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CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 195.750 195.750 19TH NQS SEASON HIGH RANK
SCHEDULE 195.363 195.650 21st NQS SEASON HIGH RANK OVERALL: 1-0 • PAC-12: 0-0 ARIZONA WILDCATS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 1/30 AIR FORCE W, 195.75-188.95 2/6 at Arizona* 12 p.m. PT/ 1 p.m. MT Broadcast: None • Live Stream: Pac-12 App • Live Stats: CalBears.com 2/14 ARIZONA STATE* 2 P.M. PT 2/21 at #Oregon State* (P12BA/P12ORE) 2 p.m. PT 2/26 at Utah* (P12N) 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT BEARS OPEN PAC-12 SLATE AT NO. 21 ARIZONA 3/3 at Stanford* 7 p.m. PT 3/6 UCLA* 2 P.M. PT California women’s gymnastics hit the road for the first time in the 2021 season as 3/14 WASHINGTON* 2 P.M. PT they travel to Tucson for a matchup against No. 21 Arizona. 3/20 at Pac-12 Championships # TBA 4/3 at NCAA Regionals TBA The Bears are coming off a commanding season-opening win over Air Force as they 4/16-17 at NCAA Championships $ TBA won 195.75 to 188.95 in the season opener. The Bears will now begin Pac-12 play, as the matchup vs. Arizona will be the first of seven straight meets against Pac-12 competition. # West Valley City, Utah | $ Fort Worth, Texas * indicates Pac-12 opponent Kyana George won four events in the season opener, claiming event wins on the Home meets in BOLD vault, beam and floor and claiming the all-around crown. George now has 31 event All times listed subject to change wins and 74 top-three finishes in her career.
Milan Clausi and Nevaeh DeSouza were also important contributors for the Bears as Clausi finished in the top-three in three different events, hitting at least a 9.80 on all three events. DeSouza claimed four top-three finishes including a sec- ond-place finish in the all-around.
FOLLOW THE ACTION FROM AFAR: Saturday’s meet at Arizona will be streamed on the Pac-12 Now app. Arizona will offer a live stream featuring in-meet footage from the videoboard.
Links to live stats for the meet can be accessed on the Cal Women’s Gymnastics schedule page on CalBears.com. Follow @CalWGym on Twitter and Instagram for scoring updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos and the latest information, and like Facebook.com/CalWGym for more on the Bears. FAST FACTS NUMBERS TO KNOW COACHING STAFF Co-Head Coach...... Justin Howell The Bears are the No. 8 team in the preseason WGCA poll, it is tied for the ...... San Jose State, 1999 • 9th season best-ever preseason mark in school history, with the 2019 squad. Cal was Co-Head Coach...... Liz Crandall-Howell also picked to finish third in the Pac-12 conference, receiving a first-place ...... BYU, 1997 • 9th season 8 vote and finishing just one point behind UCLA. Assistant Coach...... Janelle McDonald ...... Arizona State, 2011 • 3rd season
TEAM INFORMATION Kyana George has 31 event wins in her career after recording four 2020 Pac-12 Finish...... N/A wins in the season opener vs. Air Force. She now has 74 top-three 2020 Finish/Final Ranking...... N/A 31 finishes in her career and 31 of the team’s 81 career first-place Returners/Newcomers...... 13/5 finishes.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Location: ...... Berkeley, Calif. Cal had 18 event scores that received a 9.925 or higher Nickname: ...... Golden Bears during the 2020 season. The Bears bring back all but one of Enrollment: ...... 42,347 9.925 those performances for the 2021 season. Maya Bordas led Arena...... Haas Pavilion (11,877) the team with six performances at 9.925 or higher last year.
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BACK FOR THE BEARS Association preseason poll as voted on by CAL IN THE 2021 California returns an exciting group of WCGA coaches. This is the fourth year in a student-athletes for the 2021 season as row that Cal has been in the preseason top NATIONAL RANKINGS they feature the past two Pac-12 Fresh- 10. No. 8 is also tied for the highest spot man of the Year in Milan Clausi (2019) in the preseason poll in Cal history. TEAM EVENT and Nevaeh DeSouza (2020). Additionally, Week 4 2020 All-Americans Kyana George (All- PAC-12 PREDICTIONS Road To Nationals Around) and Maya Bordas (All-Around, For the fourth consecutive season, Cali- Uneven Bars) return in 2021. In 2020, Cal fornia women’s gymnastics is projected Event Rank NQS High had a school-record eight All-Pac-12 honors to finish third in the Pac-12 this season, V 14 49.025 49.025 from five different gymnasts, all of whom according to a vote by the league’s gym- UB 16 49.050 49.050 will return for the 2021 season.The Bears nastics coaches. The Bears received 39 BB 18 48.825 48.825 return all but one member of last year’s points, including a first-place selection. In FX 31 48.850 48.850 team that finished the season ranked ninth Cal’s four-year run of third place predictions in the country. they have recorded more points in each successive season, with this year’s total INDIVIDUAL EVENT (Top 50) YOUTH MOVEMENT the highest. It is also the first time Cal has Cal has added five freshmen to the team received a first-place vote. The exact break- Week 4 this year including three-time JO USA down of points is as follows: National Team Members Andi Li and three- Vault time USA National Team member Gabby 1. Utah (6) 48 points Gymnast Rank NQS High Perea. Li finished in second place at the 2. UCLA (1) 40 points Kyana George 51 9.825 9.825 2019 JO National Championship. Perea 3. California (1) 39 points Natalie Sadighi 51 9.825 9.825 claimed first place with Team USA at the 4. Oregon State 32 points City of Jesolo Trophy in 2019, 2017 and 5. Washington 21 points Uneven Bars 2016. The Bears also added Kennedy 6. Arizona State 20 points Gymnast Rank NQS High Quay, Elise Byun and Blake Gozashti to the 7. Arizona 17 points Nina Schank 8 9.900 9.900 squad. Quay is a two-time Nastia Liukin 8. Stanford 7 points Nevaeh DeSouza 16 9.875 9.875 Cup qualifier and claimed silver on vault at JO Nationals in 2017 and 2018. Byun is a NEXT ROTATION Balance Beam two-time JO National qualifier and the 2019 California hits the road for the first time in Gymnast Rank NQS High Region 1 uneven bars champion. Gozashti 2020 as they begin conference play with Kyana George 19 9.875 9.875 took fifth all-around at NorCal State com- a trip to Arizona on Saturday, February 6. Milan Clausi 32 9.850 9.850 petition. The meet is set for 1 p.m. on the Arizona Nevaeh DeSouza 32 9.850 9.850 campus. CALIFORNIA INKS NATIONAL STANDOUTS Floor Exercise The Cal women’s gymnastics team added ALL-ACCESS PASS Gymnast Rank NQS High four high-level performers to the team Join Cal Women’s Gymnastics in the social Kyana George 24 9.875 9.875 during the early signing period as Ella media realm for behind-the-scenes access Cesario, Jordan Kane, Mya Lauzon and to the Bears. Follow Cal on Facebook, Madelyn Williams signed National Letters Twitter and Instagram for meet scores, All-Around of Intent with the Bears. The group has a practice updates, exclusive photos, videos Gymnast Rank NQS High wealth of national level experience as three and more. Kyana George 10 39.375 39.375 have been members of the national team Find Cal at: and the group has combined for six top-five • Twitter: @CalWGym all-around finishes and 11 top-three event • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWGym finishes at the Junior Olympic Nationals. • Instagram: @CalWGym Cesario is a Junior Olympic National Team and finished in the top five of the all-around at three consecutive Junior Olympic Na- tionals. Kane is a two-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier. Lauzon is a two time Junior Olympic National team member. She has two top-three all-around finishes at Junior Olympic Nationals. Williams won the 2019 Junior Olympic Nationals All-Around championship by a score of .575, the widest margin of victory from any of the sessions in 2019 and is a member of the Junior Olympic National Team.
RANKED ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALS The Golden Bears opened 2021 at No. 8 in the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics
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2021 TEAM RESULTS (1-0 Overall, 0-0 Pac-12) 2021 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES
RECORD/ DATE MEET VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR TOTAL RESULT Kyana George (4) 1/30 AIR FORCE 1-0 EVENT SCORE MEET #8 Cal 49.025 49.050 48.825 48.850 195.750 1st V 9.825 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Air Force 47.700 46.725 47.300 47.225 188.950 2nd BB 9.875 vs. Air Force, 1/30 2/6 AT ARIZONA FX 9.875 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Cal ------AA 39.375 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Arizona ------2/14 ARIZONA STATE Nina Schank (1) Cal ------Arizona State ------EVENT SCORE MEET 2/21 AT OREGON STATE UB 9.900 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Cal ------Oregon State ------Natalie Sadighi (1) 2/26 AT UTAH EVENT SCORE MEET Cal ------V 9.825 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Utah ------3/3 AT STANFORD Cal ------Stanford ------3/6 UCLA Cal ------UCLA ------3/14 WASHINGTON Cal ------Washington ------3/21 AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Cal ------UCLA ------Utah ------Oregon State ------Washington ------Arizona State ------Stanford ------Arizona ------
SEASON HIGH Cal 49.025 49.050 48.825 48.850 195.750 Opponent 47.700 46.725 47.300 47.225 188.950
2021 TOP 3 FINISHES CAREER TOP 3 FINISHES
GYMNAST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL GYMNAST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL George 4 0 1 5 George 31 22 21 74 DeSouza 0 3 1 4 Clausi 11 8 18 37 Clausi 0 2 1 3 Bordas 12 6 6 24 Schank 1 0 2 3 Schank 11 6 7 24 Sadighi 1 0 0 1 DeSouza 3 14 7 24 Quinn 0 0 1 1 Watterson 10 7 -- 17 TOTALS 6 5 6 17 Kuc 2 1 3 6 Jones -- 2 1 3 Quinn -- -- 2 2 Sadighi 1 -- -- 1 TOTALS 81 66 65 212
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BALANCE BEAM 1. 48.825...... Air Force
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. 48.850...... Air Force
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2021 ROSTER PRONUNCIATIONS
NAME YR HT. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL/CLUB) Elise Byun BEE-un Maya Bordas JR 5-3 Austin, Texas (Westlake/Capital) Milan Clausi CLAW-see Elise Byun FR 5-2 Los Altos, Calif. (Mountain View/Airborne) Nevaeh DeSouza nev-VAY-uh Milan Clausi JR 5-3 Salt Lake City, Utah (Skyline/Olympus) Kyana George KYE-ann-ah Nevaeh DeSouza SO 5-6 Fairfield, Calif. (Vacaville/Dream Xtreme) Blake Gozashti go-ZOSH-tee Kyana George SR 5-3 McKinney, Texas (McKinney Boyd/Metroplex) Talitha Jones tal-LEE-thuh Blake Gozashti FR 5-6 Penngrove, Calif. (Laurel Springs Sonoma Academy/ Alma Kuc COOK Gymnastics Zone by Mastery of Sports) Andi Li an-DEE LEE Maya Green SO 5-4 San Jose, Calif. (Willow Glen/Airborne) Gabby Perea per-AY-uh Talitha Jones JR 5-6 Los Angeles, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga/Precision) Kennedy Quay KWAY Alma Kuc SR 5-1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Laurel Springs/All Olympia) Natalie Sadighi suh-dee-GHEE Andi Li FR 5-5 Aurora, Ill. (Waubonsie Valley/Legacy Elite) Nina Schank SHANK Gabby Perea FR 5-5 Geneva, Ill. (Batavia/Legacy Elite) Abi Solari AB-be Kennedy Quay FR 5-5 San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines/SCEGA) Emi Watterson EM-me Grace Quinn JR 5-1 Dallas, Texas (Spring Creek Academy/Texas Dreams) Natalie Sadighi SO 5-6 Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Aliso Niguel/Azarian) Victoria Salem SR 5-1 San Bruno, Calif. (Capuchino/San Mateo Gymnastics) Nina Schank SR 5-5 Oakland, Calif. (Head-Royce School/Head Over Heels) Abi Solari JR 5-3 Portishead, England (Gordano School/ Academy of Gymnastics Portishead) Emi Watterson SR 5-1 Brisbane, Australia (St. Margaret’s Girls School/Delta)
COACHING STAFF Co-Head Coach: Justin Howell (ninth season, San Jose State ‘99) Co-Head Coach: Elisabeth Crandall-Howell (ninth season, BYU ‘97) Assistant Coach: Janelle McDonald (third season, Arizona State ‘11) Student Managers: Maleah Pearson, Cosette Carranza
GOLDEN BEAR 2021 SEASON-HIGH MARKS GOLDEN BEAR CAREER-HIGH MARKS GYMNAST V UB BB FX AA V UB BB FX AA Bordas 9.70 9.75 9.475 -- -- 9.90 9.95 9.95 9.90 39.575 Byun ------Clausi 9.80 -- 9.85 9.80 -- 9.95 9.725 9.90 9.95 39.300 DeSouza 9.775 9.875 9.85 9.75 39.250 9.925 9.90 9.90 9.85 39.475 George 9.825 9.80 9.875 9.875 39.375 9.925 9.90 9.925 9.95 39.650 Gozashti ------Green -- 9.725 ------9.875 ------Jones ------9.825 9.875 9.875 -- -- Kuc ------9.925 ------Li -- 9.625 9.700 ------Perea ------Quay ------Quinn ------9.75 -- 9.80 9.775 9.625 9.875 39.025 Sadighi 9.825 ------Salem ------Schank 9.80 9.90 9.55 9.675 38.925 9.85 9.95 9.85 9.90 49.475 Solari ------9.625 -- 9.70 -- -- 9.80 -- Watterson ------9.825 9.975 9.90 -- --
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CO-HEAD COACH JUSTIN HOWELL A LOOK BACK AT 2020... AT A GLANCE COACHING HONORS - The Golden Bears set or matched 10 all- At Cal: 9th season • 2016 NACGC/W National Coach of the time top 5 totals on every event, including Career Record (all Year setting Cal’s program record on bars with a meetings): • Five-time NACGC/W Regional Coach of 49.575. 139-102 the Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020) - Cal tallied a 197.0 or higher in five of 10 • Two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2013, meets this year, including three consecutive COLLEGIATE 2016) 197.0+ scores. COACHING HISTORY - Cal ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA on all • Cal Head Coach BY THE NUMBERS four events at the abrupt end of the season, (June 2012-present) • 2 NCAA All-Americans including Top 10 rankings on vault (6th) and • Cal Assistant • 9 NACGC/W Regular-Season All-America bars (8th). Coach (June 2011-June 2012) Honors (3 gymnasts) • 4 NCAA Regional event champions (4 - The Bears matched or improved their rank- ings and NQS on every single event since EDUCATION gymnasts) the end of 2018-19: Graduated in 1999 with a bachelor’s • 3 NACGC/W Regional Gymnast of the o Vault: From 11th/49.155 degree in kinesiology from San Jose State, Year honorees (2 gymnasts) to 6th/49.260 o Uneven Bars: From 16th/49.175 which he attended on a men’s gymnastics • 1 AAI Award Finalist • 1 Pac-12 Individual Event Champion to 8th/49.315 scholarship o Balance Beam: From 12th/49.195 • 26 All-Pac-12 honors (11 gymnasts) to 12th/49.250 • 4 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year winners o Floor Exercise: From 22nd/49.175 PERSONAL • 31 WCGA Scholastic All-America honors to 13th/49.320 Married to Elisabeth Crandall-Howell with (21 gymnasts) three sons -- Jacob, Noah and Greyson • 46 Pac-12 All-Academic Selections (23 - The Bears claimed a school-record 8 All- Pac-12 honors from five different gymnasts, gymnasts) including six First Team honors. • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American • 1 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year - For the second consecutive year, a Cal gymnast was voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, with Nevaeh DeSouza earning the honor in 2020 after Milan Clausi did the same in 2019. - For the first time in school history, two CO-HEAD COACH LIZ CRANDALL-HOWELL gymnasts earned Regular Season All-Amer- ica distinction – Kyana George and Maya AT A GLANCE PERSONAL Bordas. At Cal: 9th season Married to Justin Howell with three sons -- Career Record (all Jacob, Noah and Greyson - Six WCGA Scholastic All-Americans meetings): 29-17 (Milan Clausi, Maya Green, Cassidy Keelan, Rachael Mastrangelo, Natalie Sadighi and COLLEGIATE COACHING HONORS Nina Schank) all had GPA’s over 3.50, the COACHING HISTORY • 2016 NACGC/W National Assistant second-highest total in program history. • Cal Co-Head Coach of the Year Schank earned the honor for the third consecutive year. Coach (Oct. • Two-time NACGC/W Regional Assistant 2018-present) • Cal Associate Coach of the Year (2015, 2016) - Justin Howell and Liz Crandall-Howell were Head Coach (July named Region 6 Coaches of the Year. 2014-2018) BY THE NUMBERS - Janelle McDonal was named Region 6 As- • Cal Assistant Coach (Sept. 2012-July • 2 NCAA All-Americans 2014) sistant Coach of the Year. - Cal’s floor lineup • Sacramento State Assistant Coach • 9 NACGC/W Regular-Season All-America included five E tumbling passes, with plans (2001-03) Honors (3 gymnasts) to upgrade more. • 4 NCAA Regional event champions (4 EDUCATION gymnasts) - Cal’s three gymnasts performing Yurchenko 1.5s each scored above 9.90s this season, Attended BYU on a full athletic scholarship • 3 NACGC/W Regional Gymnast of the in women’s gymnastics and graduated in with Milan Clausi and Rachael Mastrangelo 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in physical Year honorees (2 gymnasts) each earning 9.95s. education and health promotion. • 1 AAI Award Finalist • 1 Pac-12 Individual Event Champion - Cal gymnasts won 10 uneven bars titles ATHLETIC BACKGROUND • 26 All-Pac-12 honors (11 gymnasts) this season, shared between four different gymnasts, while as a team Cal scored above • 7x U.S. National Team Member (1987- • 4 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year winners 92) 49.0 on the event in 8 of 10 meets. Cal’s • 1991 World Championships silver • 31 WCGA Scholastic All-America honors 49.575 on bars against Stanford on Jan. 19 medalist (21 gymnasts) tied the program-record score on the event. • Four NCAA Championship appearances • 46 Pac-12 All-Academic Selections (23 at BYU (three team, one individual) gymnasts) - The NCAA selected Cal as a host for the 2024 NCAA women’s gymnastics regionals. • Two-time NCAA All-American (uneven • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American bars) • Three-time NCAA Regional bars champion • 1 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
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GYMNAST BIOS MAYA BORDAS ELISE BYUN (BEE-un) 5-3 • JR • AA 5-2 • FR • AA Austin, Texas • Capital Los Altos, Calif. • Airborne
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.70 9.75 9.475 -- -- Season ------Career 9.90 9.95 9.95 9.90 39.575 Career ------
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: AS A FRESHMAN (2021): • 2020 WCGA Regular-Season Second Team All-American (All-Around, Uneven Has not appeared in 2021. Bars) • 2020 All-Pac-12 First Team (All-Around, Uneven Bars) HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: • Pac-12 Coaches’ Choice of the Week (2/13/20) Two-time JO National qualifier and 2019 Region 1 uneven bars champion… Claimed third all-around and third on floor at 2019 Regionals…In her final club AS A JUNIOR (2021): season in 2020, posted four Top 10 all-around performances, including 10th Opened the season going 3-for-3 in the season-opening win vs. Air Force. at the California Grand Invitational, fifth at the Metroplex Challenge, second at Brestyans Las Vegas Invitational and fifth at the Pacific Classic….Trained AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): at Airborne Gymnastics under Danielle Albright, Gibran Campos and Cleo Two-time WCGA Regular-Season All-American, earning second team honors Washington…Attended Mountain View High School, where she was a three-year all-around and on the uneven bars…All-Pac-2 First Team honoree in the member of the National Honor Society. all-around and uneven bars… Voted the team’s Most Improved at the annual team banquet…Second on the team with 8 titles (4 bars, 2 beam, 1 floor, 1 BEAR BITES: all-around), plus 16 Top 3 finishes…Went 36 of 39 (9-9 on vault, 8-10 on • Has recovered from two separate ankle surgeries, first in 2017 as a Level 10. bars, 9-10 on beam, 10-10 on floor)…Won beam at UCLA with a season-high Came back from her first surgery and accomplished her goal of qualifying for 9.925 while also leading Cal in the all-around with a 39.450…Bars champion JO Nationals. Had to undergo a second surgery but once again qualified for JO against Arizona with a season-best 9.925…Claimed three titles against Oregon Nationals in 2019 State, including the all-around with a career-high 39.575, plus the bars and floor titles; Also tallied career-high 9.90s on vault and floor and a season-best MAJOR: 9.925 on bars…Matched a season-best 9.925 on bars at Stanford to win the Undeclared – Intended Business; Would eventually like to work in marketing in bars title…Pac-12 Coaches’ Choice Award winner on Feb. 13 after posting a the sports industry career-high 39.475 against Utah and setting a new career-high on floor with a 9.90; Also matched a season-best 9.875 on beam, and turned in a clutch 9.90 bars routine after an earlier fall in the lineup…Won bars at Washington with a season-high 9.925 and took second in the all-around with a 39.400…Matched her career-high 39.450 all-around total and won beam against Stanford with a 9.875; Also posted a season-high 9.925 on bars and a new career-best 9.875 on floor…Made her season debut with a 39.225 all-around performance at the Collegiate Challenge.
AS A FRESHMAN (2019): Hit 26 of her 29 events (4-4 on vault, 7-9 on bars, 6-7 on beam, 9-9 on floor)… Four event titles and nine Top 3 finishes…Set career-high scores on vault (9.85) and bars (9.95) in the NCAA Regional Final, and took third on bars with her 9.95…Matched her career-best 9.80 on vault at the NCAA Regional Secound Round, and earned a 39.275 all-around total
MAJOR: Undeclared – intends to major in Integrative Biology and pursue a career in the medical field
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force 9.70 9.75 9.475 -- -- 1/30 Air Force ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS MILAN CLAUSI NEVAEH DESOUZA (CLAWSI) (nev-VAY-uh) 5-3 • JR • AA 5-6 • SO • AA Salt Lake City, Utah • Olympus Fairfield, Calif. • Dream XTreme
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.80 -- 9.85 9.80 -- Season 9.775 9.875 9.85 9.75 39.250 Career 9.95 9.725 9.90 9.95 39.300 Career 9.925 9.90 9.90 9.85 39.475
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: • All-Pac-12 Vault First Team (2020) • 2020 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year • NCAA Regional Vault Champion (2019) • 2020 All-Pac-12 First Team All-Around • Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2019) • 3x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/22/20, 2/4/20, 2/12/20) • All-Pac-12 Vault Second Team (2019) • 4x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/29; 3/5, 3/12, 3/19) AS A SOPHOMORE (2021): Recorded top-three finishes in four events in the season opener vs. Air Force, AS A JUNIOR (2021): including a second-place finish in the all-around. Recorded at least a 9.80 on all three events, claiming top three finishes on the vault, beam and floor in the season opener vs. Air Force. AS A FRESHMAN (2020): Pac-12 Freshman of the Year…All-Pac-12 First Team All-Around selection… AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): Voted the team’s Gymnast of the Year at the annual team banquet…Went a All-Pac-12 First Team selection on vault… Earned the team’s One Day Better perfect 40-for-40, hitting each of her routines as an all-arounder in all 10 of the award at the annual team banquet…Went a perfect 30-for-30, hitting each of Bears’ meets…Three event titles (1 vault, 1 bars, 1 beam) and second on the her 10 routines on vault, beam and floor…Claimed two event titles (1 vault, 1 team with 18 Top 3 finishes…Vault champion against Oregon State after setting floor) with 14 Top 3 finishes…Posted a 9.925 on floor at UCLA for third on the a career-high 9.925…Set a career-best 9.90 on beam and added a career-high event…Floor champion against Arizona with a 9.90 and added a career-high 9.85 on floor at Stanford…Career-highs on vault (9.875), bars (9.90), floor 9.95 on vault to take second…Matched her career-high 9.90 on beam against (9.85) and all-around (39.475) against Utah to win her third Pac-12 Freshman Utah…Posted a career-best 9.95 on floor at Washington to finish second, and of the Week award…Picked up her second Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor added a season-high 9.85 on beam…Scored a season-high 9.90 on floor after winning her first collegiate bars title at ASU with a 9.90 and setting career- against Stanford for third on the event…Matched her career-high 9.95 on vault highs on vault (9.85) and all-around (39.375)…Matched her career highs on at the NorCal Classic to win the event, and third on beam with a 9.80…Three- vault and beam at Washington…Named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week event specialist in her season debut at the Collegiate Challenge. after her performance against Stanford, which included the highest all-around score of any Pac-12 freshman to date…Set career-highs on vault (9.80), beam AS A FRESHMAN (2019): (9.875), floor (9.85) and all-around (39.350) against Stanford, winning beam Pac-12 Freshman of the Year who claimed a league-best four Freshman of for her first collegiate title…Runner-up in the all-around at the NorCal Classic the Week honors…NCAA Championships individual qualifier after claiming with a 39.075, and second on bars with a 9.85…Turned in a strong 39.175 the NCAA Regional Vault title…All-Pac-12 Second Team Vault selection…Hit all-around performance in her Golden Bear debut at the Collegiate Challenge, a perfect 44-for-44 on her events (15-15 on vault, 1-1 on bars, 14-14 on highlighted by a 9.85 on bars and 9.80 on floor. beam, 14-14 on floor) while claiming a team-best 10 event titles and 21 Top 3 finishes…Competed at the NCAA Championships as a vault specialist, earning HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: a 9.825…Earned the NCAA Regional vault title and clinched a spot at the NCAA Claimed 10th all-around at the 2019 Junior Olympic National Championships, Championships by matching a career-high 9.95 on vault at the NCAA Regional with a sixth-place finish on bars, seventh on beam and 12th on vault…Bars Second Round…Turned in a 9.90 on vault at the Pac-12 Championships to runner-up at 2019 Regionals, third on beam, eighth on vault and floor and place third on the event fourth all-around…Claimed three event titles at 2019 States, including on vault, where she scored a perfect 10.0; Also won beam and all-around, and finished BEAR BITES: second on bars and floor…At 2018 JO Nationals she was fourth all-around, fifth • Both parents attended Utah, where they were standout student-athletes. Father, on beam and floor, sixth on bars and seventh on vault…2018 Regional floor and Joseph, played football at Utah as well as for the Detroit Lions, Washington all-around champion…Took the vault and beam crown at 2018 States…Won the Redskins and CFL. Mother, Melissa was a member of the 1988 Olympic all-around a total of six times in 2018 – at the Alamo Classic, California Grand gymnastics team that competed in Seoul, as well as a four-year All-American for Invitational, Heart of a Champion, California Dreamin’ and Delta Classic the Utes (1989-1992) • Brother, Joseph, played football for University of Colorado Mesa BEAR BITES: • Grandfather, Dana Carroll, received his PHD from Cal in 1970 • Scored a rare Perfect 10 on vault a 2019 States MAJOR: MAJOR: Media Studies Undeclared – Intended Public Health
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force 9.80 -- 9.85 9.80 -- 1/30 Air Force 9.775 9.875 9.85 9.75 39.250 2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS KYANA GEORGE BLAKE GOZASHTI (KYE-anna) (GO-zosh-tee) 5-3 • SR • AA 5-6 • FR • AA McKinney, Texas • Metroplex Penngrove, Calif. • Gymnastics Zone
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.825 9.80 9.875 9.875 39.375 Season ------Career 9.925 9.90 9.925 9.95 39.650 Career ------
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: AS A FRESHMAN (2021): • 2020 WCGA Regular-Season Second Team All-American (All-Around) • 2020 All-Pac-12 First Team All-Around, Vault Has not appeared in 2021. • 2020 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Balance Beam • 3x Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (1/12/20, 2/4/20, 2/12/20) HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: • 2x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/9/18; 3/6/18) Seventh all-around at the Brestyan’s Las Vegas Invitational, and a runner-up on AS A SENIOR (2021): vault at the Metroplex Challenge in 2020…Fifth all-around and fourth on vault, Won four events during the 2021 season opener vs. Air Force, winning the vault, beam, floor and all-around competition. bars and floor at NorCal State competition and a regional qualifier in 2017… Coached by Andrew Pileggi and Erin Pileggi at Gymnastics Zone by Mastery of AS A JUNIOR (2020): WCGA Second Team All-American in the All-Around…Three-time All-Pac-12 selection, Sports…Attended Laurel Springs Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, where she earning First Team honors in All-Around and Vault, and Honorable Mention on Balance claimed highest academic honors each of her four years. Beam…Led the Bears with 17 titles (5 vault, 3 beam, 4 floor, 5 all-around) and 27 Top 3 finishes…Returned to all-around action at UCLA, tallying a 39.350 with a 9.90 on floor… Missed the Arizona meet with an ankle injury…Missed the all-around against Oregon MAJOR: State after suffering an injury during floor warmups…All-around (39.525), vault (9.875) Undeclared and beam (9.925) winner at Stanford; Her beam score matched a career-high…Won the all-around with a 39.475 and floor with a 9.925 and posted career highs on bars (9.90) and beam (9.90) against Utah to earn her third Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award… Named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the second time after winning the all-around with a 39.475 and taking three event titles at ASU…Rebounded from a 6.75 start on bars at Washington to post a career-best 9.925 on vault in the next rotation, winning the event title…All-around champion against Stanford with a 39.575, and also won floor with a career-best 9.95 and vault with a 9.875…Collected the first Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor of her career after taking the all-around and 2 event titles at the NorCal Classic…All-Around champion (39.425) and winner on beam (9.875) and floor (9.825) at the NorCal Classic; Also took second on vault and bars…Won the vault title Matched her career highs on vault and bars with three 9.90s in her season debut at the Collegiate Challenge, finishing third in the all-around with a 39.550. AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): Second among the Bears with eight event titles and 19 Top 3 finishes in her sophomore season…Hit percentage of 94 percent, going 47-50 (14-14 on vault, 11-12 on bars, 9-10 on beam, 13-14 on floor)…Set a career-high all-around total (39.650) in the NCAA Regional Final, with career-high totals on vault (9.90), beam (9.925) and floor (9.95); Took second all-around and third on floor…Matched a career-best 9.90 on vault in the NCAA Regional Second Round AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/9 and 3/6)…An all-arounder in all 14 meets of the season, hitting 51 of 56 events (14-14 on vault, 11-14 on bars, 12-14 on beam, 14-14 on floor)…Second-most top-three finishes of any Golden Bear, placing in the Top 3 on an event 25 times with two titles…Finished 12th all-around at the NCAA Championships semifinal (4/20), with scores of 9.8125 or higher on all four of her events, including a team-high 9.8875 on bars…Ninth in the all-around at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional (4/7) with a 39.325 BEAR BITES: • Has a gymnastics skill named after her -- The George -- a Triple Wolf Turn on beam • Almost gave up on the sport of gymnastics due to mental blocks and fears before 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Jaycie Phelps helped her cope MAJOR: Social Welfare
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force 9.825 9.80 9.875 9.875 39.375 1/30 Air Force ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS MAYA GREEN TALITHA JONES (tal-lee-thuh) 5-4 • SO • AA 5-6 • JR • AA San Jose, Calif. • Airborne Los Angeles, Calif. • Precision
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season -- 9.725 ------Season ------Career -- 9.875 ------Career 9.85 9.875 9.875 -- --
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021): AS A JUNIOR (2021): Opened the season with a 9.725 on the uneven bars. Has not appeared in 2021. AS A FRESHMAN (2020): AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): Appeared in five uneven bars lineups, going 4-5…Set a career-high 9.875 as Went a perfect 15-for-15 on her events (3-3 on vault, 4-4 on bars, 8-8 on the bars anchor at UCLA after recording a fall the week prior against Arizona… beam) and added 1 Top 3 finish…Suffered an ACL injury during warmups of the Competed at Stanford, where she earned a 9.80 on bars…Made her Golden Arizona meet was not able to compete for the remainder of the season…Scored Bear debut with a 9.85 on bars against Utah. season-high 9.825s on all three of her events against Utah -- vault, bars and beam…Season-best 9.825 on beam at ASU…Scored a 9.80 on beam against HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Stanford for a new season-high…Upped her season-high totals on vault and Competed with Airborne Gymnastics, coached by Cale Robinson…2018 and bars at the NorCal Classic…Debuted on three events at the Collegiate Challenge 2016 Junior Olympic National Qualifier, and the national uneven bars runner-up in both years…Third on bars at the 2019 Regional Championships…12th all- AS A FRESHMAN (2019): around at the WOGA Classic/Nastia Liukin Invitational, including top 3 finishes Hit a perfect 33-for-33 of her events (13-13 on vault, 13-13 on bars, 7-7 on on bars (2nd) and vault (3rd)…Fourth all-around and top 5 on three events at beam) and added a pair of Top 3 finishes…Competed on three events in both the 2018 Region 1 Championships, taking 4th on floor and 5th on bars and the NCAA Regional Second Round and Final, setting a career-best 9.85 on vault beam…Runner-up on bars, beam and floor at the 2018 WOGA Classic. in the NCAA Regional Final.
BEAR BITES: BEAR BITES • Mother, Kristen Smyth, was a gymnast at Cal who is inducted in the Cal • Cousin, Derrick Coleman, attended UCLA and plays in the NFL Athletics Hall of Fame, and the head coach of Stanford Gymnastics from 2001- 17 MAJOR: • Father, Scott, was also a gymnast at Cal who coached the Cal men’s team Undeclared – intended Sociology major who would like to study forensic science and work in the field of criminal justice MAJOR: Undeclared – Intended Business major
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force -- 9.725 ------1/30 Air Force ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS ALMA KUC ANDI LI (COOK) (an-DEE LEE) 5-1 • SR • UB 5-5 • FR • AA Los Angeles, Calif. • All Olympia Aurora, Ill. • Legacy Elite
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season ------Season -- 9.625 9.700 -- -- Career -- 9.95 ------Career -- 9.625 9.700 -- --
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: AS A FRESHMAN (2021): • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019) Made her competitive debut for the Bears vs. Air Force on the bars and the beam. AS A SENIOR (2021): Has not appeared in 2021. HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-time Junior Olympic National Team member…Runner-up in the all-around AS A JUNIOR (2020): and on bars at the 2019 JO Championships, adding third-place beam and Appeared in four uneven bars lineups, going 4-for-4, and claimed 1 Top 3 floor finishes, and fourth place on vault…All-around, bars and floor champion finish…Held out of the bars lineup at ASU after suffering an injury during at JO Nationals in 2018, and also claimed silver on beam the same year… warmups…Matched a season-high 9.825 on bars at Washington…Runner-up on In 2017, she was second on beam and third on vault, and in 2016 she took bars at the N.orCal Classic with a 9.825…Bars specialist in her season debut at second all-around and on beam…Participated in the prestigious Nastia Liukin the Collegiate Challenge, earning a 9.80. Cup in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, winning the event in 2016 and turning in top-three all-around finishes in 2017 (3rd) and 2018 (2nd)…Named to AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): the Region 5 All-Star Team five years in a row, serving as an international Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection…Uneven bars specialist ambassador and coaching gymnasts in Scotland, Costa Rica, Montreal, Jamaica who hit all 8 of her routines…Took third on bars in the NCAA Regional Final and Puerto Rico…Trained at Legacy Elite and coached by family members Jiani by scoring a career-high 9.95…Set a season-high 9.875 on bars in the NCAA Wu (mother), Yuejiu Li (father) and Anna Li (sister)…Attended Waubonsie Valley Regional Second Round…Earned her first bar appearance in seven meets at the High School. Pac-12 Championships, scoring a 9.825…2019 debut came at LSU with a 9.85 on bars. BEAR BITES • Parents are Yuejiu Li and Jiani Wu, who both competed for China at the 1984 AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Summer Olympics and own the Legacy Elite Gym. An uneven bars specialist in 10 meets, going 8-10 on bars…Five Top 3 finishes, • Sister, Anna Li, was a U.S. National Team Member and an eight-time NCAA including two bars titles. All-American at UCLA who helped guide the Bruins to the 2010 NCAA Championship. BEAR BITES: • Polish National Team member since 2013 MAJOR: • Has competed in European (2014, 2016, 2017) and World Championship Undeclared (2014, 2015) events in locations including China, Bulgaria, Scotland, Switzerland and Romania • 2016 Polish uneven bars champion • Born in Toronto, Canada and also lived in Argentina and Brazil • Father, Paul Kuc, was a collegiate swimmer in Poland
MAJOR: Molecular & Cell Biology
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force ------1/30 Air Force -- 9.625 9.700 -- -- 2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GABBY PEREA KENNEDY QUAY (per-AY-uh) (KWAY) 5-5 • FR • AA 5-5 • FR • AA Geneva, Ill. • Legacy Elite San Diego, Calif. • SCEGA
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season ------Season ------Career ------Career ------
AS A FRESHMAN (2021): AS A FRESHMAN (2021): Has only exhibitioned during the 2021 season. Has not appeared in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-time USA National Team member and senior international elite… Two-time Nastia Liukin Cup qualifier and claimed silver on vault at Junior Claimed first place with Team USA at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2019, 2017 Olympic Nationals in both 2017 and 2018… Finished sixth all-around and and 2016…In 2017, she claimed the all-around, vault and bars crowns, while on bars, and seventh on beam at 2018 JO Nationals…Finished top five at JO taking second on beam, adding to a 2016 bars title and third-place all-around Nationals in 2017, where she was fifth all-around as a junior…Trained under finish…Won the bars and beam title at the 2017 Gymnix International Junior Kathy Strate and Terry Gray at SCEGA, guiding the squad to a top-three team Cup in Montreal, with second-place finishes on floor and as an all-arounder… score nationally in 2019, and top-five score in 2018…Named the SCEGA In 2016, was first all-around and claimed a second-place finish on bars… Athlete of the Year in 2016…Attended Torrey Pines High School Numerous appearances at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships (2019), U.S. Classic (2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) and P&G Championships MAJOR: (2017, 2016, 2015)…Known for her prowess on the uneven bars, winning the Intended Mechanical Engineering – post-graduate plans include working for a bars titles at the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Classic, as well as at the 2016 P&G tech company that “works to make a positive difference in the community.” Championships…Turned in top-three all-around finishes at the 2016 P&G Championships and U.S. Classic events, with a second-place finish on beam at the 2016 U.S. Classic…Coached by Jiani Wu and Yuejiu Li at Legacy Elite… Attended Batavia High School.
MAJOR: Undeclared - Intended Molecular Environmental Biology
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force ------1/30 Air Force ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GRACE QUINN NATALIE SADIGHI (suh-dee-GHEE) 5-1 • JR • AA 5-6 • SO • AA Dallas, Texas • Texas Dreams Laguna Niguel, Calif. • Azarian
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season ------9.75 -- Season 9.825 ------Career 9.80 9.775 9.625 9.875 39.025 Career 9.825 ------
AS A JUNIOR (2021): AS A SOPHOMORE (2021): Opened the season with a 9.75 on the floor exercise. Made her competitve debut in Cal’s season opener vs. Air Force, subbing in at the last minute and winning the vault with the score of 9.825. AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): Voted Most Improved at the annual team banquet…Appeared in 17 lineups, AS A FRESHMAN (2020): going 16-for-17 (4-4 on vault, 1-1 on bars, 2-2 on beam, 9-10 on floor)…1 Exhibitioned but did not appear in a competitive lineup. Top 3 finish…Made her collegiate bars debut and her all-around debut against Arizona, setting career-highs on bars (9.775), beam (9.625) and floor (9.875) HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: for a 39.025 all-around debut…Matched her career-best 9.85 on floor Competed at 2019 JO Nationals, where she was 9th on vault and 12th on bars, against Utah…Set a new career-high on floor against Stanford with a 9.85, finishing 20th all-around…Runner-up on vault at 2019 Regionals, and fourth and matched her personal best on vault with a 9.80…Made her official return all-around…Third all-around and on vault and bars at 2019 States, plush 5th to competitive gymnastics by performing on three events at the Collegiate on beam and 8th on floor…Three Top 10 finishes at 2018 Regionals (4th on Challenge, highlighted by a 9.80 on vault. vault, 6th on bars, 10th on floor)…Fourth on vault and floor and fifth all-around at 2018 States competition…Won the all-around at the Long Beach Open and AS A FRESHMAN (2019): the Pacific Classic in 2018…Won the bars title at the 2014 Western Nationals Did not appear in a competitive lineup in the 2019 season as a Level 9 gymnast…Team captain of her Azarian Gymnastics squad from 2017-19…Named Azarian’s Gymnast of the Year in 2014 and 2016, and Most HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Valuable Gymnast in 2015. A former international elite standout who qualified in 2013…Took bronze on vault at the 2015 Secret U.S. Classic, and ninth on beam in back-to-back BEAR BITES: years at the 2013 and 2014 Secret Classic…Finished in the top 10 all-around • Brother, Shane, is on the Cal Men’s Gymnastics team at the 2014 and 2015 P&G Championships; Also finished sixth on floor and seventh on vault at the 2015 championships…Ninth all-around at 2013 Junior MAJOR: Nationals, with top 10 finishes on floor (7th), vault (8th) and beam (9th)… Undeclared – Intended Business major Competed with club gym Texas Dreams, coached by Kim Zmeskal-Burdette and Chris Burdette…Attended Spring Creek Academy
MAJOR: Media Studies
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force ------9.75 -- 1/30 Air Force 9.825 ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS VICTORIA SALEM NINA SCHANK (SHANK) 5-1 • SR • AA 5-5 • SR • AA San Bruno, Calif. • San Mateo Oakland, Calif. • Head-Royce School
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season ------Season 9.80 9.90 9.55 9.675 38.925 Career ------Career 9.85 9.95 9.85 9.90 39.475
AS A SENIOR (2021): CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Has not appeared in 2021. • 2x WCGA Scholastic All-American (2018, 2019) • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2020) AS A JUNIOR (2020): • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019) Exhibitioned but did not make her competitive lineup debut. • All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Second Team (2018)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): AS A SENIOR (2021): Did not compete in her sophomore season. Claimed the uneven bars title in the season opener vs. Air Force with a 9.90. AS A JUNIOR (2020): AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member…Cal Athletics Golden Bear Award for the Did not compete in her first season on campus after suffering a season-ending highest GPA on the squad…Voted the team’s Sportsperson of the Year at the injury on the second day of practice. annual team banquet…Saw time on all four events, going 16-for-17 (6-6 on vault, 6-7 on bars, 2-2 on beam, 2-2 on floor)…Won three event titles (1 bars, HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: 1 floor, 1 all-around) with 8 Top 3 finishes…Matched her career-high 9.85 on Runner-up on bars at the 2017 NorCal State Championships…2016 JO vault and earned a 9.925 on bars at UCLA…Won the all-around with a 39.475 Nationals beam champion, second on bars and seventh all-around…Bar in her four-event debut against Arizona, also debuting on beam with a 9.85; champion, second all-around, third on vault and fourth on beam and floor at Floor champion with a 9.90…Made her season debut on floor against Oregon 2016 Regionals…2016 NorCal State vault, bars and all-around champion while State, earning a 9.80…Set a career-high 9.85 on vault at Stanford…Won bars at Washington with a 9.925, and set a career-best 9.825 on vault…Set a new collecting third on beam…Eighth on beam at the 2015 JO Nationals following career-high on bars with a 9.95 in her season debut against Stanford, taking a 2015 Regional beam championship and third-place all-around finish…Bar second on the event…Missed the Collegiate Challenge and NorCal Classic due and beam champion at 2015 NorCal Stats, plus second all-around and third on to illness vault…2014 JO NIT Bars specialist, Regional bars champion and NorCal State bars champion…Trained with San Mateo Gymnastics under Armen Astoian and AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): Oksana Bystrova…Attended Capuchino High School in San Bruno, Calif Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention…Uneven bars specialist for the Bears who also appeared in three floor lineups…12-15 on her events, including 10-12 BEAR BITES: on bars and 2-3 on floor Was born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a rare congenital vascular disorder that affects the development of blood vessels, skin, muscles and bones. Had AS A FRESHMAN (2018): All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Second Team selection…Competed in every meet of corrective surgery at age 13 after her right leg grew more rapidly than her left as the season, mostly as a bars specialist with one appearance on vault and a result of her syndrome, but continued to train and compete in gymnastics exhibitions on both beam and floor…Went 12-14 on bars, and 1-1 on vault… Second among the Bears in event titles with five bars titles for the season, plus MAJOR: eight Top 3 finishes…9.825 on bars in the NCAA Championships semifinal Molecular & Cell Biology (4/20)
BEAR BITES: • Born in Chengdu, China • Father, Richard, is a two-time Cal grad (BS ‘80, MS ’82)
MAJOR: Molecular & Cell Biology
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force ------1/30 Air Force 9.80 9.90 9.55 9.675 38.925 2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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GYMNAST BIOS ABI SOLARI EMI WATTERSON (AB-BE) (em-ME) 5-3 • JR • AA 5-1 • SR • AA Portishead, England • Gordano School Brisbane, Australia • Delta
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season ------9.625 -- Season ------Career 9.70 -- -- 9.80 -- Career 9.825 9.975 9.90 -- --
AS A JUNIOR (2021): CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in the season opener vs. Air Force after more than two years out of • All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Second Team (2019) the lineup, recording a 9.625 on the floor. • All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Honorable Mention (2020) • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019) AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): • Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (1/22/20) Did not compete in 2020. AS A SENIOR (2021): Has not appeared in 2021. AS A FRESHMAN (2019): Appeared in two lineups before suffering an injury that kept her out for the AS A JUNIOR (2020): remainder of the season…Made her lone appearance in the season opener at All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Honorable Mention…Third among the Bears with 6 LSU, competing on vault (9.70) and floor (9.80). event titles (4 bars, 2 beam)…9 Top 3 finishes while hitting 17 of 19 routines (8-10 on bars, 9-9 on beam)… Beam champion with her career-high 9.90 HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: against Oregon State…Won bars with a 9.925 at Stanford and set a career-high Great Britain National Team member from 2012-2017…Participated in the 9.90 on beam…Bars champion at Washington with a 9.925…Earned her first Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award after a stellar outing against Stanford… 2014 Olympic Hopes Cup, winning second all-around and first as a team… Set career-highs on both of her events against Stanford, including a near- Two-time competitor at the Rushmore Rosebowl, where she won second perfect 9.975 on bars plus a 9.875 on beam to win both event titles...Won the with England’s team and first with Great Britain…Member of the Academy of bars title at the NorCal Classic with a 9.875, and made her second collegiate Gymnastics Portishead, coached by Elizabeth Kincaid…Third All-Around at the appearance on beam, upping her personal best from 8.150 to 9.725 in a English Championships and Third on vault at the British Championships in crucial anchor set to help Cal win the meet…Performed as a bars specialist in 2016…Espoir English Vault Champion in 2013…Claimed a team championship her season debut at the Collegiate Challenge, scoring a 9.825. with her club in 2016…Attended Gordano School in Portishead AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): All-Pac-12 Uneven Bars Second Team…Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable MAJOR: Mention…Appeared in 19 lineups, primarily as a bars specialist (13-14), but Undeclared -- intended Integrative Biology major went 4-4 on vault and 0-1 on beam…Took eight Top 3 finishes and claimed four event titles – all on bars…Scored a career-high 9.95 on bars in the NCAA Regional final to take third on the event…Matched her career-best 9.95 on bars for the third time in four meets to take second at the Pac-12 Championships
AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Went 5-5 on bars after joining the Bears late in the preseason on Dec. 27, 2017...Contributed to the lineup at the NCAA Championships semifinal (4/20), registering a 9.8375 on bars…Scored a 9.825 in her first regional appearance at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional (4/7)…Delivered a career-high 9.875 as the anchor of the bars lineup at Pac-12 Championships (3/24)
BEAR BITES: • Born in Brisbane, Australia • Joined the Bears just two weeks before the 2018 season, in Dec. 2017
MAJOR: Undeclared -- intended Public Health major
2021 Meet-By-Meet Results 2021 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/30 Air Force ------9.625 -- 1/30 Air Force ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/6 at Arizona ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/14 Arizona State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/21 at Oregon State ------2/26 at Utah ------2/26 at Utah ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/3 at Stanford ------3/6 UCLA ------3/6 UCLA ------3/14 Washington ------3/14 Washington ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------3/20 Pac-12 Championships ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/3 NCAA Regionals ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------4/16 NCAA Championship ------
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MAYA BORDAS ELISE BYUN MILAN CLAUSI NEVAEH DESOUZA KYANA GEORGE AA | 5-3 | JR AA | 5-2 | FR AA | 5-3 | JR AA | 5-6 | SO AA | 5-3 | SR Austin, Texas Los Altos, Calif. Salt Lake City, Utah Fairfield, Calif. McKinney, Texas
BLAKE GOZASHTI MAYA GREEN TALITHA JONES ALMA KUC ANDI LI AA | 5-6 | FR AA | 5-4 | SO AA | 5-6 | JR AA | 5-1 | SR AA | 5-5 | FR Penngrove, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Aurora, Ill.
GABBY PEREA KENNEDY QUAY GRACE QUINN NATALIE SADIGHI AA | 5-5 | FR AA | 5-5 | FR AA | 5-1 | JR AA | 5-6 | SO Geneva, Ill. San Diego, Calif. Dallas, Texas Laguna Niguel, Calif.
VICTORIA SALEM NINA SCHANK ABI SOLARI EMI WATTERSON AA | 5-1 | SR AA | 5-5 | SR AA | 5-3 | JR AA | 5-1 | SR San Bruno Calif. Oakland, Calif. Portishead, England Brisbane, Australia
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