Ella Burgess

3/6/22 MWTR Elevate The StageTeamPhoto by Evan Pilat

Position:
V, BB, FX
Height:
5-2
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
High School:
Ponte Vedra

Career Bests

Event	Score	Date
Vault	9.850	3x - most recent: Feb. 7, 2020 against Missouri
Balance Beam	9.950	4x - most recent: March 1, 2024 at LSU
Floor Exercise	9.950	Feb. 23, 2024 against Georgia

Accolades

2024 SEC Community Service Team
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Scholastic All-American
2021, 2022, 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2024

Competed on balance beam and floor exercise at the season opener (Mean Girls Super 16 Gymnastics Championships) in Las Vegas (Jan. 6)
Earned a season-high of 9.875 on both balance beam and floor exercise at the first home meet of the season against Missouri (Jan. 12)
Scored a career-high 9.950 on balance beam to earn an event title against Arkansas (Jan. 19)
- Also competed on floor exercise
Scored a 9.900 on balance beam against Florida (Jan. 26)
- Tied her career-best floor exercise score of 9.875
Captured a 9.875 on balance beam against Kentucky (Feb. 2)
Tied her season best of 9.875 on floor exercise and competed on balance beam against Auburn (Feb. 9)
Set a new career high on floor exercise, scoring a 9.900 at the TWU Quad Meet (Feb. 19)
- Also competed on balance beam
Represented UA’s balance beam and floor exercise lineup, scoring a 9.950 which also counted as a career-best floor score against Georgia (Feb. 23)
Earned a podium finish on balance beam (2^nd | 9.950) against LSU (March 1)
- Also competed on floor exercise
Posted a 9.875 on balance beam and a 9.900 on floor exercise at Alabama’s home quad meet (March 8)
Scored a 9.900 on floor exercise and a 9.925 on balance beam against Oklahoma (March 17)
Competed on balance beam (9.900) and floor exercise (9.850) at the SEC Championships (March 23)
Recorded the highest balance beam score of the afternoon session (9.925) and competed on floor exercise at the NCAA Regional Semifinals (April 4)
Competed on balance beam at the NCAA Regional Final (April 6)

2023

Competed in the Crimson Tide's balance beam lineup in 12 out of 13 meets, leading off the Tide's lineup in all 12 appearances
Won the balance beam event title with a season-best 9.950 against Georgia, matching her career high on the event
Led Alabama's lineup on the balance beam three times: vs Florida (9.900), at the Metroplex Challenge (9.900) and vs. Georgia (9.950)
Scored a 9.900-or-higher six times in the 2023 season

2022

Competed in the Crimson Tide's balance beam lineup in all 14 in the 2022 season
After matching her career-best mark of 9.900 from the leadoff spot in six-consecutive balance beam routines, Burgess posted a new career-best 9.950 in the regional finals
Named team captain alongside Emily Gaskins
After sitting out the 2021 season due to an injury, Burgess made her 2022 Crimson Tide debut on balance beam at Oklahoma with a 9.850
Earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021

Scholastics All-American
SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sidelined for the season with an Achilles injury
Earned the Crimson Tide's Lewis Each Courage Award

2020

Scholastic All-American
Joined the Crimson Tide in December for the spring semester
Made her Crimson Tide debut on the vault and balance beam at Auburn less than two weeks after arriving on campus at Alabama
Competed on the vault in all nine meets of the Covid-shortened season, scoring a career-best 9.85 vs. Oklahoma, at the Metroplex Challenge and against Missouri
Competed on the balance beam seven time, with career-best marks of 9.85 against Oklahoma, at the Metroplex Challenge and against Kentucky