Molly Peterson Season 2024-25

Before Nebraska
Molly Peterson trained at Flips Gymnastics under coaches Bart and Lori Roskoski, where she was a three-time JO National Qualifier. During the 2024 season, Peterson earned a career-high score of 38.675 in the all-around and a career-high beam mark of 9.775. Her Level 10 team won the Minnesota state championship, while she placed second in the all-around and on bars, beam and floor. In 2023, she was fourth on bars, ninth on beam and eighth in all-around at Nationals. Peterson was a 2023 state beam champ and placed second on vault, first on bars and second in all-around at regionals. She earned an impressive score of 9.950 on bars in 2023 and was a 2022 Nastia Cup qualifier and floor state champion.  In 2022, she earned a ninth-place finish on vault and seventh on all-around at Nationals.  In 2021, she placed ninth on vault and bars at Nationals and was the regional all-around champ. 

Personal
The daughter of Kip (Kevin) and Heidi Peterson, Molly was born on Oct. 19, 2005. She has two brothers, Cole and Aaron. In her free time, the Woodbury, Minn., native enjoys golfing and baking.

Peterson on Nebraska - “I chose Nebraska because I felt at home when I walked on campus and had the feeling of being so welcomed. The atmosphere on campus is what I was looking for, and here at Nebraska, I felt just that and more.