2021 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Dayton, Anna

Anna Dayton
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- East Grand Rapids
Bio
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the College of LSA
• Majoring in cognitive science with a minor in entrepreneurship and art & design
• National Champions (2021)
• NCAA Championship appearance
• 2019 Big Ten champions
• 2020 and 2019 Big Ten regular season champions
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• WCGA Scholastic All-American (2019)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Two-time U-M Academic Achievement Award (2019-20)
Senior (2021)
• National Champions
• Team Captain
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not compete in 2021
Junior (2020)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Big Ten regular season champions
• Did not compete in 2020
• End of the season was canceled prior to the final regular season meet due to the COVID-19 illness
Sophomore (2019)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA Championship appearance
• Big Ten champions
• Big Ten regular season champions with a 9-0 record
• Did not compete in 2019
• Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall of 2018
Freshman (2018)
• Not a student-athlete at Michigan
• Head coach for a co-op women's gymnastics program including several Ann Arbor schools
Club
• Competed for Geddert's Twistars USA from 2005-17
• Three-time J.O. nationals competitor
• Placed as high as third on bars at J.O.'s
• 2015 regional bars champion and was second in the all-around in 2016
• Two-time state champion on bars in 2014 and 2015
Prep
• Graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 2017
Personal
• Full name is Anna Dayton
• Birthday: June 21, 1999
• Parents are Rick and Margy Dayton
• Has four siblings, Nicole, Joel, Ryan and Alec
• Mother, Margy, also attended the University of Michigan
• Sister, Nicole, was a gymnast at Stanford University from 2009-14
• Enrolled in the College of LSA
• Majoring in cognitive science with a minor in entrepreneurship and art & design
• National Champions (2021)
• NCAA Championship appearance
• 2019 Big Ten champions
• 2020 and 2019 Big Ten regular season champions
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• WCGA Scholastic All-American (2019)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Two-time U-M Academic Achievement Award (2019-20)
Senior (2021)
• National Champions
• Team Captain
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not compete in 2021
Junior (2020)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Big Ten regular season champions
• Did not compete in 2020
• End of the season was canceled prior to the final regular season meet due to the COVID-19 illness
Sophomore (2019)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA Championship appearance
• Big Ten champions
• Big Ten regular season champions with a 9-0 record
• Did not compete in 2019
• Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall of 2018
Freshman (2018)
• Not a student-athlete at Michigan
• Head coach for a co-op women's gymnastics program including several Ann Arbor schools
Club
• Competed for Geddert's Twistars USA from 2005-17
• Three-time J.O. nationals competitor
• Placed as high as third on bars at J.O.'s
• 2015 regional bars champion and was second in the all-around in 2016
• Two-time state champion on bars in 2014 and 2015
Prep
• Graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 2017
Personal
• Full name is Anna Dayton
• Birthday: June 21, 1999
• Parents are Rick and Margy Dayton
• Has four siblings, Nicole, Joel, Ryan and Alec
• Mother, Margy, also attended the University of Michigan
• Sister, Nicole, was a gymnast at Stanford University from 2009-14
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