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2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
David Dermer
David Dermer
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

Isabella Sissi

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Blaine, Minn.
  • High School Mounds View

Biography

NIU Career Bests:
Vault: 9.825 (3x, last at WMU, 3-4-23)
Bars: 9.850 (at Michigan State, 3-11-23)
Beam: 9.850 (3x, last at Lindenwood , 2-26-23)
Floor: 9.875 (3x, last at WMU, 3-4-23)
All-Around: 39.325 (at WMU, 3-4-23)

2025
  • Competed three meets on Vault
  • Season-best score of 9.700 on Vault vs Illinois State (1-24)
  • Made 7 appearances on Uneven Bars
  • Best Uneven Bars score was a 9.850 at EMU (1-17)
  • NQS of 9.585 (Bars)
  • Named a 2025 Academic All-MAC Gymnast

2024
  • Competed in 11 meets and on all around in 10 meets in 2024
  • Scored season high 39.225 all around score at USA Invitational (1-19)
  • Earned 9.850 on vault at NIU Tri-Meet (1-28)
  • Season high score on beam came at NIU Quad-Meet (2-25)
  • Scored over 39 six times in 2024

2023
  • Competed all around for the Huskies in all 12 meets on the season.
  • Set personal bests in all four events and in the all-around during the year with all four event marks at 9.825 or higher.
  • Her all-around NQS was 39.185 after surpassing the 39.000 mark nine times.
  • Scored a personal best 39.325 in the all-around at Western Michigan (3-4).
  • Recognized on the MAC All-Tournament team with an all-around score of 39.100 at the MAC Championships (3-18) to tie for sixth. 
  • Named MAC Gymnast of the Week following the season opening meet versus Bowling Green (1-8) with a 39.175 all-around score that included a 9.850 on floor exercise and season high 9.825 on vault.
  • Went on to tie her season best on vault in the NIU Tri-Meet versus Illinois State and Winona State (1-29) and at Western Michigan (3-4).
  • Led NIU on vault with a National Qualifying Score of 9.805.
  • Ten of her vaults scored a 9.725 or higher, including a 9.800 at the MAC Championships (3-18).
  • Earned a NQS of 9.765 on the uneven bars with a personal best of 9.850 at Michigan State (3-11).
  • Posted eight marks of 9.700 or higher on bars with two scores higher than 9.800.
  • Compiled a NQS of 9.825 on balance beam to rank tied for second on the team.
  • Achieved a career high score of 9.85 three times – versus Iowa State in Des Moines (1-14), at Ball State (2-12) and at Lindenwood (2-26).
  • Scored 9.800 or higher on balance beam seven times and 11 of her 12 scores on beam were above 9.700.
  • Earned an NQS of 9.860 on floor exercise to rank second on the team. 
  • Recorded her personal best mark of 9.875 three times – versus Kent State and Simpson at NIU’s Beauty and the Beast Meet (2-4), at Eastern Michigan (2-17) and at Western Michigan (3-4). 
  • All 12 of her floor exercise routines scored 9.725 or higher and finished the season with scores of 9.825 or better in the final seven meets of the year, including a 9.850 at the MAC Championships. 
  • Named a 2023 Academic All-MAC gymnast.
  • Was one of 10 Huskies named to the CSC Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team. 
2022
  • In the Huskie line-up nine times on vault, four times on bars, twice on beam and seven times on floor as a true freshman in 2022.
  • Posted a 9.700 or higher on vault seven times and recorded a career high of 9.800 in the final two meets of the season, at Eastern Michigan (3-13) and at the MAC Championships (3-19), where she tied for ninth.
  • A solid member of the floor squad, she scored a 9.800 or higher five times and capped off the season with a career best 9.850 at the MAC Championships to tie for ninth.
  • Recorded an NQS of 9.755 on vault and 9.805 on floor.
  • Served as an exhibition gymnast in six meets on bars before earning a spot in the lineup in the final three meets of the year.
  • Posted a personal best of 9.800 on the event at the MAC Championships.
  • Competed in the line-up twice on beam; earned her best score with a 9.650 in the exhibition spot versus Illinois State (2-13).
  • Named a 2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American.
Prep
  • Trained at Twin City Twisters Gymnastics in Champlin, Minnesota.
  • Four-time Junior Olympics National qualifier.
  • Placed third on vault at the 2019 J.O. Nationals and was 11th in the all-around.
  • Scored a personal best in the all-around of 37.825 at the 2019 Minnesota State Championships to place second.
  • 2019 Region 4 all-around and floor exercise champion.
  • Second place finisher in the all-around and on bars at 2016 Level 9 Western Championships.
Personal
  • Daughter of Leila and Rob Sissi.
  • A health sciences major.
  • Lettered in academic excellence all four years of high school with a GPA above 3.5.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2024Junior

    5'3"
  • 2025Senior

    5'3"