Lia Kmieciak

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw

Photo by: Keara Chaperon '22

Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
High School:
Central H.S.
Club Team:
Phenom Gymnastics

2026 (as a graduate student):

Competed in all 12 meets, including the 2026 MAC Championships and first round of the NCAA Lexington Regional
Part of the 2026 MAC Championship team (fourth career Championship)
Part of the 2026 undefeated MAC regular-season team
Part of 2026 team NCAA Regional berth
MAC All-Tournament Team
2026 MAC Vault Champion
First Team All-MAC (uneven bars)
Academic All-MAC
Competed at NCAA Lexington Regional Semifinal as an individual (9.825 vault, 9.750 bars)
At NCAA Lexington Regional Semifinal, tied 14^th in session on vault, T22^nd on bars
Earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors three times during the regular season
Earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors on Feb. 3 for Jan. 30 performance at Georgia Quad with Temple and Fisk – scored 9.875 on vault (title) and 9.850 on bars
Earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors on Feb. 10 for Feb. 8 performance at Eastern Michigan – scored 9.825 on vault (title) and 9.950 on bars (title)
Earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors on March 3 for Feb. 27 performance at Northern Illinois – scored 9.825 on vault (title) and 9.950 on bars (title)
Scored career-high 9.950 on bars (twice) at Eastern Michigan (3/21) and Northern Illinois (Feb. 27) to tie for third in the CMU Record Book
Won nine vault titles and five bars titles in the 2026 season

2025 (as a senior):

Competed in all 11 meets, including 2025 MAC Championships.
Academic All-MAC
WCGA Scholastic All-American
Named to 2025 MAC All-Tournament squad
Second Team All-MAC
Scored 9.850 on vault, 9.825 on uneven bars for two silver medals at MAC Championships
Won three vault, two uneven bars titles in 2025
Tied career-high 9.900 on uneven bars at Western Michigan (3/8)

2024 (as a junior):

Competed in four meets – cut season short due to injury.
Named WCGA Scholastic All-American
Scored career-high 9.900 on vault at Northern Illinois Tri (1/28)
Recorded career-high 9.900 on bars at Arizona State (1/08), placing first in the event

2023 (as a sophomore):

Competed in 10 meets
WCGA Scholastic All-American
Academic All-MAC
Recorded then-career-best 9.850 on bars four times on the season, at MAC Championships (3/18), at West Virginia (3/5), at Western Michigan (2/19) and vs. Eastern Michigan (2/3)

2022 (as a freshman):

Competed in six meets
WCGA Academic All-American
Recorded season-high 9.875 on bars vs. Kent State (2/27)
Set career-high 9.800 on vault vs. Ball State
Tallied one first-place finish, two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes

High School/Club: Graduated in June 2021 from Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Ill. … four-time Level-10 state qualifier … three-time Level-10 regional qualifier … placed second in the bars at the Illinois state championships … finished second on the floor at the 2021 Level 10 state championships and second place on the bars at the Region 5 event … earned second place finish in the bars at the Illinois Region 5 meet … earned third place finish in 2018 at the Level-10 state championships … Level-10 national qualifier in 2019 as she finished 10^th in the vault and 13^th in the bars and all-around competition … in 2016, earned Level 9 Easterns national qualifier and won the vault title … Level 10 gymnast … competed for Phenom Gymnastics.

Personal: Born Lia Elizabeth Kmieciak … daughter of Gary and Mari Kmieciak … chose Central Michigan because she loved the coaches, team, and atmosphere and positivity in the gym … also liked how the campus was walkable and the fact that it is close to home.

YEAR-BY-YEAR | TOP SCORES

Year	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All-Around
2022	9.800	9.875	-	-	-
2023	9.875	9.850	-	-	-
2024	9.900	9.900	-	-	-
2025	9.850	9.900
2026	9.875	9.950
Career	9.900	9.950	-	-	-
Event Titles (Career)	14	11	-	-	-