Ella Schell Season 2026-27

2026 

• Competed in three out of five meets for Iowa State
• Set a season high on floor against Missouri with a 9.825.
• Competed on vault, bars and floor for the Cyclones
• Big 12 All-Academic Team.

2025 

• Competed at Iowa State, but was limited in her sophomore season as she recovered from injury
• Only competed on floor for the Cyclones, seeing action in all but one meet
• Set a season-high on at Iowa, recording a 9.850.
• WGA Scholastic All-American
• Big 12 All-Academic Team
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

2024 

• Participated in all 15 meets for Iowa State, making contributions across three events
• Competed in 10 floor events, peaking with a 9.95 score at the Florida quad-meet, tying her for the highest individual event score on the team
• Was a bars constant, making the lineup in all 15 meets where she recorded a personal best of 9.825.
• WGA Scholastic All-American
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
• Academic All-Big 12 All-Rookie Team.

High School 

• As a level 10, qualified for the 2019 JO National Championships and placed seventh on vault
• Competed in the Region 5 Championships four separate times, peaking with a third place finish in all-around and second place finish on the beam
• Competed for Olympia Gymnastics Academy.

Personal

• Born March 14, 2006
• Daughter of Beth and Dan Schell
• Has four siblings, Abby, Lily, and Leighton
• Interdepartmental Studies major.

Career Bests

Event Score Opponent Date

• Vault 9.700 at Border Battle 1/10/26
• Bars 9.825 at Southern Utah 2/26/24
• Floor 9.950 at Florida 3/15/24