Kameron Nelson

AA

Player profile

  • Hometown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
  • Year Junior
  • Height 5-7
  • Last School Home School

Career Honors 

  • 2022 All-Big Ten First Team
  • 2022 Big Ten Vault Champion (14.800)
  • Two-time OSU Scholar Athlete (21, 22)
  • 2021 CGA Scholar All-American First Team
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2022)

Personal Bests

  • Floor: 14.350
  • Rings: 13.750
  • Vault: 14.800

As a Sophomore (2022)

  • Ranked nationally on floor (ninth, 13.963 average)
  • Tied for the best scoring Buckeyes’ vault of the season with his career-best 14.800 to earn the Big Ten Vault Championship
  • Also finished seventh on rings (13.450) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Won three meets on floor – Big Ten individual championships (14.800), New York Alliance (13.850) and against No. 6 Illinois (14.350, career-high)
  • Had nine total top-three finishes, including five on vault, three on rings and one on floor
  • Top-three vault finishes: New York Alliance (14.350), No. 6 Illinois (14.450), No. 10 Army/No. 12 William & Mary (14.300), No. 4 Nebraska (14.400), NCAA Qualifiers (14.600)
  • Top-three rings finishes: New York Alliance (13.300), No. 4 Michigan (13.750, career-high), No. 4 Nebraska (13.700)
  • Was also second on floor against No. 4 Michigan (14.250)
  • Led the Buckeyes on vault at the NCAA Championships (14.333)

As A Freshman (2021)

  • Twice scored a season best on floor (14.250) against Navy and No. 8 Iowa
  • Had a season best 13.350 on rings against No. 3 Penn State
  • Scored a season best 14.300 on vault against Navy
  • Competed on floor at the Big Ten Championships (13.500) and at NCAA Qualifiers (13.733)

Prior to Ohio State

  • Trained at Avant Coeur Gymnastics
  • Two-time U.S. National Championships competitor
  • Five-time JO National Qualifier
  • Three-time Regional Elite Team member
  • Placed first on parallel bars and second on vault at 2019 Junior National Italia Invitational

Personal

  • Son of Christy and Marvin Nelson