2015: team captain...injured knee in preseason, did not compete...received NCGA Senior Scholar-Athlete Award...2014: injured knee in preseason, did not compete...selected as team's most inspirational.. 2013: suffered knee injury in first meet of season and saw no action thereafter...vault (9.500), bars (8.975), beam (8.725), and floor (9.425)....High School: made level 10 Nationals in 2010 and 2011...Level 9 Eastern Nationals in 2008, took second place on vault...Level 10 Regionals from 2009-2012...Personal: reading and spending time with friends...Parents: Mike and Karen Peterson

Mesha Peterson - Career Bests
Vault: 9.50 - Jan. 12, 2013
Uneven Bars: 8.975 - Jan. 12, 2013
Balance Beam: 8.725 - Jan. 12, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.425 - Jan. 12, 2013
All-Around: 36.625 - Jan. 12, 2013

More about Mesha Peterson

Nickname:   Meesh

Major:  Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Art

Why did you choose UW-Stout?  gymnastics

Something you did not know about me:  I can't spell at all

What age did I start gymnastics?  5

Other than gymnastics, my favorite sporting event is:  volleyball

Away from gymnastics and academics, I like to spend my time...  baking, hanging out with friends, playing board games

My favorite food is...  pretty much anything

What new skills did you train over off-season?  getting all my skills back

My favorite gymnast is?  all my Stout teammates

I look up to?  awesome people who have achieved great things

If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you take with you?  water, duct tape, machette

If you could go to dinner with one famous person, who would it be?  Sean Hawkinson

Some people say I look like:  Liz Peters

My favorite place to visit is...  Hawaii

What is your favorite Stout gymnastics memory?  Nebraska trip. At the end of a 13 hours bus ride, we get there and end up driving the bus through the middle of campus in the sidewalk and running over a trash can

My dream date woutd be...  getting all dressed up and go to dinner. The do something random and end the night with a spectacular fireworks show.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose?  Olaf

If you could change the world in one way, what would it be?  I would make sure every child had a family to live with