Where Are They Now?

JILL (ANDREWS) SPRAGUE (1987-90) CHRISTY ERICKSON (2001-05) Graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1994 and is In her second year of law school at American University, Washington College a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco, handling labor and employment of Law in Washington D.C. Her focus is International Environmental Law. litigation on behalf of the city. She is also currently working in the legal department at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2001-04) Moved to Dallas, Texas to help her sister Katie and brother-in-law Kenyon SUSIE ERICKSON (1996-99) Coleman with taking care of their children. She is currently working with a Graduated from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management children’s clothing line called Sew Cool Clothing and is attending cosme- at UC Santa Barbara in 2002 and works and lives in Irvine as a biologist, doing tology school at the Toni and Guy Academy. She also performs in various plant and wildlife surveys. She is engaged to be married in June. gymnastics shows. JANET FERRARI (1982-85) (1988-2001) Entrepreneur who lives in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Has been through ca- Continued to train elite after her collegiate career ended and was the team reers in accounting, commercial television production and currently owns captain for the U.S. at the 2004 Olympics. She won a team silver medal a thriving window washing business. at the Olympics and placed sixth on fl oor exercise. She is now a coach at DEE (FISCHER) MURPHY (1993-96) Waller’s Gym Jam Academy. Works for Inform-Ventures as a PR and Marketing specialist for clients Lexus HOLLY (BREMER) LEADINGHAM (1992-93) and Scion. She still auditions for commercials for fun and recently booked a After graduating from UCLA, she earned a Masters Degree in Kinesiology national Dreyers commercial. Married in September 2005 to Patrick Murphy, from Indiana University then worked for Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, NC as who is a fi tness and nutrition specialist for stars such as Eva Longoria. the Employee Wellness Director. She is now a systems analyst for the ATM RHONDA FAEHN (1990-92) and Check Card computer systems. Married John Leadingham in May 2003, Head gymnastics coach at the University of Florida after previous assistant and the couple has a baby boy, Jonathan Michael, who was born in August coaching jobs at Nebraska and Maryland. Honored as the SEC Coach of 2004. She also teaches spinning and yoga classes and enjoys running and the Year in 2006 and was twice named the Southeast Region Coach of the competing in triathlons. She has run four marathons so far. Year. In 2001 while at Nebraska, she was named the National Assistant TREENA CAMACHO (1991-94) Coach of the Year. Has worked in the UCLA Athletic Department since graduating and is now ANDREA FONG BESMEHN (1995-98) the executive assistant to UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero. Married in November 2006 to Paul Besmehn. Works at Levi’s in San Francisco JAMIE DANTZSCHER (2001-04) as the Executive Assistant to the President. Graduated with a degree in Psychology and is currently doing residential LESLEY GOLDBERG (1984-87) real estate and coaching part-time at Champion Gymnastics in Pasadena, Owns her own personal training studio in Beverly Hills. Calif. She will soon be working as a personal trainer and performs occasion- ally in gymnastics shows. KIM (HAMILTON) ANTHONY (1987-90) Has been married for 15 years to former UCLA and CORINNE (CHEE) DENUCCI (1993-96) NFL player Corwin Anthony. They have two athletic Since graduating in 1996, she and another former UCLA gymnast, Mike boys, ages 9 and 11, and live in South Florida. Kim DeNucci, moved to Connecticut and got married in 1998. She went on to is a television host and reporter and has worked the Physician Associate Program at Yale University. After graduating, she as a gymnastics analyst for Fox Sports and ESPN. worked for almost three years at an outpatient Family Practice clinic and She has also done sideline reporting for NBA is now staying at home full-time to take care of her two children, Danny, games and NCAA women’s basketball tournament who was born in 2004, and Emily, who was born in 2006. games. She currently hosts a TV Magazine show LENA DEGTEVA (1997-2000) in Miami, called “InSide” and is a motivational Currently works as an assistant designer for the clothing company Velvet speaker. She is also a mentor to the U.S. national and just launched a small jewelry line. She previously spent two years at gymnastics team and at-risk high school girls in Kim Anthony BCBG after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchan- Miami. She hopes to start a foundation that will dise. Keeps connected with gymnastics by doing choreography for local take the sport of gymnastics into the inner-cities of America. gymnastics clubs, and she also volunteers at Cedars-Sinai. DONNA (HARRIS) VIDMAR (1979-82) MAURA DRISCOLL FARDEN (1986-87) Married to UCLA Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar. Worked in sports broadcasting as an gymnastics analyst on Prime Sports They live in Coto de Caza, Calif. and have fi ve kids, all of whom have done and ESPN and for Lifetime Sports as the halftime host for WNBA games. gymnastics at some point in their lives. Their oldest son is 21 and is on a While at Lifetime, she also hosted a sports documentary series, Breaking church mission in Edmonton, Canada. Their second son is a sophomore at Through, and earned a Gracie Allen Award and a Women’s Sports Foundation BYU. Their youngest son is a senior and wrestler on his high school team, Award for excellence in sports reporting. She won and their oldest daughter is a sophomore on the cross country team and a a second Gracie Allen Award in 2003 for her work club soccer player. Their youngest daughter is a state champion gymnast on the show “Newborn Woman”. Maura has also and in the seventh grade. covered women’s collegiate basketball, women’s team triathlon, the LPGA Tournament of Champi- KIRALEE HAYASHI (1996-1999) ons, synchronized skating, the fi rst-ever nationally Currently involved in brain imaging research at UCLA, studying the eff ects televised women’s ice hockey game between the of brain-related diseases and the genetic risk for disease. Kiralee also took US and Canada in 1997, downhill skiing for NBC, her love for performance to a new stage, fi nding her passion in acting. She The Westminster Dog Show for USA Network, Pro worked on one play and two independent fi lms last year. Beach Volleyball for Fox Sports Net and a series of MALIA JONES (2000-03) in-fl ight programs for United Airlines. She is cur- Graduated in 2004 with degrees in political science and history. Performed rently hosting a series of shows for The Newborn Maura Driscoll Farden in “Mystique de la Mer” and “Cirque de la Mer” at SeaWorld San Diego. In Channel and The Wellness Channel, which air in those two shows, she combined dance, tumbling, fast track, aerial tissue hospitals nationwide, and in 2007, she will begin work as the host for an and web, Chinese poles and Russian Swing. She now performs in the show on-line TV show at Barnes&Noble.com. Maura lives in Hingham, Mass. “Le Rêve” at the Wynn in Las Vegas. with her husband Scott Farden and two daughters, Kelsey (9) and Lily (6). UCLA Tradition 48 2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Where Are They Now?

ANNE (KITABAYSHI) FRETWELL (1980-83) Louis, Mo. She is a stay-at-home-mom and an independent consultant for After a career in advertising sales, she and her husband Chuck and twins Tastefully Simple, a direct sales company off ering unique, easy to prepare Cody & Kylie moved in 2005 from Thousand Oaks, Calif. to West Linn, Ore., gourmet foods. where she is now a stay-at-home mom. LAURA NEUSTEDTER (1988-91) LIZ LAHEY (1994-95) Has been working as a graduate student intern at UC Berkeley’s Athletic Lives in Malibu, Calif. and is a talent agent representing celebrities for Study Center and just earned an MA in Education at the University of San domestic and international commercial endorsements. Also travels and Francisco. She hopes to continue her education in a PhD program that will works with two charities in Africa - The Siyazisiza Trust in South Africa that eventually lead to a career focusing on academic policy making for student creates self-reliance programs for rural communities in Kwazulu-Natal, and athletes and the NCAA. Also coaches at the American Gymnastics Club in in Nigeria with Richard Branson’s charity division called “Virgin Unite” on a San Francisco. Participated in four productions of the San Francisco Opera project called “Heaven’s Angels” that brings medical supplies via motorcycle as an acrobat from 2002-04. to remote communities in rural Nigeria. TRISHNA PATEL (2001-04) CHERYL B. LEADER (1978-82) Interned for a year in Washington D.C. and currently works in Marketing and Founder & President of INDIVISION Productions. Cheryl writes, directs and PR. She recently received her real estate license and hopes to work in the produces educational videos in English/Spanish for the Latino community. residential real estate market on the side. She also hopes to pursue a career Currently, she has landed the “Healthy Homes” project for the City of Long in the media and is contemplating graduate school for an MBA. In her spare Beach’s Health & Human Resources Dept., as well as maintaining devel- time, she coaches, writes and runs the LA marathon once a year. opment on young HEART diaries, a television edutainment series/book CARLY RAAB (2000-04) collection sharing unexplored myths and legends from Hispanic cultural Working on her Ph.D in counseling psychology with a specialization in sport origins to inspire Latina youth. Voted one of the Top 100 Producers by AV psychology at the University of North Texas. Video Multimedia, Cheryl’s work has garnered many local & national awards, and she has been inducted into the Xicano Retrospective archives at the PAULA (RASMUSSEN) KUHLMAN (1989-93) Museum of Modern Art in New York. Attended medical school at the University of Chicago and did her pediat- rics residency in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai medical center. She is now CAROLINE LEE (1985-88) working part time as a pediatrician and spending time with her two young Currently living in Los Gatos, Calif. and working at Accenture as a Program children. Has been married to Chris Manager. Kuhlman since 1994. AMY LUCENA (1986-89) TANYA (SERVICE) CHAPLIN (1986- Partner in an art consulting fi rm, Fidelity Arts, Inc., where she has worked 89) since graduating from UCLA. She works closely with designers and archi- Head gymnastics coach at Oregon tects to handle the clients’ art needs, from blueprint to installation, and State, where she has earned two travels the world purchasing and commissioning art, as well as supervising Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors. its installation. She and husband Michael Chaplin, (2001-05) who was also a UCLA gymnast, have Performing with Cirque du Soleil. a daughter, Alana. DAWN (MELCHER) BEIGEL (1980-81) SHARON SHAPIRO (1980-82) Tanya Chaplin Mother of two and competitive racewalker. Has been working for the past nine years in marketing at the PlayStation division of Sony. Married to Mike YOLANDE MAVITY (1988-91) Goldstone and lives in Northern California. Full-time graduate student in physical therapy at Cal State Northridge who is due to graduate with a Masters degree in 2008. Previously worked DONI THOMPSON (2000-03) as Events Manager for The Broad Foundations, a non-profi t foundation Was an assistant coach for the women’s team at San Jose State in 2006 that focuses governance, management and labor relations for K-12 urban and now coaches at JDR Gymnastics at Stanford. Married to J.D. Reive in education May 2006. HEIDI MONEYMAKER (1997-2000) TRINA TINTI (1984-87) Works as a stunt woman in Hollywood. Her Former UCLA assistant coach and California head coach. Was married in July latest project has her working on stunts for 2005. Earned a Masters degree in Education and is an Admissions Counselor Ocean’s Thirteen and Spider-Man 3, and she at a Bay Area University and coaches part time for fun. was Drew Barrymore’s stunt double in Charlie’s (2001-04) Angels: Full Throttle. She has also worked in Performing with Cirque du Soleil. many television shows and movies, including Mission: Impossible 3, Poseidon, Van Helsing, VALERIE VELASCO (1999-2002) Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 24 and The OC and has Lives in Fullerton and works as a corporate accountant and property man- worked on many projects alongside another ager. She also coaches at Gym Max. former UCLA gymnast, Karin Silvestri. ONNIE (WILLIS) ROGERS (2000-03)

KRIS MONTERA-JACKSON (1983-84) Enrolled in the graduate program for Applied Psychology at New York TraditionUCLA Graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in Heidi Moneymaker with University, where she is studying child and adolescent development. Also Business-Economics and is currently living with fellow stunt double Casey works as a literacy instructor for second graders at an inner-city school in her husband, Richard, and children, Andrew O’Neal on the set of Mission: the South Bronx. Married in 2003 to Chad Rogers and graduated from UCLA (14), Trevor (11), and Taylor (6), in Huntington Impossible 3 in 2004. Prior to starting graduate school, she worked as the gymnastics Beach, Calif. She remained involved in the sport program director at the YMCA in Seattle, Wash. and coached a small team as a judge at the collegiate and club levels. of level 8 gymnasts. KAREN (NELSON) LINN (1990-94) AMY YOUNG (2000) Graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. Married former Works in Southern California as a Senior District Retail Lending Manager for UCLA football player and head strength & conditioning coach Mike Linn in HSBC, one of the Top 3 largest banks in the world. She oversees seven dif- 1997. They have two children, ages 6 and 4, and are currently living in St. ferent locations within Southern California, including Pasadena, Downtown LA, Beverly Hills, Encino, San Gabriel, Rowland Heights and Chinatown. 2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics 49 UCLA Gymnastics Legacy Endowment

UCLA Gymnastics has established a legacy of athletic and academic excel- lence. The Bruins have captured fi ve NCAA titles, including four of the past seven national championships, and 16 NCAA Regional titles. Since 1987, UCLA has won 12 Pac-10 Conference titles. For six of the last seven years, UCLA gymnasts have earned the highest team GPA in the athletic department and posted a higher cumulative GPA than the average UCLA student. Their accomplishments on the competition fl oor, in the classroom and in life set a standard of excellence unmatched by any other NCAA Gymnastics team in the last decade. The UCLA GYMNASTICS LEGACY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN was established to assist in continuing this legacy of Bruin excellence. The goal of this cam- paign is to fully endow all 12 of our gymnastics scholarships. Endowments are $150,000 each and can be paid out over a fi ve-year period. Don Shepherd and the 2005 Bruin team UCLA Athletics would like to thank our contributing endowment members for their generous support of our fi ve fully endowed scholarships. The Bruin Gymnastics Family is looking to individual, business and corporate Evelyn Dees donors to complete our Legacy Endowment Campaign. Carl & Bette McBain For further information, please contact Campaign Director Scott Tedmon at (916) 441-4540; Assistant Campaign Director Ike Vanden Eykel at (214) Don Shepherd - 2 Full Scholarship Endowments 354-8308 or Ken McGuire, UCLA Athletics Offi ce of Development at (310) Scott Tedmon, Ike Vanden Eykel, Diana Chan, Sharon Shapiro 206-3577.

Bruin 10.0 Club

The Bruin 10.0 Club is the offi cial support group of the UCLA Gymnastics team. ment that is kept in the Pauley Pavilion tunnel for home meets. The other One of the most visible things the Bruin 10.0 Club has done was establish a major project involved raising money to set up a permanent multi-camera, tailgating tradition at the Bruin home meets, three hours prior to the event multi-screen video system in the training gym. between Pauley Pavilion and the Central Ticket Offi ce. The Bruin 10.0 Club Project 2007 is to procure the necessary funds to build a new state of the provides the food, fun and festivities before every home meet. art training facility for UCLA Gymnastics. The athletic department has been In addition, the Bruin 10.0 has provided the main support for UCLA Gymnas- given some land by Drake Stadium for the site, and a true state of the art tics’ fundraising eff orts. Last season, they helped raise the funds necessary facility has been designed with all of the necessary equipment and landing to replace worn-out equipment and complete the separate set of equip- surfaces to train the athletes safely.

Champion Level - $500 or more (100% tax deductible) Gold Level - $200 to $299 (100% tax deductible) • Quarterly Coaches Newsletter • Quarterly Coaches Newsletter • Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet • Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet • Two (2) Olympic Sport Cards • Olympic Sport Cards • Athletic Department Gift • Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper • Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper • Team Media Guide • Team Media Guide

MVP Level - $300 to $499 (100% tax deductible) Blue Membership - $100-199 (100% tax deductible) • Quarterly Coaches Newsletter • Quarterly Coaches Newsletter • Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet • Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet • Two (2) Olympic Sport Cards • Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper • Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper • Team Media Guide

To join the Bruin 10.0 Club, please call the UCLA Athletic Fund Offi ce at 310/206-3302. UCLA Tradition 50 2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Spectator Guide

Team Competition Collegiate team competition involves the totaling of the fi ve best individual This event requires tremendous upper body strength. A smooth routine scores on each event to arrive at a team score. Each team can put up a with circling moves, handstands, fl ips, release and regrasp moves, kips and maximum of six competitors on each event. Two judges per event evaluate fl ight from bar to bar will usually score well. Ten or more skills are required. each athlete’s performance. The judges’ scores are then averaged to arrive Special requirements include two bar changes, two diff erent fl ight elements at a fi nal mark. A perfect score is 200. and a minimum B level dismount. In a dual meet, the host team begins on , followed by the uneven bars, balance beam and fl oor exercise. The visitor fl ip-fl ops with the host, Balance Beam starting on bars, and moving onto the vault, fl oor exercise and fi nishing The balance beam is 16 feet long, four feet high and a mere four inches wide. on the balance beam. If there are more than two teams competing, each Beam routines combine dance elements such as turns, leaps and jumps with team will start on a diff erent event, following the home order, vault, uneven acrobatic skills such as cartwheels, somersaults in the air, handsprings and bars, balance beam and fl oor exercise. rolls. Performing on the beam requires precise movement and intense con- centration throughout the entire routine, which lasts from 70 to 90 seconds. Vault Special requirements on beam include a dance or acro/dance combination, a full turn, a large leap or jump requiring a split, an element close to the The object is to get as high as possible off the horse, to stay up in the air long beam and an acrobatic series with two ore more fl ight elements. enough to fl ip and/or twist and to land far from the horse in perfect control. A proper, motionless landing is called “sticking” the vault. Each vault has a maximum value, usually from 8.8 to 10.0. The vault is judged in the areas Exercise of pre-fl ight (board to horse), repulsion (push off the horse), after-fl ight Floor exercise is an artistic event that combines powerful tumbling with (distance and height), and landing. Gymnasts may only perform one vault. beautiful dance. The selection of music and choreography showcase each At the individual event fi nals at the NCAA Championships, gymnasts must gymnast’s individual style. Two tumbling passes are required, with three perform two diff erent vaults, which will be averaged for a fi nal score. diff erent saltos required within the exercise. The combination of creative dance and daring acrobatics makes fl oor exercise one of the most enjoy- able events.

Vault - Ashley Peckett Bars - Kristina Comforte Beam - Jordan Schwikert Floor - Janelle Dantzscher UCLA TraditionUCLA

2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics 51 Administrator Biographies DAN GUERRERO Key Athletic Department Staff ATHLETIC DIRECTOR • UCLA ’74 • 5TH YEAR In just four years as UCLA’s Director of Athletics, Daniel G. Guerrero has boldly placed his imprint on the school’s athletic program. A former Bruin baseball player, Guerrero exudes the pride of a student-athlete who is now calling the shots at his alma mater. Hailed as one of the nation’s leading athletic directors, his fi rst four years in this position have resulted in unprecedented success for the Bruins’ broad-based athletic program. Guerrero Don Morrison Michael Sondheimer has clearly established a pattern of “image and substance” that few in his profes- Faculty Athletic Rep Asso. A.D., Academic Admissions Srvcs. sion can match. UCLA stands as the No. 1 university in the nation for NCAA Team Championships won (99 heading into 2006-07), a number that continues to grow under his direction. During Guerrero’s tenure, UCLA teams have won 13 NCAA championships (the highest total in the nation in that span), fi nished second 10 times and have had an additional 10 Top Five fi nishes. A staggering 76 teams (of 92 possible) have qualifi ed for NCAA post-season competition, and the football team has appeared in four bowl games. The program has also won 28 conference championships, produced 231 All-Americans and featured four Honda Award winners, including the 2003-04 Collegiate Woman of the Year. Lorita Granger Stephanie Adams Over the past four years, Guerrero earned numerous honors, including 2002 UCLA Latino Alumnus of the Staff Athletic Trainer Student Athletic Trainer Year; 2003 Cal State Dominguez Hills Alumnus of the Year and 2003 “Father of the Year” by the Father’s Day Council of the American Diabetes Assn. On Sept. 10, 2002, the Los Angeles City Council honored him with Dan Guerrero Day. He also became the fi rst athlete in any sport at Banning High School to have his jersey (No. 8 in baseball) retired. Guerrero was named one of the nation’s Top 100 Most Infl uential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine, and the May 5, 2003 issue of Sports Illustrated listed him No. 28 among the 101 Most Infl uential Minorities in Sports. Guerrero, 54, came to UCLA in 2002 from UC Irvine, where he had served as UCI’s fi fth Director of Ath- letics for 10 years. Prior to arriving at UC Irvine, he was the Athletic Director for fi ve years at Cal State Ann Tran Hector Tovar Dominguez Hills (1988-92). He received his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1974 and played second base Student Athletic Trainer Equipment Room in the Bruin baseball program for four years. Born on November 10, 1951 in Tucson, AZ, he is married to the former Anne Marie Aniello and they have two daughters: Jenna (24) and Katie (20).

PETRINA LONG SR. ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/SWA • CALIFORNIA ’77 • 3RD YEAR Jon Fussell Brian Campbell Petrina Long is in her third year as Senior Associate Athletics Director/Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach Massage Therapist Women's Administrator at UCLA, having joined the staff in June of 2004. Long has oversight responsibility for several sports, including women's basket- ball, men's and women's volleyball, softball and women's gymnastics, as well as several administrative areas, including academic services. Long came to UCLA from UC Irvine, where she had served as Senior Associate Athletic Director / Senior Women's Administrator since 1993, working closely with Bruin athletic director Dan Guerrero. She also served as interim Athletic Director following Guerrero's departure to UCLA in April of 2002. Liza David Jana Suko Sports Information Marketing/Promotions During her 11 years at UC Irvine, Long supervised several of the university's 23 sports teams, as well as academic and student support, compliance and sports medicine. In addition, she was active in numerous groups on campus and in the community. Her campus activities included serving on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics (CACIA), and chairing the Diversity Development Program Board for two years. She was a board member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce for several years and has been a school volunteer in the city of Tustin. Long was also a member of the Big West Conference Council and previously chaired the Big West Compli- ance Committee for two years. She served on the Executive Committee of both the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation. Aaron Giacosa Paul Brown Academic Counselor Event Management Prior to her tenure at UCI, Long spent nine years at Columbia University, serving in both the Associate and Assistant Athletic Director positions. She was the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Aff airs at Southern Methodist University from 1982-84 and was an advisor for student-athletes at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1979-82. Long received her B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977 and her Master's degree in Anthropology from Columbia in 1992. She and her husband, Sam McCamey, have three children, Samantha, Monte and Traland.

Helen Hsueh Tom Davis Administrative Asst. ISP General Manager UCLA Tradition 52 2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics UCLA Athletic Department Staff Directory

THE GYMNASTICS STAFF (310-825-8699) IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Head Coach: , UCLA ’87 AND ADDRESSES Assistant Coach: Chris Waller, UCLA ’91 Assistant Coach: Marshall Nelson, Nebraska ’00 UCLA SPORTS INFORMATION: Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Jennifer Sutton U.S. Mail: Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Lindsey Vanden Eykel P.O. Box 24044, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-0044 Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Courtney Walker Federal Express or UPS: Team Managers: Ashley Martin, Alyssa Kitasoe J.D. Morgan Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Gymnastics Staff Athletic Trainer: Lorita Granger, Cal State Fullerton ’82 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1639 Gymnastics Student Athletic Trainers: Stephanie Adams, Ann Tran SID Telephone: Speed-Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jon Fussell, Oregon ’03 (310) 206-6831 Administrative Assistant: Helen Hsueh, UCLA ’00 SID Fax: THE ATHLETIC STAFF (310-825-8699) (310) 825-8664 Pauley Pavilion Press Row: Director of Athletics: Daniel G. Guerrero, UCLA ’74 (310) 825-1899 Faculty Athletic Representative: Donald Morrison, M.I.T. ’61 UCLA Central Ticket Offi ce: Sr. Associate Ath. Director/Senior Women’s Administrator: Petrina Long, California ’77 (310) UCLA-WIN Sr. Associate Ath. Director ̶ External Relations: Ross Bjork, Emporia State ’95 Sr. Associate Ath. Director ̶ Business and Finance: David Secor, UCLA ’85 UCLA Results Hotline: Sr. Associate Ath. Director ̶ Sports and Administration: Glenn Toth, UCLA ’76 (310) 825-8575 Sr. Associate Ath. Director ̶ Business Operations: Ken Weiner, UCLA ’78 UCLA Athletics Web Site Address: Associate Ath. Director ̶ Sports Information: Marc Dellins, UCLA ’76 www.uclabruins.com Associate Ath. Director ̶ Sports and Administration: Bob Field, Arkansas ’71 Associate Ath. Director ̶ Development: Ken McGuire, Long Beach State ’72 Associate Ath. Director ̶ Academic Admissions Services: Mike Sondheimer, UCLA ’77 Bruin Sports Properties General Manager: Tom Davis, Southern Illinois ’88 Director of Compliance: Rich Herczog, UCLA ’75 Assistant Ath. Director ̶ Operations: Mike Dowling, UCLA ’83 Event Manager ̶ Gymnastics: Paul Brown, Biscayne ’82 Assistant Ath. Director ̶ Wooden Fund: Sharon Takeda, UCLA ’89 Assistant Ath. Director ̶ Marketing & New Revenues: Scott Mitchell, Utah ’81 Assistant Marketing Director ̶ Gymnastics: Jana Suko, Eastern Washington ’99 Director of Student-Athlete Counseling: Mike Casillas, UCLA ’89 Academic Counselor ̶ Gymnastics: Aaron Giacosa, UCLA ’04 Life Skills & Championship Coordinator: Ashley Armstrong, UC Davis ’95 Speed-Strength & Conditioning Coach: E.J. “Doc” Kreis, Clemson ’76 Central Ticket Offi ce Director: David Lowenstein, UCLA ’64 Head Team Physician: Dr. Gerald Finerman, Penn ’58 Associate Team Physician: Dr. John Difi ori, Franklin & Marshall ’85 Assistant Team Physicians: Dr. Sharon Hame, UCLA ’85; Dr. Aurelia Nattiv, UCLA ’81; Dr. David McAllister, UC San Diego ’88 and Dr. Ali Motamedi, California ’89 Team Nutritionist: Felice Kurtzman, UCLA ’77 Team Dentist: Dr. Ray Padilla, USIU ’73 Director of Sports Medicine: Dale Rudd, Cal State Northridge ’76 Athletic Training Staff : Grace Golden, Oregon ’89; Lorita Granger, CS Fullerton ’82; Tandice Hawkey, Illinois ’02; Debbie Iwasaki, UCLA ’90 Kristin Lage, TCU ’89; Jennifer Nickerson, Pacifi c ’01; Marc Norcross, Boston ’01; Carrie Rubertino, Ohio State ’98; Tony Spino, UCLA ’74 and Anthony Venute, UCLA ’02 Head Equipment Manager: Tony Perri, UCLA ’84 Equipment Manager - Gymnastics: Hector Tovar Equipment Staff : Sean Markus and Phil Hollenbaugh Video Coordinator: Ken Norris

THE SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF (310/206-6831)

Associate Athletic Director/Sports Information Director: Marc Dellins, UCLA ’76 UCLA TraditionUCLA Associate SID: Steve Rourke, Virginia ’79 Associate SID: Rich Bertolucci, Santa Clara ’81 Associate SID: Ryan Finney, Kansas State ’90 Assistant SID - Gymnastics: Liza David, UCLA ’95 Assistant SID: Amy Symons Hughes, DePauw ’93 Assistant SID: Danny Harrington, San Diego State ’97 SID Assistant: Stephanie Sampson, Long Beach State ’03 SID Assistant: Alex Timiraos, Boston College ’06 Student Assistants: Gina Albert, Jalynne Dantzscher, Scott Henry, Jack Hogan, Romi Mouhibian, Mitchell Rotenberg and Ivan Santana

2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics 53 This Is UCLA

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They include leaders of industry and providing legal, social, medical and educational scheduled to open in 2007. Santa Monica-UCLA commerce ̶ Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy assistance to community residents. renovations are scheduled for completion in winners; philanthropists and public servants; Through outreach and academic prepara- 2008. Groundbreaking research is constantly tak- Olympians and professional athletes; educators, tion programs, UCLA works with K-12 schools ing place in the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer engineers, bankers, and astronauts. Founded in throughout Los Angeles to help greater numbers Center, the Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience 1934, the UCLA Alumni Association serves 86,400 of students prepare to compete successfully for and Genetics Research Center and in many other members with a comprehensive array of services, college. UCLA also is partnering with community centers and laboratories on campus. programs and activities. colleges to increase the number of underrepre- Arts Books & Technology sented students transferring to the university. A diverse array of public arts programming makes The UCLA Library is ranked among the top ten Additionally, UCLA faculty, researchers and stu- UCLA the leading arts and cultural center of the academic research libraries in North America with dents provide leadership and public service in West. More than 500,000 people annually attend holdings of more than eight million volumes. health care, law, economic development, social arts events including theater, music, opera and From the birth of the Internet at UCLA in 1969, welfare, urban planning, public policy, arts and dance performances, lectures, poetry readings, UCLA continues to be a leader in resources for the environment. Most academic departments exhibitions, fi lm screenings, and media arts that learning. UCLA is nationally recognized for devel- have major research projects, fi eld studies or are presented by UCLA’s two professional arts oping ground-breaking computer services for un- student internships that directly aff ect people’s schools. Check the web sites at www.arts.ucla. dergraduates and was the fi rst university to have lives in Los Angeles, the state and the nation. edu and www.tft.ucla.edu for more informa- a Web site for every undergraduate student. The Health Care tion. university provides an innovative, on-line tool Each year more than 450,000 patients from Lifelong Learning called “My.ucla.edu,” which provides a Web page Southern California, the U.S. and around the tailored to each student’s academic needs. Another prime example of UCLA’s connecting globe come to the world-renowned UCLA Medi- with the community is through UCLA Extension, Outreach & Community Service cal Center for treatment, while thousands more one of the nation’s largest divisions of continu- From its founding, UCLA has been an integral area residents receive care through SM-UCLA, ing higher education, off ering more than 4,500 and contributing part of the greater Los Angeles primary care offi ces and community outreach courses each year in diverse fi elds of study. community. Outreach programs and volunteer- health programs. The four schools in the medi- cal enterprise are medicine, dentistry, nursing In addition, the university conducts guided walk- ism are as much a part of UCLA as academics ing tours and distributes self-guided tour maps. and research, with hundreds of UCLA-sponsored and public health. UCLA Medical Center has been ranked as one of the top hospitals in the For further information, call (310) 825-8764 or programs providing a wide range of opportuni- check out UCLA on the Web at www.ucla.edu. ties. Many of UCLA's undergraduates volunteer country by U.S. News & World Report, including UCLA Tradition 54 2007 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics