Table Of Contents Quick Facts General Information Athletics Phone... (310) 825-8699 Ticket Office... (310) UCLA-WIN Location...Los Angeles, CA Enrollment... 38,500 Founded...1919 Colors...Blue and Gold Nickname... Bruins Conference... Pacific-10 Conference Phone... (925) 932-4411 National Affiliation... NCAA Division I University Personnel Chancellor...Dr. Gene Block Director of Athletics... Dan Guerrero Sr. Women s Administrator...Petrina Long Faculty Athletic Rep...Donald Morrison UCLA Gymnastics Information Head Coach...Valorie Kondos Field (UCLA 87) Coach s Phone... (310) 206-6420 Record at UCLA (Years)... 389-86-1 (20) Career Record (Years)... same Assistant Head Coach...Chris Waller Assistant Coach...Jim Foody Volunteer Assistant Coach...P.J. Irvin Meet Directors... Janet Ferrari, Carmen Ramos Home Arena (Cap.)... Pauley Pavilion (12,000) Training Facility... Yates Gym 2010 Record...17-3 2010 Post-Season...NCAA Champions Sports Information Gymnastics SID...Liza David Sports Information Phone/Fax...(310) 206-8140/825-8664 E-mail Address...ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu Shipping Address... J.D. Morgan Center,... 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Web Site...www.uclabruins.com About This Publication The 2011 Season TV Roster...2 2011 Roster...3 Coaches Biographies...4 Returning Athlete Biographies...8 Freshmen Biographies... 24 The 2010 Season 2010 Season Results/Best Marks... 26 2010 Season In Review... 27 The History UCLA s National Team Champions... 28 UCLA at the NCAA Championships... 31 UCLA s Regional Champions... 33 UCLA s Individual National Champions... 34 Bruin Honor Roll... 36 UCLA's All-Americans... 37 Decades of NCAA Excellence... 40 UCLA s Academic Excellence... 41 UCLA in the Pacific-10 Conference... 42 Letterwinners, 1979-Present... 44 UCLA Gymnastics Hall of Famers... 45 National/International Competition... 46 The Record Books Bruin 10.0 Scorers... 48 Top 10 Scorers... 51 UCLA s Gymnastics Arenas... 52 Year-by-Year Results... 53 All-Time Record & Series Records... 56 About UCLA Media Information... 57 Administrators/Key Athletic Dept. Staff... 58 The UCLA Experience...i 6 Valorie Kondos Field and Chris Waller celebrate after winning the 2004 NCAA Championship 22 Credits: The 2011 UCLA gymnastics media guide was written and designed by Liza David, UCLA Assistant Sports Information Director. Player profile photos by Diane Biedermann. Primary photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig and Todd Cheney). Cover photography by Don Liebig. Additional photography by Jim Scieszinski, Jeff Sipsey, Heather Maynez, Michael Chen, Steve Rodriguez, Johnny Race, Tony Duffy, Richard Baillif, Jack Chance, Ron Kennedy, Christopher Peddecord, Grace Chiu and Patrick Tower. Special thanks to Getty Images, ASUCLA Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Ruth Chambers, the Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau and Scott Quintard for their photos in the UCLA Experience. Get A Copy: Copies of the gymnastics media guide are available in pdf format online at uclabruins.com. on the gymnastics page. 2001 UCLA Gymnastics Schedule Day, Date Opponent Location Time Fri., Jan. 7 @ Utah Salt Lake City, UT 7 pm MT Sun., Jan. 9 Pac-10 Showcase Pauley Pavilion 2 pm Fri., Jan. 14 @ Southern Utah Cedar City, UT 7 pm MT Sun., Jan. 23 @ Stanford Stanford, CA 2 pm Fri., Jan. 28 @ Oregon State Corvallis, OR 7 pm Fri., Feb. 11 IGI/Chicago Style Classic Chicago, IL 7:30 pm CT vs. Stanford, Oregon State Mon., Feb. 21 North Carolina State Pauley Pavilion 1 pm Sun., Feb. 27 Denver, Minnesota Pauley Pavilion 2 pm Sun., Mar. 6 Georgia, Arizona Pauley Pavilion 2 pm Sun., Mar. 13 @ Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA 2 pm Sat., Mar. 19 Pac-10 Championships Pauley Pavilion 4 pm Sat., Apr. 2 @ NCAA Regionals TBD TBD April 15-17 @ Cleveland, Ohio TBD TBD Home meets indicated in bold. Times listed are local to site. 6-Time NCAA Champions - 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 1
TV Roster Kaelie Baer Olivia Courtney Monique De La Torre Tauny Frattone Aisha Gerber Danielle Greig Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Tiffany Hyland Kassidy Kozai Talia Kushynski Brittani McCullough Redshirt senior Samantha Peszek Alyssa Pritchett Mizuki Sato Sydney Sawa Courtney Shannon Allison Taylor Vanessa Zamarripa Valorie Kondos Field Head Coach Chris Waller Assistant Head Coach Jim Foody Assistant Coach P.J. Irvin Volunteer Asst. Coach Marci Bernholtz Undergraduate Asst. Coach 2011 UCLA Gymnastics
2011 Roster 2011 UCLA Gymnastics Team: Back row (l-r): Tiffany Hyland, Tauny Frattone, Danielle Greig, Monique De La Torre, Mizuki Sato, Courtney Shannon. Middle row (l-r): Kaelie Baer, Kassidy Kozai,,, Sydney Sawa, Alyssa Pritchett, Olivia Courtney, Talia Kushynski, Aisha Gerber. Front row (l-r): Allison Taylor, Vanessa Zamarripa, Samantha Peszek, Brittani McCullough, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Gymnast Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club/High School) Kaelie Baer 5-6 Jr. Columbus, IN (DeVeau's/Columbus East HS) Olivia Courtney 5-2 Fr. Fairfax, VA (Orlando Metro/Westfield HS) Monique De La Torre 5-3 So. Glendale, AZ (Carter's Gymnastics Academy/Ironwood HS) Tauny Frattone 5-4 Jr. Lake Forest, CA (Olympic Gymnastics/El Toro HS) Aisha Gerber 5-4 Jr. Cambridge, ON (Oakville Gymnastics/Galt Collegiate Institute) Danielle Greig 5-5 So. Auckland, NZ (Charter Oak Gliders/Westridge School) Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs 5-0 Jr. Toronto, ON (Sport Seneca Gymnastics/Northview Heights Secondary) Tiffany Hyland 5-8 Jr. Dove Canyon, CA (Diamond Elite/Sage Hill HS) Kassidy Kozai 4-11 Fr. Encino, CA (All Olympia Gymnastics Center/ Brentwood HS) Talia Kushynski 5-2 Sr. Sherman Oaks, CA (Waller s GymJam Academy/Van Nuys HS) Rachel Luba 5-1 Fr. Pebble Beach, CA (Elite Gymnastics Academy/Stevenson School) Brittani McCullough 5-4 RSr. Corona, CA (SCEGA/Centennial HS) Samantha Peszek 5-1 Fr. Indianapolis, IN (Sharp's Gymnastics/DeVeau's/Cathedral HS) Alyssa Pritchett 5-1 Jr. Orange, CA (Wildfire Gymnastics/Calvary Chapel HS) Mizuki Sato 5-2 Sr. Fair Oaks, CA (Technique Gymnastics/Bella Vista HS) Sydney Sawa 5-2 Fr. Calgary, AB (National Sports School/Calgary Gymnastics Centre) Courtney Shannon 5-6 So. Lake Forest, CA (Olympica Gymnastics/El Toro HS) Allison Taylor 5-3 Sr. Dallas, TX (WOGA/Spring Creek Academy) 5-0 Sr. Northridge, CA (JAG/Chatsworth HS) 5-4 So. Ossendrecht, Holland (TSH Heerenveen/ OSG Sevenwolden) Vanessa Zamarripa 5-1 Jr. O'Fallon, IL (Midwest Twisters/O'Fallon Township HS) 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 Staff Athletic Trainer: Lorita Granger; Student Trainers: Elisa Lo, Mary-Claire Malooly Pronunciations: Kaelie Baer...KAY-lee BEAR Monique De La Torre... day-la-tore-ay Tauny Frattone...fra-TONE Aisha Gerber...AY-sha Danielle Greig... GREG Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs...HOFF-ner Kassidy Kozai...KOZE-eye Talia Kushynski... TALL-ya coo-shin-ski Rachel Luba...LOO-buh Brittani McCullough... Muh-CULL-uh Samantha Peszek... PESH-eck Mizuki Sato... mi-zoo-key SAH-toe Vanessa Zamarripa... zam-uh-reep-uh Valorie Kondos Field... CON-dose Class Breakdown: s (5): Talia Kushynski, Brittani McCullough, Mizuki Sato, Allison Taylor, s (7): Kaelie Baer, Tauny Frattone, Aisha Gerber, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Tiffany Hyland, Alyssa Pritchett, Vanessa Zamarripa s (4): Monique De La Torre, Danielle Greig, Courtney Shannon, Freshmen (5): Olivia Courtney, Kassidy Kozai, Rachel Luba, Samantha Peszek, Sydney Sawa Roster by State/Country: California (10): Tauny Frattone, Tiffany Hyland, Kassidy Kozai, Talia Kushynski, Rachel Luba, Brittani McCullough, Alyssa Pritchett, Mizuki Sato, Courtney Shannon, Canada (3): Aisha Gerber, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Sydney Sawa Indiana (2): Kaelie Baer, Samantha Peszek Illinois (1): Vanessa Zamarripa Arizona (1): Monique De La Torre Netherlands (1): New Zealand (1): Danielle Greig Texas (1): Allison Taylor Virginia (1): Olivia Courtney 3 2011 UCLA Gymnastics