Coaches Biographies Head Coach / 27th Season / UCLA ‘87

UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field has positioned her Bruins as one of the premier programs in collegiate gymnastics. Not only has she consistently recruited and coached some of the top talent in the world, but she has produced the results. The Bruins won their fi rst NCAA championship in 1997 under Kondos Field and won again in back-to-back seasons in both 2000-2001 and 2003-2004. In 2010, UCLA won its sixth NCAA title with a 24-for-24 performance in the Super Six. UCLA has remained the Leader of the Pac under Kondos Field's tenure, winning 13 conference titles, including the inaugural Career Highlights Pac-12 title in 2012, to go along with 17 NCAA Regional titles. In 2015, UCLA won the NCAA • 2010, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1997 NCAA Regional title, and senior Championships won the NCAA all-around and beam titles, and • 2001, 2000, 1997, 1996 National Coach of the Year in 2016, UCLA won the Pac-12 team title, and senior won a share of the NCAA • 4-time Conference Coach of the Year beam championship. • 17 Pac-12 Championships and 20 Regional Cham- Kondos Field has been selected by her peers pionships as head and assistant coach as the NACGC/W National Coach of the Year • Coached 17 athletes to 32 NCAA Individual Champi- four times (1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001) and onships as head and assistant coach was also named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2012. In 2010, she • 2010 UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductee became just the second active coach to be inducted into the With legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden as her UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. She was honored by the Pac-12 role model and cherished friend, Kondos Field's coaching Year by Year Results Conference in 2016 as the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the philosophy stresses balance and integrity. Century. Year Record Pac-12 Reg’l NCAA "Growing up in the classical dance world, I spent the majority 1991 19-5 2nd 4th — Kondos Field emphasizes a team concept, but her student- of my youth in a very disciplined environment," she said. "The 1992 14-5 3rd 2nd 9th athletes have also found individual success, winning 26 NCAA reward was the self-satisfaction that came from the culmination 1993 19-3 1st 1st 4th individual titles during her years as head coach. of months of hard work in preparation for our performances 1994 25-3 2nd 1st 5th But even with all of her successes on the court, what gives and knowing I did my best to become the best I was capable 1995 26-5 1st 1st 4th Kondos Field most satisfaction is seeing her student-athletes of becoming. The reward wasn't monetary or about 'winning'; 1996 15-6 4th 1st 2nd succeed in all facets of their lives. Academics is a big part of that instead, it was being able to have pride in a job well done." 1997 23-2 1st 1st 1st equation, and Kondos Field's teams regularly place members on "In a sport as subjective as gymnastics, it's important to have 1998 16-6 4th 2nd 5th 1999 20-5 1st 1st 5th the Conference All-Academic teams and Scholastic All-American an honest internal voice that knows when you've done your 2000 25-5 1st 1st 1st squads and annually contend for the school's team GPA award. best even if your 'score' says you didn't 'win', and conversely 2001 23-2 2nd 1st 1st 2002 22-5 1st 1st 3rd 2003 19-2-1 1st 1st 1st 2004 15-5 2nd 1st 1st 2005 20-3 1st 1st 4th 2006 21-6 2nd 3rd — 2007 15-6 1st 1st 4th 2008 18-6 3rd 2nd 7th 2009 17-3 1st 2nd 7th 2010 17-3 1st 1st 1st 2011 16-8 2nd 1st 2nd 2012 17-2-1 1st 1st 3rd 2013 16-5 2nd 2nd 4th 2014 13-6 4th 2nd 8th 2015 17-2 2nd 1st 11th 2016 13-5 1st 2nd 5th Total: 481-114-2 (.807)

4 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Coaches Biographies

knowing when you can push harder even if your 'score' says you are the 'champion'," she continued. "That inner voice, known as integrity, is vital in living life to its fullest and enjoying the journey in every What They’re Saying … aspect of life." Kondos Field's professional journey has been a unique one. A former professional ballet dancer with the “The vibrant personality of Valorie carries over in her work with the young ladies under Sacramento Ballet, Capital City Ballet and Washington, D.C. Ballet, she initially got her start in gymnastics her supervision. It’s no wonder that all of them are so enthusiastic about their sport.” at Agilites in Carmichael, Calif. by playing the piano for fl oor exercise music. From there, she became a - John Wooden, Hall of Fame coach dance coach, and under the guidance of former University of Minnesota head coach Jim Stephenson, learned the fundamentals of the sport. “I’ve known Val since she helped me on my fl oor exercise routine before the ‘84 In 1983, she was hired to be UCLA's assistant coach and choreographer. While working under head Olympics. She has since become a good friend to me and my wife, Donna, a former coach Jerry Tomlinson, Kondos Field helped put UCLA Gymnastics on the map with their distinctive Bruin gymnast. She represents UCLA with class and character both on and off the choreography and fl air. The Bruins earned NCAA runner-up fi nishes in 1984 and 1989 and won six gym fl oor. Valorie is a great coach, but an even better person.” NCAA individual titles from 1987-89. Kondos Field was appointed head coach of the Bruins in 1991 and brought in Scott Bull as her co-head - Peter Vidmar, UCLA ‘83, NCAA and Olympic champion coach. The duo earned West Region Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1993 and in 1994. As the sole “There were many reasons for why I chose to come to UCLA, but the most important head coach in 1995, she earned Pac-10 and West Region coaching honors and guided her team to fi rst-place fi nishes at the Pac-10 and Regional Championships. Just one year later, she led the Bruins one was Miss Val. From the moment I met her, I knew that she cared about me to a runner-up fi nish at the NCAA Championships, and in 1997 she became just the fourth coach in as a person and not just as an athlete. Throughout my four years of being on the NCAA history to win a national title. UCLA Gymnastics team, Valorie emphasized qualities such as integrity, leadership and teamwork. What she cared about most was that we graduated far better people She is recognized as one of the top beam and fl oor choreographers in the sport. Under her guidance, than we were starting out. What I realized was that by becoming the best person UCLA has formed a reputation of having the most unique and artistic routines in the nation. Kondos Field I can be, I also became the best athlete I can be. Valorie is the reason why UCLA has choreographed 18 NCAA championship routines on beam and fl oor, including an unprecedented three consecutive on fl oor from Kim Hamilton from 1987-89. She also earned the Choreography of the Gymnastics has become the number one program in the nation.” Year Award at the 2004 Canadian National Championships for 's fl oor exercise routine. - Lena Degteva, UCLA ‘01, NCAA champion Kondos Field has also come to be recognized for her recruiting ability. Since becoming head coach, she has attracted to UCLA some of the top talent in the U.S. and abroad, including Olympic competitors “Having known Valorie since the early ‘80’s, I’ve been privileged to witness the , , Samantha Peszek, Jennifer Pinches, , Kate Richardson, evolution and maturation of a truly remarkable coach; from an unquestionably Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, , , , , talented choreographer to a highly-respected and greatly admired head coach. and Luisa Portocarrero; and World Championships competitors Lena Degteva, Doni Thompson, Leah Her ability to recruit the nation’s most talented gymnasts year after year is not the Homma, Jeanette Antolin, Holly Murdock, Ashley Peckett, Marci Bernholtz, Lichelle Wong, Sydney Sawa, key to her success. To the contrary, the ‘advantage’ of working with high-level Mattie Larson, Christine Peng-Peng Lee and Danusia Francis. talent often presents its own challenge. Elite athletes frequently come to college More impressively, however, under Kondos Field's tutelage, many of these top recruits went on to with ‘baggage’ (e.g., fatigue, nagging/chronic injuries, negative experiences), and compete at the elite level both during and after their collegiate careers. Anna Li made the U.S. Olympic Valorie’s calm, nurturing, supportive approach - along with her foremost ambition team as an alternate in 2012, two years after fi nishing her senior season at UCLA. In the summer of to graduate self-suffi cient, self-confi dent young women - allows these gymnasts to 2010, made the U.S. National Team with an eighth-place fi nish at her fi rst U.S. adjust to a collegiate environment and succeed anew within that arena. Valorie’s Championships. In 2004, Kate Richardson became only the second female gymnast to compete at the ego never enters the mix. Her focus is always on the athletes, whose success she Olympic Games as a collegiate athlete. She was joined in Athens by another Bruin, Mohini Bhardwaj, ultimately defi nes not by winning but by growth as well-rounded human beings.” who captained the U.S. team to a team silver medal three years after her senior season at UCLA. Both Richardson and Bhardwaj qualifi ed for the fl oor exercise fi nals, with Bhardwaj placing sixth and Rich- - Kathy Johnson Clarke, Olympic medalist ardson placing seventh with her Kondos Field-choreographed routine. In 1999, Kondos Field coached then-UCLA junior Heidi Moneymaker at her fi rst USA Championships, and Moneymaker, Bhardwaj and “Coaching gymnastics is diffi cult, but it is extremely challenging at the collegiate Lena Degteva all represented UCLA at the 1999 World University Games. level. Young gymnasts are suddenly faced with instant freedom and stringent aca- A 1987 UCLA graduate in history, Kondos Field is also a freelance choreographer with extensive experi- demic demands. Valorie has been able to take gymnasts from diverse backgrounds ence in the entertainment and gymnastics fi elds. She has helped to create, direct and choreograph and motivation levels and teach them to love the sport again. She is a passionate Sea World's Summer Nights shows for the past 25 years, and her Riptide show won a national award professional.” for Best Overall Production: $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 or More at the International Association of - Dwight Normile, Editor, International Gymnast Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 2007 Big "E" Awards. In the summer of 1991, Kondos Field choreographed a summer acrobatic festival held in Lennestadt, Germany. “I have a lot of respect for Valorie and her program. We enjoy competing against Kondos Field is married to former UCLA Associate Athletic Director and football coach Bobby Field. them because it always brings together two of the best teams in the country and is a positive experience for the athletes, the coaches and the fans.”

- Bev Plocki, University of Michigan Head Coach

“Val has been extremely successful with so many athletes over the years. I am always impressed with her calmness and the connection she has with her team.”

- Mary Lee Tracy, Former U.S. National Team Coach

“You have to give Valorie credit for the strong program that she has put together at UCLA. I feel fortunate that I was able to be a part of the team so that I could watch and learn from Valorie. She has built the program into a model that others in the nation want to emulate.”

- Rhonda Faehn, Sr. VP, USA Gymnastics/former UCLA gymnast

Valorie Kondos Field and Bobby Field with John Wooden

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 5 Coaches Biographies Associate Head Coach / 15th Season / UCLA ‘91

Former UCLA All-American, NCAA Champion and U.S. Olympian Chris Waller is in his 15th season as an assistant coach for the UCLA women's gymnastics team and fi fth as associate head coach. Waller has brought nothing but success since returning to UCLA in 2003, helping guide the Bruins to three NCAA team titles. In his fi rst season on the Bruin staff, he helped guide the Bruins to the 2003 NCAA, Regional and Pac-10 Championships. He was also the acting head coach when UCLA snapped the longest home court winning streak in NCAA history for any sport, handing Utah its fi rst home loss in 23 years. In 2004, he helped coach the Bruins to a repeat championship, won in record-setting fashion. He was also selected by his peers as the 2004 NACGC National Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2010, he was voted the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Career Highlights The success did not stop for Waller after the 2004 collegiate season. He coached former Bruin great Mohini Bhardwaj as she • 2004 NACGC/W National and 2010 West Region earned not only a spot on the U.S. Olympic team but the honor Assistant Coach of the Year of team captain as well. Bhardwaj competed in the all-around • Coach of 2004 U.S. Olympic team captain Mohini for the USA in the team prelims and on three of four events at team fi nals, helping the USA win the silver medal. Bhardwaj Bhardwaj had the eighth-highest all-around score in prelims and placed • Three NCAA team championships as UCLA Assistant sixth in the fl oor exercise fi nals. Coach Waller coached another Bruin to elite success in 2010, help- ing guide Vanessa Zamarripa to the U.S. National Team after • 1992 U.S. Olympian an eighth-place all-around fi nish at the Visa Championships. • 1991 U.S. all-around champion One of the United States’ all-time gymnastics greats, Waller was a member of the National Team from 1989-97 and captured the • U.S. pommel horse champion from 1991-93 U.S. all-around crown in 1991 and pommel horse titles from Waller, who graduated from UCLA in 1991, has 15 years of 1991-93. He was an all-around fi nalist at the 1992 Olympic • Inducted into USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2003 prior coaching experience and was selected the 2002 Southern Games in Barcelona and took fi fth on the pommel horse, just California Level 7 Male Coach of the Year. Waller also served • 1989 NCAA pommel horse champion one-tenth of a point away from the gold medal. In addition, Waller as a member of the USA Gymnastics Executive Committee placed in the Top 6 on the pommel horse at the 1993 World • 1990 NCAA high bar champion and the 2000 Olympic team selection committee and chaired Championships and won three medals at the 1990 Goodwill the Athlete’s Council. • Member of UCLA’s 1987 NCAA Championship team Games and a team gold at the 1995 Pan American Games. He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2003. Waller and his wife Cindy have two daughters, Alexandra, who is now a senior manager on the Bruin team after competing At UCLA, Waller earned four All-America honors and helped her fi rst two years, and Lilia. He and Cindy founded GymJam the Bruins capture the NCAA title in 1987. He also won indi- Summer Camp in 1997 and are owners of their own gym, vidual titles on the pommel horse in 1989 and the high bar in Waller’s GymJam Academy, in Santa Clarita. 1990. Every year from 1989-1993, Waller won either a U.S. or NCAA national title.

6 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Coaches Biographies Associate Head Coach / 13th Season / Illinois ‘89

Randy Lane is in the sixth year of his third stint as a Bruin as- sistant coach and his 13th year overall with the program. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach after the 2016 season. In 2012, Lane was selected the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year and helped lead UCLA to the fi rst-ever Pac-12 Championship, as well as a NCAA Regional championship and a third-place NCAA fi nish. Lane previously coached at UCLA from 1992-94 and 1998- 2001. He left coaching for a private business but returned to the sport as an assistant coach at Florida from 2002-06. He was an associate head coach at Michigan State from 2006- 11 and had previously served as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara from 1995-97. During Lane's second stint at UCLA, he helped guide the Bruins to NCAA titles in 2000 and 2001. UCLA gymnasts won eight Career Highlights NCAA individual titles from 1998-2001, including three on • 2000 NACGC/W National Assistant Coach of the event on which he was the lead coach, . He the Year was honored as the NACGC/W National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000, and in 1998, he was named the West Region • 2012 and 1998 West Region Assistant Coach Assistant Coach of the Year. of the Year At Florida, his Gator teams advanced to the NCAA Champion- ships each of the four years he coached there and won NCAA • Two NCAA team championships as UCLA As- Regional titles in 2005 and 2006. At Michigan State from sistant Coach 2006-11, he coached two gymnasts to scores on • Member of Illinois' Men's Gymnastics NCAA and helped lead the team to its best-ever NCAA Regional fi nishes (third) in 2011 and 2008. Championship team in 1989 Prior to his tenure at UCSB, Lane served as assistant coach at UCLA from 1992-94 and helped produce six All-Americans and three Pac-10 event champions. Lane was a member of the 1989 Illinois NCAA Men's Gymnastics Outstanding Athlete over such notables as Indiana basketball National Championship squad and the 1988 NCAA Champion- legend and current UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford. ship runner-up squad. He was also a member of the 1988 and Lane received his bachelor's degree in Speech Communica- 1989 Big Ten Championship teams. While competing for the tions from Illinois in 1989 and his Master's degree in Oriental Columbus Gymnastics Center, he won the Indiana State all- Medicine/Acupuncture from the Santa Barbara College of around title eight times and was the 1984 AAU Junior Olympic Oriental Medicine in 1999. National parallel bar champion. He was named the 1984 Indiana

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 7 Coaches Biographies Volunteer Assistant Coach

Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber will begin her fi rst season as a volunteer assistant coach after spending her fi rst three years as a UCLA team manager. Wieber will coach the Bruins on fl oor exercise, an event on which she won a U.S. title in 2011. She was also a fi nalist on fl oor exercise at the 2012 Olympics, where she won a team gold medal with the "Fierce Five" United States squad. Wieber also earned all-around and team gold and a beam bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships. She won four U.S. senior national titles during her career, capturing the all-around, bars and fl oor crowns in 2011 and repeating as the all-around champion in 2012. She was also the 2008 U.S. junior all-around, vault and fl oor exercise champion and the American Cup all-around champion in 2009, 2011 and 2012. She dominated the competition at Career Highlights the 2010 Pacifi c Rim Championships, winning four gold medals • 2012 Olympic gold medalist (all-around, uneven bars, fl oor exercise, team) and one silver (vault). In her fi rst international competition at the 2007 Junior • 2011 World all-around champion Pan American Championships, she won gold medals on uneven bars and , silver in the all-around and bronze • Three-time World Championships medalist on fl oor exercise. Wieber offi cially retired from competitive • Two-time U.S. all-around champion gymnastics in 2015. A fourth-year Psychology major, Wieber hails from DeWitt, Mich. and was a 2016 inductee into the Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.

Matteah Brow Karli Dugas Melissa Metcalf Alex Waller Team Manager Team Manager Team Manager Team Manager

8 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies ANGI CIPRA Senior / 5-2 / Mesa, Ariz. / Desert Devils Gymnastics/ Saguaro HS

2016 2014 Second-team Regular Season All-American and fi rst-team Earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-America honors with a 3.74 All-Pac-12 on fl oor … Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic GPA … Missed the fi nal three months of the season after injuring … Finished the regular season ranked No. 11 in the nation on her heel in the Feb. 8 meet against Arizona State… Averaged fl oor with a RQS of 9.930 … Scored 9.9 or better on seven of 9.855 on fl oor in the fi ve meets in which she competed … Tied 12 fl oor routines and 9.95 or better four times … Recorded for second on fl oor at Cal with a 9.9 … Tied for UCLA’s top three fi rst-place fi nishes on fl oor … Returned to the fl oor lineup score on vault at Utah with a 9.85 and also posted a career- vs. Oklahoma after sitting out two meets and scored 9.95 to high 9.6 on beam and scored 9.875 on fl oor … Recorded a tie for fi rst … Tied for fi rst on fl oor with a 9.95, second on career-high 9.95 on fl oor vs. OSU, receiving a 10 from one of vault with a 9.85 and fi fth on beam with a career-high 9.85 the two judges … Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Jan. 14) at Washington … Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week after after scoring 9.85 and tying for fi fth place on both vault and scoring a career-high 9.975 on fl oor to help defeat Utah … fl oor in her collegiate debut vs. Florida. Placed third on vault at Cal after tying her season-high with a Club 9.85 and also competed on beam for the fi rst time since 2014 Recorded her third-straight Top 3 fi nish on fl oor at Arizona with a Won the 2012 Level 10 national title on fl oor exercise and 9.9 … Tied for second on fl oor at Florida with a 9.9 … Second placed third on vault … Swept the all-around and four events on vault with a 9.85 and third on fl oor with a 9.925 vs. Alabama. at both the Region 1 and State Championships in 2012 … Won the Level 10 State fl oor exercise title in 2013 and also placed Career Highlights 2015 third on fl oor and fourth in the all-around … Third on vault at NACGC/W Scholastic All-American … Second-team Pac-12 2013 Level 10 Regionals … Uneven bars state champion in • 2016 Regular Season All-American, fi rst-team All- All-Academic honoree … Tied for second on fl oor at NCAA 2011 … Won the all-around, bars and fl oor titles and placed Pac-12 on FX Regionals with a season-high-tying 9.9 … Stuck her vault at second on vault and beam at her fi rst Level 10 State Champion- Pac-12 Championships and scored 9.85 to tie for seventh … ship in 2010 … Holds high marks of 9.8 on vault, 9.775 on • 2015, 2014 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American Tied her season-high with a 9.9 on fl oor vs. Stanford on Mar. 7, beam, 9.75 on fl oor, 9.65 on bars and 38.3 in the all-around • 2012 Level 10 fl oor champion placing fourth … Did not compete Feb. 21 due to a slight injury … Trained at Desert Devils Gymnastics. but returned on Feb. 28 to win fl oor with a 9.875 in front of a Personal • Swept all-around and all four events at the 2012 hometown crowd at ASU … Earned 9.85 on vault and 9.875 Region 1 and State Championships on fl oor at Stanford … Scored a career-high 9.875 on vault Hobbies include reading, dancing and choreography … Inter- and earned a 9.8 on fl oor despite an out-of-bounds deduction ested in architecture and interior design … Favorite apparatus vs. Washington … Recorded a season-best 9.9 on fl oor vs. is fl oor exercise … Admires Olympic champion … Best Marks Cal … Set a new season-high on fl oor at Utah with a 9.85 and Loves to compete and learn new skills … Full name is Angela V ...... 9.875, last 3/21/15 also scored 9.825 on vault … Tied her career-high on vault Christine Cipra … Parents: Dan and Ainez Cipra … Has two with a 9.85 vs. Arizona … Scored 9.75 on vault and 9.725 on younger siblings, Dani and Christopher … Born in Phoenix, BB ...... 9.850, 2/21/16 fl oor in her fi rst meet in 11 months, at OSU. Ariz. … Sociology major. FX ...... 9.975, 2/6/16

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 9 Returning Athlete Biographies RECHELLE DENNIS Junior / 5-4 / Dix Hills, N.Y. / Gold Medal Gymnastics Huntington / Half Hollow HS

2016 and fi fth on fl oor exercise at the 2012 JO Nationals … Placed Saw action in seven meets and competed three times on bars ninth on fl oor at the 2014 JO Nationals … Uneven bars and fl oor and twice on vault before she was forced out of action Mar. champion at the 2012 Region 6 Championships … Repeated 6 with a sprained ankle … Recorded a career-best 9.85 to as fl oor champion and also won the all-around at the 2013 place third on bars vs. ASU and also competed on vault and Region 6 Championships … New York State all-around, bars made her exhibition debut on beam … At Washington, she set and fl oor champion in 2013 … Won the uneven bars titles at a new career-high on bars with a 9.8 to tie for third, and she the 2014 state and region meets … Trained at Gold Medal also competed on vault for the fi rst time in her career, scoring Gymnastics Huntington. 9.725 … Made her competitive debut on bars vs. Oregon Personal State, scoring 9.725 … Averaged 9.7125 in four exhibition Favorite apparatus is fl oor exercise … Hobbies include shop- bars performances prior to her competitive debut, with a high ping, hanging out with friends, listening to music and going of 9.8 set at Cal … Also scored 9.75 on bars in an exhibition to the beach … Admires basketball player Skylar Diggins … at Florida, 9.675 vs. Utah and 9.625 vs. Alabama. Names her greatest athletic thrill as placing seventh at the 2015 2012 JO National Championships … Helped mentor a class Made her UCLA debut with an exhibition bars routine at the of elementary school children in Liberia, Africa during the sum- Feb. 21 quad meet and scored 9.825 … Also performed an mer … Full name is Rechelle Alyse Dennis … Parents: Rich exhibition on bars at ASU and scored 9.675. and Martha Dennis … Has an older sister, Julienne, and two younger sisters, Sophia and Isabella … Born in Long Island, Career Highlights Club N.Y. … Political Science major. • Scored career-high 9.85 on bars to place third vs. Five-time JO National Championships qualifi er (2010-14) … Highest fi nish was seventh in the all-around and uneven bars ASU 2/27/16 • 5-time JO Nationals qualifi er • Won fi ve career Region 6 individual titles

Best Marks V ...... 9.725, 2/21/16 UB ...... 9.85, 2/27/16 BB ...... 9.400 (ex.), 2/27/16

10 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies MIKAELA GERBER Senior / 5-5 / Cambridge, Ont. / Oakville Gymnastics Club/ Galt Collegiate Institute

2016 … Scored a career-high 9.8 on beam and 9.725 on fl oor to NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.81 GPA for the place fi fth on each event at Oregon State. year … Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Scored 9.8 or 2014 higher on 10 of her last 11 leadoff beam routines, including two scores of 9.9 or higher … Scored 9.875 as the beam leadoff at NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.5 GPA … Made the NCAA Super Six … Led UCLA to a 49.575 beam score at her UCLA debut with an exhibition beam performance at Cal Pac-12 Championships with a leadoff score of 9.9 … Scored that scored 9.375 … Competed for the fi rst time vs. ASU and a career-high 9.925 on beam vs. Stanford/Georgia to place scored 8.8 on beam … Hit two exhibition routines at Arizona, third and also added a season-high-tying 9.825 on fl oor … scoring 9.75 on beam and 9.625 on vault … Scored 9.625 Tied for third on beam with a 9.825 and recorded a season- on beam and 9.5 on vault in exhibition performances Mar. 16. high 9.825 on fl oor vs. ASU … Scored a career-high 9.875 Club on beam at Washington to tie for third place … Led UCLA to a Key member of the Canadian National Team that placed 11th then-season-high 49.5 team beam score against Oregon State at the 2011 World Championships … Two-time silver medalist with a 9.825 leadoff score … Tied her career-high on beam at the 2011 Pan American Games, capturing second place at Cal with a second-place score of 9.85 and also made her on fl oor and in the team competition … Placed 12th in the season debut on fl oor as a last-minute sub and scored 9.8 … all-around, fourth on beam and eighth on vault at the 2012 Earned a then-career-high 9.85 on beam as the leadoff at Florida. Canadian Championships … Fifth on bars, fourth on fl oor and 2015 seventh in the all-around at the 2012 Elite Canada … Won Career Highlights NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.70 GPA for the the fl oor exercise title at the 2010 Elite Canada and was fi fth in the all-around and on bars and beam … At the junior level, • Three-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American year … Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic … Averaged 9.814 on fl oor … Scored 9.8 fi ve times on beam, including she was a silver all-around medalist at the 2010 and 2009 • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic twice in the leadoff position … Scored career-highs of 9.85 Canadian Championships … Honored in 2013 with a KW Oktoberfest Rogers Woman of the Year award … Trained at • 2011 World Championships competitor on fl oor in three of her last fi ve performances, including at the Pac-12 Championships and on Mar. 7 vs. Stanford to help the Oakville Gymnastics Club. • Two-time silver medalist at 2011 Pan American Bruins earn a season-high team score of 49.625 … Hit her Personal fi rst 10 routines of the year and 17 of 18 overall … Scored 9.8 Games Hobbies include reading, dancing and singing … Older sister on both beam and fl oor at the NCAA Regionals … Scored 9.8 Aisha Gerber competed at UCLA from 2009-12 and was a on beam in the Feb. 21 quad meet to help the Bruins score a three-time All-American … Full name is Mikaela Dawn Gerber Best Marks season-high 49.525 … Earned a career-high 9.85 on fl oor at … Parents: Keith and Joan Gerber … Has two older siblings, Stanford … Recorded her third 9.8 score on beam in the win V ...... 9.625 (ex.),3/1/14 Aisha and Zach … Born in Cambridge, Ontario … Psychology over Cal … Tied her career-best on fl oor at Utah with a 9.825 major … Has career aspirations to be a neuro-researcher. BB ...... 9.925, 3/6/16 and recorded a leadoff 9.675 on beam … Tied her career-high FX ...... 9.850, last 3/21/15 on beam (9.8) and set a new best on fl oor (9.825) vs. Arizona

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 11 Returning Athlete Biographies NAPUALANI HALL Junior / 5-4 / Kansas City, Mo. / Fuzion Gymnastics / North Kansas City HS

2016 Club One of just two Bruins who competed a 10.0-start value vault Level 10 state all-around, vault, bars and beam silver medalist (Yurchenko 1.5) … Scored a career-high 9.9 on vault twice, in 2014 …Won vault and placed sixth in the all-around at the at Arizona to earn her fi rst career event victory and at Florida 2013 JO Nationals … Level 10 Regional all-around, vault and to place third … Stuck her Yurchenko 1.5 vault at Pac-12 fl oor exercise champion and all-around, beam and fl oor state Championships and scored 9.85 … Scored 9.875 on vault champion in 2013 … Placed fi fth in the all-around and won a and 9.8 on fl oor vs. Stanford/Georgia … Returned to action silver medal on vault at 2012 JO Nationals … Won the Regional on vault and fl oor vs. ASU after sitting out two meets with a vault title and state all-around, vault and fl oor crowns in 2012 low back strain and scored a career-high-tying 9.85 on fl oor … Qualifi ed to the VISA National Championships in 2009 as a … Earned her third 9.8 of the season as leadoff on fl oor at junior, placing 14th in the all-around, and in 2010 as a senior, Cal … Made her competitive debut on vault against Alabama where she was 14th on vault … Vault bronze medalist at the and scored 9.775. 2011 American Classic … Won Level 10 Regional all-around title in 2007 … Trained at Fuzion Gymnastics. 2015 Tied her career-high on fl oor at Pac-12s with a 9.85 … Recorded Personal a career-best 9.85 on fl oor at Arkansas, besting her previous Favorite events are vault and fl oor … Admires surfer Bethany career-high of 9.775 set at ASU … Recorded a season-best Hamilton … Has always wanted to be a Bruin and calls UCLA 9.875 on a fl oor exhibition at the Feb. 21 quad meet … Earned her dream school … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as 9.775 on vault and 9.725 on fl oor in exhibition performances at competing at the VISA Championships … Full name is Napualani Career Highlights Utah … Competed on fl oor in the fi rst two meets and earned KeAloha Hall … Parents: Jennifer Soroten and Shane Hall … • Earned career-high 9.9 on vault twice in 2016 a high of 9.675 at Oregon State, where she also exhibitioned Has three younger sisters, Noelani Soroten, Savannah Hall on vault for a 9.775. and Presley Hall and a younger brother, Shane Hall … Born • 2013 Level 10 National vault champion in California … Sociology major with an interest in being a • Two-time USA Championships qualifi er physical therapist.

Best Marks V ...... 9.9, last 1/23/16 FX ...... 9.85, last 2/27/16

12 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies JANAY HONEST Junior / 5-2 / Visalia, Calif. / Central California Gymnastics Institute / El Diamante HS

2016 vault and also competed on bars (9.775) and exhibitioned on Won a share of the Pac-12 uneven bars title with a 9.9 at Pac-12 fl oor (9.75) at Stanford … Tied her season-high on vault with Championships … Hit all 36 routines during the season, with a 9.825 vs. Washington … Scored 9.8 on vault at Utah … 29 scores of 9.8 or better … Has hit 48 consecutive routines Earned 9.825 on vault (fi fth place) and bars (third place) vs. without a fall and is 51-for-52 in her career … Ranked third Arizona … Tied for fi fth on vault with a 9.825 at OSU. on the team in scoring with 353.8625 points … Top points Club contributor on bars with 137.75 points (16.8%) … Recorded Placed second in the all-around and fl oor and fi fth on vault and a new career-high of 9.95 on bars to tie for fi rst vs. Oklahoma bars at the 2014 Region 1 Championships to qualify for the JO and also added a 9.85 on fl oor and 9.825 on vault … Tied National Championships … Won fl oor and placed second on her career-high on fl oor with a third-place score of 9.925 vs. vault at the 2014 NorCal State Championships … JO NIT vault Stanford/Georgia and also scored 9.85 on bars and 9.8 on vault champion, fl oor silver medalist and all-around bronze medalist … Posted career-highs on bars (9.9) and fl oor (9.925) to fi nish in 2013 … Trained at Central California Gymnastics Institute. second vs. ASU … Competed on three events at Washington and made her fl oor season debut, scoring a then-career-high Personal 9.85 … Tied for fi rst on vault with a career-high 9.9 vs. Oregon Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Hobbies include pho- State and added a 9.825 on bars, her fi fth-straight 9.8+ score tography, dancing and spending time with family and friends of the year … Earned her fi rst career event win, setting a new … Admires Shaquille O'Neal … Named her greatest athletic career-high with a 9.875 on bars at Cal … Tied her career- thrill as qualifying for the 2014 JO National Championships … Career Highlights high with a 9.85 on bars and placed third at Arizona … Set a Calls UCLA her dream school … Career aspiration is to be a new career-high with a 9.85 on bars at Florida and added a TV reporter … Full name is JaNay Delores Honest … Parents: • 2016 Pac-12 Uneven Bars Co-Champion 9.8 on vault, her 10th-straight 9.8+ vault … Tied for third on Garry and Brenda Honest … Has two older sisters, Shantell vault with a 9.8 vs. Alabama. • Hit 36-for-36 routines in 2016 and Alexis, and an older brother, Garry … Born in Visalia, Calif. 2015 … English major. • 2014 Level 10 National qualifi er Scored 9.825 or better on vault in six of her last eight meets, • 2013 JO NIT vault champion with an average of 9.819 … Tied her career-best on vault with a 9.85 at Pac-12 Championships … Tied for fi fth on vault at ASU with a career-high-tying 9.85 and also made her fl oor debut, Best Marks scoring 9.8 to tie for fourth … Earned a career-best 9.85 on V ...... 9.900, 2/13/16 UB ...... 9.950, 3/13/16 FX ...... 9.925, last 3/6/16

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 13 Returning Athlete Biographies CHRISTINE PENG-PENG LEE Redshirt Senior / 5-2 / Richmond Hill, Ontario / Oakville Gymnastics Club/Sport Seneca / Northview Heights Secondary

2016 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Missed fi ve Unable to compete after undergoing a second knee surgery. meets due to a knee injury and returned to the lineup at NCAA 2013 Regionals, winning uneven bars with a career-high-tying 9.95 … Competed on bars at the NCAA Championships and scored Redshirted the season while recovering from knee surgery 9.825 in the semifi nals and 9.85 in the Super Six … Began the in 2012. season competing on just balance beam while she recovered Club from off-season surgery on her thumb … Won beam vs. Utah with a score of 9.925 … Stuck her landing on her fi rst vault Honorary team captain for the Canadian gymnastics team at of the season at Cal and tied for fi rst place with a 9.875 … the 2012 Olympic Games … Was Canada's top competitor in Placed fi rst on beam with a 9.95 in her only routine vs. Alabama. 2012 and 2011 until she suffered a knee injury at the Canadian National Championships that kept her out of the Olympic Games 2015 … Bronze medalist in the all-around and won silver medals on First-team NACGC/W Regular Season All-American and All- beam and fl oor at the 2012 Pacifi c Rim Championships … Won Pac-12 on bars and beam … Honorable mention Pac-12 gold on uneven bars at the World Cup in Croatia in 2012 … All-Academic … Named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of All-around champion at the 2012 International Gymnix Chal- the Week Mar. 2 and Feb. 23 and was Specialist of the Week lenge … Earned a Top 20 fi nish in the all-around at the 2011 Feb. 2 … Won every event she competed at NCAA Region- World Championships … Took home a team silver medal at als, scoring a career-high 9.925 on vault, 9.925 on bars and the 2011 Pan American Games … In her fi rst meet back after Career Highlights 9.95 on beam … Tied for second on beam at Pac-12s with a two-year hiatus to heal a back injury, she won the all-around • Four-time NCAA Regional Champion a 9.925 … Tied for fi rst on beam vs. Stanford on Mar. 7 and at the 2010 Elite Canada … Competing as a junior, she placed also scored a career-high 9.9 on vault … Placed fi rst on bars second in the all-around and on beam at the 2007 Canadian • Four-time All-American with a career-best 9.95 and tied for third on vault (career-high Championships and won the beam and fl oor titles in 2008 … • Honorary Team Captain for Canada at the 2012 9.875) and beam (9.85) at ASU … Won bars (9.95) and beam Won three silver medals (team, vault, fl oor) at the 2007 Junior Pan American Games … Trained at Oakville Gymnastics Club Olympics (9.975) at the Feb. 21 quad meet, where she also exhibitioned on vault and scored 9.925 … Did not compete at Stanford under coaches Kelly Manjak, Sue Manjak and Lorne Bobkin • 2011 World Championships competitor due to illness … Tied for third on bars (9.85) and second on and at Sport Seneca under coach Carol-Angela Orchard and beam (9.875) vs. Washington … Pac-12 Specialist of the Brian McVey. Week for Feb. 2 after scoring 9.95 on bars and beam to win Personal Best Marks those events vs. Cal … Received a 10.0 from one of the two Favorite apparatus is fl oor exercise … Hobbies include singing, V ...... 9.925, 4/4/15 judges on her bars routine vs. Cal and fi nished with a 9.95 … Tied for fi rst on bars at Utah with a 9.9 … Placed third on playing guitar and tennis … Admires gymnast Shawn Johnson UB ...... 9.950, last 4/2/16 beam in her Pauley Pavilion debut vs. Arizona, scoring 9.85 and tennis player Roger Federer … Full name is Christine Jen- BB ...... 9.975, 2/21/15 … Won bars (9.9) and beam (9.875) in her collegiate debut nifer Peng-Peng Lee … Parents: Kin-Man and Marian Lee … at OSU and also tied for fi fth with a stuck Yurchenko full vault Has a younger brother, Kurtis … Born in Scarborough, Ontario that scored 9.825. … Sociology major.

14 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies SONYA MERAZ Junior / 5-1 / Santa Monica, Calif. / All Olympia Gymnastics Center / Santa Monica HS

2016 career-high 9.85, beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 and fl oor 2nd-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Led the team with 42 with a 9.875 … Tied her career-highs on bars and beam with routines competed … Contributed the most points to the team scores of 9.85 vs. Stanford on Mar. 7 … Earned third-place scoring with 409.6875 total points (12.49%) … Scored a new fi nishes on beam with a 9.85 and fl oor with a 9.825 at ASU career-high on beam with a 9.9 at Pac-12 Championships … Went all-around at the Feb. 21 quad meet and scored and also added a 9.825 on vault and 9.8 on bars … Tied her 38.425, placing seventh … Scored career-bests on all three career-high in the all-around with a second-place score of 39.4 events she competed at Stanford, scoring 9.85 on bars and vs. Stanford/Georgia and posted career-highs on bars and beam beam (second place) and 9.9 on fl oor … Won the all-around (9.85) and a season-high on fl oor (9.875) despite competing in her fi rst attempt vs. Washington, scoring 39.025, and also without music after a music malfunction … Second in the placed third on fl oor with a career-high 9.875 … Scored 9.8 all-around vs. ASU with a score of 39.025 and also fi nished on beam in her fi rst counting beam routine vs. Cal … Fourth second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 … Scored a on fl oor with a 9.825 in her fl oor debut vs. Arizona and also career-high 39.4 in her all-around season debut vs. Oregon scored 9.825 in an exhibition beam performance … Placed State, scoring 9.85s across the board and career-highs on fi fth on bars with a 9.775 and scored 9.775 on an exhibition vault, bars and beam … Earned season-highs on vault and beam routine at OSU. bars vs. Utah with scores of 9.8 and added a 9.825 on beam Club … Competed on three events at Cal and had a high mark 2014 Level 10 Region 1 fl oor exercise champion and SoCal of 9.8 on fl oor … Scored 9.8 on her fl oor exercise debut at State uneven bars champion… Won the all-around, vault and Arizona and also placed second on beam with a career-high- beam at the 2013 JO NIT … JO National Championships Career Highlights tying 9.85 … Made her season debut on vault at Florida and qualifi er in 2012 after fi nishing in fi fth place in the all-around scored 9.75 and added scores of 9.8 on bars and 9.775 on • 2016 2nd-team Pac-12 All-Academic at the Region 1 Championships … Level 10 State all-around beam … Tied for third on beam with a 9.85 and anchored on and beam champion and vault, bars and fl oor runner-up in • Led the team in points scored in 2016 bars, scoring 9.7, vs. Alabama. 2012 … Trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center. • Won all-around in her fi rst all-around meet 2/9/15 2015 Personal • Career-highs of 9.85 or better on all four events Scored 9.85 on beam in fi ve of 10 meets and in four of her Hobbies include drawing and listening to music … Career last six in the leadoff position … Averaged 9.813 on beam … aspiration is to be a doctor … Full name is Sonya Meraz … Hit two strong routines at the NCAA semifi nals, scoring 9.8 on Parents: Angel and Marianna Meraz … Has an older sister, Best Marks bars and 9.75 on beam … Contributed a pair of 9.8s on bars Dory … Born in Santa Monica, Calif. … Biochemistry major. V ...... 9.850, last 2/13/16 and beam at NCAA Regionals … Recorded a career-high 39.3 UB ...... 9.850, last 3/6/16 in the all-around at Arkansas and placed third on vault with a BB ...... 9.900, 3/19/16 FX ...... 9.900, 2/14/15 AA ...... 39.400, last 3/6/16

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 15 Returning Athlete Biographies HALLIE MOSSETT Senior / 5-2 / Los Angeles, Calif. / West Coast Elite Gymnastics / Vistamar HS

2016 Freshman of the Week … Won the all-around at Utah in her Suffered a fractured sternum on Feb. 13 and missed seven all-around debut, scoring 39.075 … Scored 9.75 on her fi rst meets before returning to compete on fl oor exercise at the NCAA vault, tied her career-high on bars (9.75) and scored 9.775 on Championships … Scored 9.7875 in her fi rst routine back in beam and 9.8 on fl oor … Tied her career-high on bars (9.75), the NCAA semifi nals and improved her mark to 9.8375 in the recorded a new career high on beam (9.85) and scored 9.875 Super Six … Ranked in the Top 11 in the nation on fl oor for six on her fl oor debut vs. OSU …Earned scores of 9.775 on beam weeks at the beginning of the season … Earned a season-high and 9.75 on bars in her collegiate debut vs. Florida 9.825 on bars at Cal and then tied her career-high against Utah Club with a 9.9 … Scored 9.875 on fl oor at Florida … Earned a Five-time VISA Championships competitor, qualifying for the career-high 9.95 on fl oor vs. Alabama, receiving a 10.0 from national championship meet from 2007-11 … Highest fi nish one of the two judges and picking up her fi rst career win on the at the VISA Championships was a ninth-place showing to make event … Named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Jan. 12. the national team in 2008, and she also placed fi fth on fl oor 2015 and seventh on vault … Also had Top 15 fi nishes in 2009 Scored 9.8 or better on bars in her last six meets, including (12th) and 2007 (15th) … Named to the U.S. National Team a 9.85 at the NCAA Semifi nals … Had her strongest overall in 2011 and was an alternate for the Pan American Games performance of the season vs. Stanford on Mar. 7, tying for … Finished eighth on fl oor at the 2011 VISA Championships second on bars with a season-high 9.875, tying her career-high … Won fl oor and placed fourth in the all-around at the 2011 with a 9.875 on fl oor and scoring 9.775 in an exhibition on American Classic, and fi nished in the top 10 in the all-around Career Highlights beam … Earned 9.85 on a beam exhibition at the Feb. 21 quad at the CoverGirl Classic … U.S. Classic fl oor exercise champion in 2007 … Level 10 State fl oor exercise champion in 2007 and • Pac-12 Specialist of the Week 1/12/16 meet … Competed on fl oor for the fi rst time vs. Washington and scored 9.825 … Scored a season-high 9.85 on bars and 2006 … Trained at West Coast Elite Gymnastics. • Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in 2014 went 9.75 on beam in her fi rst routine of the season. Personal • Two all-around wins in 2014 2014 Favorite apparatus is fl oor exercise … Hobbies include singing, • Two-year USA National Team member Hit 41 of 43 routines without a fall during the season … Aver- dancing, swimming and watching reality TV … Accomplished aged 9.79 as the leadoff on beam in UCLA’s last seven meets choreographer who has choreographed several of her team- … Placed in the Top 3 in four of fi ve all-around appearances mates' fl oor exercise routines … Admires sprinter Alyson Felix Best Marks … Earned 39.275 in the all-around at Michigan … Scored a … Names her greatest athletic thrills as competing at U.S. V ...... 9.850, 3/1/14 career-high 39.425 in the all-around to place third at Arizona Nationals and competing with the U.S. National Team … Full and also set a new career-high on vault with a 9.85 … Won name is Hallie Noelle Mossett … Parents: Edwina and L. Mack UB ...... 9.900, last 2/6/16 her second Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor after captur- Mossett … Older brother Clarence graduated from UCLA in BB ...... 9.875, 2/22/14 ing all-around title vs. Arizona State with a then-career-high 2012 … Born in Los Angeles, Calif. … Sociology major with a career objective of being a sports psychologist. FX ...... 9.950, 1/10/16 39.325 … Scored two career-highs at Cal, winning bars with a 9.9 and tying for second on beam with a 9.875 to win Pac-12 AA ...... 39.425, 3/1/14

16 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies Sophomore / 4-10 / Plano, Texas / WOGA / Plano Senior HS

2016 Club Second-team All-Pac-12 on balance beam … Named Pac- 2013 AT&T American Cup all-around champion … Won a total 12 Freshman of the Week four times in the six weeks she of four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the City of Jesolo competed in the regular season … Sat out four weeks with a Trophy in 2012 and 2011 … Dominated at the 2012 Pacifi c small sternum fracture but came back to score 9.9 on beam Rim Championships, winning team, all-around, bars, beam in fi ve meets, including at the NCAA Championships and NCAA and fl oor gold in the junior division … Won bars and placed Super Six … Recorded her third consecutive 9.9 on beam to tie eighth on beam at the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic … Won the for third place vs. Oklahoma and scored 9.825 as the leadoff junior all-around, bars, beam and fl oor titles at the 2011 U.S. on fl oor … Won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors for the Championships … First on bars, second on beam, third in the second-straight week after scoring career-highs of 9.9 on both all-around and fi fth on vault at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic … beam and fl oor vs. Stanford/Georgia … In her fi rst meet back Captured second in the all-around and fi rst on bars at the 2010 from injury, she won beam with a career-high 9.9 vs. ASU, en U.S. Championships … Placed second in the all-around and route to Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors … Won Pac-12 on fl oor at the 2010 CoverGirl Classic … Competing at Level Freshman of the Week honors after winning the all-around and 10 in 2015 and placed second on vault and beam at the State bars and setting career-highs on all four events (vault - 9.775, Championships … Trained at WOGA. bars - 9.925, beam - 9.825, fl oor - 9.85) and the all-around Personal (39.375) at Arizona … Named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Jan. 19 after scoring a career-high 9.9 on bars to tie for Describes her greatest athletic thrill as representing Team USA Career Highlights third and adding scores of 9.8 on beam and 9.825 on fl oor at at the American Cup and Pacifi c Rim Championships … Lists Florida … Second in the all-around in the season opener vs. Muhammad Ali as the athlete she most admires … Hobbies • 2nd-team All-Pac-12 on beam Alabama, scoring 38.625 thanks in part to scores of 9.8 on include shopping, painting nails and going to the beach … • Four-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in 2016 beam and 9.85 on fl oor. Full name is Katelyn Michelle Ohashi … Parents: Richard and Diana Ohashi … Has three older brothers, Ryan, Kyle and Kalen • 2013 AT&T American Cup all-around champion … Born in Seattle, Wash. … Undeclared major whose career • Four-year USA National Team member objective is to be a physical therapist.

Best Marks V ...... 9.775, 1/23/16 UB ...... 9.900, 1/23/16 BB ...... 9.900, last 4/16/16 FX ...... 9.900, 3/6/16 AA ...... 39.375, 1/23/16

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 17 Returning Athlete Biographies MADISON PRESTON Sophomore / 5-3 / Loveland, Ohio / Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy / K-12 International Academy

2016 Club NCAA Regional vault co-champion with a career-high-tying 9.9 Won the 2014 Level 10 National vault championship with a … Competed on vault in every meet and placed fi rst three times score of 9.9 … Fifth in the all-around and fi rst on vault at the … Competed on vault at the NCAA Championships and stuck 2014 Region 5 Championships … Won the all-around and her vault in the Super Six, scoring 9.825 … Scored 9.85 on vault and placed second on beam and fl oor at the 2014 Level fl oor at Pac-12 Championships, her fi rst time competing on 10 State Championships … Won a total of three all-around fl oor in over a month … Tied for second on vault vs. Oklahoma Level 10 State titles from 2012-14. with a 9.875 … Tied her career-high with a 9.9 on a stuck Personal Yurchenko layout full on Mar. 6 … Tied for fi rst on vault with a 9.85 vs. ASU … Hit a career-high 9.9 to tie for fi rst place Favorite apparatus is vault … Describes her biggest athletic vs. Oregon State … Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Feb. 2 thrill as hitting one of her best vaults ever and scoring 9.9 to after scoring career-highs on all three events she competed, win vault at the 2014 JO Nationals … Admires Olympic gold with a 9.85 on vault to place second, a 9.775 on beam in her medalist Shawn Johnson … Interested in art … Full name is collegiate debut on the event, and 9.925 on fl oor to kick-start Madison Ann Preston … Parents: Paul and Shari Preston … UCLA’s comeback win … Made her fl oor exercise debut at Has two older brothers, Taylor and Parker … Born in Cincinnati, Arizona and scored 9.875 … Earned a career-high 9.825 on Ohio … Undeclared major. vault at Florida and also made her debut on fl oor in an exhibi- tion, scoring 9.825 … Anchored vault for UCLA in the season Career Highlights opener, scoring 9.775 to tie for fi fth vs. Alabama • 2016 NCAA Regional Vault co-champion • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week 2/2/16 • 2014 Level 10 National vault champion

Best Marks V ...... 9.900, 4/2/16 BB ...... 9.775, last 2/6/16 FX ...... 9.925, 2/6/16

18 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Returning Athlete Biographies STELLA SAVVIDOU Sophomore / 5-2 / Melbourne, Australia / Methodist Ladies College Gymnastics Club / Methodist Ladies College

2016 onship … Placed second in the all-around and vault at the Tied for fourth on bars at Pac-12 Championships with a career- 2014 national championships … Named the 2015 Hellenic high 9.875 … Scored 9.875 on bars to place fourth against Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Award-winner Oklahoma … Competed on bars and beam vs. Stanford/Georgia for Sporting Excellence … Awarded the 2014 Senior Gymnast and posted a then-season-high 9.575 on bars … Competed of the Year and Senior School Sports Achiever of the Year at on beam for the fi rst time Feb. 27 vs. ASU and tied for third Methodist Ladies College. place with a 9.825 … Hit a 9.875 on bars in an exhibition vs. Personal ASU … Made her UCLA debut in an exhibition performance Favorite apparatus are fl oor and vault … Lists her biggest on bars at Arizona, scoring 9.75. athletic thrill as the Victorian State team winning the 2015 Club Australian National Championships … Admires Romanian Competed for Cyprus at the 2015 World Championships … gymnast Catalina Ponor … Hobbies include swimming, listening All-around fi nalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games … to music, riding horses and baking … Speaks Greek … Full Competed at the 2015 European Games … Won the Australian name is Stelutsa Savvidou … Parents: Professor John Roberts Level 10 national vault and bars titles in 2015 and helped lead and Dr. Chrysanthi Savvidou … Born in Romania … Biology her Victorian State team to its second-straight team champi- major with a career objective of being an orthopaedic surgeon.

Career Highlights • Fourth on bars at 2016 Pac-12 Championships • 2015 World Championships competitor • All-around fi nalist at 2014 Commonwealth Games

Best Marks UB ...... 9.875, last 3/19/16 BB ...... 9.825, 2/27/16

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 19 Returning Athlete Biographies MACY TORONJO Redshirt Freshman / 4-11 / Huntsville, Texas / Texas Dreams / Coppell HS

2016 won a bronze medal on fl oor and placed ninth in the all-around at the American Classic to qualify for the Visa National Cham- Redshirted the season after undergoing rotator cuff surgery. pionships … 2010 U.S. Challenge bars and fl oor champion Club … Trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics under coaches Kim Zmeskal Burdette and Chris Burdette. Won the all-around and fl oor and placed third on beam, fourth on vault and fi fth on bars at the 2015 Level 10 National Personal Championships … All-around and fl oor champion at the 2015 Favorite apparatus is fl oor exercise … Describes her greatest Region 3 Championships … Swept the all-around and all four athletic thrill as competing at the 2014 P&G Championships events at the 2015 State Championships … Made her senior and winning the JO Nationals in 2015 … Full name is Macy elite debut in 2014, placing eighth in the all-around and sixth Elizabeth Toronjo … Parents: David and Talulla Toronjo … Has on fl oor exercise at the P&G National Championships … Placed a younger brother, Will … Born in Conroe, Texas. fi rst in the all-around, bars and beam and second on fl oor at the 2014 American Classic … At the junior level in 2011, she

Newcomer Biographies ANNA GLENN Freshman / 5-1 / Charlotte, N.C. / Southeastern Gymnastics / South Mecklenburg HS

Club 2012, winning uneven bars at JO Nationals ... Also won the Won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2015 Nastia Liukin all-around at the 2012 Regionals and uneven bars at the State Supergirl Cup ... Placed sixth in the all-around and second on meet ... Trained at Southeastern Gymnastics. vault at the 2015 JO National Championships ... Won the all- Personal around, bars and beam at the 2015 Level 10 Regionals and Biology major ... Favorite apparatus is vault ... Lists her greatest swept every event and the all-around at the Level 10 State athletic thrill as competing in the Nastia Liukin Cup in Cowboy Championships ... In 2014, she was sixth in the all-around Stadium in 2015 ... Admires UCLA alumna Samantha Peszek and vault and second on beam at the JO Nationals, as well as ... Hobbies include cooking, traveling, hanging out with friends, second in the all-around, vault, beam and fl oor at the Regional and Netfl ix ... Parents: Cindi and Neil Glenn ... Twin sister Grace Championships ... Placed third on vault and fourth on beam is also a freshman on the UCLA team ... Full name is Anna at the 2013 JO Nationals after winning the all-around at the Furong Glenn ... Born in Nanchang, China. Regional and State meets ... Captured her fi rst national title in

GRACE GLENN Freshman / 5-2 / Charlotte, N.C. / Southeastern Gymnastics / South Mecklenburg HS

Club 2012 ... Seven-time Level 10 State champion, winning the Won the J.O. National all-around and beam championships in all-around, vault, bars and beam in 2014 and beam in 2016, 2014 and also placed second on vault ... 2016 J.O. National 2013 and 2012 ... Trained at Southeastern Gymnastics. qualifi er after winning the Region 8 all-around, bars and beam Personal championship ... Placed fi fth in the all-around, second on beam, Biology major ... Favorite apparatus is uneven bars ... Lists third on vault and fourth on bars at the 2014 Nastia Liukin Cup her greatest athletic thrill as winning J.O. Nationals in 2014 ... Placed in the Top 4 in the all-around at the 2013 and 2012 ... Admires gymnast Nastia Liukin ... Parents: Cindi and Neil J.O. National Championships ... Three-time J.O. National Team Glenn ... Twin sister Anna is also a freshman on the UCLA team member ... At the Regional level, she swept the all-around and ... Full name is Grace Fugui Glenn ... Born in Nanchang, China. all four events at the 2014 Championships and was the vault and bars champion in 2013 and vault and beam champion in

20 UCLA Gymnastics 2017 Freshman Biographies FELICIA HANO Freshman / 5-2 / San Gabriel, Calif. / Gym-Max / San Gabriel HS

Club Personal Member of the U.S. Senior National Team in 2014-15 ... Won Lists her greatest athletic thrills as making the U.S. National the J.O. National all-around and vault championships in 2013 Team and receiving a scholarship to UCLA ... Favorite ap- and 2012 ... Third on bars at the 2013 Level 10 Nationals paratus are vault and fl oor ... Admires Olympic gymnast Alicia and third on fl oor in 2012 ... Selected to compete at the 2014 Sacramone and Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager ... Hobbies Pan Am Games ... Placed seventh on fl oor at the 2014 P&G include spending time with friends, going to Dodger games, Championships ... Won gold on vault and fl oor and silver in watching movies and baking ... Parents: Denise and Edward the all-around at the 2014 American Classic ... First on vault Hano ... Has a younger sister, Joy ... Full name is Felicia Yukiye and third in the all-around and on fl oor at the 2013 American Hano ... Born in San Gabriel, Calif. ... Political Science major Classic ... Trained at Gym-Max. with an career interest in sports management.

MADISON KOCIAN Freshman / 5-2 / Dallas, Texas / WOGA / Spring Creek Academy

Club Personal Won team gold at the 2016 Olympic Games as a member of Career objective is to be a pediatrician ... Favorite apparatus the and also captured a silver medal on the uneven is uneven bars ... Full name is Madison Taylor Kocian ... Born bars ... Co-champion on uneven bars at the 2015 World in Dallas, Texas ... Parents: Thomas and Cindy Kocian ... Has a Championships ... Won team gold at the 2015 and 2014 World younger brother, Ty ... Chose to attend UCLA because the school Championships ... U.S. champion on uneven bars in 2015 and offered a balance between the prestigious academics and the silver medalist in 2014 and 2016 ... Placed fi fth in the all-around successful athletic program ... Describes her greatest athletic at the 2016 P&G Championships ... First in the all-around and thrill as being able to experience Rio de Janeiro and become an on vault and uneven bars at her fi rst senior national event, the Olympic gold and silver medalist ... Lists Texas Rangers baseball 2013 American Classic ... Won team gold and uneven bars player Adrian Beltre and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps as silver at the 2014 Pan American Championships ... Captured athletes she admires ... Hobbies include outdoor adventures, the uneven bars title at the 2014 ... Six- shopping and pool time ... Undeclared major. time U.S. National Team member.

GRACIE KRAMER Freshman / 5-3 / San Clemente, Calif. / Wildfi re Gymnastics / JSerra Catholic HS

Club Personal Won the Level 10 state all-around title in 2015 and the Region Favorite apparatus is vault ... Admires Olympic gold medalist 1 vault championship ... Tied for second in the all-around and Shawn Johnson ... Born into a surfi ng family and learned how placed second on fl oor and beam at the 2015 J.O. NIT Champi- to surf at a very young age ... Enjoys going to the beach with onships ... In 2014, she won the J.O. NIT vault and beam titles, friends and playing beach volleyball with her younger brother as well as the State vault title ... J.O. National qualifi er in 2013 and father ... Parents: Warren and Lorraine Kramer ... Has an and the Region 1 beam champion ... All-around champion at older brother Ren and younger siblings Julia and Andrew ... Full the 2016 Heart of a Champion meet ... Scored a career-high name is Grace Catherine Kramer ... Born in Newport Beach, 9.925 on vault to win the Gliders Invitational in 2016 ... Trained Calif. ... Undeclared major whose career objective is to be a at Wildfi re Gymnastics. sports commentator or broadcaster.

6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 21 Freshman Biographies GIULIANNA PINO Freshman / 5-2 / Miami, Fla. / Universal Gymnastics / Gulliver Preparatory

Club Personal Became the fi rst gymnast ever from Ecuador to compete in Anthropology major whose objective is to "study the past in two World Cups and at the World Championships, doing so in order to better understand our future, with the sole purpose of 2015 ... Competed at the 2016 Pacifi c Rim Championships making a difference in the world" ... Hobbies include reading, and the 2014 Pan American Games Qualifi er ... Member of going to the beach, listening to music, dancing and singing the Ecuadorian National Team since 2012 ... Competed at ... Is a 17th direct descendant of the Incas from Ecuador ... the Level 10 Region 8 Championships in 2014 ... Trained at Admires gymnasts , , Nastia Liukin and Universal Gymnastics in Florida. Kerri Strug ... Favorite apparatus is beam ... Parents: Cynthia Azari, stepfather Jeffery Azari and father Antonio Pino ... Has an older brother Juan Antonio Pino and younger sisters Sophia and Daniela Azari ... Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

KYLA ROSS Freshman / 5-7 / Aliso Viejo, Calif. / Gym-Max / Aliso Niguel HS

Club Personal 2012 Olympic gold medalist as a member of the Fierce Five ... Bioengineering major ... Career objective is to work in the industry Five-time World Championship medalist, winning team gold and of medical devices or pharmaceuticals ... Hobbies include going all-around bronze in 2014 and silver in the all-around, uneven to the beach and exploring all the beautiful places Southern bars and balance beam in 2013 ... Awarded the Longines Prize California has to offer ... Favorite apparatus is uneven bars ... for Elegance at the 2013 World Championships ... Captured Full name is Kyla Briana Ross ... Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... a total of seven medals at the USA Championships, including Parents: Jason and Kiana Ross ... Has a younger sister, McKenna, gold on balance beam in 2013 and 2014 and uneven bars who is a freshman volleyball player at the University of Hawaii, in 2013 ... Won silver in the all-around in 2013 and 2014 ... and a younger brother, Kayne ... Father Jason played football Earned fi ve medals at the 2014 Pacifi c Rim Championships, and baseball at the University of Hawaii and went on to play winning team and balance beam gold and all-around, uneven minor league baseball ... Decided to attend UCLA because she bars and fl oor exercise silver ... Also won team and balance loves how the school excels in both academics and athletics ... beam gold and all-around silver at the 2012 Pacifi c Rims ... Describes her greatest athletic thrill as being able to represent Won the all-around at the 2010 Pan American Championships the U.S. in the highest level of competition. ... Two-time U.S. junior all-around champion (2009, 2010) ... Seven-year U.S. National Team member (four years at the senior level and three at the junior level) ... Trained at Gym-Max. MERCEDEZ SANCHEZ Freshman / 5-5 / Agoura Hills, Calif. / Matrix Gymnastics / Agoura HS

Club Personal Trained at Matrix Gymnastics ... Won the all-around, bars, beam Describes her greatest athletic thrill as traveling to the Copa and fl oor at the 2015 Copa Quetzal Level 10 competition in Quetzal and winning the all-around in her father's home country Guatemala ... Level 10 Region 1 qualifi er in 2016 and 2015 of Guatemala ... Favorite apparatus is uneven bars ... Admires ... Earned Top 5 fi nishes in the all-around, vault and beam at Misty Copeland and Michael Jordan ... Started in acro gymnastics the 2014 Level 9 Western Championships ... Finished fourth and contortion before moving to at age 6 in the all-around, third on vault and fi fth on bars and beam at ... Loves to dance, and her favorite style is contemporary ... the 2014 Level 9 Region 1 Championships. Parents: Rosemarie and Victor Sanchez ... Has a younger sister, Valentina ... Full name is Mercedez Marie Sanchez ... Born in Sherman Oaks, Calif. ... Undeclared major whose career interests lie in physical therapy and coaching gymnastics.

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