FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR SEASON AT LSU (2026)
Fifth-year transfer out of Boise State who came out of retirement for her final season with the Tigers in 2026… Veteran contributor who competed on bars in 11 meets and vault in seven meets during her first and final season in Baton Rouge… Recorded season highs of 9.950 on bars and 9.900 on vault… Claimed two individual event titles on bars during the year, one at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad and again against Kentucky… Added a postseason bars score of 9.9125 in the NCAA Championship meet to help LSU to a program record bars rotation (49.6125) at nationals… Matched her career high of 9.950 on bars during the season.
AT PREVIOUS SCHOOL (BOISE STATE; 2021-2024):
Blackson arrives at LSU for her fifth-year season after a highly accomplished four-year career at Boise State, where she became one of the program’s top competitors… A two-time All-American, she advanced to the NCAA Championships individually in consecutive seasons and finished as the national vault runner-up in 2023… She was also a 2024 nominee for the AAI Award, presented annually to the nation’s top senior gymnast… Throughout her career with the Broncos, she competed in all but three meets and recorded career highs of 10.000 on vault and 9.950 on bars and floor… She will add depth on three events for the Tigers in her graduate season… Before beginning her collegiate career, Blackson trained in Elk Grove, California.
BLACKSON’S CAREER HIGHS (AT LSU)
Vault: 9.900
Bars: 9.950
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