2025 Gymnastics Roster
Adams, Shania
Shania Adams
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- High School:
- Dublin Jerome
Bio
Career Bests
Event | Score | Date |
---|---|---|
Vault | 9.950 | Feb. 4, 2023 at Tri Meet against North Carolina and Western Michigan |
Uneven Bars | 9.950 | April 3, 2021 at the NCAA Regional Final |
Balance Beam | 9.975 | April 2, 2022 at the NCAA Regional Final |
Floor Exercise | 9.925 | 2x - most recent: Jan. 10, 2025 against UNC |
All-Around | 39.475 | Jan. 15, 2021 at Missouri |
Accolades
- 2021 SEC uneven bars champion
- 2021 and 2022 All-SEC | 2021 SEC All-Freshman
- Two-time SEC of the Week honoree
- 2024 SEC Specialist
- 2021 SEC Freshman
- Scholastic All-American
- Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021-24)
2025
- Tied her career-high floor score (9.925) while competing against UNC and represented Alabama's lineup on floor and beam at Kentucky
- Made her season debut on vault against Oklahoma. Scored a 9.850 on floor and a 9.875 on beam against Oklahoma
- Competed on bars and floor against Georgia, securing a 9.850 on floor
- Represented Alabama's vault and floor (9.875) lineups against LSU
- Made her season debut on bars at Zou to the Lou quad meet, scoring a 9.800 on bars and a 9.825 on floor
- Scored a 9.900 on both bars and floor against Auburn
- Earned a share of the event title on bars (9.950) and tied her career-high floor score of 9.925 against Arkansas
2024
- Contributed 29 routines during her senior season, with 14 on balance beam, 11 on uneven bars and two on both vault and floor exercise
- Earned 13 total scores of 9.900-or-higher spanning across both bars and beam, highlighted by a midseason performance of mirroring 9.950 scores against Georgia to earn SEC Specialist of the Week honors
- Posted four consecutive scores of 9.900+ on both the uneven bars and the balance beam during the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, guiding Alabama to its 39th NCAA Championships appearance
- Earned three event titles, two on beam and one on bars
2023
- Contributed 19 routines for the Crimson Tide in the 2023 season
- Competed in the floor exercise lineup in 11 of 13 meets
- Out of the 11 floor exercise routines Adams competed during the 2023 season, she scored a 9.900-or-better six times, including in the SEC Championships and the Norman Regional Finals
- Posted a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise in the Crimson Tide's final home meet against Boise State
2022
- Performed 21 routines for the Crimson Tide in the 2022 season
- Competed in the uneven bars lineup in 11 of 14 meets
- Posted a career-best 9.950 on the vault in the Crimson Tide's Tri-Meet against North Carolina and Western Michigan, securing the individual title in the process
- Posted a career-high 9.950 on the balance beam at NCAA regional finals
- Scored 9.900-or-better in four of five balance routines during the season, including all three NCAA Championships appearances
2021
- Competed in the all-around in nine of 12 meets, posting seven scores above 39.250 to lead the Tide in competitive routines with 44
- Finished her rookie season with five individual titles, including two in the all-around, two in the uneven bars and one in the vault
- Scored a career-best 9.975 on the uneven bars at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Finals, following back-to-back 9.950s at the SEC Championships and the regional semifinal
- Competed on the uneven bars in every meet, never scoring below a 9.850 and scoring 9.9-or-higher six times
Prep Highlights
- Coached by Kittia Carpenter at Buckeye Gymnastics where she was a teammate of former UA gymnast Makarri Doggette
- United States National Team member in 2016
- Five-time USA Championships qualifier
- Won the uneven bars and was third in the all-around at the 2019 American Classic
- Eighth on the uneven bars at the 2018 USA Championships
- Second in the all-around at the 2018 American Classic
Personal Information
- Daughter of Erica and Don Adams
- Siblings: Darby and Kaelyn
- Major: Bachelor's in public health / Master's in health studies
- Born Oct. 20, 2001
NCAA Championships Preview: Lilly Hudson
Monday, April 14
NCAA Championships Preview: Ashley Johnston & Justin Spring
Monday, April 14
NCAA Regional Final: Gabby Gladieux, Lilly Hudson, Paityn Walker & Coach Johnston
Sunday, April 06
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Press Conference: Ashley Johnston, Ryan Fuller, Gabby Gladieux & Lilly Hudson
Friday, April 04