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2024 Acrobatics & Tumbling Roster

Profile

  • Base
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Plano, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'5
    Height
  • Plano Senior HS
    High School
Riley Chimwala
#37
Riley Chimwala
Base
Position
Senior
Class
Plano, Texas
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• NCATA All-American (2021, '22, '23, '24)
• 2024 NCATA D1 Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year
• NCATA Six-Element Acro Champion (2023, '24)

• 2024 NCATA Five-Element Acro Champion
• 2024 NCATA Inversion Pyramid Champion
• 2024 NCATA 450 Salto Toss Champion
• NCATA Athlete of the Week (2/14/24, 2/28/24, 3/6/24, 3/12/24, 3/20/24, 3/27/24, 4/10/24)

• 2023 NCATA Synchronized Pyramid Champion
• NCATA Specialist of the Week (2/8/23)
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team (2022, '23, '24)
• 2021 NCATA Freshman of the Year
• 2021 NCATA Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• NCATA Academic Honor Roll (2021, '22, '23, '24)
• NCATA Freshman of the Week (4/1/21, 4/8/21, 4/16/21)

 

2024 (Senior): Competed in 11 meets as a base … Competed in all 11 Team Events … Competed in Compulsory Acro, Pyramid and Toss with high scores of 9.75, 9.95 and 9.925, respectively … A base for Five-Element Acro, scoring a high of 9.95 twice against UMHB (2/11) and LIU (3/5) … Base for one side of the Six-Element Acro heat, scoring ahigh of 9.75 at LIU (3/5) … Base for all three Pyramids as a main, middle and bridge, with high scores of 9.975 against Oregon (4/26) and Gannon (4/27) for Inversion, 9.95 against Iona (3/3) for Synch and a perfect 10 in the Open heat against LIU (3/5) … Based two tosses, both with 9.9 start values; had a high score of 9.85 against Augustana (3/23) and Gannon (4/27) for 450 Salto, had a high of 9.65 against Oregon (2/25) for synchronized … Contributed an average of 38.17 points per meet … NCATA Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year - Division I … NCATA All-American … NCATA Six-Element Acro Champion … NCATA Five-Element Acro Champion … NCATA Inversion Pyramid Champion … NCATA 450 Salto Toss Champion … Seven-time NCATA Athlete of the Week (2/14, 2/28, 3/6, 3/12, 3/20, 3/27, 4/10) … Member of the NCATA Championship team … NCATA Academic Honor Roll ... Big 12 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team.

2023 (Junior): Competed in all 11 meets of the 2023 season … Part of a perfect 10 Pyramid vs. Presbyterian … Part of a perfect 10 in Toss vs. Frostburg State … NCATA All-American … NCATA Specialist of the Week (2/8) ... HM Specialist of the Week … NCATA Academic Honor Roll … Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team ... Member of the 2023 National Championship Team ... Six-Element Acro Champion with Emily Tobin as the top ... Synchronized Pyramid Champion with Tobin as her top.

2022 (Sophomore): Competed in all 11 meets of the 2022 season … Honorable Mention Specialist of the Week (03/02) … NCATA All-America … Named to the NCATA Academic Honor Roll … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team … Member of the 2022 National Championship team.

2021 (Freshman): 2021 NCATA Freshman of the Year … NCATA All-American … Competed in six meets of the 2021 season …  Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... NCATA 2021 Academic Honor Roll … Three-time NCATA Freshman of the Week (4/1, 4/8 & 4/16) … Member of the 2021 National Championship team. 

High School: Competed for Acrobatic Gymnastics at WOGA from 2009 to 2018 ... Cheer Athletics (Plano) Panthers from 2018 – 2020 ... Sassycats from 2017 to 2018 ... Five-time national winner (Three gold, one silver and one bronze) in Acrobatics ... competed in Elite Women Pair and Elite Trio ... 2019 3rdplace at Cheer Worlds ... 2017 – 2018 Summit and NCA Champion ... Named to ICT 2016 ... 13 – 19 WP Gold in Poland ... 13 – 19 WP Gold at Nationals ... Named to 13 -19 U.S. Junior National Team ... Ran varsity track her freshman year ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude ... Was in band her freshman and sophomore year.

Personal: Daughter of David Chimwala and Victoria Kearns ... Has one brother Cash Kearns and one sister Victoria Kearns ... Majoring in communication.