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2024 Gymnastics Roster

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Emma Silberman

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Special Education
  • Hometown New Hope, PA
  • High School New Hope Solebury
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Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (2023)
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree (2020)
  • ICA Academic Achievement Award (2023)
  • Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week (2/21/23)
  • Solomon Eye Associates Terp of the Week x2 (2/3/20) (4/8/24)
  • Recipient of 2023 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award (1/11/24)
  • Gainesville Regional Vault Co-Champion (4/8/24) 
  • National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships Individual Qualifier for Vault (4/8/24)
As a graduate (2024):
  • Named a Big Ten Gymnast to watch prior to the season
  • Opened the season against West Chester with a 9.800 on vault, 9.000 on bars, 9.775 on beam, and a 9.800 on floor (1/12).
  • Scored a 9.825 on vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.775 on beam, and 9.075 on floor against Rutgers (1/19).
  • Earned scores of 9.650 on bars and 9.750 beam at Minnesota (1/27).
  • Earned a score of 9.775 on beam against Nebraska (1/10).
  • Matched career-high on bars with a 9.875 (2/18).
  • Competed in the Big Five Meet, scoring a 9.750 on beam (2/24).
  • Scored a 9.775 on vault, 9.850 on bars, and 9.850 on beam at Maryland Quad (3/1).
  • Competed in the Yale Quad meet, scoring a 9.850 on vault, 9.850 on bars, and 9.875 on beam (3/3).
  • Competed in the Temple Quad Meet, scoring a 9.825 on vault, 9.850 on bars, 9.650 on beam, and a 9.750 on floor (3/7).
  • Earned scores of 9.825 on vault, 9.775 on bars, and a 9.750 on beam at Towson (3/10).
  • Competed in Kidney Care Women's Championships, scoring a 9.800 on vault, 9.700 on bars, and 9.800 on beam (3/16).
  • Competed in the Big Ten Championships, earning scores of 9.825 on vault, 9.775 on bars, and 9.725 on beam (3/23).
  • Set a new career-high on vault at NCAA Regionals with a 9.950, also scoring a 9.775 on bars and 9.850 on beam (4/5).
  • First GymTerp since 2001 to qualify for Nationals as an individual. 
As a senior (2023):
  • Named Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Ended the 2023 season with 1570.45 career points, good for the ninth-most in Maryland history
  • Her 547.625 points in 2023 constituted the most by a senior in the program's history
  • Competed as Maryland’s lone all-around gymnast, representing the GymTerps in all 14 meets on vault, bars, beam and floor
  • Led the team with 138 points on the floor over the course of the season
  • Notched a 9.900 on her floor routine six times
  • Scored at least a 9.800 on all four events at four competitions
  • Opened the season by scoring a 9.825 on floor, a 9.800 on bars, a 9.775 on vault and a 9.750 on beam at the West Virginia Tri (1/13)
  • Tied her beam personal record of 9.850 against Michigan State (1/29) while earning an additional 9.850 on bars
  • Set a career-best 9.900 on bars at Ohio State (2/5) while registering her second consecutive meet of scoring over 9.800 in every category
  • Posted her first 9.900 of the season on her floor routine at Rutgers (2/11)
  • Totaled the best all-around score of her career with a 39.4 at the GW Meet (3/10), with a 9.900 on floor, 9.875 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.800 on vault
  • Set her second-best career mark on all-around at the Maryland Five Meet (3/12), scoring a 39.375 on a 9.900 from her floor exercise and a 9.825 on vault, bars and beam
  • Scored a 39.025 in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships (3/18)
  • Wrapped up her senior year with a 39.275 all-around score at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional (3/31)
As a junior (2022):
  • Competed in all thirteen meets for the Terps including five in the all-around
  • Tied a career-high 9.8500 on vault six times
  • Reached a career-best 9.875 on beam three times
  • Finished fifth overall in the all-around against Minnesota and Pitt (2/14)
  • Placed seventh in the overall at the Big Five Meet (2/18)
  • Set new career high and tied program record on bars with a 9.950 at the Terp Quad (3/13)
  • Earned a 9.800 or higher 26 times throughout the season across all four events
As a sophomore (2021): 
  • Competed in seven meets on vault, seven on bars, six on beam, and six in the all-around before ending the season due to an injury
  • Named Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
  • Started the season at Penn State where she tied for first place on bars with a 9.850, earned a 9.800 on floor, and finished second in the all-around competition with a 38.875 (1/17)
  • Earned a season-high 9.850 on floor, took third place on bars with a 9.825, and finished second with a 39.025 in the all-around at Rutgers Tri Meet (1/23)
  • Finished third in the all-around with a 38.925 away against Rutgers (1/30)
  • Finished third in the all-around home against Penn State (2/5)
  • Notched a 9.850 on vault at Iowa Tri Meet (2/13)
  • Won the all-around competition with a 39.335 and earned season-highs on three of the four events and career-highs on two of the four events, a 9.825 on vault, a 9.875 on bars, a 9.850 on beam, and a 9.775 on floor (2/21)
  • Finished the season with a 9.750 on vault at Big Fives before suffering a season-ending knee injury (2/26).
As a freshman (2020):
  • Competed in all 10 meets for the Terrapins and seven in the all-around
  • Started the season with a 9.825 on vault and a 9.775 on bars at the Little Boston Invitational (1/11)
  • Tied for third on bars with a 9.850 and earned a 9.675 on vault at home against Iowa (1/19)
  • Earned a 9.725 on vault and a 9.800 in her first collegiate floor routine at the Ohio State Tri-Meet (1/25)
  • In her first meet as an all-arounder she notched a 9.700 on vault, a 9.825 on bars, a third-place 9.800 finish on beam, a 9.825 on floor and a first-place overall all-around score of 39.150 against Illinois (2/2).
  • Finished in third place on vault with a 9.825, earned a 9.725 on bars and beam, a 9.675 on floor and ended with a 38.900 all-around at Nebraska (2/8)
  • Earned a 9.800 on vault, a 9.750 on bars, a 9.775 on beam, a 9.775 on floor and an all-around score of 39.100 against Rutgers (2/16)
  • Posted a 9.850 on vault, a 9.475 on bars, a 9.625 on beam, a 9.875 on floor and an all-around finish of 38.825 at Big Fives (2/22)
  • Posted a 9.825 on vault and bars, a 9.800 on beam, a 9.575 on floor and finished second all-around with a 39.025 at the Terrapin Invitational (3/1)
  • Started off the Towson Tri Meet (3/6) with a 9.775 on vault followed by a second-place finish on bars (9.850), a 9.775 on beam, a first-place finish and career-best 9.900 on floor, finishing the meet off claiming second in the all-around with a 39.300
  • Finished in first-place on vault with a 9.875, earned second-place on bars a 9.875 followed by a 9.825 on floor at the George Washington Invite (3/8)
*The remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Before Maryland: 
  • 2019 Junior Olympic National Qualifier
  • 2018 ESGA Level 10 MVP
  • Two-time Eastern National Qualifier
  • Central Bucks Gymnast of the Year 2017 & 2018
  • Central Bucks Level 10 MVP 2017 & 2018
  • 2016 Central Bucks Beam Gymnast MVP
  • 2016 Pennsylvania State Champion on Bars, Floor and All-Around
  • 2016 Region Seven Beam Champion
  • Two-year member of National Honor Society
  • Four-year Principals Honor Roll
  • Attended New Hope-Solebury High School.
Updated September 7, 2023
SILBERMAN'S CAREER HIGHS
  • Vault: 9.950 at NCAA Regionals (4/5/24)
  • Bars: 9.950 at Terp Quad (3/13/22)
  • Beam: 9.875 (3x), last at Terp Quad (3/13/22)
  • Floor: 9.900 (7x), last at NCAA Pittsburgh Regional (3/31/23)
  • All-Around: 39.400 at GW Meet (3/10/23)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    All-Around
    5'3"

  • 2021Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'3"

  • 2022Junior

    All-Around
    5'3"

  • 2023Senior

  • 2024Graduate Student