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2026 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Elsye Jones, NIU Athletics

Kiera O'Shea

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Norridge, Ill.
  • High School Ridgewood

Biography

NIU Career Bests:
Vault- 9.925 (at MAC Championships, 3-23-24)
Bars- 9.725 (twice, last at Ball State, 3-2-25)
Beam- 9.850 (at Central Michigan, 3-14-25)
Floor- 9.850 (at MAC Championships, 3-22-25)
AA- 38.900 (at Illinois, 3-16-25)


 2025:
  • Competed at the 2025 NCAA Regional Meet hosted by Alabama
  • Took Fourth in All-Around at MAC Championship (3-22)
  • Named First Team All-MAC on Vault
  • Part of the All-Around lineup seven times
  • Competed every meet on Vault and Beam
  • Saw action in 11 meets on Uneven Bars and Nine meets on Floor (one exhibition)
  • Season-best 9.900 against WMU (2-23) on Vault
  • Best Bars Routine score was a 9.725 (twice)
  • Earned a 9.850 on Beam (CMU, 3-14) for a season-best
  • Season-Best Floor score of 9.850 (MAC Championships 3-22)
  • Best All-Around score was 38.900 at Illinois (3-16)
  • NQS of 9.845 (Vault), 9.625 (Bars), 9.715 (Beam), 9.755 (Floor), and 38.735 (AA)
  • Named a 2025 Academic All-MAC Gymnast

2024
  • Won MAC Championship on vault in sophomore season
  • NCAA Regional Qualifier on vault with NQS of 9.885
  • Competed nine times on vault and 10 times on bars
  • Scored a career high 9.925 in MAC Championship Vault (3-23)
  • Scored season high 9.775 at USA Invitational (1-19)
  • Also set career high 9.675 on bars at MAC Championships

2023
  • One of only two freshmen to earn a spot in the line-up throughout the season.
  • Competed on vault in all but one meet and compiled an NQS of 9.780 to rank third on the team.
  • Earned a personal best and team season high score of 9.875 to win vault at Eastern Michigan (2-17).
  • Scored a 9.700 or higher in 10 meets and 9.800 or above three times.
  • Posted a 9.825 to tie for second at Ball State (2-12). 
Prep
  • Trained at All-Around Gymnastics.
  • Competed as a Level 10 gymnast for four seasons.
  • Won the all-around in four of seven meets in 2022.
  • Earned a personal best vault score of 9.75 at the 2022 King Arthur Invitational.
  • Placed fourth on vault with matching 9.55 scores at 2021 and 2022 Region meets.
  • Qualified for the State Meet each of the last four years and participated in Region Meet her last two seasons.
  • Second on vault (9.675) and bars (9.425) at 2022 State Meet and took sixth in the all-around.
  • Runner-up on floor exercise and placed third on vault and bars at State in 2021.
  • Scored a career-best 9.65 on balance beam at the 2022 Legacy Elite Classic.
  • Her best all-around score was a 37.375 at the Legacy Elite Classic in 2022.
Personal
  • Daughter of Krissy and David O’Shea.
  • Intends to major in nursing with career goals to become a perioperative nurse.
  • Earned High Honor Roll honors all four years of high school.
  • Member of the Spanish Honor Society who earned the National Spanish Exam Award in 2019.
  • Named to the National Honor Society.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2025Junior

    5'6"
  • 2026Senior

    5'6"