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2024-25 Acrobatics & Tumbling Roster

11 Nikita Yessen

  • Position Base/Top/Tumbler
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Freshman
  • Major Criminology
  • Hometown Northampton, PA
  • High School Northampton Area HS

Biography

FMU:  First-year athlete at FMU.....NCATA Academic Honor Roll 2025....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:
  • Born in Allentown, PA
  • Graduate of Northampton Area High School
  • Lettered in cross country and track and field
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
  • As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Crime scene investigator 
  • Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Wicked 
  • Favorite Food:  Sushi 
  • Favorite Vacation Spot:  U.S. Virgin Islands 
  • Favorite Musical Artist:  Zach Bryan 
  • Favorite Thing About FMU:  The smaller class sizes 
  • Favorite Off-Court Activity:  I love to run
  • Goals for Upcoming Season:  Strengthen my skills 
  • Why you first chose your sport:  I did gymnastics since I was 3 years old and then figured acro and tumbling was a good next step
  • Biggest mental challenge in your sport:  The mental aspect of tumbling 
  • Interesting Notes:  My pop-pop (Tyrone Stofflet) was a famous fast-pitch softball player