2026 Gymnastics Roster
Paradise, Jordyn
Jordyn Paradise
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- H.B Plant
Bio
Career Bests
Event | Score | Date |
---|---|---|
Vault | 9.950 | March 4, 2022 against Arkansas |
Uneven Bars | 9.900 | March 18, 2023 at the SEC Championships |
Accolades
- Three-time Scholastic All-American (2022-24)
- Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023-25)
2025
- Competed 20 routines for the Crimson Tide during her senior year, 15 on vault and five on the balance beam
- Came back from a season-ending injury and was Alabama’s only non-all-arounder to appear in every vault lineup, capturing the event title at Michigan
- Served as leadoff on vault in the Tide’s final eight meets, and anchor on the uneven bars at both the Tuscaloosa Regional and at the NCAA Championships Semifinals
- Was a part of both UA vault lineups that recorded a season-high team rotation score of 49.350
2024
- Missed 2024 season due to an injury
2023
- Competed in the vault lineup in all 13 meets, while also contributing six routines on the uneven barsÂ
- Earned two individual event titles on the vault, winning the event vs. Florida (9.900) and at the Metroplex Challenge (9.925)Â
- Scored a career-best 9.900 at the SEC Championships on the uneven barsÂ
- Posted a season-best 9.925 on the vault at the Metroplex ChallengeÂ
- Concluded the season ranked 27th on the vault within the Southeastern ConferenceÂ
2022
- Posted a career-best 9.950 to win the vault against Arkansas
- Made her debut with the Crimson Tide at the season opener at Oklahoma
- Made her debut in the Tide's competitive uneven bars lineup at LSU with a 9.825 and posted a career-best 9.850 against Arkansas
- Competed in the Tide's vault lineup in 11 out of the 14 meets of the 2022 season
Prep Highlights
- Coached by Alecia Pollina, Billy West and Jeff Lafleur at Lafleur's Tampa
- Two-time USA Junior Olympic National Championships qualifier
- Ranked in the top 100 nationally in the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam in 2019 and 2020
- 2019 Florida Uneven Bars champion
- Team captain
- Graduated from H.B. Plant High School
- National Honor Society
Personal Information
- The daughter of Jennifer and Jim Paradise
- Siblings: Jimmy, Sammy and Sydney
- Major: Communication Studies
- Born Jan. 11, 2003
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