was MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3-23) following the MAC Championships.
Member of the 2022 Academic All-MAC team and was named a 2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American.

2021

Anchored the bar lineup in all 11 meets with a team high NQS of 9.894.
Posted a score of 9.8 or higher on bars in every meet.
Scored a season-high 9.925 at Iowa State (3-12) to earn her fifth regular season bars title and was named MAC Specialist of the Week.
MAC bars champion with a score of 9.900 at the MAC Championships (3-20).
Qualified for the NCAA Regionals on bars and scored a 9.900 at the Salt Lake City Regional to tie for fourth place, the highest score ever for a Huskie on bars at NCAA Regionals.
Named MAC Co-Specialist of the Year and was a second team All-MAC selection.
Earned her second MAC Specialist of the Week honor after winning on bars with a 9.9875 versus Kent State (2-27).
Competed as an exhibition gymnast on balance beam three times and earned a high score of 9.650 versus Eastern Michigan (2-19).
Academic All-MAC team member.
WCGA Scholastic All-American; member of the top ranked academic Women’s Gymnastics team in the nation.

2020

Started in all nine meets on bars for the Huskies as a freshman.
Scored higher than a 9.750 in seven of the nine meets.
Twice posted a career high score of 9.850, winning bars at Eastern Michigan (2-7), and at George Washington Quad Meet (2-23).
Tied for first on bars at Illinois State with a 9.825.
Named a WCGA Scholastic All-American.

PREP

A 2018 Junior Olympics National qualifier.
Michigan State champion on the uneven parallel bars in 2018 with a score of 9.7 and was sixth in the all-around and seventh on floor.
Placed second on bars and fourth in the all-around at the state meet in 2017.
At the 2018 Level 10 Regional meet, took third on bars, sixth on beam and was eighth in the all-around.
Won the Eastern Nationals on bars as a level 9 gymnast in 2016 and was second in the all-around after winning the all-around at regionals that year.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Melissa and Darwin Hamp.
A kinesiology major.
Member of the National Honor Society in her junior and senior years of high school.