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COACHING STAFF CHRIS WALLER Head Coach 1st Season, 18th Overall UCLA ‘91

Longtime UCLA Associate Head Coach Chris Waller was named the new head coach of the UCLA team on May 8, 2019, succeeding retiring head coach Valorie Kondos Field. Waller has spent the last 17 years on the UCLA Gymnastics coaching staff and has helped guide UCLA to four NCAA Championships (2003, 2004, 2010, 2018). In his ! rst season on staff in 2003, the Bruins swept through the postseason, winning Pac-10, NCAA Regional and NCAA Championships. Also that year, he was the acting head coach when UCLA snapped the longest home-court winning streak in NCAA history for any , handing Utah its ! rst home loss in 23 years. In 2004, he helped coach the Bruins to a repeat championship, winning in record-setting fashion. Waller was voted by his peers the National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2004 and the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2018. Along with his collegiate coaching success, Waller has had tremendous suc- cess as a club coach, coaching UCLA alumna to a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2004. Bhardwaj was team captain of the squad that won a silver medal, competing in the all-around during prelims and on three of four events in the team ! nal. She also quali! ed for the " oor exercise ! nals, placing sixth. Additionally, Waller coached two other Bruins to elite success, helping guide Vanessa Zamarripa to a U.S. National Team spot in 2010 after her junior season at UCLA, and coaching current freshman Margzetta Frazier as she competed under UCLA at the 2018 U.S. Championships. One of the ’ all-time gymnastics greats, Waller was a member of the National Team from 1989-97 and captured the U.S. all-around crown in 1991 and pommel horse titles from 1991-93. He was an all-around ! nal- ist at the 1992 in Barcelona and took ! fth on the pommel horse, just one-tenth of a point away from the gold medal. In addition, Waller placed in the Top 6 on the pommel horse at the 1993 World Championships and won three medals at the 1990 and a team gold at the What They’re Saying … 1995 Pan American Games. He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2003. “Chris Waller has been an integral member of the UCLA Gymnastics coaching staff for the At UCLA, Waller earned four All-America honors and helped the Bruins capture past 17 seasons, helping to build the culture of the program to where it is today, and playing the NCAA title in 1987. He also won individual titles on the pommel horse in a major role in the team’s success. As a Bruin All-American, NCAA Champion, U.S. Olympian 1989 and the high bar in 1990. Every year from 1989-1993, Waller won either and Olympic coach, Chris has a strong pedigree and is recognized as one of the top technical a U.S. or NCAA national title. coaches in America. He is incredibly deserving of the opportunity to lead UCLA Gymnastics Waller, who graduated from UCLA in 1991, had 15 years of prior coaching into the future as our head coach.”” experience before joining the UCLA staff and was selected the 2002 Southern - Dan Guerrero, UCLA’s Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics California Level 7 Male Coach of the Year. He also served as a member of the USA Gymnastics Executive Committee and the 2000 Olympic team selection “I believe Chris embodies exactly what it means to be a Bruin: family, integrity, developing committee and chaired the Athlete’s Council. internal motivation, teaching and coaching the entire person, not just as an athlete. He is a Waller and his wife Cindy, both UCLA graduates, are co-owners of Waller’s true leader in the most positive and motivating manner. Chris truly cares about the path and GymJam Academy in Santa Clarita. Their oldest daughter Alex is a UCLA journey in life while focusing on enjoying and learning from the experience. I cannot think of graduate and was a two-time Scholastic All-American and member of the anyone better suited than Chris Waller for UCLA’s women’s gymnastics head coaching position.” Bruin team for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Their youngest daughter Lilia was a UCLA gymnastics team member in 2018, actively rehabbing an injury - Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame member and 2004 U.S. Olympic medalist before injury retiring in 2019.

4 COACHING STAFF KRISTINA DOM COMFORTE PALANGE Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach 1st Season 1st Season, 4th Overall UCLA ‘10

Former UCLA All-American and U.S. National Team member Kristina Comforte returns Dom Palange, who was a volunteer assistant coach for UCLA Gymnastics from 2014-16, to UCLA as an associate head coach. returns for the 2020 season as the Bruins’ assistant coach under head coach Chris Comforte, a € ve-time All-American and a 2008 Pac-12 All-Academic selection, competed Waller. Palange will primarily coach and  oor exercise. at UCLA from 2006-08. As a freshman, she scored a perfect 10 on vault and was During his previous stint at UCLA, Palange coached the Bruins on  oor exercise in 2016 runner-up on vault at the NCAA Championships. In 2008, she won the and on balance beam in 2014 and 2015, coaching to the NCAA title at the NCAA Southeast Regionals and was second on at the NCAA beam title in 2015. He helped guide the Bruins to the 2016 Pac-12 title and the 2015 Championships. Injuries forced her to retire from competition at the start of her senior NCAA Regional title. He also coached at Waller’s GymJam Academy from 2013-16. year in 2009, and Comforte moved into an undergraduate assistant coach role. In 2010, The native began gymnastics at age 3 and trained at Sterling Academy of she helped guide the Bruins to a NCAA title. Gymnastics, where he became a multiple state and Region 6  oor and vault champion. At Following her graduation in 2010, Comforte worked at CAA in for three age 17, he switched to competing and coaching All Star cheerleading. After graduating years and then returned to gymnastics as the head coach at TAG USA Gymnastics in from high school, he moved to Miami, Fla. to join Top Gun All Stars, where he won two Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was an assistant coach at the University of Illinois in 2017, World Championship titles and two third-place € nishes, along with multiple national serving as the team’s main vault and  oor coach and primary choreographer. That titles. Palange also coached teams to several National titles from 2008-12. season, Comforte helped coach the Illini to the second-highest  oor score in school From 2009-10, Palange attempted a comeback in gymnastics, training with World history (49.450). She coached Level 7-10s on  oor and vault at Illinois Gymnastics Champion and Olympic medalist Danell Leyva, but of€ cially retired from competing in 2010. Institute from 2018-19. Comforte holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and completed her Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2018. BJ DAS Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st Season

Professional choreographer and dancer BJ Das will serve as UCLA Gymnastics’ volunteer assistant coach. As a professional dancer, Das has performed live with Beyonce, P!nk and Usher and toured with Avril Lavigne. Her music video credits include Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)”, Ariana Grande’s “Baby I” and Justin Bieber/Nicki Minaj’s “Beauty and a Beat”. Das has also performed live at the 2019 Grammy Awards, the 2018 American Music Awards and on the Ellen Show, The Voice and Late Show with James Corden, among others. Additionally, Das has choreographed for TV shows GLOW, Fresh Off the Boat and The Masked Singer, along with the Emmy Awards and Radio Disney Music Awards. Her € rst Hollywood experience was as a gymnast on the movie Stick It. Das has been signed to Bloc Talent Agency as a dancer and choreographer since 2007. Das was the volunteer assistant coach and choreographer at the University of Utah in 2019. The Utes ranked in the Top 5 in the nation last season on  oor exercise. A 2006 graduate of the University of , Das earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology. She competed on the Husky gymnastics team for two years.

5 GYMNAST PROFILES EMMA NIA ANDRES DENNIS 5-6 / Freshman 5-1 / Junior Rocklin, Calif. Columbus, Ohio Rocklin HS Metea Valley HS Byers Roseville Gymnastics Legacy Elite Gymnastics

Club 2019 Two-time JO Nationals quali! er (2019 and 2017) … Quali! ed to Regionals six times First-team All-American on uneven bars … Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors and States six times as a Level 10 … Earned Top 10 ! nishes in the all-around (10th), on vault … Ranked 23rd nationally on vault with a NQS of 9.890 … After switching vault (eighth), beam (sixth) and " oor (seventh) at the 2019 Region 1 Championships … her vault to the Yurchenko layout full in week three, she averaged 9.874, including six Eighth on bars at the 2018 Region 1 Championships … Fourth all-around and third on scores of 9.9 or higher … Placed in the Top 3 in seven of the last 13 meets … Earned beam at the 2018 State meet … Placed fourth on " oor and ! fth on vault at the 2017 a perfect score of 9.95 against Arizona State on Jan. 21 … Scored 9.9 or better on six Regionals … Career-best scores were 9.650 on vault, 9.625 on beam and " oor, 9.45 of eight uneven bars routines, capturing ! rst place twice and setting a new career-best on bars and 38.1 in the all-around … Trained at Byers Roseville Gymnastics Center. with a 9.95 against Utah State … Earned a leadoff 9.9 on bars against Arizona on Feb. 16 … Selected the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for Feb. 5 after scoring a career-high Personal 9.975 on beam, a season-high 9.925 on " oor and a 9.925 on vault at Oregon State Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Chose to attend UCLA because of the excel- … Came in as a late sub on beam at the NCAA Regional Semi! nal and scored 9.85 lence in academics and athletics and because she loves to be challenged … Admires … Competed all-around against Arizona State, scoring 38.850 … Averaged 9.819 and Bethany Hamilton … Hobbies include hiking, , sur! ng, on " oor, with four scores of 9.9 or higher. music and animals … Plays guitar, piano and ukulele … Parents: Jenni and Ken Andres … Has an older brother, Spencer … Full name is Emma Michele Andres … 2018 Born in Sacramento, Calif. … Environmental Science major … Career objective is to Second-team All-Pac-12 on bars … Scored 9.8 or higher on both vault and bars on be a water conservationist. both days of the NCAA Championships … Leadoff score of 9.9 on bars was good for second place and led UCLA to a 49.5 at NCAA Regionals … Led off vault with a 9.875 vs. San Jose State to lead UCLA to a season-high 49.625 team score … Tied for second on vault with a 9.9 leadoff at Stanford and also scored 9.9 on " oor … Scored career-high 9.975 on " oor vs. Oregon State after changing her opening tumbling pass to a piked full-in … Won vault and bars while competing in the leadoff spot against Utah, scoring career-highs of 9.95 on vault and 9.925 on bars … Placed second in the all-around with a career-high 39.425 and third on bars with a career-best 9.9 at Cal … Also recorded a new career-high on beam at Cal with a 9.875 … Sixth in the all-around at Elevate the Stage with 39.225 … Second in the all-around in the season opener vs. Ohio State, scoring 39.050, and tied for third on bars with a 9.825. Club U.S. National Team member from 2013-15 … Competed Level 10 in 2017 and won the all-around at Level 10 Nationals … At the senior level, she placed ninth in the all-around and tied for fourth on beam at the 2015 P&G Championships … Competed only on uneven bars at the 2016 P&Gs while recovering from an injury and placed eighth … Won the vault and placed second in the all-around at the 2014 P&G Championships and was second on vault and fourth in the all-around at the 2013 Championships … Placed seventh all-around at the 2012 P&Gs … Representing the USA junior teams, she placed second in the all-around and won team gold at the 2014 Paci! c Rim Championships … Silver medalist in the all-around and won team gold at the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy … Won gold on uneven bars and silver in the all-around at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic … Gold medalist on vault and silver medalist on " oor at the 2013 Secret U.S. Classic … Trained at Legacy Elite Gymnastics. Personal Admires Kobe Bryant and Sydney McLaughlin … Enjoys blasting Chris Brown while cooking … Favorite apparatus is vault … Parents: Casey and Deetra Dennis … Has a sister, Mya … Full name is Nia Camille Dennis … Born in Columbus, Ohio … Sociology major who has aspirations of becoming a physical therapist. Best Marks V - 9.950, 2x, last 1/29/19 UB - 9.950, 3/16/19 BB - 9.975, 2/2/19 FX - 9.975, 2/25/18 AA - 39.425, 2/10/18

6 GYMNAST PROFILES NORAH MARGZETTA FLATLEY FRAZIER 4-11 / Sophomore 5-1 / Sophomore West Des Moines, Iowa Sicklerville, N.J. Connections Academy Connections Academy Chow’s Gymnastics Parkettes

2019 2019 Earned second-team regular season All-America honors on bars and second-team All- First-team All-American on uneven bars … Hit all 31 of her routines, with just one score Pac-12 on bars and beam … Competed on bars and beam in every meet, averaging under 9.8 … Second-team All-Pac-12 honoree on uneven bars … UCLA’s leadoff on 9.876 on bars and 9.831 on beam … Hit 34 of 35 routines on the year, with 25 going uneven bars in 15 of 16 meets, she scored 9.8 or higher on every uneven bars routine, 9.85 or higher … Ranked 14th nationally on bars … Had nine scores of 9.875 or higher with a high of 9.950 set Mar. 23 at Pac-12 Championships to tie for second place on both bars and beam … Saved her best performance for last, scoring 9.9 on bars and on Feb. 16 vs. Arizona … Competed on ! oor exercise 12 times with an average and 9.913 on beam at the NCAA Team Final … Hit 9.875 on beam and 9.9 on bars of 9.877… Led off with a career-high-tying 9.95 on ! oor against Stanford on Mar. 10 in the NCAA Regional Final … Set a new career-best on beam against Stanford Mar. to tie for " rst place … Earned her " rst collegiate victory with a 9.950 on ! oor against 10 with a third-place score of 9.925 … Named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Arizona State … Also scored a then-career-high-tying 9.925 on bars against Arizona Feb. 26 after scoring 9.925 on bars and a clutch 9.9 on beam in the win at Utah … State en route to Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors … Recorded 9.925 on bars Scored 9.975 on bars to place second against Arizona State … Placed second in her and ! oor and a 9.825 on her vault debut at the Collegiate Challenge to win her " rst all-around debut, scoring 39.275 at the Collegiate Challenge. Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award … Also won Freshman of the Week honors Feb. 20 after scoring 9.95 on bars and 9.925 on ! oor against Arizona … Averaged 9.8 or Club higher on all three events on which she competed - 9.888 on bars, 9.877 on ! oor, Two-time member of the U.S. Junior National Team (2013-14 and 2014-15) … Won and 9.8 on vault. balance beam and team gold, as well as all-around bronze in the junior division at the 2014 Paci" c Rim Championships … Gold medalist on beam at the City of Jesolo Club Trophy in both 2014 and 2015 and also won team titles each year … Second in the Represented UCLA at the 2018 USA Championships and placed 13th in the all-around all-around in 2015 and third in 2014 at City of Jesolo Trophy … Finished third in the and 10th on ! oor … Silver medalist in the all-around and bronze medalist on uneven all-around and second on bars at the 2014 P&G Championships … Fifth all-around bars at the 2018 Birmingham World Cup … American Cup and Pan American Games and second on beam at the 2013 Championships … Competed in Level 10 in 2018 alternate in 2018 … Named to the 2017-18 U.S. National Team after placing " fth and won the uneven bars at the Iowa State meet … JO National beam champion in in the all-around at the 2017 P&G Championships, where she also placed " fth on 2012 … All-around, bars, beam and ! oor Western National Champion in 2011 … bars, seventh on ! oor and eighth on beam … In her " rst year at the senior level, she Trained at Chow’s Gymnastics. placed 15th all-around at the 2016 P&G Championships … Placed fourth all-around and sixth on vault and ! oor at the 2016 Secret U.S. Classic … At the junior level, Personal she competed at the P&G Championships in 2015 and 2014 ... Trained at Parkettes Undeclared major … Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Lists her greatest athletic National Training Center. thrill as competing for her country internationally … Parents: Ann and Terry Flatley … Siblings: Jacob, Anna and Kyla … Full name is Norah Irene Flatley … Born in San Personal Diego, Calif. Undeclared major … Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Lists her greatest athletic thrill as competing in a different country and still having the entire arena chant your Best Marks name … Decided to attend UCLA because “UCLA focuses not only on academic or V - 9.750, 2x, last 1/12/19 athletic potential, but encourages students to " nd their purpose in helping the world UB - 9.975, 1/21/19 be a better place” … Admires Muhammad Ali, Jesse Owens, Dominique Dawes and BB - 9.925, 3/10/19 Elizabeth Price … Hobbies include singing, dancing, songwriting, poetry, fashion and FX - 9.750, 1/12/19 music … Parents: Tina and William Frazier … Has two younger sisters, eMjae and AA - 39.275, 1/12/19 Billie, and a younger brother, Tytan … Full name is Margzetta Bryantina Frazier … Named after her grandmother Margzetta Adams. Best Marks V - 9.825, 1/12/19 UB - 9.950, 2x, last 3/23/19 BB -9.500 (ex.), 1/4/19 FX - 9.950, 2x, last 3/10/19

7 GYMNAST PROFILES ANNA GRACE GLENN GLENN 5-1 / Senior 5-2 / Senior Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. South Mecklenburg HS South Mecklenburg HS Southeastern Gymnastics Southeastern Gymnastics

2019 2019 Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors … Competed on bars in the ! rst Pac-12 beam co-champion, scoring 9.95 in the leadoff position to take her ! rst event ! ve meets, averaging 9.825 with a high of 9.875 achieved at Stanford … Competed title of the season … Earned ! rst-team All-Pac-12 honors on beam for the second on beam once against Arizona State and scored 9.850 … Sat out seven meets with a consecutive year … Placed in the Top 3 in four of her last seven meets, scoring 9.9 knee injury and returned to compete on uneven bars in the NCAA Regional semi! nal. or higher on those four leadoff routines … Tied her career-best with a 9.95 leadoff score against Utah State Mar. 16, placing second … Also placed second with a 9.875 2018 leadoff score Feb. 16 against Arizona … Competed on vault and bars for the ! rst time UCLA’s top scorer on vault each day at the NCAA Championships, scoring 9.85 in the collegiately in the season opener. semi! nals and 9.8875 in the ! nals … Also contributed 9.85s on bars in the semi! nals and ! nals … NCAA Columbus Regional vault co-champion with a career-high-tying 9.9 2018 … Also tied her career-high on bars at the Regional, scoring 9.875 … Named Pac-12 First-team regular season All-American and ! rst-team All-Pac-12 on beam … Her Freshman of the Week Mar. 20 after scoring a pair of career-high 9.9s on vault and leadoff 9.9375 on beam helped the Bruins score a NCAA Championships and school beam vs. San Jose State … Stuck her vault at Stanford and scored 9.85 … Scored record 49.750 that won the NCAA title for the Bruins … Competed on beam in every a career-high and team-high 9.875 as the leadoff on vault at the Masters Classic … meet … Moved to the leadoff position since the Stanford meet, where she placed third Made her competitive debut on bars on Feb. 25 against Oregon State and tied for third with a 9.925 … Tied for second at the NCAA Columbus Regional, vs. San Jose State with a 9.875 … Competed on vault and exhibitioned on bars and beam against Utah, and at the Masters Classic with 9.9s … Recorded her third 9.95 score of the season scoring 9.8 on vault and bars and 9.825 on beam … Made competitive debut at Cal vs. Oregon State … Captured her second beam win with a 9.95 at Cal … Tied for with a 9.8 on vault … Saw ! rst action with a pair of exhibition routines at Arizona, third on beam at Metroplex with a 9.9 … Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Jan. 23 after where she scored 9.8 on vault and 9.85 on beam. tying for ! rst on beam with a career-high 9.95. 2017 2017 Sat out the season after undergoing surgery for a torn labrum. Sat out the season after undergoing surgery for a torn labrum. Club Club Won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2015 Supergirl Cup ... Placed Won the J.O. National all-around and beam championships in 2014 and also placed sixth in the all-around and second on vault at the 2015 JO National Championships ... second on vault ... 2016 J.O. National quali! er after winning the Region 8 all-around, Won the all-around, bars and beam at the 2015 Level 10 Regionals and swept every bars and beam championship ... Placed ! fth in the all-around, second on beam, third event and the all-around at the Level 10 State Championships ... In 2014, she was sixth on vault and fourth on bars at the 2014 Nastia Liukin Cup ... Placed in the Top 4 in in the all-around and vault and second on beam at the JO Nationals, as well as second the all-around at the 2013 and 2012 J.O. National Championships ... Three-time J.O. in the all-around, vault, beam and " oor at the Regional Championships ... Placed third National Team member ... At the Regional level, she swept the all-around and all four on vault and fourth on beam at the 2013 JO Nationals after winning the all-around events at the 2014 Championships and was the vault and bars champion in 2013 and at the Regional and State meets ... Captured her ! rst national title in 2012, winning vault and beam champion in 2012 ... Seven-time Level 10 State champion, winning uneven bars at JO Nationals ... Also won the all-around at the 2012 Regionals and the all-around, vault, bars and beam in 2014 and beam in 2016, 2013 and 2012 ... uneven bars at the State meet ... Trained at Southeastern Gymnastics. Trained at Southeastern Gymnastics. Personal Personal Psychology major ... Favorite apparatus is vault ... Lists her greatest athletic thrill as Sociology major … Member of the Bruin Athletic Council … Favorite apparatus is bal- winning the NCAA team title in 2018 ... Member of the UCLA Student-Athlete Mentors ance beam … Listed her greatest athletic thrills as winning the NCAA Championship Program and the Bruin Mental Health Advisory Committee … Campus activities include in 2018 and winning J.O. Nationals in 2014 … Admires gymnast Nastia Liukin … ACA (Association of Chinese Americans) … Athlete she most admires is Christine Parents: Cindi and Neil Glenn … Twin sister Anna is also on the UCLA team … Full Peng-Peng Lee ... Hobbies include photography, cooking, traveling, hanging out with name is Grace Fugui Glenn … Born in Nanchang, . friends, and Net" ix ... Parents: Cindi and Neil Glenn ... Twin sister Grace is also on the UCLA team ... Full name is Anna Furong Glenn ... Born in Nanchang, China. Best Marks V - 9.750, 1/4/19 Best Marks UB - 9.350, 3/16/19 V - 9.900, 2x, last 4/7/18 BB - 9.950, 5x, last 3/23/19 UB - 9.875, 3x, last 1/27/19 BB - 9.900, 3/13/18

8 GYMNAST PROFILES

ers shortstop Corey Seager ... Hobbies include spending time with friends, going to FELICIA Dodger games, watching movies and baking ... Member of the Bruin Athletic Council … Parents: Denise and Edward Hano ... Has a younger sister, Joy ... Full name is Fe- HANO licia Yukiye Hano ... Born in San Gabriel, Calif. ... Political Science major with a career interest in law enforcement/FBI. 5-3 / Senior San Gabriel, Calif. Best Marks V - 9.950, 4x, last 3/23/19 San Gabriel HS UB - 9.875, 3x, last 3/23/19 Gym-Max BB - 9.825, 1/20/18 FX - 10.00, 2/4/18 AA - 38.650, 1/20/18

2019 Pac-12 vault co-champion … Second-team All-American on vault and ! oor … Received regular season All-America and All-Pac-12 " rst-team honors on vault and PAIGE second-team on ! oor … Ranked sixth nationally on vault … Scored 9.9 or higher on ! oor nine times and on vault six times … Scored 9.8 or better on bars in 10-straight HOGAN meets … Recorded a pair of 9.95s against Utah State on Mar. 16, winning vault and tying for third on ! oor … Captured her " rst ! oor victory against Stanford on Mar. 10, 5-2 / Freshman scoring a season-high-tying 9.95 and also tied her career-high on bars with a 9.875 Simi Valley, Calif. … Tied her career-high with a 9.95 to tie for " rst on vault at Utah and also added a Simi Valley HS 9.8 on bars and a 9.9 on ! oor … Posted a season-high 9.95 on ! oor, a career-high 9.875 on bars and a 9.9 on vault against Arizona en route to Pac-12 Specialist of the Waller’s GymJam Week honors … Averaged 9.874 on vault with her Yurchenko 1.5 and picked up her " rst win of the season with a career-high 9.95 at Oregon State … Recorded a then- career-high 9.85 on bars and tied her season-high with a 9.9 on ! oor at Washington. 2018 Club First-team regular season All-American on ! oor and second-team on vault … Second- Level 10 career-high marks were 9.675 on ! oor exercise and 9.5 on vault … Earned team All-Pac-12 on vault and ! oor … Tied for second on ! oor with a 9.9 at the NCAA Top 10 " nishes on vault and ! oor at the 2019 Level 10 Region 1 Championships … Columbus Regional … Tied her career-high on vault with a 9.925 and scored 9.95 on Placed fourth on ! oor at the 2019 Level 10 State Championship … Level 9 State ! oor ! oor to place second on both events vs. San Jose State … Captured her fourth ! oor champion and vault bronze medalist in 2016 … Won the Level 8 Regional title on ! oor title with a 9.95 at the Masters Classic … Tied for third on ! oor vs. Oregon State with in 2015 … Won the Level 7 ! oor and vault state championships in 2013 … Trained a 9.95 … Won ! oor with a 9.975 for her third-straight win on the event, and tied for at Waller’s GymJam Academy. third on vault with a career-high 9.925 against Utah … Tied her career-high on vault Personal with a 9.9 in her only event at Cal … Pac-12 Specialist of the Week after scoring her Lists her greatest athletic thrill as winning her " rst State Championship in 2013 … " rst-ever perfect 10 on ! oor vs. Oklahoma Feb. 4 … Her ! oor was the " rst by a Bruin Athletes she admires are Shawn Johnson and Kobe Bryant … Chose to attend UCLA since Sydney Sawa in 2014; Hano’s ! oor routine is a legacy routine using Sawa’s because of the amazing academics and athletics … Has always admired the UCLA music and choreography … Earned her " rst career victories at Arizona, taking " rst Gymnastics team’s “energy and genuine joy they have for the sport when they compete on vault and ! oor with scores of 9.9 … Competed all-around for the " rst time as a and perform” … Hobbies include drawing, painting, reading and going to coffee shops Bruin at Arizona, scoring 38.650, and earned career-high marks on each event … … Favorite apparatus is ! oor exercise … Parents: Chris and Fran Hogan … Has an Set a career-high on vault with a 9.9 and tied her career-best on ! oor with a 9.875 older brother, Wyatt … Full name is Paige Kimiko Hogan … Born in West Hills, Calif. at Elevate the Stage … Tied for second on vault (9.825) and tied for fourth on ! oor … Environmental Science major. (9.875) in the season opener. 2017 Second-team All-American on vault … Missed nine meets with an elbow injury suffered in week three and returned for postseason, competing on vault at Pac-12 Championships and scoring 9.825 … Scored a career-best 9.8625 on vault at the NCAA semi" nals to place seventh in session one … Tied for fourth on vault with Arkansas with a 9.825. Club Member of the U.S. Senior National Team in 2014-15 ... Won the J.O. National all-around and vault championships in 2013 and 2012 ... Third on bars at the 2013 Level 10 Nationals and third on ! oor in 2012 ... Selected to compete at the 2014 Pan Am Games ... Placed seventh on ! oor at the 2014 P&G Championships ... Won gold on vault and ! oor and silver in the all-around at the 2014 American Classic ... First on vault and third in the all-around and on ! oor at the 2013 American Classic ... Trained at Gym-Max. Personal Lists her greatest athletic thrills as winning the 2018 NCAA Championship with her team, making the U.S. National Team, and receiving a scholarship to UCLA ... Favorite apparatus are vault and ! oor ... Admires Olympic gymnast Alicia Sacramone and Dodg-

9 GYMNAST PROFILES Club MADISON Won team gold at the 2016 Olympic Games as a member of the Final Five and also captured a silver medal on the uneven bars ... Co-champion on uneven bars at the KOCIAN 2015 World Championships ... Won team gold at the 2015 and 2014 World Cham- pionships ... U.S. champion on uneven bars in 2015 and silver medalist in 2014 and 5-3 / Senior 2016 ... Placed ! fth in the all-around at the 2016 P&G Championships ... First in the Dallas, Texas all-around and on vault and uneven bars at her ! rst senior national event, the 2013 Spring Creek Academy American Classic ... Won team gold and uneven bars silver at the 2014 Pan American WOGA Championships ... Captured the uneven bars title at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy ... Six-time U.S. National Team member … Trained at WOGA. Personal Career objective is to be a Orthopedic Physician’s Assistant … Favorite apparatus 2019 is uneven bars … Full name is Madison Taylor Kocian … Born in Dallas, Texas … First-team All-American on uneven bars and second-team on balance beam … Earned Parents: Thomas and Cindy Kocian … Has a younger brother, Ty … Chose to attend Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America honors for the third- UCLA because the school offered a balance between the prestigious academics and straight year … First-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Named to UCLA’s All-Academic the successful athletic program … Describes her greatest athletic thrills as getting Team for the second-straight season … Recorded her second career perfect 10 on the opportunity to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games and winning the 2018 NCAA uneven bars on Jan. 21 and nearly scored another on Feb. 2 at Oregon State, where Championship on the last routine of the meet … Lists soccer player Alex Morgan and she earned a 9.975 … First-team regular season All-American and All-Pac-12 on bars football player Cooper Kupp as her favorite athletes … Hobbies include watching … Ranked No. 6 in the nation on bars and averaged 9.904 … Scored 9.9 or higher on and football and trying new coffee shops … Serves as a team representative uneven bars in 10 of her last 12 meets, including a 9.95 in the NCAA Regional Final for UCLA’s Student-Athlete Mentor program … Psychology major. … Captured her third event win of the season when she tied for ! rst on bars with a Best Marks 9.95 against Utah State … Also won on bars at Washington, scoring 9.925 … Tied her V - 9.875, 4x, last 4/14/17 season-high of 9.875 on beam at the NCAA semi! nals and also added a 9.9 on bars. UB - 10.0, 2x, last 1/21/19 2018 BB - 9.950, 2x, last 2/18/17 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Second-team FX - 9.950, 3x, last 2/25/17 Pac-12 All-Academic … Named to UCLA’s All-Academic Team … Came back from AA - 39.625, 2x, last 2/25/17 an August shoulder surgery to compete on at least one event in 13 of 15 meets and ! nished the year competing on three events … Her 9.9375 on uneven bars in the NCAA Finals helped engineer the Bruins’ stunning comeback to win the national championship … Scored 9.875 on uneven bars in her ! rst routine of the year at the NCAA Regional … Scored 9.875 or better on beam in ! ve meets … Scored a season-high 9.925 on " oor to tie for third at Stanford … Competed on two events for the ! rst time in 2018 against Oregon State on Feb. 25, scoring 9.875 on beam and leading off " oor with a 9.9 … Scored 9.9 on beam to place fourth against Utah and tied for third place with a season-high 9.925 on beam at Cal … Scored 9.875 on beam at the Metroplex Challenge and 9.85 vs. Oklahoma. 2017 Four-time All-American (postseason ! rst-team all-around and " oor, regular season ! rst-team all-around and second-team " oor) … Scored a perfect 10 on bars on Feb. 11 against Stanford … NCAA Regional bars champion and co-champion on " oor … Earned four All-Pac-12 honors (1st-team AA, FX and 2nd-team V, BB) … Competed in the all-around in 12 of 14 meets … Totaled 16 event victories, including a team- high six in the all-around, and was the only Bruin to capture an event title in all four events and the all-around … Finished the season having hit 45 consecutive routines without a fall … Tied her career-high in the all-around with a meet-winning 39.625 against Arizona and also captured her ! rst vault title with a 9.85 and was second on bars (9.9), beam (9.925) and " oor (career-high-tying 9.95) … Tied for ! rst on beam with a career-high-tying 9.95 and also scored 9.925 on " oor to tie for the team lead at Utah. Her all-around score of 39.55 placed second … Scored her ! rst career perfect 10 on uneven bars vs. Stanford and also won " oor with a career-high-tying 9.95 and the all-around with a 39.575 … Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors Feb. 14 for the second time in a row … Set a new career-high to win the all-around at ASU with a 39.625 and scored career-bests of 9.95 on beam to place second and " oor to place ! rst. Named the Pac-12 Gymnast and Freshman of the Week for Feb. 7 after that performance … Scored a career-high 39.525 to win the all-around at Oregon State and also contributed career-bests on vault (9.875), bars (9.875) and " oor (9.925) … Won the all-around (39.425), bars (9.875), beam (9.85) and " oor (9.875) vs. Arkansas in her collegiate debut.

10 GYMNAST PROFILES SAVANNAH GRACIE KOOYMAN KRAMER 5-3 / Junior 5-3 / Senior Laguna Hills, Calif. San Clemente, Calif. Aliso Viejo HS JSerra Catholic HS Precision Gymnastics Wild# re Gymnastics

2019 2019 Competed three times on uneven bars, with a high of 9.775 scored twice. First-team All-American on ! oor exercise … Earned second-team regular season All- American and All-Pac-12 honors on ! oor … Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic 2018 for the second-straight year … Ranked No. 13 in the nation on ! oor exercise … Hit Scored a career-high 9.875 on bars along with a 9.825 in her ! oor debut at Cal … In all 23 of her routines and 37 in a row dating back to last season … Competed on her competitive debut, delivered a clutch 9.825 routine on uneven bars in the anchor ! oor in every meet and scored a career-high 9.950 in the season opener to tie for # rst position at the Metroplex Challenge … Competed on bars at the Masters Classic. place and at the Pac-12 Championships … Averaged 9.897 on ! oor despite compet- Club ing either # rst or second in the lineup all year … Had 12 scores of 9.9 or higher on ! oor … Competed nine times on vault, including the last eight meets of the season Trained at Precision Gymnastics … Placed ninth in the all-around, sixth on bars and … Scored season-highs of 9.850 on vault at the NCAA Regional semi# nal and at the seventh on beam at the 2017 Region 1 Championships … Won the Level 10 State Pac-12 Championships. all-around, uneven bars and ! oor exercise titles in 2017 … In 2016, she placed sixth on ! oor at the Region 1 Championships and was third on ! oor, fourth on bars and 2018 eighth in the all-around at the State Championships … Won the all-around and beam Pac-12 honorable mention All-Academic … Scored 9.85 or higher on ! oor in 12 of 13 at the 2016 Brestyan’s Invitational … Placed eighth in the all-around and seventh on meets … Tied for second on ! oor with a 9.9 at the NCAA Regional … Tied for third bars and ! oor at the 2015 Junior Olympic NIT … Won the uneven bars title at the vs. San Jose State with a 9.9 leadoff score … Recorded a career-best 9.95 on ! oor 2013 Level 10 State Championships. vs. Oregon State to tie for third place … Scored a then-career-high 9.9 on ! oor in the Personal # rst two meets and earned her # rst career event victory, tying for # rst vs. Ohio State … Tied for third on ! oor at Metroplex and at Cal with 9.875s … Scored a season-high Lists her greatest athletic thrill as coming back from shoulder surgery and getting back 9.85 on vault at Cal. on bars after being told by her doctor that she probably would not return to gymnastics … Admires … Hobbies include spending time with friends and family 2017 and going to the beach … Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Parents: Susie and One of just two Bruins to compete a 10.0-start value vault (Yurchenko 1.5), doing the Steve Kooyman … Has a younger brother, Sawyer … Full name is Savannah Shay vault four times in 10 meets … On her # rst attempt at the Yurchenko 1.5 against Kooyman … Goes by Savi … Born in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. … Looking to major in Stanford Feb. 11, she scored 9.925 to tie for second place … Also tied for second on Psychology … Has aspirations of becoming a physician assistant. vault vs. UNC with a 9.875 … Earned 9.825 on ! oor in an exhibition at ASU. Best Marks Club UB - 9.875, 2/10/18 Won the Level 10 state all-around title in 2015 and the Region 1 vault championship ... FX - 9.825, 2/10/18 Tied for second in the all-around and placed second on ! oor and beam at the 2015 J.O. NIT Championships ... In 2014, she won the J.O. NIT vault and beam titles, as well as the State vault title ... J.O. National quali# er in 2013 and the Region 1 beam champion ... All-around champion at the 2016 Heart of a Champion meet ... Scored a career-high 9.925 on vault to win the Gliders Invitational in 2016 ... Trained at Wild# re Gymnastics. Personal Favorite apparatus is vault ... Admires Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson ... Born into a sur# ng family and learned how to surf at a very young age ... Enjoys going to the beach with friends and playing beach with her younger brother and father ... Parents: Warren and Lorraine Kramer ... Has an older brother Ren and younger siblings Julia and Andrew ... Full name is Grace Catherine Kramer ... Born in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Sociology major who is interested in pursuing a career as a collegiate gymnastics coach. Best Marks V - 9.925, 2/11/17 FX - 9.950, 3x, 3/23/19

11 GYMNAST PROFILES CHLOE KENDAL LASHBROOKE POSTON 5-3 / Freshman 5-0 / Junior Scottsdale, Ariz. Foothill Ranch, Calif. Chaparral HS Trabuco Hills HS Gold Medal Gymnastics Azarian Gymnastics

Club 2019 Two-time JO National quali! er (2018 and 2017) … Placed ! fth on " oor and eighth Earned 9.850 on beam at Stanford, placing ! fth in her collegiate debut on the event … on vault at the 2017 JO Nationals … exercise champion at the 2019 Level 10 Tied for third on vault with a 9.800 on her vault collegiate debut Jan. 21 against Arizona Region 1 Championships with a score of 9.675 and also placed fourth on vault with a State … Scored 9.850 on vault in an exhibition performance at the Collegiate Challenge. 9.7 … Had ! ve " oor wins and three vault victories in seven meets competed in 2019 … Won the vault title with a 9.675 and was second in the all-around, bars and " oor 2018 at the 2018 State Championships … Placed sixth in the all-around with a career- Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Performed an high score of 38.175 at the 2017 Region 1 Championships to qualify for Nationals … exhibition on " oor at Cal in her UCLA debut. Second in the all-around, vault, bars and beam at the 2017 State meet … Career-high Club Level 10 scores were 9.7 on bars, 9.675 on " oor, 9.575 on bars and 9.55 on beam Quali! ed for the JO National Championships in 2017 and 2016 … Placed second on … Trained at Gold Medal Gymnastics. beam, third on " oor and fourth in the all-around at the 2017 Region 1 Championships Personal … In 2016, she was runner-up on vault and earned a fourth-place ! nish on bars at Favorite apparatus is " oor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as qualifying the 2016 Region 1 Championships … Won the beam title and was runner-up in the to JO Nationals for the ! rst time with a career high all-around score … Chose UCLA all-around and vault at the 2016 State meet … Captured State titles on vault and because of its perfect combination of athletics and academics … Hobbies include beam in 2014 and placed second on beam, third in the all-around and fourth on bars healthy baking and cooking, going to the beach and playing with her goldendoodle … … Four-year team captain at Azarian Gymnastics. Admires tennis player Naomi Osaka … Parents: Andy and Amy Lashbrooke … Has Personal a younger brother, Jake … Full name is Chloe Bryn Lashbrooke ... Born in Houston, Lists her greatest athletic thrill as winning the 2018 NCAA Championship … Admires Texas … Pre-Psychology major whose career objective is to be a sports psychologist surfer Bethany Hamilton and hockey player Pavel Datzyuk … Hobbies include hiking, or nutritionist. going to the beach, listening to music and reading … Used to play baseball on an all- boys team because she was too competitive to play on the softball team … Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Parents: Erick and Michele Poston … Has a younger sister, Kady … Full name is Kendal Rae Poston … Born in Mission Viejo, Calif. … Economics major with aspirations of entering the business world. Best Marks V - 9.800, 1/12/19 BB - 9.850, 1/27/19 FX - 8.950 (ex.), 2/10/18

12 GYMNAST PROFILES 2017 KYLA Made history by becoming the ! rst female gymnast ever to win an Olympic, World and NCAA Championship … NCAA balance beam champion and uneven bars co-champion ROSS … Scored 9.9625 on beam at NCAA Championships to claim the title … Scored 9.95 on bars to ! nish in a six-way tie for ! rst on bars … Earned a career-high 39.575 in 5-7 / Senior the all-around in the NCAA semi! nals to ! nish sixth overall … Received ! rst-team Aliso Viejo, Calif. postseason All-America honors in the all-around, bars and beam and regular season Aliso Niguel HS ! rst-team All-America honors on bars and beam … Finished the regular season ranked Gym-Max No. 1 in the nation on bars … Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … First-team All-Pac-12 on vault, bars and beam … Scored a total of four perfect 10s on the year, two each on bars and beam … Scored the ! rst perfect 10 on beam in Pac-12 Championship history to become the Pac-12 beam champion … Her four perfect 10s were the most by a UCLA gymnast in a single season since Tasha Schwikert had four in 2005 … Led 2019 UCLA with 18 individual event wins during the season (seven on bars, ! ve on vault and NCAA Vault and Floor Exercise co-champion … Honda Award ! nalist … West Region beam, and one in the all-around) … Led the team with 13 scores of 9.95 or higher and and Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year … Set several NCAA records in 2019, including most 22 scores of 9.9 or higher … Won vault (9.875) and bars (9.975) and placed third on perfect 10s in a season (14 - six on bars, four on vault, and two each on beam and " oor), beam (9.925) vs. Cal … Won every event she competed against Arizona, tying for ! rst most consecutive meets with a perfect 10 (10), and most perfect 10s on uneven bars on vault with a 9.85 and winning bars and beam with scores of 9.95 … Recorded her in a season (6) and in her career (9) … Made history by becoming the ! rst gymnast ! rst perfect 10 on beam and third overall perfect 10 at UCLA’s Feb. 20 tri-meet and to record two Gym Slams in one season, earning at least two perfect 10s on all four also won the all-around (39.225) and vault (9.9) … Scored her second perfect 10 of events … First UCLA gymnast and only the second gymnast in NCAA history to win the season on bars at Utah … Won beam with a then-career-high 9.975 and vault with NCAA individual titles on all four events in her career … Earned postseason ! rst-team a career-high-tying 9.925 at ASU … Scored the nation’s ! rst perfect 10 of the season All-America honors in the all-around (second place), vault (! rst), balance beam (sixth) on uneven bars at Oregon State Jan. 28, won vault with a career-high 9.925 and tied and " oor exercise (! rst) … The only gymnast in the nation to earn ! rst-team regular for fourth on beam with a career-high 9.85 … Earned Pac-12 Freshman and Specialist season All-America honors in the all-around and all four events … Tied the school of the Week honors Jan. 31 after her perfect 10 performance and was also voted UCLA/ record for most career All-America honors with 19 … Finished the regular season Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week … Picked up her second consecutive victory ranked No. 1 in the all-around and on vault and uneven bars … Set a NCAA record for on bars, tying for ! rst with a career-high 9.925 at Oklahoma. Also scored 9.85 on vault highest National Qualifying Score on uneven bars with a 9.995 … Won 10 all-around and 9.825 on beam … Tied for ! rst on bars with a 9.875, placed third on vault with a competitions, including a second-consecutive victory at the Pac-12 Championships with 9.875 and scored 9.7 on beam in her collegiate debut vs. Arkansas. a championship record score of 39.800 … Recorded the nation’s highest all-around total of 39.850 three times … The 39.850 is the fourth-highest all-around score in Club UCLA history and a national season-high … Won the Pac-12 uneven bars and " oor 2012 Olympic gold medalist as a member of the Fierce Five ... Five-time World Cham- exercise titles with perfect 10s and has six career individual Pac-12 titles, fourth-most pionship medalist, winning team gold and all-around bronze in 2014 and silver in the in conference history … Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week a conference record-tying seven all-around, uneven bars and balance beam in 2013 ... Awarded the Longines Prize for times in 2019 - 1/15, 2/5, 2/12, 2/20, 2/26, 3/5 and 3/12 - including an unprecedented Elegance at the 2013 World Championships ... Captured a total of seven medals at the six consecutive weeks … Her 19 career perfect 10s rank second all-time at UCLA. USA Championships, including gold on balance beam in 2013 and 2014 and uneven bars in 2013 ... Won silver in the all-around in 2013 and 2014 ... Earned ! ve medals 2018 at the 2014 Paci! c Rim Championships, winning team and balance beam gold and Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA, Regional and Pac-12 titles … Earned ! rst-team All- all-around, uneven bars and " oor exercise silver ... Also won team and balance beam America honors in the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam and second-team gold and all-around silver at the 2012 Paci! c Rims ... Won the all-around at the 2010 acclaim on " oor exercise … Her 9.9875 on beam and 9.95 on uneven bars at the Pan American Championships ... Two-time U.S. junior all-around champion (2009, 2010) NCAA Team Final helped UCLA win the national title in dramatic fashion … Won the ... Seven-year U.S. National Team member (four years at the senior level and three at all-around in the ! rst semi! nal at the NCAA Championships with a score of 39.6375 the junior level) ... Trained at Gym-Max under coaches Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang. and ! nished fourth overall … Second overall at the NCAA Championships on balance beam and third on uneven bars with a 9.95 … NCAA Columbus Regional bars and Personal beam champion … Pac-12 all-around and uneven bars co-champion … First-team Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology major ... Career objective is to work in the regular season All-American in the all-around and on bars … First-team All-Pac-12 in industry of medical devices or pharmaceuticals ... Hobbies include going to the beach and the all-around and on bars and second-team on vault and beam … Honorable mention exploring all the beautiful places Southern California has to offer ... Favorite apparatus Pac-12 All-Academic … Won bars for the fourth-straight meet with a 9.95 vs. San Jose is uneven bars ... Full name is Kyla Briana Ross ... Born in , Hawaii ... Parents: State … Scored her ! rst perfect 10 on the year with a 10.0 on bars at Stanford Mar. Jason and Kiana Ross ... Has a younger sister, McKenna, who is a volleyball player at 11 … Also tied her career-high on " oor with a 9.9 and tied for second place on vault the University of Hawaii, and a younger brother, Kayne ... Father Jason played football with a stuck vault that scored 9.9 … Won all-around for the fourth time this season and baseball at the University of Hawaii and went on to play minor league baseball ... with a 39.575 at the Masters Classic … Also captured her sixth bars title with a 9.95 Decided to attend UCLA because she loves how the school excels in both academics … Tied her career-high in the all-around with a meet-winning 39.7 and on " oor with and athletics ... Describes her greatest athletic thrills as being able to represent the a 9.9 against Oregon State and also won vault (9.875) and bars (season-high 9.975) U.S. in the highest level of competition and battling back to win the 2018 national … Tied for ! rst on bars with a 9.95 in her only event at Cal … Earned a career-high championship with her team. 39.7 in the all-around to win the Metroplex Challenge and also captured ! rst on vault (career-high-tying 9.925) and bars (9.925) … Named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week Best Marks V - 10.00, 4x, last 4/5/19 and UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week … Won bars for the second- UB - 10.00, 9x, last 4/6/19 straight meet in her only performance at Arizona … Tied for ! rst on bars with a 9.95 BB - 10.00, 4x, last 4/6/19 and tied her career-high on " oor with a second-straight 9.9 at Elevate the Stage … FX - 10.00, 2x, last 3/23/19 Won the all-around with a 39.5 and tied for ! rst on " oor with a career-high 9.9 in the AA - 39.850, 3x, last 4/6/19 2018 season opener and was named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week.

13 GYMNAST PROFILES SAMANTHA MERCEDEZ SAKTI SANCHEZ 5-0 / Sophomore 5-5 / Senior Arcadia, Calif. Agoura Hills, Calif. Arcadia HS / William & Mary Agoura HS All Olympia Gymnastics Center Matrix Gymnastics

2019 (William & Mary) 2019 Earned All-ECAC honors on ! oor after placing second at the conference championship Did not see action. with a 9.900 … Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week … Won the ! oor title in her collegiate debut at Towson with a school-record 9.925 … Won the beam (9.875) and 2018 ! oor (9.900) titles at the Penn dual meet, both scores ranking among the program’s Scored 9.675 in an exhibition bars performance at Cal. Top 10 performances on the events … Earned a share of the ! oor title (9.850) in the 2017 home opener against Towson … Claimed the vault title (9.750) and tied for " rst on Exhibitioned on bars and beam Mar. 5 vs. Cal and scored 9.75 on each event. beam (9.800) and ! oor (9.850) at the West Chester tri-meet … Won a share of the beam title (9.850) and recorded a career-best on vault (9.800) in the UNC dual meet Club … Secured the ! oor title (9.775) in the Senior Night victory against Penn. Trained at Matrix Gymnastics … Won the all-around, bars, beam and ! oor at the 2015 Copa Quetzal Level 10 competition in Guatemala … Level 10 Region 1 quali" er in 2016 Club and 2015 … Earned Top 5 " nishes in the all-around, vault and beam at the 2014 Level Competed for All Olympia Gymnastics Center … Three-time JO National Quali" er … 9 Western Championships … Finished fourth in the all-around, third on vault and " fth Placed ninth on ! oor at the 2017 JO Nationals … Two-time Level 10 Regional beam on bars and beam at the 2014 Level 9 Region 1 Championships. champion (2018, 2017) … Also won ! oor and placed second on vault at the 2018 Regionals and was second on ! oor and " fth on vault in 2017 … Placed " fth on beam Personal and ! oor at the 2016 Regionals. Describes her greatest athletic thrill as traveling to the Copa Quetzal and winning the all-around in her father’s home country of Guatemala … Favorite apparatus is uneven Personal bars … Admires Misty Copeland and Michael Jordan … Started in acro gymnastics Favorite apparatus is ! oor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as scoring a and contortion before moving to at age 6 … Also did rhythmic 9.925 on ! oor in her collegiate debut … The athletes she admires is McKayla Maroney gymnastics at a young age … Loves to dance, and her favorite style is contemporary … Chose UCLA because it’s the best academic and athletic school and because of … Parents: Rosemarie and Victor Sanchez … Has a younger sister, Valentina, and the chemistry of the team and the incredible fun they have … Hobbies include draw- a baby brother, Liam … Full name is Mercedez Marie Sanchez … Born in Sherman ing, reading books and shopping with friends … Full name is Samantha Tan Sakti … Oaks, Calif. … Psychology major whose career interests lie in sports psychology and Parents: Eddy and Joo Sakti … Has younger brother, Zachary … Born in San Gabriel, coaching gymnastics. Calif. ... Psychology major who has aspirations of becoming a nurse. Best Marks Best Marks UB - 9.750 (ex.), 3/5/17 V - 9.800, 3/2/19 BB - 9.750 (ex.), 3/5/17 BB - 9.875, 2/17/19 FX - 9.925, 1/18/19

14 GYMNAST PROFILES KALYANY MACY STEELE TORONJO 5-2 / Freshman 4-11 / Redshirt Senior Colorado Springs, Colo. Huntsville, Texas Colorado Connections Academy Coppell HS Colorado Aerials Texas Dreams

Club 2019 Placed 13th in the all-around at the 2017 P&G Championships … Third in the all- Earned Scholastic All-America honors … Competed on " oor for the ! rst time in two around and eighth on beam at the 2017 U.S. Classic … Was in sixth place in the years, scoring 9.85 at the NCAA Regional semi! nal … Made her collegiate debut on bars all-around junior division at Day One of the 2016 P&G Championships before injuring at Utah, scoring 9.8, and matched the score a week later at Oklahoma… Exhibitioned her ankle on Day Two … Placed third on vault and sixth on beam in the junior division on uneven bars seven times, with a high of 9.8. of the 2016 U.S. Classic … Fifth all-around at the 2016 American Classic … Attended three developmental camps and three national team camps … Won the all-around and 2018 vault championships at the 2016 Level 10 state meet … Trained at Colorado Aerials. Did not compete due to injuries. Personal 2017 Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … The athletes she admires are Kyla Ross, Madison Competed on " oor in the last eight meets of the season … Earned a career-best Kocian and all of her UCLA teammates, along with former Florida gymnast Kiersten 9.95 on " oor vs. UNC, receiving a perfect 10 from one of the two judges, and placing Hines, who was her gymnastics big sister since she was 10 … Chose UCLA because second on the event … Scored a career-high 9.925 on " oor Feb. 25, placing third … it was important to be part of a team where her coaches/staff, teammates and support Competed for the ! rst time on Feb. 20 and tied for ! rst place on " oor with a 9.9 … system care deeply about the whole person, not just the “athlete” … Hobbies include Scored 9.85 in an exhibition on beam at Oklahoma … Made her UCLA debut with an writing, dancing and singing … Full name is Kalyany Mllyse Steele … Born in Walnut exhibition on beam vs. Arkansas … Overcame a rare eye disease (VKH disease) that Creek, Calif. … Parents: Darrin and Phoracsothy … Has a younger sister Akarea and caused temporary blindness and limited her training in the preseason. younger brother Darrin Khan … Father Darrin and his twin brother Dan competed for 2016 USA Bobsled at the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Games. Did not compete after undergoing rotator cuff surgery. Club SARA Won the all-around and " oor and placed third on beam, fourth on vault and ! fth on bars at the 2015 Level 10 National Championships … All-around and " oor champion at TAUBMAN the 2015 Region 3 Championships … Swept the all-around and all four events at the 2015 State Championships … Made her senior elite debut in 2014, placing eighth in 5-3 / Sophomore the all-around and sixth on " oor exercise at the P&G National Championships … Placed Fairfax, Calif. ! rst in the all-around, bars and beam and second on " oor at the 2014 American Classic Sir Francis Drake HS … At the junior level in 2011, she won a bronze medal on " oor and placed ninth in the Head Over Heels all-around at the American Classic to qualify for the Visa National Championships … 2010 U.S. Challenge bars and " oor champion … Trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics under coaches Burdette and Chris Burdette. Personal 2019 Favorite apparatus is " oor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as competing Earned Scolastic All-America honors … Did not see action. for UCLA on " oor for the ! rst time during her sophomore year … Her career interests lie within the ! lm industry … Full name is Macy Elizabeth Toronjo … Parents: David and Club Talulla Toronjo … Has a younger brother, Will … Born in Conroe, Texas ... History major. Three-time Level 10 regional quali! er … Earned a fourth-place ! nish on uneven bars at the 2018 Level 10 Regional Championships … Won beam and " oor at the 2015 Best Marks Regional Championships … Won the all-around, bars and " oor at the 2015 Western UB - 9.800, 2x, last 3/3/19 Championships … Placed sixth in the all-around, fourth on bars and ! fth on " oor at the BB - 9.850 (ex.), 1/15/17 2018 Level 10 State meet … Third on bars, ! fth on beam and seventh in the all-around FX - 9.950, 3/12/17 at the 2016 State Championships … Team captain at Head Over Heels. Personal Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Describes her greatest athletic thrills as helping her team win the Norcal state team title in 2015 and winning the Level 9 Western Championships … The athletes she admires are Sadiqua Bynum, Serena Williams and … Chose UCLA for its superior academics and athletics … Hobbies include cooking, knitting, playing card games, hiking and sur! ng … Full name is Sara Adina Taubman … Parents: Romy and Perry Taubman … Has an older sister, Rachel, and a younger sister, Sophie … Both her grandparents and parents met at UCLA … Born in , ... Human Biology and Society major who has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

15 GYMNAST PROFILES PAULINE SEKAI TRATZ WRIGHT 5-7 / Junior 5-6 / Sophomore Karlsruhe, Germany Paramount, Calif. Otto-Hahn Gymnasium American Gymnastics Academy Kunstturn Region Karlsruhe Paramount HS

2019 2019 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American for the second- Made her collegiate debut on Jan. 21 against Arizona State and scored 9.875 on vault to straight year … Earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors … Competed on place second … Earned her " rst meet victory with a 9.875 at Stanford … Placed third vault in every meet and on ! oor 14 times … Averaged 9.834 on vault and posted on vault against Arizona with a 9.875 … Earned 9.85 on vault in the NCAA Regional a high of 9.9 at the NCAA Regional Final to tie for " rst and against Stanford on Mar. Final … Exhibitioned on ! oor at Oregon State on Feb. 2 and scored 9.775 … Missed 10 to tie for second … Placed third against Arizona with a 9.875 and third against the Bruins’ " rst two meets with an ankle injury but competed on vault in 13 of the last Utah State with a 9.825 … Averaged 9.864 on ! oor, with four scores of 9.9 or higher, 14 meets … Averaged 9.816 on vault. including a new career-high of 9.95 vs. Utah State and at the Pac-12 Championships … Tied for second on ! oor at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional … Second on ! oor at the Club Collegiate Challenge with a 9.925 and third on vault with a 9.85. Three-time Level 10 National vault champion, winning the Senior E division in 2018, the Junior E division in 2016 and the Junior B division in 2015 … Won vault and ! oor at the 2018 2018 Region 1 Championships … All-around and vault champion and ! oor runner-up Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Second-team at the 2018 State Championships … In 2017, she was runner-up on vault and seventh All-Pac-12 on ! oor … NCAA Columbus Regional vault co-champion … Tied her all-around … Won the Region 1 vault title and the State all-around, vault, and ! oor career-high on vault with a 9.925 vs. San Jose State … Tied her career-high on ! oor titles in 2017 … Region 1 vault champion and State beam champion in 2016 … with a 9.925 to place third at both Stanford and at the Masters Classic … Scored a Holds a career-best vault score of 9.975 … Trained at American Gymnastics Academy. career-high 9.925 on vault vs. Utah … Earned a career-high 9.9 on vault at Cal to tie for third place … Scored a career-high 9.925 on ! oor vs. Oklahoma … Third on ! oor Personal at Metroplex with a 9.875 … Won ! oor with a 9.9 at Arizona … Recorded career-highs Lists her greatest athletic moment as being offered a full-ride scholarship to UCLA … on vault (9.875) and ! oor (9.9) at Elevate the Stage … Won vault in her collegiate Hobbies include singing and dancing … Favorite apparatus are vault and ! oor exercise debut, scoring 9.85 vs. Ohio State. … Mother: Penny Hambrick … Has four older siblings, Sabrina, Jordon, Jahlon and Jai … Full name is Sekai Anasjia Wright … Born in Paramount, Calif. … Undeclared major. Club Two-time German National vault champion (2017 and 2016) … Bronze medalist on Best Marks ! oor at the 2016 German National Championship … Won silver on vault and bronze V - 9.875, 3x, last 2/16/19 on ! oor exercise at the 2015 German National Championships … Helped Germany FX - 9.775 (ex.), 2/2/19 qualify for the 2016 Olympic games with a second-place team " nish at the Olympic Test Event and was selected as an Olympic alternate … Competed for Germany at the 2015 World Championships … All-around " nalist at the 2015 European Championships … Placed " fth on ! oor and 13th in the all-around at the 2017 World University Games … Trained at Kunstturn Region Karlsruhe. Personal Came to UCLA because of the combination of athletics and academics … Hobbies include discovering great places with friends, going on vacation with her family and having picnics … Favorite apparatus is ! oor exercise … Parents: Annette and Matthias Tratz … Has an older brother, Julius … Full name is Pauline Charlotte Tratz … Goes by Pulla or Pauli … Born in Karlsruhe, Germany … Undeclared major. Best Marks V - 9.925,, 2x, last 3/13/18 FX - 9.950, 2x, last 3/23/19

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