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University of Denver Athletics

2025 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Brittany Evans
Brittany Evans
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Bella Mabanta

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-2
  • Events Vault/Beam/Floor
  • Hometown Frisco, Texas
  • Club Denton Gymnastics

Biography

Career Highs:

Vault: 9.925 (at Iowa State on February 28, 2025)
Beam: 9.975 (at home on April 2, 2023)
Floor: 9.950 (at home on March 5, 2023)

 

Awards and Honors:

  • 2025 Big 12 Vault co-Champion
  • 2024 NCAA Regional Beam co-Champion
  • Two-Time All-Big 12 Conference Team on vault (2024, 2025)
  • 2021 & 2024 All-Big 12 Championship Team (beam)
  • Two-Time WCGA Scholastic All-America (2024, 2025)
  • Four-Time Academic All-Big 12 Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 2022 Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Week 2)

2025:

  • Competed on vault in every meet but one; added 10 appearances on each beam and floor
  • Tied for second on beam at NCAA Regionals
  • Won a share of the Big 12 vault title on March 22
  • Won share of floor title on March 9
  • Won vault title outright with career-high, near-perfect 9.925 (Yurchenko full) on February 28
  • Won beam title outright on January 20
  • Won back-to-back vault titles outright on January 31 and February 8 (the first two of her career on the event)
  • Tied career high on vault on February 8

2024:

  • Finished season with three-consecutive 9.950s on beam (all on the road in postseason competition)
  • Tied for second on beam at Big 12 Championship
  • Returned to floor lineup on March 15 after missing seven meets due to injury; scored third-straight 9.9+ on beam
  • Scored second-straight 9.900+ on beam on March 10; also competed in exhibition on vault
  • Scored season-high 9.950 on beam on March 3
  • Returned to beam lineup on February 11 after missing two meets with injury
  • Won beam title on January 5 and tied for second on January 14
  • Competed on vault, beam and floor in first three meets; returned to beam and floor lineups in February, March


2023:

  • Set new career high on beam with near-perfect 9.975 in NCAA Regional Final
  • Tied career high on vault on March 11
  • Set new career high on floor on March 5 as part of program-record 49.825 lineup
  • Tied career high on vault on February 12
  • Tied career high on floor on January 29
  • Set new career high on vault on January 13 as part of school-record 49.550 lineup
  • Set then-new career high on vault on January 8
  • Tied career high on floor on January 8; won first career floor title
  • Had team's second-highest vault average score and third-highest NQS and average on floor
  • Competed in 39 total routines including on three events in 10 meets
 

2022:

  • Made collegiate debut on vault in NCAA Regional Final on April 2
  • Tied career high on floor in both NCAA Regionals meets on March 31 and April 2
  • Set new career high on floor on February 27
  • Set new career high on beam on January 15; won title and placed third on floor
  • Tied career high on floor on January 9 and January 21
  • Competed on floor in every meet, on beam in all but one meet
  • Had team's third highest beam average and NQS; second highest floor NQS


2021:

  • Tied career high on beam and tied for second overall at Big 12 Championship
  • Tied career high on beam on March 11
  • Set new career high on floor on March 7
  • Won a share of beam title on February 21; made collegiate floor debut
  • Made collegiate debut (beam) on February 11
  • Competed in exhibition on beam on January 24 and January 31
 

Before Denver:

  • Former senior elite gymnast
  • Won beam title and tied for third on vault at 2018 JO Nationals
  • All-around and beam champion at 2018 Region 3 Championships; also finished second on vault, third on bars and fifth on floor
  • Earned five top-10 finishes at 2018 Texas State Championships including second on vault and fourth in the all-around
  • Named to National Honor Society as a high school sophomore
 

Personal:

  • Sister of current Denver Gymnastics team member, Ava
  • Chose DU because of the positive atmosphere, culture and the people who push her to be the best she can be
  • Graduated with bachelor's degree in finance in June 2024; currently pursuing master's degree in supply chain management

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2022Sophomore

    Vault/Beam/Floor
    5'2"
  • 2023Junior

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

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

    Vault/Beam/Floor
    5'2"