Maria Scaffidi Season 2010-11

Honors & Awards

• First-Team All-American (Bars, 2011)
• Big 12 Bars Champion (2011)
• All-Big 12 Championship Team (Bars, 2011)
• First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2011)
• Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2010)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) 
• Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll (2009, 2010, 2011)
• 2011 NACGC Scholastic All-American
• Junior Pan American Champion (All-Around, Beam, 2000)

2011 • Senior Season
Maria Scaffidi, who excelled on bars beam and floor for the Huskers, captured first-team All-America honors on bars at the 2011 NCAA Championships, while helping the Huskers to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Super Six Finals. Scaffidi posted an impressive 9.90 on bars at the NCAA Semifinals to tie for first, earning the first All-America honors of her career. She placed 10th on bars at the NCAA Event Finals, averaging a score of 9.825.

She earned the first Big 12 event title of her career, posting a 9.90 on bars. She also earned All-Big 12 Championship Team accolades for her efforts at the conference championships.  

Scaffidi captured six event crowns on the season, including five on bars and one on floor. She boasted career highs of 9.925 on bars and 9.85 on beam, in addition to hitting a season-high 9.875 on floor as senior.

In the classroom, Scaffidi claimed first-team academic All-Big 12 recognition, while earning spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

2010 • Junior Season

Scaffidi was a consistent all-around performer for the Huskers in 2010. She opened the season by claiming the second all-around title of her career with a solid 39.00 to star for the Huskers at Washington. She also took top honors on floor, tying her then-career-high mark of 9.875. Scaffidi improved her career best at Minnesota with a 9.90 on floor against the Golden Gophers and Illinois to take the event title. She also improved her all-around score to 39.25. Scaffidi tied her season-high mark on floor to take third in the event against Michigan. She took first in the all-around (39.225), tied her season-high on vault (9.85) and her career-high on beam (9.85) against Oklahoma and TWU on Feb. 5. Scaffidi placed second on floor at the IGI Chicago Style Invite, receiving a score of 9.875 and posted a season-high 9.825 on bars at the Sweetheart Invite. She added a career-high all-around score of 39.30 at the Masters Classic on Feb. 28. In the Huskers' meet at Utah, Scaffidi tied her career-high vault score of 9.85 for the third time and also took second on beam with a mark of 9.825. She tied for second in the all-around (39.125) against Iowa State. Scaffidi hit a season-high 9.85 on bars at Penn State en route to winning the all-around title (39.275).

She tied her career-high vault score of 9.85 at the 2010 Big 12 Championships. In addition, she came in second in the all-around standings, with a total of 39.25. She earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Championship Team for her efforts. Scaffidi matched her career-high mark on floor at the 2010 NCAA Lexington Regional, hitting a 9.90 and tying for third. She totaled six individual titles in 2010, including four in the all-around. She hit season highs of 9.85 on vault, 9.85 on beam, 9.90 on floor and 39.30 in the all-around during her junior campaign.

Outside of the gym, Scaffidi earned second-team academic All-Big 12 honors, while achieving spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

2009 • Redshirt Season

Scaffidi was unable to compete in 2009 due to an injury suffered in preseason training. In the classroom, she earned spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.  

2008 • Sophomore Season

Scaffidi emerged as a consistent all-around performer in her second year, opening 2008 with the first individual crown of her career with a 39.00 at Iowa State. In the last half of the year, Scaffidi was a key member of Nebraska's bars lineup, scoring a season-high 9.875 against Iowa State and Penn State.

At the Big 12 Championships, Scaffidi tied for 11th on beam with a score of 9.80. Scaffidi was ranked eighth in the South Central regional standings on bars and ninth in the all-around. On the conference level, she was fifth on bars in the Big 12 and occupied the No. 7 spot in the all-around.

2007 • Freshman Season

Scaffidi filled a number of roles for Nebraska in her freshman season, contributing as an all-arounder, a two- and three-event specialist and as a strong, dependable leadoff on every event. Scaffidi established herself early in 2007 as a four-event performer, scoring a 38.55 in the all-around in her third meet of the year at Missouri, in addition to a season-high 9.825 on vault. Two weeks later at Michigan, Scaffidi led off with a 9.80 for her highest score of the season on bars, then added a third-place 9.80 on beam and a season-high 38.60 all-around score at the Masters Classic.

It was in Nebraska’s final home meet against Kentucky that Scaffidi shined the brightest for NU. The Sussex, Wis., native settled into her two-event specialist role with a third-place 9.875 on floor, as well as a 9.80 on vault to finish fifth. At the Big 12 Championships, Scaffidi finished seventh on floor (9.825) and 10th on vault (9.80). She placed eighth on floor and 11th on vault with scores of 9.825 on each event at the NCAA West Regional, then tied for 16th on vault (9.85) and added a 9.725 on floor at the afternoon preliminary session of the NCAA Championships. In helping Nebraska to its ninth Super Six Finals appearance, Scaffidi capped her inaugural campaign with a 9.825 on vault, a 9.75 on bars and a 9.725 on floor.

Academically, she earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll.

Before Nebraska

A former junior international elite gymnast, Scaffidi competed at LaFleur’s Gymnastics Academy under coaches Greg LaFleur and Tammy Donahue. In international competition at the 2000 Junior Pan American Championships in Curitiba, Brazil, Scaffidi led the U.S. team to a first-place finish, while also taking the individual all-around and beam crowns.

On the national elite stage, Scaffidi finished 11th in the all-around at the 2000 U.S. Championships. The following year, she placed 16th in the all-around, 10th on vault and sixth on bars at the 2001 U.S. Championships. Scaffidi also took fifth on floor at the 2001 U.S. Classic and posted finishes of 11th in the all-around, eighth on vault and 11th on bars at the same meet.

As a Level 10 competitor, Scaffidi took home a third-place finish on floor at the 2004 Junior Olympics National Championships. In 2006, she finished fourth on floor, fifth on vault, sixth on bars and 10th in the all-around.

Scaffidi was a 2006 graduate of Arrowhead High School.

Personal

Scaffidi was born April 6, 1988 in Sussex, Wis., and is the daughter of John and Sandra Scaffidi. Maria is a deaf and hard of hearing education major major at Nebraska and was a two-time academic All-Big 12 selection. She was also a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Scaffidi's Career Highs at Nebraska 
Career Highs
   Vault: 9.85 (5 times, last at NCAA Championships, 4/22/10)
   Bars: 9.925 (vs. Arizona State, 3/6/11)
   Beam: 9.85 (3 times, last at Metroplex Challenge, 1/29/11) 
   Floor: 9.90 (2 times, last at NCAA Lexington Regional, 4/10/10)
   All-Around: 39.30 (Masters Classic, 2/28/10)
2011 Season Highs
   Bars: 9.925 (vs. Arizona State, 3/6/11)
   Beam: 9.85 (at Metroplex Challenge, 1/29/11)
   Floor: 9.875 (2 times, last vs. Iowa State, 3/13/11)
2010 Season Highs
   Vault: 9.85 (5 times, last at NCAA Championships, 4/22/10)
   Bars: 9.85 (at Penn State, 3/20/10)
   Beam: 9.85 (at Oklahoma with TWU, 2/5/10)
   Floor: 9.90 (2 times, last at NCAA Lexington Regional, 4/10/10)
   All-Around: 39.30 (Masters Classic, 2/28/10)
2008 Season Highs
   Vault: 9.85 (2 times, last at Stanford, 3/7/08)
   Bars: 9.875 (3 times, last at Penn State, 3/21/08)
   Beam: 9.85 (at Iowa State, 1/11/08)
   Floor: 9.825 (3 times, last vs. Denver, 2/23/08)
   All-Around: 39.275 (vs. Missouri, 1/25/08)
2007 Season Highs
   Vault: 9.85 (at NCAA Preliminaries, 4/26/07)
   Bars: 9.80 (at Michigan, 2/9/07)
   Beam: 9.80 (Masters Classic, 2/25/07)
   Floor: 9.875 (vs. Kentucky, 3/23/07)
   All-Around: 38.60 (Masters Classic, 2/25/07)