University of Georgia Athletics
2026 Gymnastics Roster
Nyla Aquino
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lexington HS
- Hometown:
- Boston, Mass.
Career Honors & Awards
• 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2025 Sam Sheehan Spirit Award
• 2025 WCGA Scholastic All-America
• 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Career High Performances
VAULT 9.950; Oklahoma, 3/14/25
BARS ---
BEAM ---
FLOOR 9.975; Oklahoma, 3/14/25
ALL-AROUND ---
2026 // Sophomore
Posted second-place finishes on the vault (9.850) and floor (9.925) in Georgia’s season opener at No. 21 Ohio State (1/10).
2025 // Freshman
Awarded the 2025 Sam Sheehan Spirit Award… Competed in all 12 meets on vault and floor, notching a season high 9.950 on vault and 9.975 on floor against Oklahoma… Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team… Compiled an NQS of 9.875 on vault and 9.925 on floor…All scores on vault counted for the GymDogs… Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America Honors… Named to 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Before Georgia
Three-star recruit… Trained at Elite Gymnastics Academy… Finished second in the nation on vault at the 2023 Level 10 DP Nationals with a Tsuk Full - the only gymnast in her region to compete the skill… A state champion on beam, floor, and vault and regional champion on vault and floor in 2023… Top 100 all-around and vault finisher with 16 total Top-100 scores in 2022… 2022 regional champion on vault, bars, floor, and all-around.
Personal
Daughter of Ericka and Jose Aquino… Born March 22, 2006… Double majoring in Sociology and Criminal Justice… Has one brother: Isaias… Both of parents ran track (and met) in college at University of Massachusetts, Lowell… Her uncle is a professional dancer and dances off Broadway.
updated Jan. 12, 2026
• 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2025 Sam Sheehan Spirit Award
• 2025 WCGA Scholastic All-America
• 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Career High Performances
VAULT 9.950; Oklahoma, 3/14/25
BARS ---
BEAM ---
FLOOR 9.975; Oklahoma, 3/14/25
ALL-AROUND ---
2026 // Sophomore
Posted second-place finishes on the vault (9.850) and floor (9.925) in Georgia’s season opener at No. 21 Ohio State (1/10).
2025 // Freshman
Awarded the 2025 Sam Sheehan Spirit Award… Competed in all 12 meets on vault and floor, notching a season high 9.950 on vault and 9.975 on floor against Oklahoma… Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team… Compiled an NQS of 9.875 on vault and 9.925 on floor…All scores on vault counted for the GymDogs… Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America Honors… Named to 2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Before Georgia
Three-star recruit… Trained at Elite Gymnastics Academy… Finished second in the nation on vault at the 2023 Level 10 DP Nationals with a Tsuk Full - the only gymnast in her region to compete the skill… A state champion on beam, floor, and vault and regional champion on vault and floor in 2023… Top 100 all-around and vault finisher with 16 total Top-100 scores in 2022… 2022 regional champion on vault, bars, floor, and all-around.
Personal
Daughter of Ericka and Jose Aquino… Born March 22, 2006… Double majoring in Sociology and Criminal Justice… Has one brother: Isaias… Both of parents ran track (and met) in college at University of Massachusetts, Lowell… Her uncle is a professional dancer and dances off Broadway.
updated Jan. 12, 2026
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