Defending Champion UCLA Seeks Seventh NCAA Gymnastics Title Title defense begins Apr. 15 in Cleveland UCLA Schedule. UCLA Season-High Marks

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1 UCLA Women's Gymnastics Weekly Press Release April 11, 2011 UCLA Sports Information PO Box Los Angeles, CA SID Contact: Liza David Phone: 310/ Fax: 310/ Website: Defending Champion UCLA Seeks Seventh NCAA Gymnastics Title Title defense begins Apr. 15 in Cleveland UCLA Schedule Date Opponent Time 1/7 at #5 Utah L /9 PAC-10 SHOWCASE 2nd, /14 at #23 Southern Utah L /23 at #2 Stanford L /28 at #7 Oregon State W /11 at IGI/Chicago Style Classic 3rd, vs. #2 Stanford, #6 Oregon State 2/21 #25 NC STATE W /27 #12 DENVER, #21 MINNESOTA 1st, /6 #6 GEORGIA, #23 ARIZONA 2nd, /13 at CS Fullerton W /19 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2nd, /2 at NCAA Regionals (Athens, GA) 1st, NCAA Championships - Cleveland, OH NCAA Prelims 12 pm ET NCAA Super Six 4 pm ET NCAA Event Finals 1 pm ET Home meets are in BOLD CAPS and held in Pauley Pavilion. All times are local to site. UCLA Season-High Marks Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Courtney De La Torre Frattone Gerber Hopfner-Hibbs Kushynski McCullough Peszek Sato Sawa Taylor 9.15 Tom Wong Team UCLA Career-High Marks Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Baer Courtney De La Torre Frattone Gerber Hopfner-Hibbs Kushynski McCullough Peszek Pritchett Sato * Sawa Taylor Tom Wong Zamarripa *Exhibition score NCAA Championships Second-seeded UCLA (16-8) will travel to Cleveland, OH for the 2011 National Collegiate Women s Gymnastics Championships. The championships, hosted by Kent State University and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, will be held at the Wolstein Center, Apr Championship Schedule The competition begins on Friday, Apr. 15 with two semifinal sessions at 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm ET. UCLA is in the first session. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six Team Finals on Saturday, Apr. 16 at 4:00 pm ET. Individual event finals will take place on Sunday, Apr. 17 at 1:00 pm ET. The all-around champion and individual event finalists will be determined during Friday's semifinals. Individuals qualify for event finals by placing in the Top 4 (including ties) of that particular event during their own semifinal session. Coverage Live scoring and video for all sessions will be available at ncaa.com. Fans can also follow along via live chat at UCLABruins.com when the Bruins are competing. Also make sure to follow the UCLA Athletics twitter (@uclaathletics) for updates. The meet will be televised by CBS on May 14 at Noon PT. Rotation Order The Bruins will begin the semifinals on a bye before floor and will end on beam. Arkansas has Olympic order and will begin on vault. Illinois has a bye before bars. Georgia starts on bars. Michigan begins on beam, and Oklahoma starts on floor. Rotating with UCLA will be individual all-around qualifier Sharaya Musser from Penn State. Session I Rot. V Bye UB BB Bye FX 1 Arkansas Illinois Georgia Michigan UCLA Oklahoma 2 Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Georgia Michigan UCLA 3 UCLA Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Georgia Michigan 4 Michigan UCLA Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Georgia 5 Georgia Michigan UCLA Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois 6 Illinois Georgia Michigan UCLA Oklahoma Arkansas Session II Rot. V Bye UB BB Bye FX 1 Nebraska Kent St. Utah Florida Alabama Oregon St. 2 Oregon St. Nebraska Kent St. Utah Florida Alabama 3 Alabama Oregon St. Nebraska Kent St. Utah Florida 4 Florida Alabama Oregon St. Nebraska Kent St. Utah 5 Utah Florida Alabama Oregon St. Nebraska Kent St. 6 Kent St. Utah Florida Alabama Oregon St. Nebraska UCLA's NCAA Championship History The Bruins have won six NCAA gymnastics titles - in 1997 at Florida, 2000 at Boise State, 2001 at Georgia, 2003 at Nebraska, 2004 at UCLA and 2010 at Florida. This is UCLA's 27th overall appearance in the 30 NCAA Championships. Individual NCAA History A total of 15 Bruins have won 30 NCAA titles to rank second behind only Georgia (37) in individual NCAA titles. UCLA's NCAA champions are: Kim Hamilton ( floor, 1989 vault), Jill Andrews (1988 vault, 1989 beam), Stella Umeh (1995 and 1998 floor), Heidi Moneymaker (1988 bars, 1999 vault), Kiralee Hayashi (1999 beam), Mohini Bhardwaj (2000 bars, 2001 floor), Lena Degteva (2000 beam), Onnie Willis (2001 all-around), Yvonne Tousek (2001 bars), Jamie Dantzscher (2002 all-around, vault and floor; 2003 bars), Kate Richardson (2003 bars and beam, 2006 floor), Kristen Maloney (2005 vault and beam), Tasha Schwikert (2005 all-around, 2008 all-around and bars), Vanessa Zamarripa (2010 vault) and Brittani McCullough (2010 floor). Two other Bruins won AIAW national titles - Sharon Shapiro (1980 sweep of all all-around and all four events, 1981 all-around and vault) and Diane Dovas (1981 bars). Shapiro remains the only gymnast ever to sweep the all-around and all four events in one year at a national championship. Hamilton is the only woman to win three consecutive floor titles. UCLA has won at least two individual titles in nine of the last 13 years. The Bruins have won a team or individual title in 12 of the last 14 years and have won more individual titles (17) in the last 10 years than any other team. Last Year At NCAAs UCLA closed its near-perfect run in postseason competition with a dominating 24-for-24 performance at the NCAA Super Six Team Championships, winning its sixth NCAA title at the site of its first, Gainesville, FL. In the team finals, the Bruins hit every routine without any major mistakes and outscored their nearest competitor by nearly half a point, recording to runner-up Oklahoma's UCLA needed to score 49.1 on floor exercise in the final rotation to win the title and did that with ease, scoring Leadoff performer Tauny Frattone got things p. 1 of 10

2 started with a 9.875, and the final four Bruins scored 9.9 or better to wrap up the crown. The Bruins added two more NCAA titles at the individual event finals when sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa won the vault crown and junior Brittani McCullough captured the floor exercise title. The Bruins hit 95 of their 96 routines in the postseason. NCAA Championship Notes *Only four teams have ever won the NCAA title in the 29 years of the Championships - Georgia (10), Utah (9), UCLA (6) and Alabama (4). *Nine schools return from the 2010 NCAA Championships - UCLA (1st place), Oklahoma (2nd), Alabama (3rd place), Florida (5th), Utah (6th), Nebraska (7th), Oregon State (8th), Michigan (10th) and Arkansas (11th). Absent are Stanford (4th place in 2010), LSU (9th) and Missouri (12th). Kent State is making its first-ever NCAA Championships appearance. Illinois is back for the second time in program history (its first was in 2009), and Georgia returns after a one-year absence. *Ten of the Top 12 ranked teams qualified for the NCAA Championships. The only Top 12 teams that did not advance were No. 4 Stanford and No. 11 Penn State. *This is the first time Kent State has hosted the NCAA Championships. The host team has advanced to the Super Six 12 times in the 18 years of the Super Six format. *The host team has won the NCAA Championship just three times in the last 14 years (Georgia in 2008, UCLA in 2004 and Alabama in 2002) and 10 times overall in the 29 years of the Championships. *UCLA ranks second amongst all schools with 30 individual titles. Georgia leads all teams with 37. Utah is third with 24. *UCLA has won either a team or an individual NCAA title in 12 of the last 14 years. UCLA vs Field The Bruins have matched up against three of the 11 other teams in the NCAA field this season. UCLA is 2-2 against Oregon State, 1-1 against Georgia and 0-1 against Utah. In The Rankings UCLA finished the regular season ranked No. 6 with a RQS of and is ranked fifth on vault (49.275), seventh on bars (49.240), sixth on beam (49.125) and tied for fourth on floor (49.240). Individually, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs ranked No. 1 on balance beam with a RQS of and tied for eighth in the all-around (39.385). Tauny Frattone and Olivia Courtney are tied for No. 6 in the nation on vault with a matching RQS of Bruins Win NCAA Athens Regional UCLA won the NCAA Athens Regional on Apr. 2, advancing to the NCAA Championships with the top score amongst the six Regionals. The Bruins dominated the competition, winning with a score of and scoring 49.4 or better on three events. Host team Georgia also qualified for NCAAs with a second-place score of Bruin freshman Olivia Courtney won the all-around with a career-high Junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was a close second, scoring Junior Tauny Frattone won vault with a 9.925, Hopfner-Hibbs won beam with a 9.875, and senior Brittani McCullough won floor with a UCLA Second At Pac-10 Championships UCLA finished in a strong second at the Pac-10 Championships, scoring to finish behind a red-hot Oregon State team that scored a season-high to win its first conference title since Freshman Olivia Courtney validated her Pac-10 Freshman of the Year award, winning two events - vault with a career-high 9.95 and bars with a career-high 9.9. Tying with Courtney on bars was junior Aisha Gerber, whose 9.9 was a season-high. Junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs claimed a share of the floor exercise title with a 9.9. The Pac-10 titles were the first for all three Bruins. Courtney Named Pac-10 Freshman Of The Year Olivia Courtney became the seventh Bruin to be named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year since the award was established in She won two individual titles at the Pac-10 Championships, winning vault with a career-high 9.95 and tying for first on bars with a career-best 9.9. At the NCAA Regionals, she won the all-around with a career-best She ranks sixth in the nation on vault and has posted season-highs of 9.9 or better on all four events. Courtney has totaled nine event wins on the season, including at least one on each event, and is averaging 9.7 or better on all four events and in the all-around. One of the Bruins' most consistent gymnasts, she has hit 35 of 36 routines this year. Six Bruins Earn All-Conference Honors A total of six Bruin gymnasts were named to the All-Pac-10 team for Junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs earned first-team honors in the all-around for the second time in her career, and senior Brittani McCullough earned second-team all-around acclaim for the first time. Olivia Courtney and Tauny Frattone earned first-team honors on vault, the first such honor for Courtney and second consecutive honor for Frattone. Pac-10 co-champion Aisha Gerber received first-team honors on uneven bars, and freshman Sydney Sawa earned first-team honors on floor exercise. School Record-Tying Seven Bruins Earn Pac-10 All-Academic Honors Seven UCLA gymnasts were named to the Pac-10 All-Academic gymnastics team for first-team honoree Aisha Gerber, secondteam selection Talia Kushynski, and honorable mention picks Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Brittani McCullough, Mizuki Sato, Niki Tom and Lichelle Wong. The seven Pac-10 All-Academic honorees tie a school record for most in a single-season. The 2004, 2003 and 2002 Bruin teams also had seven team members earn academic honors. Frattone Vaults To Top Junior Tauny Frattone has become one of the top vaulters in the nation, ranking sixth nationally and winning vault in seven of her last eight meets. Most recently, she won the NCAA Athens Regional vault title, sticking her Yurchenko half-on pike front off vault for a Frattone holds UCLA's Past NCAA Championship History Year Finish Winner st UCLA th Georgia th Georgia th Georgia 2006 Georgia th Georgia st UCLA st UCLA nd Alabama st UCLA st UCLA th Georgia th Georgia st UCLA nd Alabama th Utah th Utah th Georgia th Utah 1991 Alabama th Utah nd Georgia rd Alabama rd Georgia th Utah 1985 Utah nd Utah th Utah th Utah UCLA's NCAA Champions Team Championships (6): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 All-Around Champions (4): Onnie Willis, 2001 Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 Tasha Schwikert, 2005 & 2008 Vault Champions (6): Jill Andrews, 1988 Kim Hamilton, 1989 Heidi Moneymaker, 1999 Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 Kristen Maloney, 2005 Vanessa Zamarripa, 2010 Uneven Bars Champions (6): Heidi Moneymaker, 1998 Mohini Bhardwaj, 2000 Yvonne Tousek, 2001 Jamie Dantzscher, 2003 Kate Richardson, 2003 Tasha Schwikert, 2008 Balance Beam Champions (5): Jill Andrews, 1989 Kiralee Hayashi, 1999 Lena Degteva, 2000 Kate Richardson, 2003 Kristen Maloney, 2005 Floor Exercise Champions (9): Kim Hamilton, 1987 Kim Hamilton, 1988 Kim Hamilton, 1989 Stella Umeh, 1995 Stella Umeh, 1998 Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001 Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 Kate Richardson, 2006 Brittani McCullough, 2010 p. 2 of 10

3 UCLA's top average on vault (9.883) and has scored 9.8 or better on vault in 23 consecutive meets and in 27 of 29 career meets. Her career average on vault is Peszek Back On Three Freshman Samantha Peszek is now back on three events (vault, bars and beam) after sitting out the first five meets of the year with a foot fracture. Peszek made her collegiate debut on Feb. 11 and tied for first on uneven bars with a 9.9 on her first collegiate routine. She was awarded the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honor for this routine. On Feb. 27, she scored a career-high on bars to win the event. Peszek competed on vault and beam for the first time Mar. 6, and on Mar. 13, she set collegiate-bests with a on vault and 9.8 on beam. She bested her beam season-high at Pac-10s with a team-high Peszek has posted scores in 15 routines and has three event titles, all on bars. Hopfner-Hibbs On A Roll Junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has hit 36 consecutive routines without a fall and has posted the Bruins' top all-around score in eight of the nine meets in which she has competed all-around. For the year, she averages over 9.8 on every event on vault, 9.82 on bars, on beam and on floor. Hopfner-Hibbs, who leads UCLA with 17 individual victories, was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week twice this season and has tied the Pac-10 record for most career Gymnast of the Week honors with six. At the NCAA Regionals, she won the balance beam with a and was second in the all-around (39.475) and on floor (9.9) and third on bars (season-high 9.9). Gerber, Hopfner-Hibbs Take The Lead On Beam With junior veterans Aisha Gerber and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs occupying the first two spots in the lineup on balance beam, a once-shaky Bruin beam team has blossomed into a steadying force. UCLA has scored 49+ on beam since the lineup switch, scoring in the last rotation at Cal State Fullerton, 49.1 in the first rotation at Pac-10s and 49.2 in the last rotation at NCAA Regionals. Gerber and Hopfner-Hibbs hold the team's highest season averages on beam and 9.835, respectively. As the leadoff performer in UCLA's last 10 meets, Gerber has provided seven 9.8+ scores, including a high of at Fullerton. Hopfner-Hibbs has nine 9.8+ scores this year, including three 9.95s. Her highest mark in the two-slot is at Fullerton. In 2010, she competed second at Georgia and scored a perfect 10. Tom Honored By APA-UCLA Senior Niki Tom was honored as one of two Athletes of the Year by the Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA, along with football's Micah Kia. Tom, a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic honoree, has had a very strong senior season, competing in all 12 meets and averaging over 9.72 on beam and floor. She has one event win, capturing first-place honors on floor with a career-high-tying 9.9 vs. Georgia and Arizona. Pac-10 Weekly Honors UCLA dominated the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week Awards this season, winning four times in the final five weeks. Samantha Peszek won for her debut performance on bars on Feb. 11. Tauny Frattone won the following week after scoring a career-high 9.95 on vault vs. NC State. Niki Tom earned honors on Mar. 8 after winning floor with a career-high 9.9 vs. Georgia and Arizona, and Frattone won for the second time after scoring 9.95 on vault again at Cal State Fullerton Mar. 13. Additionally, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has won Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week honors on Jan. 12 and Mar. 1, bringing her career total to a Pac-10 record-tying six. Making The Grade Thirteen UCLA gymnasts made the UCLA Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher) for Winter 2010: Olivia Courtney, Aisha Gerber, Danielle Greig, Tiffany Hyland, Talia Kushynski, Rachel Luba, Samantha Peszek, Alyssa Pritchett, Mizuki Sato, Sydney Sawa, Allison Taylor, Lichelle Wong and Vanessa Zamarripa. UCLA To Host 2013 NCAA Championships UCLA will host the 2013 NCAA Championships in Pauley Pavilion on Apr , Pauley Pavilion will have a new look by 2013, as it is currently under renovation. It will be reopened for intercollegiate athletic competition in Fall This will be UCLA's fourth time hosting the NCAA gymnastics championships. The Bruins won the national title the last time they hosted in 2004, scoring an NCAA record UCLA also previously hosted in 1998 and UCLA Signs Three Standouts For 2012 UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field announced another standout recruiting class in November with the signings of national letters-of-intent by U.S. national team member Cassie Whitcomb (Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy), Canadian national team member Christine Peng Peng Lee (Oakville Gymnastics), and former Junior Olympic national team member Dana McDonald (Novato Gymnastics). Whitcomb is a five-year member of the U.S. national team who trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. At this year's USA Championships, she placed second on the uneven bars and seventh on floor exercise. She also competed at the CoverGirl Classic this summer, placing fourth in the allaround and third on bars and floor. Lee is a Canadian national team member from Oakville, ON who formerly trained at Sport Seneca and is now at Oakville Gymnastics. Lee had a breakthrough year in 2007, placing fifth in the all-around, fourth on floor and eighth on beam at the 2007 Pan American Games. In 2008, she claimed the beam and floor titles at the Canadian national championships. After sitting out two years due to injury, Lee returned to action in December and won the all-around at Elite Canada. McDonald, who trains at Novato Gymnastics, was a member of the 2007 Junior Olympic National Team and was the Region 1 all-around, vault, beam and floor champion that season. In 2009, she won the NorCal State beam title and earned a Top 10 finish in the all-around at the Level 1 Regionals. McDonald won the vault and floor titles and placed third in the all-around at the 2009 Level 10 NIT UCLA Gymnastics Roster Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club) Notes Kaelie Baer (KAY-lee BEAR) 5-6 Jr. Columbus, IN (DeVeaus) Performed UB ex. at SUU but injured elbow on vault Olivia Courtney 5-2 Fr. Fairfax, VA (Orlando Metro) 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Monique De La Torre 5-3 So. Glendale, AZ (Carter's Gymnastics Academy) Scored career-high on UB at Pac-10 Showcase Tauny Frattone (fra-tone) 5-4 Jr. Lake Forest, CA (Olympic Gymnastics) Scored 9.8 or better on 26 of last 27 vaults, with marks Aisha Gerber (AY-sha) 5-4 Jr. Cambridge, ON (Oakville Gymnastics) 2011 Pac-10 Uneven Bars co-champion Danielle Greig (Greg) 5-5 So. Auckland, NZ (Charter Oak Gliders) 2010 Scholastic All-American Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (HOFF-ner) 5-0 Jr. Toronto, ON (Sports Seneca) Shares Pac-10 record w/ 6 career Gymnast of the Week honors Tiffany Hyland 5-8 Jr. Dove Canyon, CA (Diamond Elite) 3rd in AA at 2008 South African Nat'l Championships Kassidy Kozai (COZE-eye) 4-11 Fr. Encino, CA (All Olympia Gymnastics Center) 2-time Junior Olympic National Team member Talia Kushynski (TALL-ya coo-shin-ski) 5-2 Sr. Sherman Oaks, CA (Waller's GymJam Academy) Two-time Scholastic All-American Rachel Luba (LOO-buh) 5-1 Fr. Monterey, CA (Elite Gymnastics Academy) 2009 Level 10 Nationals competitor Brittani McCullough (muh-cull-uh) 5-4 RSr. Corona, CA (SCEGA) 2010 NCAA, Regional, Pac-10 Floor Champion Samantha Peszek (PESH-eck) 5-1 Fr. Indianapolis, IN (Sharp's Gymnastics/De Veau's) 2008 Olympic silver medalist Alyssa Pritchett 5-1 Jr. Orange, CA (Wildfire Gymnastics) Will sit out 2011 after undergoing foot surgery Mizuki Sato (mi-zoo-key SAH-toe) 5-2 Sr. Fair Oaks, CA (Technique Gymnastics) Suffered season-ending knee injury at SUU 1/14 Sydney Sawa (SAW-wah) 5-2 Fr. Calgary, AB (Calgary Gymnastics Centre) st-team All-Pac-10 on FX Courtney Shannon 5-6 So. Lake Forest, CA (Olympica Gymnastics) 3rd on vault and beam at 2008 Level 10 State meet Allison Taylor 5-3 Sr. Dallas, TX (WOGA) 2010 Scholastic All-American Niki Tom 5-0 Sr. Northridge, CA (JAG) 2nd-team All-American on floor in 2009 Lichelle Wong 5-4 So. Ossendrecht, Holland (TSH Heerenveen) 2-time Dutch AA champion & Worlds competitor Vanessa Zamarripa (zam-uh-reep-uh) 5-1 Jr. O'Fallon, IL (Midwest Twisters) U.S. National Team member, will redshirt in 2011 Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field, 21st year Assistant Head Coach: Chris Waller, 9th year; Assistant Coach: Jim Foody, 4th year Volunteer Assistant Coach: P.J. Irvin; Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Marci Bernholtz; Team Manager: Brianna McCullough p. 3 of 10

4 2011 Bruin Bios Kaelie Baer, Jr. Hit an exhibition bar routine at Southern Utah in her first meet since the 2009 season but injured her elbow during vault warmups Did not compete in 2010 due to injury Competed on three events as a freshman in 2009, primarily on vault and floor Scored a career-best 9.85 on vault at the NCAA Regionals Other career marks include 9.85 on floor and on beam. Season High: UB (ex.) Career High: V , BB /9.8 (ex.), FX Olivia Courtney, Fr. Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Has hit 35 of 36 routines on the year Averages over on every event and has four 39+ scores in the all-around in five meets Tied for sixth in the nation on vault Set a new career-high in the all-around with a 39.5 to win the NCAA Athens Regional Had Top 5 event finishes at Regionals, tying for second on vault (9.9) and third on bars (season-high tying 9.9), placing fourth on floor (9.875) and tying for fifth on beam (9.825) Won Pac-10 titles on vault (career-high 9.95) and bars (tied for first with a career-high 9.9) Scored 9.9 on vault to tie for third at Cal State Fullerton and also scored on beam and on floor Tied her season-high on vault with a to tie for first and set a new career-high on beam with a 9.9 on Mar. 6 Recorded season-high marks on vault (9.925) and floor (9.9) vs. NC State Won floor at the IGI/Chicago Style with a career-high 9.9 Did not compete at Stanford in order to rest a hamstring injury but came back the following the week to score in the allaround, with a career-best 9.85 on bars Won the all-around at Southern Utah with a 39.3 and also won vault (career-high 9.9) and beam (9.875 on her first beam routine of the year) Also recorded a season-high on bars at Southern Utah Scored 9.7+ on vault, bars and floor at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on three events at Utah, posting team-high scores on vault (9.875) and floor (9.85) Three-year U.S. National Team member... Placed 10th at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials... Won the all-around and placed second on bars and floor at the 2009 CoverGirl Classic... Seventh in the all-around at the 2007 Visa Championships... Won a team gold medal and placed fifth in the all-around at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships. Season/Career High: V , UB - 9.9, BB - 9.9, FX - 9.9, AA Monique De La Torre, So. Averaging a team-best on uneven bars Scored or better on bars in eight of 10 meets Tied for third on bars at NCAA Regionals with a 9.9 and returned to the vault lineup and scored a season-high tying 9.8 Returned on bars at Cal State Fullerton Mar. 13 after sitting out the Mar. 6 meet with an ankle injury suffered Feb. 27 Won her first event title on Feb. 21 vs. NC State, taking first place on bars with a Returned to the vault lineup at the IGI/Chicago Style and tied her season-high with a 9.8 in the leadoff role Also competed on bars in Chicago and scored 9.85 Scored on bars at Oregon State and also performed exhibition routines on vault and floor Did not compete at Southern Utah after tweaking her ankle in warmups but returned on uneven bars at Stanford and tied for fourth with a Scored a career-high on bars, placing second at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on vault (9.8) and bars (9.75) at Utah Saw action on all four events and was a regular in the vault and bars lineup in 2010 Averaged on vault in 11 meets and recorded a career-high of 9.85 five times, including three times in NCAA competition Season average of on bars ranked third-best on the team... Competed five times on beam, with a high of 9.775, and twice on floor, with a high of Season High: V - 9.8, UB , BB (ex.) Career High: V , UB , BB , FX , AA Tauny Frattone, Jr. First-team All-Pac-10 on vault for the second consecutive year Ranked No. 6 nationally on vault Has won vault in eight of the last nine meets Has a team-high average of on vault Won vault at the NCAA Athens Regional with a stuck Yurchenko half on, front pike off, scoring Tied her career-highs on vault (9.95) and beam (9.85) at Cal State Fullerton and also hit a 9.8 on bars in exhibition Captured first place on both vault (9.925) and floor (career-high 9.9) on Mar. 6 Won her fifth-straight vault title on Feb. 27, tying for first with a Tied her career-high on vault Feb. 21 vs. NC State, scoring 9.95 to win vault for the fourth-straight meet Was awarded the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week for her winning vault Also scored a career-high 9.85 on beam and a season-high 9.8 on floor vs. NC State Won vault title at the IGI/Chicago Style, scoring a 9.9, and also earned a season-high 9.75 on beam Won vault for the second-straight week with a at Oregon State Recorded season-highs on all four events Bruins In The Top 25 Rankings Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Courtney 6t Frattone 6t Hopfner-Hibbs 1t 8t Team t 6 UCLA In Weekly Rankings Date Rank Average RQS Pre-season 1st 1/10 5th /17 8th /24 9th /31 8th /7 10th /14 9th /21 9th /28 8th /7 8th /14 6th /21 6th Event Titles Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Courtney De La Torre 1 Frattone 8 1 Gerber 3 1 Hopfner-Hibbs McCullough Peszek 3 Sawa 1 1 Tom Honors Olivia Courtney Pac-10 Freshman of the Year 1st-Team All-Pac-10 - Vault UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (Mar. 28-Apr. 3) Tauny Frattone 1st-Team All-Pac-10 - Vault Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week (Feb V, Mar V) Aisha Gerber 1st-Team All-Pac-10 - Bars 1st-Team Pac-10 All-Academic Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs 1st-Team All-Pac-10 - All-Around Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 12, Mar. 1) UCLA/Muscle Milk Athlete of the Week (Mar. 7-13) Talia Kushynski 2nd-Team Pac-10 All-Academic Brittani McCullough 2nd-Team All-Pac-10 - All-Around Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic UCLA/Muscle Milk Athlete of the Week (Jan ) Samantha Peszek Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week (Feb UB) Mizuki Sato Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Sydney Sawa 1st-Team All-Pac-10 - Floor Niki Tom Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week (Mar. 8 - FX) Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA Athlete of the Year Lichelle Wong Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic p. 4 of 10

5 Career Individual NCAA Scores (*note: avg. scores are for team competition only) Kaelie Baer 09 Prelims Monique De La Torre 10 Prelims Super Six Average Tauny Frattone 10 Prelims Super Six Average Aisha Gerber 09 Prelims Prelims Super Six Average Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs 09 Prelims (7) 10 Prelims (X) 10 Super Six Event Finals (8) Average Brittani McCullough 09 Prelims Event Finals (8) 10 Prelims Super Six Event Finals (1) Average Mizuki Sato 08 Prelims Prelims Prelims Super Six Average Niki Tom 08 Prelims Prelims Prelims Super Six Average Vanessa Zamarripa 09 Prelims (3) 09 Event Finals (8t) (11) (6t) 10 Prelims (7t) 10 Super Six Event Finals (1) (7t) Average plus the all-around at Stanford, going on vault to place first, 9.75 on bars, 9.35 on beam, 9.8 on floor and in the all-around Tied for third on vault at Southern Utah, scoring Scored on vault at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on vault, beam and floor at Utah and tied for third on vault with a 9.85 Contributed on all four events in 2010, mainly on vault and floor Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault... Ended the regular season nationally-ranked No. 14 on vault and held the No. 1 spot in week two... Averaged on vault, third-best on the team, with a career-high score of Competed on floor in every meet, with an average of Set career-highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.9) and won the all-around with a career-best at Cal State Fullerton... Competed four times on bars and averaged on the event... Competed four times on beam, with a high of Season High: V , UB , BB , FX - 9.9, AA Career High: V , UB , BB , FX - 9.9, AA Aisha Gerber, Jr. First-team All-Pac-10 on bars First-team Pac-10 All-Academic Second on the team in scoring average on beam (9.781) despite competing leadoff in the team's last 10 meets Averages on bars (second-best on the team) and has scored 9.8 or higher on bars in her last 11 meets Tied for second on beam with a 9.85 at the NCAA Athens Regional Pac-10 uneven bars co-champion after scoring a season-high 9.9 Had her highest leadoff beam score at Cal State Fullerton with a season-high tying to place second and also placed second on bars with a 9.85 Scored 9.8 or higher on all three events in which she competed (vault, bars, beam) vs. NC State Competed on three events at OSU and tied her season-high on bars with a Scored her highest all-around mark since 2009 with a to place second at Stanford and also won bars for the second straight meet with a 9.85 Won bars at Southern Utah with a season-high Third on beam at the Pac-10 Showcase with a 9.85 and led off on bars with a 9.85 Won beam at Utah with a and also competed on bars Competed in the all-around as a freshman but was limited to mostly bars and beam in 2010 due to a preseason ankle injury Second-team All-American and secondteam All-Pac-10 on beam in NACGC/W Scholastic All-American and a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree... Hit 30 of her 31 routines in First-team All-Pac-10 on beam in 2009 and was third on the team with eight individual victories and 22 Top 3 finishes Became the first Canadian woman ever to medal at the American Cup when she placed third in the all-around in 2006 Won the 2005 Canadian national bars title and placed fifth in the all-around. Season High: V , UB - 9.9, BB , FX - 9.8, AA Career High: V - 9.9, UB , BB , FX , AA Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Jr. Has scored 39+ in the all-around in eight consecutive meets Tied for first in the nation on beam and eighth in the all-around First-team All-Pac-10 in the all-around for the second time in her career Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic NCAA Regional champion on balance beam (9.875) and also placed second on bars (season-high tying 9.9) and floor (9.9) Pac-10 co-champion on floor exercise Won the all-around at Cal State Fullerton with a 39.5 and also won vault with a career-high tying 9.95 and beam with a Named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance at Fullerton Won beam with a 9.95 and was UCLA's top all-around finisher vs. Georgia and Arizona Mar. 6 with a Won the all-around (39.5), vault (9.875), beam (9.875) and floor (9.925) on Feb. 27 and was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for a Pac-10 record-tying sixth time in her career Tied for first on beam (season-high-tying 9.95) and floor (9.925) vs. NC State Recorded the Bruins' top all-around mark at the IGI/Chicago Style (39.175) and tied for first on bars with a season-high 9.9 Did not compete at Stanford due to muscle spasms but returned to the all-around at Oregon State to tie for second with a 39.4 Also scored a season-high on bars at Oregon State (9.85) Was named the Pac-10 Gymp. 5 of 10

6 nast of the Week for Week 1 Won the all-around at the Pac-10 Showcase with the nation's highest all-around score for week one (39.55) Also won beam and floor with scores of 9.95 and tied for fifth on vault with a 9.85 on a stuck vault Tied for first on bars at Utah (9.8) and placed third in the all-around (38.675) Six-time All-American (1st-team on vault and 2nd team in the all-around in 2010; 2nd-team in the all-around, vault, bars and floor in 2009)... Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on all three events in which she competed at the Pac-10 Championships (vault, beam, floor)... Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection... Scored the first perfect 10 of her career on beam at Georgia Mar. 6 competing in the No. 2 spot Pac-10 Freshman of the Year First-team All-Pac-10 in the all-around and was Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week three times 2008 Canadian Olympian Competed for Team Canada at the World Championships... Became the first Canadian woman ever to win a World Championship medal when she placed third on beam at the 2006 Worlds. Season High: V , UB - 9.9, BB , FX , AA Career High: V , UB , BB , FX , AA Tiffany Hyland, Jr. Performed an exhibition beam routine at Cal in 2010 Did not compete in 2009 Placed third in the all-around and on floor and second on vault at the 2008 South African National Championships. Kassidy Kozai, Fr. Junior Olympic National Team member in 2010 and 2005 Won the uneven bars, placed second on floor, third in the all-around and on beam and fourth on vault at the 2010 Level 10 Regionals Uneven bars champion at the 2010 Level 10 State meet and also placed second in the all-around and floor and third on vault and beam Level 10 State champion in the all-around, beam and floor in Talia Kushynski, Sr. Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic Competed on beam for the first time as a Bruin at Stanford and also earned a spot in the lineup on floor, scoring Recorded UCLA's top floor score at Southern Utah, scoring 9.8 to place third Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American... Scored a career-high 9.85 to place third at Cal State Fullerton in her only competitive routine on floor last season... Performed exhibition floor three other times and beam once Exceptional dancer who has upgraded her floor tumbling this season and will contend for a spot in the regular lineup. Season High: BB - 9.0, FX Career High: BB - 9.0, FX Rachel Luba, Fr. Walk-on gymnast who trained at Elite Gymnastics Academy Competed at the 2009 Level 10 National Championships and 2009 Level 10 Regionals Second on beam and sixth in the all-around at the 2010 Level 10 States Competed at the 2007 Level 9 Western National Championships. Brittani McCullough, RSr. Second-team All- Pac-10 in the all-around Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic Tied or set her seasonhighs on all three events in which she competed at the NCAA Athens Regional, winning floor with a 9.925, scoring on bars and tying for second on vault with a 9.9 Earned 9.85s on vault, bars and beam at Pac-10s Scored season-high at Cal State Fullerton to capture her first floor win of the year Also at Fullerton, she scored a season-high 9.9 to tie for third place Tied season-high on floor on Feb. 27 with a 9.9 and placed second in the all-around with a Set a new careerhigh on beam with a 9.95 to tie for first and also recorded season-highs on vault (9.875) and bars (9.85) vs. NC State Tied her season-high on bars with in the leadoff spot at the IGI/Chicago Style Recorded a career-high 39.4 in the all-around and tied her career-best on beam to win with a 9.9 at Oregon State Named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week after her performance at OSU Scored season-highs of 9.9 on floor and on bars at Stanford Tied for first on vault at the Pac-10 Showcase with a Placed fourth in the all-around with a Scored 9.8 on beam in just her second beam performance in three years Tied for first on bars at Utah with a 9.8 and also competed on vault Defending NCAA floor exercise champion Also won the NCAA Regional and Pac-10 floor titles Two-time first-team All-American Averaged 9.8+ on her three events last year on floor, on vault and on bars... Recorded a career-high 9.95 on vault at the NCAA Super Six and tied her career-high on floor with 9.925s at all four postseason meets In 2009, earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault Hit all 30 of her routines in Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Made the U.S. National Team in her first effort after placing 11th in the all-around at the 2005 USA Championships Level 10 national champion on vault, bars and floor and fourth in the all-around. Season High: V - 9.9, UB , BB , FX , AA Career High: V , UB , BB , FX , AA Samantha Peszek, Fr. Has three uneven bars wins in seven meets Posted 9.8+ scores in 13 of 15 routines Tied for second on beam at NCAA Regionals with a 9.85 and tied her season-high on vault with a Scored a season-high on beam at Pac-10s At Cal State Fullerton, earned career-highs on vault (9.875) and beam (9.8) and won bars with a 9.9 Debuted on vault (9.825) and beam (9.25) and also competed on bars (9.825) on Mar. 6 Won bars with a career-high on Feb. 27 and is averaging a team-best Scored on bars in her first home meet Feb. 21 vs. NC State Made her collegiate debut at the IGI/Chicago Style, scoring 9.9 on bars to tie for first place Earned Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honors for her debut performance Member of the U.S. team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2007 U.S. squads that won gold medals at the World Championships and Pan American Games... Member of the USA National Team since In 2009, placed second on beam at the Visa Championships and was second on vault at the CoverGirl Classic... Finished fourth at both the Visa Championships and Olympic Team Trials in Won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2008 Tyson American Cup... Miss the beginning of the season with a foot fracture. Season/Career High: V , UB , BB p. 6 of 10

7 Alyssa Pritchett, Jr. Will redshirt the 2011 season after undergoing foot surgery in the preseason Has competed on vault and floor, with career-bests of 9.8 on each event. Career High: V - 9.8, FX Mizuki Sato, Sr. Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic for the third time in her career Suffered season-ending knee injury on beam dismount at Southern Utah Led off on beam at the Pac-10 Showcase (9.6) and at Utah (9.675) UCLA's beam anchor the last six meets of Scored a career-high 9.95 on beam at Georgia Mar. 6 and tied for second place on the event with a 9.9 at the Pac-10 Championship... In 2009, earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on floor and was an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree. Season High: BB , FX Career High: V - 9.9, UB (ex), BB , FX Sydney Sawa, Fr. First-team All-Pac-10 on floor Hit her first 24 routines in a row without a fall and is on the year Fifth on floor at the NCAA Regionals with a 9.85 Tied for third on floor at Pac-10s with a Scored on bars and floor at Cal State Fullerton and earned a on vault in exhibition Won the all-around with a career-high and tied for first on floor with a career-high vs. NC State on Feb. 21 Recorded a career-high in the all-around and tied her career-high with a 9.85 on floor at Oregon State Scored in her all-around debut at Stanford and earned a season-high 9.85 on floor Tied for second with a on her first beam routine of the year at Southern Utah Nabbed a pair of Top 5 finishes at the Pac-10 Showcase (5th on vault with a 9.85, 4th on bars with a 9.9) and a Top 10 finish on floor (9th with a 9.8) Scored a pair of 9.775s (bars and floor) and 9.75 on vault in her collegiate debut at Utah Competed at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships for Canada Canadian all-around and bars national champion... Placed third on bars and floor at the World Cup in Montreal in First on beam and fourth in the all-around at the 2009 WOGA Classic... Second in the all-around, vault, beam and floor at Elite Canada in Season/Career High: V /9.875 (ex.), UB - 9.9, BB , FX , AA Allison Taylor, Sr. Competed on bars and exhibitioned on floor at Southern Utah Earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors in 2010 Competed on bars in four meets last season and scored a career-high 9.85 at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 26 to place second... Also scored on bars twice in competition and twice in exhibition. Season High: UB , FX (ex.) Career High: UB , FX /9.725 (ex) Niki Tom, Sr. Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic for the third time in her career Honored by Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA as the Female Athlete of the Year Averages on floor and 9.72 on beam Earned Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week after tying for first on floor with a career-high-tying 9.9 on Mar. 6 Scored on floor and received a 9.95 from one judge on Feb. 27 Tied her season-best on beam with a and also scored on floor vs. NC State Competed on three events at Stanford, scoring on floor, on beam and on vault Tied for second on beam at Southern Utah with a season-high Also competed on bars at SUU, scoring Scored a career-high 9.9 on floor at the Pac-10 Showcase to place third Competed on beam (9.8) and floor (9.7) at Utah Second-team All-American on floor in 2009 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree in 2009 Competed on beam in 12 meets last season and posted a career-high 9.9 on Mar. 14 in a leadoff routine In 2009, hit 26 of 28 routines she performed on the season First-team All-Pac-10 performer on beam. Season High: V , UB , BB , FX Career High: V , UB , BB - 9.9, FX - 9.9, AA Lichelle Wong, So. Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic Has hit last four beam routines either in competition or exhibition Led off on vault with a 9.8 on Mar. 6 Scored a career-high 9.85 with a stuck vault vs. NC State Tied her season-high on floor at the IGI/Chicago-Style with a 9.85 Earned a season-high 9.8 on bars at Stanford Competed on bars for the first time this season at Southern Utah and scored to tie for second Tied for fourth on beam at SUU with a 9.8 Tied for seventh on floor at the Pac-10 Showcase with a 9.85 Scored a career-high to place third on beam at Utah and also tied for fifth on floor with a 9.75 Competed on bars and floor in 10 meets in 2010 before being sidelined at NCAA Regionals and Championships with a sprained ankle... Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on bars and ranked 25th in the nation on the event... Dutch all-around champion in 2006 and 2009 and vault champion in Bars and floor national champion and vault runner-up in Competed at the 2007 and 2006 World Championships. Season High: V , UB - 9.8, BB , FX Career High: V , UB - 9.9, BB , FX Vanessa Zamarripa, Jr. Redshirting the season after rupturing her left Achilles tendon in December Earned a spot on the U.S. National Team after placing eighth in the all-around at the Visa Championships in August... U.S. national runner-up on vault... Placed seventh at the CoverGirl Classic in July in her first elite meet... Won the 2010 NCAA vault championship with a final average score of Earned first-team All-American honors in the all-around (tied for seventh place), vault (first) and floor (tied for seventh) and second-team honors on bars... Won the all-around and placed second on all four events at Regionals Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year... Two-time All-Pac-10 honoree in the all-around Pac-10 all-around and vault champion Third in the all-around at the 2009 NCAA Championships and became only the sixth UCLA gymnast ever to earn the maximum five All-America honors in one season... Has scored four career perfect 10s on vault - once in 2010 and three times in Career High: V , UB , BB , FX , AA p. 7 of 10

8 Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field 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 first NCAA championship in 1997 under Kondos Field and won again in back-to-back seasons in both and 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 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, to go along with 15 NCAA Regional titles. Kondos Field emphasizes a team concept, but her student-athletes have also found individual success, winning 24 NCAA individual titles during her 21 years as head coach, including 21 in the last 12 years. Her professional journey has been a unique one. A former professional ballet dancer with the Sacramento Ballet, Capital City Ballet and Washington, D.C. Ballet, she initially got her start in gymnastics at Agilites in Carmichael, Calif. by playing the piano for floor exercise music. From there, she became a dance coach, and under the guidance of former Minnesota head coach Jim Stephenson, learned the fundamentals of the sport. In 1983, she was hired to be UCLA's assistant coach and choreographer. While working under head coach Jerry Tomlinson, Kondos Field helped put UCLA Gymnastics on the map with their distinctive choreography and flair. The Bruins earned NCAA runner-up finishes in 1984 and 1989 and won six NCAA individual titles from Kondos Field was appointed head coach of the Bruins in 1991 and brought in Scott Bull as her co-head coach. The duo earned West Region Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1993 and in As the sole head coach in 1995, she earned Pac-10 and West Region coaching honors and guided her team to first-place finishes at the Pac-10 and Regional Championships. Just one year later, she led the Bruins to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships, and in 1997 she became just the fourth coach in NCAA history to win a national title. Kondos Field's accomplishments did not go unnoticed. She was selected by her peers as the NACGC/W National Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997, 2000 and She was also named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1995, 2000 and In 2010, she was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. She is recognized as one of the top beam and floor choreographers in the sport. Under her guidance, UCLA has formed a reputation of having the most unique and artistic routines in the nation. Kondos Field has choreographed 15 NCAA championship routines on beam and floor, including an unprecedented three consecutive on floor from Kim Hamilton from She also earned the Choreography of the Year Award at the 2004 Canadian National Championships for Kate Richardson's floor exercise routine. 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 Olympians Samantha Peszek, Mohini Bhardwaj, Kate Richardson, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Tasha Schwikert, Kristen Maloney, Jamie Dantzscher, Yvonne Tousek, Stella Umeh and Luisa Portocarrero. More impressively, however, under Kondos Field's tutelage, many of these top recruits went on to compete at the elite level both during and after their collegiate careers. In the summer of 2010, Vanessa Zamarripa made the U.S. National Team with an eighth-place finish at her first U.S. Championships. In 2004, Kate Richardson became only the second female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games as a collegiate athlete. She was joined in Athens by another Bruin, Mohini Bhardwaj, who captained the U.S. team to a team silver medal three years after her senior season at UCLA. Both Richardson and Bhardwaj qualified for the floor exercise finals, with Bhardwaj placing sixth and Richardson placing seventh with her Kondos Field-choreographed routine. In 1999, Kondos Field coached then-ucla junior Heidi Moneymaker at her first USA Championships, and Moneymaker, Bhardwaj and Lena Degteva all represented UCLA at the 1999 World University Games. A 1987 UCLA graduate in history, Kondos Field is also a freelance choreographer with extensive experience in the entertainment and gymnastics fields. She has helped to create, direct and choreograph Sea World's Summer Nights shows for the past 19 years. In the summer of 1991, Kondos Field choreographed a summer acrobatic festival held in Lennestadt, Germany. Kondos Field is married to UCLA Associate Athletic Director Bobby Field. Associate Head Coach Chris Waller Former UCLA All-American, NCAA Champion and U.S. Olympian Chris Waller is in his ninth season as an assistant coach for the UCLA women's gymnastics team and fourth as assistant head coach. Since returning to UCLA in 2003, Waller has helped lead the Bruins to three NCAA team titles. In his first season on the 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 first home loss in 23 years. In 2004, he helped coach the Bruins to a repeat championship, won in record-setting fashion, and was 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. The success did not stop for Waller after the 2004 collegiate season. He coached former Bruin great Mohini Bhardwaj as she earned not only a spot on the U.S. Olympic team but the honor of team captain as well. Bhardwaj helped the USA win the silver medal and had the eighth-highest all-around score in prelims and placed sixth in the floor exercise finals. Waller coached another Bruin to elite success in 2010, helping guide Vanessa Zamarripa to the U.S. National Team after an eighth-place all-around finish at the Visa Championships. One of the United States all-time gymnastics greats, Waller was a member of the National Team from and captured the U.S. all-around crown in 1991 and pommel horse titles from He was an all-around finalist at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and took fifth on the pommel horse, just one-tenth of a point away from the gold medal. In addition, Waller placed in the Top 6 on the pommel horse at the 1993 World Championships and won three medals at the 1990 Goodwill Games and a team gold at the 1995 Pan American Games. He was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in At UCLA, Waller earned four All-America honors and helped the Bruins capture the NCAA title in He also won individual titles on the pommel horse in 1989 and the high bar in Every year from , Waller won either a U.S. or NCAA national title. Waller, who graduated from UCLA in 1991, has 15 years of prior coaching experience and was selected the 2002 Southern California Level 7 Male Coach of the Year. Waller also served as a member of the USA Gymnastics Executive Committee and the 2000 Olympic team selection committee and chaired the Athlete s Council. Waller and his wife Cindy have two daughters, Alexandra and Lilia. He and Cindy founded GymJam Summer Camp in 1997 and are owners of their own gym, Waller s GymJam Academy, in Santa Clarita. Assistant Coach Jim Foody Former NCAA champion and U.S. National Team member Jim Foody enters his fourth year at his alma mater as a member of the UCLA women's gymnastics coaching staff. Since joining the staff for the 2008 season, the Bruins have won two Pac- 10 Championships and the 2010 NCAA title. Foody is the head coach of the women's program at the Josephson Academy of Gymnastics (JAG) in Culver City and previously coached at All Olympians Gymnastics Center from He was also the co-head coach for the men's program at Premier Gymnastics Academy in Illinois. He has coached state, regional and national champions and helped coach former UCLA star Mohini Bhardwaj during her Olympic run in While at UCLA, Foody won the NCAA high bar championship and the MPSF parallel bars title as a sophomore in He was a two-time NCAA qualifier and an All-American on high bar. In 1994, he helped lead the Bruins to the MPSF team title, and in 1996, he was selected the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Athlete of the Year. On the national level, he was a three-year U.S. senior national team member ( ) and a member of the 1997 USA World Championship team and 1999 World University Games team. He also competed at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. Foody graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a degree in Political Science. p. 8 of 10