Duquesne University Athletics

HONORS

• NCATA Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• NCATA Freshman of the Week (2.12.25)
• NCATA Honorable Mention Freshman of the Week (4.9.25)

AS A FRESHMAN (2025)

• Member of Duquesne’s inaugural acrobatics and tumbling team
• NCATA Academic Honor Roll
• NCATA Freshman of the Week (Feb. 12)
  • Competed in a team-leading 11 heats (including the Team Event) and contributing to Duquesne’s win over No. 3 Gannon in the program’s inaugural meet; key contributor in the Dukes’ three highest-scoring heats and all three pyramid heats that led to an event win
• NCATA Honorable Mention Freshman of the Week (Apr. 9)
  • Member of 11 heats (including the Team Event) leading the Dukes to their highest scoring meet of the inaugural season (260.760) in the season-finale win over Buffalo State ...  Contributed to five season-best scores: 9.10 in compulsory acro, 8.75 in six-element acro, 9.75 in synchronized pyramid, 8.50 in synchronized toss, and 88.86 in team event ... Also delivered the meet's highest score with a 9.80 in compulsory pyramid. 
• Competed in a team-high 11 heats across all seven meets ... Member of Compulsory Acro, Compulsory Pyramid, Compulsory Toss, 7-Element Acro, all three pyramid heats (Inversion, Synchronized, Open), Synchronized Toss, and the Team Event in every meet ... Made five appearances in 6-Element Acro and Open Toss, and two in 5-Element Acro and 450 Salto Toss
  • Scored 9.0 or better in 24 of 28 pyramid heats throughout the season
  • Tallied a 9.0 or higher in all seven meets in Compulsory Pyramid, highlighted by a season-high 9.85 at Missouri State
  • Finished the season with a high score of 9.75 in Synchronized Pyramid ... The unit averaged over a 9.3 all season
  • Recorded a 9.25 or better in all seven meets in Open Pyramid
  • Posted a season-high 9.65 in Inversion Pyramid in back-to-back meets to start season
  • Registered three season-bests vs. No. 1 Baylor -- 9.75 in Open Pyramid, 9.50 in 7-Element Acro, and 9.20 in Open Toss
  • Scored above a 9.0 in six of seven meets in 7-Element Acro
  • Charted a high score of 8.50 three times in Synchronized Toss

HIGH SCHOOL  

• Competed for Top Gun All-Stars under coaches Aimee Saffle-Nicewarner, Damien Williams, and Courtney Stack  
• Bronze medalist and team placed 10th at The Summit  

PERSONAL  

• Born on July 31 in Pittsburgh, PA  
• Daughter of Kristen Dipner  
• Has three sisters: Alyssa, Talia, and Briella  
• Enjoys singing, sewing and crafting