Csenge Bácskay Season 2022-23

Career Honors & Awards

• Olympic Qualifier (2024, Vault)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024)
• FIG World Challenge Cup (2023 - Vault Silver Medalist) 
• FIG World Artistics Gymnastics Championships (2023 - 8th place, vault)
• Worlds Gymnastics Championships (2022, Team Hungary) 
• Hungarian National Champion 
  • Vault, 2021
  • Floor, 2018
• 2018 Youth Olympic Games
  • Vault, 2nd
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023, Spring 2024)

2024 (Sophomore)
Csenge Bácskay made a significant impact on the Huskers’ lineup in her sophomore season. She competed in every meet for the Big Red, including 10 straight in the all-around to conclude the year. She posted new career highs in every event – 9.900 on vault, 9.850 on bars, 9.900 on beam, 9.950 on floor and 39.350 in the all-around. Bácskay earned four event titles on the season, one in every event except bars. The Hungary native also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics during the offseason, where she will represent her home country on vault.

2023 (Freshman)
Csenge Bacskay competed in four meets throughout her first season, making her Husker debut in the season opener against Arkansas (Jan. 7). The freshman recorded a personal best on beam, tallying a 9.800 against the Razorbacks. Bacskay recorded a season-best on vault (9.800) at Penn State. She added a personal best 9.700 on bars to help the Huskers to a first-place finish at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational (Jan. 15).

Before Nebraska  
Bácskay is a Hungarian international elite gymnast. She competed for Team Hungary at the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships. Bácskay has competed at four European championships from 2018 to 2021. At the 2021 FIG World Challenge Cup Series, Bácskay claimed the vault title. She also competed at the 2021 World Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, qualifying for the vault and all-around finals, finishing fifth on vault and 21st in the all-around competition. In 2019, Bácskay competed at the Doha World Cup and in 2020 at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, where she qualified to the vault, bars and beam finals. Bácskay is the 2021 national vault champion and the 2018 national floor champion. She competed in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games claiming the silver medal on vault. 

Personal
The daughter of Zsolt Bácskay and Barbara Bácskayné Abonyi, Csenge was born on April 14, 2003. She has one younger sister, Kincso, and one younger brother, Zsomber. 

A business administration major, Csenge earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022). 

Bacskay's Career Highs at Nebraska 

• Vault: 9.900 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/23/24)
• Bars: 9.850 (2x, last vs. Michigan, 1/27/24)
• Beam: 9.900 (at Arkansas, 3/15/24)
• Floor: 9.950 (Illinois, 1/20/24)
• All-Around: 39.350 (Michigan, 1/27/24)

2024 Season Highs

• Vault: 9.900 (at Big Ten Championships, 3/23/24)
• Bars: 9.850 (2x, last vs. Michigan, 1/27/24)
• Beam: 9.900 (at Arkansas, 3/15/24)
• Floor: 9.950 (Illinois, 1/20/24)
• All-Around: 39.350 (Michigan, 1/27/24)

2023 Season Highs

• Vault: 9.800 (at Penn State, 2/10/23)
• Bars: 9.700 (at Lindsey Ferris Invitational, 1/15/23)
• Beam: 9.800 (Arkansas, 1/7/23)