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University of Denver Athletics

2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Abbie Thompson

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-2
  • Events Bars/Beam/Floor
  • Hometown Sanford, Florida
  • Club Orlando Metro Gymnastics

Biography

Career Highs:

Vault: 9.800 (at home on February 7, 2021)
Bars: 9.925 (at home on March 7, 2021)
Beam: 9.950 (at BYU on March 11, 2021)
Floor: 9.925 (twice, last at home on March 5, 2023)
All-Around: 39.300 (at home on February 7, 2021)


Awards and Honors:
  • 2022 NCAA National Championships Individual Qualifier (beam)
  • Five-Time WCGA Scholastic All-America (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Four-Time Academic All-Big 12 Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

2025:
  • Competed on beam in all but one meet
  • Tied for second on beam at NCAA Regionals
  • Won beam title outright on March 14
  • Won share of the beam title on January 26

2024:
  • Made season floor debut on March 3; competed again on March 10
  • Made first bars exhibition appearance of season on February 23
  • Competed on beam in every meet including as leadoff five times; added four floor appearances

2023:
  • Won a share of the beam title on March 11
  • Tied career high on floor (9.925) as part of program-record 49.825 lineup
  • Won a share of the beam title on February 17
  • Tied for DU's top score on beam (9.875) on January 13
  • Had the third-highest beam average score and NQS on the team
  • Competed on beam in every meet; totalled 26 routines competed across bars, beam and floor

2022:
  • Qualified to NCAA Nationals on beam with 9.900 in NCAA Regional Second Round
  • Competed on bars on March 31; first bars routine since March 2021
  • Returned to beam, floor lineups on March 19 (first time since January 30 injury)
  • Competed in exhibition on beam on March 5 and March 13
  • Set career high on floor on January 9
  • Competed in 13 total routines across bars, beam and floor
  • Had top-five average scores for the team on beam, floor

2021:
  • Tied career high on floor at NCAA Regional Final
  • Set career high on floor at NCAA Regional Second Round
  • Tied career high on floor at Big 12 Championship
  • Won first career title (beam) on March 11
  • Set career high on beam, tied on floor on March 11
  • Set career highs on bars and floor on March 7
  • Made collegiate all-around debut on February 7, placing third overall
  • Competed in exhibition on bars on January 24 and January 31
  • Made collegiate debut on January 15 on beam and floor
 

Before Denver:

  • Three-time Nastia Liukin Cup qualifier
  • Five-time JO Nationals qualifier
  • 2018 JO National team member
  • Eight-time Region 8 champion including in the all-around in 2018 and 2016
  • Placed sixth in the all-around at tied for fourth on floor at 2019 JO Nationals
  • Finished fourth in the all-around and won beam title at 2018 JO Nationals
  • Won beam title and finished fifth in the all-around at 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup
  • Placed second on beam at 2015 Nastia Liukin Cup
  • Worked with Straight Street to provide meals and other items to the homeless as a high schooler
  • Named to the honor roll every year in high school
 

Personal:

  • Chose DU because the culture of the team values character above all else, and the coaching staff cares about each individual
  • Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business information & analytics in June 2024; currently pursuing a master's degree in applied quantitative finance

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2022Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'2"
  • 2023Junior

    Bars/Beam/Floor
    5'2"
  • 2024Senior

    Bars/Beam/Floor
    5'2"
  • 2025Graduate Student

    Bars/Beam/Floor
    5'2"