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  Nicole Curler
Nicole Curler

Player Profile
Hometown:
Bay City, Mich.
High School:
John Glenn
Height:
5-0
Club Team:
Geddert's Twistars


2010: MSU's lone individual qualifier for the 2010 NCAA Championships after finishing fourth in the all-around at the NCAA Kentucky Regional with a score of 39.175 ... Narrowly missed second team All-America honors on the beam with a score of 9.850, placing 11th in the first session ... First Team All-Big Ten selection ... Led the Spartans in the all-around, earning second place finishes six times and first three times ... Posted a season-high score of 39.325 in the all-around against Oklahoma ... Recorded a season-high score of 9.875 on the floor at the meet against Penn State, West Virginia & Western Michigan ... Tallied a 9.900 on the beam and a 9.925 on the vault against Oklahoma, marking season best scores in each ... Posted her 11th career balance beam title against Pittsburgh when she recorded a 9.850 ... One of the first two Spartans to earn All-Big Ten distinction each of her four years of school, joining Rochelle Robinson ... Posted a score of 9.850 on the bars at the Big Ten Championships.

2009: A Second Team All-Big Ten selection ... Ranked 29th nationally, 10th in the region and third in the Big Ten on balance beam ... Performed in all 13 meets, including competing in the all-around in 10 ... Notched a team-high 15 top-three finishes, including three first place, eight second place and four third place ... Has 57 career top-three finishes ... Recorded the team's top two all-around scores ... Registered four of the 10 top scores on beam ... Posted a season-high 9.850 floor exercise against Michigan, Illinois and Western Michigan (Jan. 9) ... Finished second on uneven bars and first on balance beam in a quad meet with Iowa, Illinois State and West Virginia (Jan. 17) ... Placed third in the all-around, second on the balance beam and third on the floor exercise at Penn State (Jan. 24) ... Tied her career-high on beam with a 9.925 at the Cat Classic (Feb. 27) ... Notched season-highs on bars with a 9.850 and in the all-around with a 39.275 at New Hampshire (March 15) ... Performed in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 12th overall. She also posted a 9.800 on balance beam, tying for 12th overall (March 21) ... Posted season-highs on vault and floor exercise at the NCAA Central Regional, and tied for seventh overall on floor exercise and in the all-around (April 4).

2008: Named First Team All-Big Ten ... Competed in 11 meets for the Spartans, including participating in the all-around in eight ... Recorded a team-high 24 top-three finishes, including nine first-place ... Ranked 19th nationally on beam; Was ranked second on beam, eighth in the all-around and 16th on the floor in the Big Ten ... Dominated the competition at the season opener against Western Michigan (Jan. 11), winning the all-around (39.025), bars (9.750), beam (9.825) and floor (9.850) for her second career all-around title ... Won the all-around (39.150) for the second time vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 19), also claiming the floor exercise title (9.775), placing second on the beam (9.850) and third on vault (9.800) ... Placed third on the floor (9.850), and fourth on both the vault (9.825) and beam (9.850) at Michigan (Jan. 26) ... Placed first on the beam for the second time this season (sixth of her career) vs. Maryland (Feb. 9) with a 9.900; Also tied for second on the vault (9.850) ... Finished second in the all-around at Illinois (Feb. 16) with a score of 38.800; Also tied for second on the beam (9.875) and third on the floor (9.775) ... Broke all five season-highs at LSU (Feb. 29), en route to a career-high 39.525 all-around score, second best in MSU history; Her second place beam score of 9.925 tied her career best ... Won the all-around title for the second time on the season in a tri-meet with Ball State and Western Michigan (March 2) with a 39.150; Also placed second on bars (9.800) and third on vault (9.825) ... Named Co-Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on March 4 ... Tied for third on bars (9.800) at Auburn (March 14) ... Placed first on beam (9.900) and tied for third on vault (9.825) against New Hampshire (March 9); It was her third beam title and ninth overall title on the season ... Voted Most Outstanding Gymnast.


2007: A First Team All-Big Ten selection ... Ranked 25th in the national rankings for the floor exercise ... Performed in all 13 meets, including competing in the all-around in 12 ... Began her collegiate career on a high note, earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors on Jan. 17 after the season-opener at Arizona: tied for first in the all-around with a season-best score of 39.400, while also winning two individual titles - balance beam (a career-best 9.925) and floor exercise (9.875) - and placing second on the bars with a career high mark of 9.900 ... Finished first on the balance beam (9.775) at the Pittsburgh quad meet (Jan. 19) ... Tied for second in the vault with a career-best mark of 9.875 and finished second on the floor (9.850) in the home meet against Ohio State and UIC ... Placed second in the all-around (39.350) at the State of Michigan Classic (Feb. 3), also tying for first on the beam (9.900) and second on the floor (9.990) ... Finished tied for third on the floor exercise (9.800) at the Fox Run Invitational (Feb. 10) ... Placed third in the all-around at West Virginia (Feb. 23) with a 39.050 ... Won the floor exercise against Michigan (March 3) with a score of 9.925, also tied for second on the beam (9.825) and finished fourth in the all-around (38.775) ... Tied for the individual title in the floor exercise at No. 2 Florida (March 16) with a career standard of 9.950, leading to a third place finish in the all-around (39.250) ... Third on the floor at Western Michigan (March 18) with a mark of 9.875 ... Won the balance beam with a career-best score of 9.925 and finished fourth in the all-around (38.675) vs. NC State (March 23) ... Placed eighth in the balance beam (9.825) and 14th in the all-around (38.975) at the NCAA Central Regional (April 14).

Prior to Michigan State: 2005 Junior Olympic National Champion on beam ... Two-time Level 10 national qualifier (2005-06) ... Fourth on the bars and vault at the 2005 Nationals ... Eighth in the all-around at the 2006 National Championships ... 2006 State champion in the floor exercise ... Trained locally at Geddert's Twistars for coaches John and Kathryn Geddert ... Named a Region V all-star in 2005 ... Competed for USA Region V team in El Salvador ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Feb. 22, 1988 in Bay City, Mich. ... Daughter of Ed and Debbie Curler ... Has a sister, Kelsey ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies in social science with a focus in human resources.