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2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Michael Nance
Michael Nance
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Caroline Sherman/Cornell Athletics
Michael Nance
Elliot Schott

Zara Gazdak

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Baruch College Campus HS
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.

Biography

Career Highs at Penn
Vault:
9.750 (two times, most recently 2/9/24)
Bars: 9.875 (3/4/25)
Beam: 
Floor: 9.875 (three times, most recently 2/23/25)
All-Around: 

CAREER HONORS
2025:
First-team All-GEC (bars)
2025: First-team All-GEC (floor)
2025: First-team All-Ivy (floor)
2025: Second-team All-Ivy (bars)
2024: Second-team All-GEC (bars)
2024: Second-team All-GEC (floor)

2025: Team captain … Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season, Championship team, and Ivy Classic champions … First-team All-GEC (bars) … First-team All-GEC (floor) … First-team All-Ivy (floor) … Second-team All-Ivy (bars) … Finished second in National Qualifying Score (NQS) in the GEC on bars (9.820) … Led Penn and finished fourth among GEC gymnasts in NQS on floor (9.835) … Was a bars and floor specialist for the Quakers, starting in both rotations every meet … Scored a 9.825 on floor at #21 Penn State (1/5), helping the Quakers record their highest score (194.725) in a season opener … Set a new career high score of 9.875 on floor at #16 Rutgers (1/11) … Tied a personal best 9.850 on bars at Penn’s Senior Meet (1/17) … Posted another 9.875 on floor at Cornell (2/2) … Recorded a 9.8 on both bars and floor for the first time this season at Southern Connecticut (2/8) … Scored her third 9.875 of the season on floor to finish as the individual runner-up at the Ivy Classic (2/23) … Notched a career-high score of 9.875 on bars with a 9.800 on floor at Towson (3/4) … Helped Penn secure its fourth-straight GEC Championship title, scoring a 9.800 on bars (3/22) … GEC Scholar Athlete.

2024: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season, Championship team, and Ivy Classic champions … Second-team All-GEC (bars) … Second-team All-GEC (floor) … Broke through as an important specialist, starting in at least two rotations 13 of the 14 meets on the year … Set new career highs on vault (9.750, twice), bars (9.850 at NC State) and floor (9.850, twice) … Scored a career-high 9.850 on floor at GW (1/14) … Notched a 9.800 on bars at Towson (2/2) … Competed in three events during the Alumni Meet (2/4) including a 9.800 on floor … Saw action in three rotations at LIU (2/17), notching a 9.825 on floor … Scored matching 9.850s on bars and floor at NC State (3/10) … Contributed mightily to the cause at GEC Championships (3/23), scoring a 9.825 on bars and a 9.800 on floor … GEC Scholar-Athlete.

2023: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season and Championship team champions … Found place in bars rotation early in the season … Notched a career-high 9.650 on bars at Penn State (1/13) … Scored a 9.025 vs. William & Mary (1/22) in Penn’s home opener … Earned program’s Most Improved Award at season-ending banquet … GEC Scholar Athlete.

2022: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season and Championship team champions ... Did not see action in any competitions ... WCGA All-America Scholar Athlete ... GEC Scholar Athlete.

High School: Voted team captain by coaches and teammates for the 2019-20 season ... 2018 New York State Championships: fifth place All-Around; second place Bars, fifth place Vault ... 2018 Region 6 Championships qualifier ... National Honor Society member ... Voted onto National Honor Society Executive Board by classmates ... Honor Roll for every year of high school ... 4.0 GPA out of a 4.0 GPA scale ... Started my own business, zH Water, influenced by my gymnastics career.

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences … Favorite event is Uneven Bars.

Why Penn? “I chose Penn because of its strong balance between a rigorous academic environment and a top-level athletics program. When I visited campus, the girls on the team were so welcoming and supportive which made me know that this was the best place for me! As a student who has started her own business, I also chose Penn to develop my business skills as well as broaden my interests into other areas through the diverse classes that Penn offers.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    AA
  • 2023Sophomore

    AA
  • 2024Junior

    AA
  • C

    2025Senior

    AA
    C