JoJo Valahovic

Stanford

Jan 18 (Sun)

3:45 p.m.

CAREER HONORS:

IN THE RECORD BOOK:

AS A FRESHMAN (2025):

ACC Newcomer of the Year
Tabbed ACC Newcomer of the Week four times, the most of any conference rookie and became the first ACC gymnast to win the recognition more than two times
First Tar Heel to earn multiple ACC weekly honors in the same season
Only freshman to appear in all beam, floor, and vault lineups
Recorded career-best 9.900 on floor two times (2/9 vs Clemson and 3/14 vs Western Michigan) and once on vault (2/14 at Pitt)
Recorded career-best 9.950 two times on beam (2/14 at Pitt and 2/21 at NC State)
Second on the team for top vault scores
Recorded the team’s highest score on beam for the season
Won four event titles, including two on vault

PREP:

PERSONAL:

Full name is Jordan, goes by JoJo
Birthday is November 11
Daughter of Melinda and Joseph
Has a twin sister, Olivia, and an older brother, Dominic
Uncle played football at Penn State
Plans to major in nursing
On why she chose UNC: “After visiting other campuses, nothing compared to UNC. As soon as I visited I knew that was where I would choose. The team gets along so well and they were so nice and fun when I met them. The coaches are so nice and were exactly what I was looking for in a team. The atmosphere on campus is great and everyone has so much school spirit.”