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Illinois State University Athletics

2025 Gymnastics Roster

Alana Laster

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School
  • Hometown Cape Coral, Fla.

Biography

2025: Voted as MIC Senior of the Year ... qualified for the NCAA Regional in Washington, competing on both vault and floor ... headed into the Regional competition ranked No. 35 in the NQS rankings at 9.875 on vault ... seven times posted a score of 9.850 or higher this season on vault, including a season-best of 9.925 in the quad meet with Bowling Green, Towson and William & Mary ... on the floor, she ranked No. 88 in the NQS rankings at 9.875 after the regular season and eight times  posted a score of 9.850 or higher ... recorded a season-high score of 9.900 on floor at Northern Illinois ... named MIC Gymnast of the Week on February 12 and earned MIC Performance of the Week twice during the season ... earned All-MIC First Team honors on vault and floor and earned All-MIC Second Team honors on beam. 

2024: Competed in all 14 meets on vault, and competed in all but one meet on floor ... also spent time in the bars rotation ... earned Second Team All-MIC honors on vault and floor at the MIC Championship ... tied career high of 9.900 on vault twice during the season ... tied career-best of 9.925 on floor in back to back meets to begin the month of March ... named Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week, after she shined with a career-high score of 9.925 on the floor to tie for first place on the event with a pair of Nebraska gymnasts. 

2023: Qualified for the NCAA Regional in Norman, Oklahoma, for the second straight season ... went into the Regional tied at No. 44 with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.885 on vault ... named the Midwest Independent Conference all-around champion and helped lead ISU to its first MIC Championship since 2012 ...  took home the conference all-around title with a career-high score of 39.350 and earned All-MIC First-Team honors on vault as she finished second behind teammate Angelica Labat with a 9.900 at the MIC Championship ... also earned All-MIC Second-Team honors on beam, bars and floor to round out a great sophomore season ... posted scores of 9.9 or better on vault in three out of her last five meets on the event, including tying her season high with scores of 9.925 at home against SEMO and then on the road at SEMO.

2022: Qualified for the NCAA Regional in Norman, Oklahoma, on vault where she capped off her stellar freshman campaign with a score of 9.700 ... qualified for the regional after finishing the regular season tied for No. 53 with a NQS of 9.875 in the event ... Named the MIC Newcomer of the Year, after earning MIC Newcomer of the Week honors three times and Performance of the Week honors once during the year ... At the MIC Championship, Laster took home the conference title in the vault with a score of 9.900, which was her fourth score of the season over 9.9 ... also finished second in the all-around at the MIC Championship and ended the meet with All-MIC First-Team honors in the all-round, on vault and on floor ... career high of 9.950 on vault was achieved in a win at Southeast Missouri State earlier in the year.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior