SUNY Cortland Athletics

2026: Chosen as an NCGA Scholar All-American...Named to the Div. III Women's At-Large Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators...Was 23rd on vault with a 9.65, placed 37th on balance beam with a 9.50, and finished 41st on floor exercise with a 9.535 at the NCGA Championship...Scored a 9.70 on floor to tie for 15th place, and was 39th on balance beam and 40th on vault, at the NCGA East Regional...Registered a season-best score of 9.875 on floor to tie for first place, and had a score of 9.725 on balance beam and a score of 9.625 on vault, at the Empire State Collegiate Championship...Tied for fifth on vault with a season-best score of 9.65, and was fourth on balance beam with a mark of 9.575 and seventh on floor exercise with a 9.65, in a quad-meet at home...Posted a season-best score of 9.775 on beam for a second-place finish, and scored 9.775 on floor to tie for fifth, in a dual meet at Ithaca...Tied for first on floor with a 9.75 and finished with a 9.60 on beam to tie for sixth place in a dual meet at Utica...Placed second on floor with a score of 9.75 in a dual meet at Ursinus...Scored 9.725 on floor for a sixth-place finish in a dual meet at Brown...Tied for 10th on floor exercise with a 9.625 and tied for 12th on vault with a mark of 9.575 in a tri-meet at Ithaca...Competed on both balance beam and floor exercise at all 10 meets, and competed eight times on vault, during the season for Cortland...Selected as the NCGA Co-Specialist of the Week on Jan. 28 and as the NCGA Specialist of the Week on Feb. 17. 

2025: Tessa finished tied for 16th on floor exercise with a season-best score of 9.775, tied for 27th on vault (9.575), and 43rd on balance beam (9.050) at the NCGA Championship...Finished in a tie for 32nd place on floor exercise with a score of 9.60 at the NCGA East Regional...Tied for second on balance beam with a season-best score of 9.825, tied for fifth on vault with a season-best score of 9.70, and tied for 28th on floor exercise with a score of 9.55 at the Empire State Collegiate Championship...Finished in a tie for second on beam (9.75) and in a tie for fifth on vault (9.65) in a dual meet at Ithaca...Placed third on beam (9.625) and tied for ninth on floor exercise (9.675) in a tri-meet at Rhode Island College...Finished fifth on vault (9.50) and eighth on floor exercise (9.55) in a dual meet at Brockport...Tied for seventh on floor exercise (9.70) and placed ninth on vault (9.50) in a home dual meet against Ithaca...Finished second on floor exercise with a score of 9.75 in a home dual meet against Utica...Placed ninth on beam (9.575) and tied for 17th on floor exercise (9.625) in a tri-meet at West Chester...Competed in 10 meets on both balance beam and floor exercise and in seven meets on vault for Cortland.

Prior to Cortland: Attended the University of New Hampshire from 2022 to 2024...Two-year member of the gymnastics team...Earned Dean's List honor in all four semesters...Named to the 2023 EAGL All-Scholastic Team...Honored on the WCGA Scholastic All-America Team in 2022.

High School: Graduated from The Ogburn School in 2022...Two-time regional champion...Four-time national qualifier...Placed fifth on uneven bars, eighth on balance beam, and 10th on vault at national championship meet.

Other: Winner of the Whitney T. Corey '43 Award presented to the female student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average in 2025-26 at the C-Club Athletic Awards Ceremony...Has served as a gymnastics coach since 2021...Hobbies include listening to music and hanging out with friends...Daughter of Robert and Karen Sutton...Has three siblings, Olivia, Eve, and Tracer.