USA Gymnastics | Athletes

Career Highlights

2019 NCAA Todayâ€™s Top 10 Award Recipient
2018 NCAA vault champion and team & uneven bars bronze medalist (Florida)
2017 NCAA all-around & uneven bars champion, vault silver medalist and team, balance beam & floor exercise bronze medalist (Florida)
2015 NCAA team champion (Florida)

Nickname: Alex
Birthplace: Commerce Township, MI USA
Hometown: Midlothian, VA USA
Personal Website: alexmcmurtry.com
Name of High School: James River High School
High School Graduation Year: 2015
Name of College: Florida
College Graduation Year: 2019
Year you began gymnastics: 1999
Favorite Event: Floor
How did you get involved in gymnastics: My parents enrolled me into gymnastics when I was very young as a way to get all my energy out.
Favorite thing about gymnastics: practicing with all my friends
What are your goals for gymnastics?: Collegiate gymnasics
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: David and Christine McMurtry
Names of sibling(s): Addie and Mitchell McMurtry
Family members in sports: Addie - high school softball. Mitchell - basketball and travel baseball

Favorite school subject: Math or Science
Hobbies or favorite activities: water sports and art
Favorite music: rap and hip hop
Favorite book(s): The Notebook and The Help
Favorite movie(s): The Proposal and any scary movies
Favorite TV show(s): Law and Order Special Victims Unit and Pretty Little Liars
Favorite Food: Pasta and chicken
Charity Involvement: Charity club at school (Do-Something Club)
Other sports involvement: none

2018 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 1st-VT(T); 3rd-Team, UB(T); 5th-AA
2017 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 1st-AA, UB(T); 2nd-VT; 3rd-Team, BB(T), FX(T)
2016 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, Texas - 4th-Team; 6th-AA
2015 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, Texas - 1st-Team; 8th-BB(T)
2014 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Jackson, Miss. - 1st-VT(T); 6th-BB; 7th-FX(T); 8th-AA (Sr. B)
2013 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Minneapolis, Minn. - 2nd-AA, VT, FX; 6th-BB(T) (Jr. D)
2013 Nastia Liukin Cup, Worcester, Mass. - 1st-AA
2012 Christmas on the Chesapeake, Baltimore MD - 1St- AA VT UB BB FX
2012 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Hampton, Va. - 1st-AA, FX; 2nd-VT; 3rd-UB, BB (Jr. C)
2012 Nastia Liukin Cup, New York, N.Y. - 2nd-AA(T)
2012 Atlanta Crown Invitational, Atlanta, Ga. - 1st-AA, VT, UB, BB, FX
2011 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Long Beach, Calif. - 1st-AA, VT, FX; 4th-UB, BB

Women: AA = All Around | VT = Vault | UB = Uneven Bars | BB = Balance Beam | FX = Floor Exercise | (T) = Tie
Men: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie
Rhythmic AA = All Around | RP = Rope | HP = Hoop | BA = Ball | CL = Clubs | RB = Ribbon | (T) = Tie
Acrobatic: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around | CB = Combined
T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline
Parkour: FS - Freestyle | SP = Speed