Honors & Awards
- First-Team All-American (2017: V; 2018 FX)
- Second-Team All-Amercan (2018: V, 2019: BB, AA)
- First-Team Academic All Big-Ten (2018, 2019)
- First-Team All-Big Ten (2018, 2019)
- Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (March 19)
- First-Team Big Ten All-Championships (2018, 2019)
- NACCG/W Regular Season All-American (2018)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (2017)
- Big Ten All-Championships Team (2016: UB; 2017: V)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018; Spring 2016, 2017, 2018. 2019)
- NACGC/W Scholastic All-American (2016)
- J.O. National Championships Qualifier (2014, 2015)
- Region 4 Champion (2015: UB)
- North Dakota State Champion (2015: AA, V, UB, BB)
2019 (Senior)|
Sienna Crouse has been one of the most dominant competitors in the all-around. In 2019, she was one of five gymnasts in the country to have set highs on all four events of 9.95 or higher, with her best events coming at uneven bars and floor exercise.
She has earned 15 event titles this season, including four meets this season where she took home multiple event titles. Sienna has set all new career highs this season except on vault. On uneven bars she set a career high of 9.975 at the Masters Classic on March 16, on balance beam and floor exercise she set career highs of 9.95 on both events with the balance beam career high coming against Southern Utah on March 2 and on floor exercise, she hit the mark three times this season with the most recent being at the Masters Classic as well. She also set her all-around career high at the masters classic as well with a score of 39.700, tying the eighth highest all-around score in Nebraska history.
She competed in the NCAA Championships as an individual competitor for the Huskers where she earned Second Team All-American honors on balance beam and in the all-around adding to her second team vault All-American honors she earned last season.
This season, she was named preseason Big Ten Gymnast to Watch, earned First Team All-Big Ten for the second time in her career, along with being named to the Big Ten All-Championship team and was name Big Ten Gymnast of the Week the week of March 19 after her performance at the Masters Classic where she earned three event titles in that meet.
Outside of the gym, she has earned Academic All-Big Ten for the third time in her career, as well as being named to the Nebraska Scholar Athlete Honor Roll seven times. She also was named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team for the fourth straight year.
2018 (Junior)
In her junior year, Crouse was one of the most consistent competitors for the Huskers competing primarily on vault and floor, proving so by earning first team All-American on floor, and second team All-American honors on vault, adding to her first-team All-America honors on vault she received in 2017.
She had a solid season with a career-high 9.975 on vault, which she posted against Michigan on Jan. 27, as well as hitting her career and season-high with a 9.925 on floor exercise four times. Crouse also competed in the all-around five times as a junior, posting her highest all-around score of 39.550 twice, with the latest coming against Oklahoma on Feb. 16. At the NCAA Championships, she posted the highest vault score by any individual competitor with a 9.9625 during Super Six Finals (individual champions were crowned during semifinal competition).
Crouse earned 13 event titles and posted season highs over 9.825 in every event. She was named Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week back-to-back weeks on Jan. 22 and Jan. 29, and the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 19. She was named first-team All-Big Ten and chosen to the Big Ten All-Championships team, adding to her second-team All-Big Ten honors and Big Ten All-Championship Team awards in 2017.
She also extended her excellence from the gym to the classroom, as she earned Academic All-Big Ten for the second year. Crouse earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2017-18, as well as being named a member of the 2018 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2017 (Sophomore)
After a strong freshman season, Crouse took the next step in 2017, joining an elite list of Husker first-team All-Americans after she earned first-team honors on vault at the NCAA Championships. The Fargo, N.D., native took fourth place on vault in the NCAA Semifinal with a career-high 9.9125 to earn the All-America recognition.
Crouse garnered second-team All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore, and also earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Championships Team after tying for third on vault at the conference meet with a score of 9.875. Crouse won seven event titles and set career highs on each event and in the all-around in 2017.
She spent most of the year as a three-event specialist on vault, bars and floor. She was in the vault and bars lineups in every meet of the season, and scored a 9.70 or above in all but two routines on those two events. Crouse also competed in the all-around in five meets, winning one all-around title and posting a personal-best of 39.350.
Crouse set career highs on bars and beam against Penn State to open the season, hitting marks of 9.925 and 9.80, respectively. She set a career high on floor against Iowa with a score of 9.90.
Crouse continued her excellent work outside of the gym, as she earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition as a sophomore. She also earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2016-17. She was also a member of the 2017 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2016 (Freshman)
Crouse proved to be a solid performer in the Husker lineup during her freshman season. After battling injuries early in the year, Crouse became a three-event specialist on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise.
At the 2016 Big Ten Championships, Crouse hit a career-high 9.90 uneven bar routine, earning her a spot on the Big Ten All-Championships Team after tying for third. She also posted a career-high 9.875 score on floor exercise at the Big Ten Championships. She achieved a career-high 9.80 twice throughout the season on vault, including at the last home meet of the season against Utah State.
At the NCAA Championships, Crouse contributed important routines to help the Huskers finish eighth in the country. She put up the second-highest floor score for the Huskers with a 9.8625, only .0125 behind teammate Hollie Blanske.
Crouse got off to an excellent start in the classroom, as she earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-America honors in 2016. She earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring semester. Crouse was also recognized for her work in the community of Lincoln as she was named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2016.
Before Nebraska
Crouse completed a successful club career at American Gold Gymnastics under coaches Whitney Beck and Greg Gulbranson in Fargo, N.D. A two-time J.O. National Qualifier and a nine-time regional qualifier, Crouse captured the regional bars title at the 2015 Region 4 Championships in Green Bay, Wis. At the 2015 J.O. National Championships, Crouse tied for sixth place on bars and finished 12th in the all-around. Crouse was a 2015 North Dakota state champion in the all-around and on vault, bars and beam. She took home the silver on bars at the 2014 J.O. Nationals. Crouse chose Nebraska over Missouri and Southern Utah.
Personal
The daughter of Mike and Jodi Crouse, Sienna was born on Dec. 26, 1996. She has one brother, Tyler. Crouse attended Fargo South High School, where she graduated in the spring of 2015. Crouse was a management major and earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2019. She earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-America honors in 2016. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and a seven-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. Crouse was also named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Crouse's Career Highs at Nebraska
- Vault: 9.975 (vs. Michigan, 1/27/18)
- Bars: 9.975 (at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
- Beam: 9.95 (vs. Southern Utah, 3/2/19)
- Floor: 9.95 (3 times, last at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
- All-Around: 39.700 (at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
2019 Season Highs
- Vault: 9.95 (at Michigan, 2/3/19)
- Bars: 9.975 (at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
- Beam: 9.95 (vs. Southern Utah, 3/2/19)
- Floor: 9.95 (3 times, last at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
- All-Around: 39.700 (at Masters Classic, 3/16/19)
2018 Season Highs
- Vault: 9.975 (vs. Michigan, 1/27/18)
- Bars: 9.925 (3 times, last at Florida, 3/9/18)
- Beam: 9.825 (3 times, last at Elevate the Stage, 3/2/18)
- Floor: 9.925 (4 times, last at Raleigh Regional, 4/7/18)
- All-Around: 39.550 (2 times, last at Oklahoma, 2/16/18)
2017 Season Highs
- Vault: 9.9125 (at NCAA Semifinal, 4/14)
- Bars: 9.925 (vs. Penn State, 1/15)
- Beam: 9.80 (vs. Penn State, 1/15)
- Floor: 9.90 (vs. Iowa, 2/5)
- All-Around: 39.350 (vs. Penn State, 1/15)
2016 Season Highs
- Vault: 9.80 (2 times, last vs. Utah State, 3/6/16)
- Bars: 9.90 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/19/16)
- Floor: 9.875 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/19/16)