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1 UCLA GYMNASTICS 2016 Contact: Liza David / Phone: (310) / Fax: (310) / [email protected] For Immediate Release: January 27, 2016 THIS WEEK #4 UCLA at #21 California Monday, Feb. 1-7:00 pm TV: Pac-12 Networks (Brian Webber, Samantha Peszek) Live Stats: calbears.com Bruins Face Bears in Berkeley Monday No. 4 UCLA (2-1) concludes a three-game road stretch with a Monday night matchup at No. 21 California (6-2). The meet will take place at Haas Pavilion on Monday, Feb. 1 at 7 pm PT and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks with Brian Webber and UCLA Gymnastics legend Samantha Peszek on the call. Follow Live Live stats will be available at calbears.com. Live updates can be found on In the Rankings UCLA moved up one spot to No. 4 in the nation rankings with a season average of The Bruins remain ranked No. 1 on floor (49.4) and are fifth on beam (49.208), 10th on bars (49.092) and 12th on vault (49.058). Individually, Danusia Francis continues to lead the nation on beam with a average. Sadiqua Bynum leads three Bruins in the Top 10 on floor, ranking sixth (9.925 average), while Hallie Mossett is seventh (9.912) and Angi Cipra is 10th (9.908). Napualani Hall makes her debut in the national rankings, checking in at 21st on vault (9.858). UCLA vs. California - The Matchup UCLA leads the all-time regular season series with Cal, The two teams faced each other twice last season, with UCLA winning the dual in Pauley Pavilion, , and the Bruins placing second to the Bears sixth at the Pac-12 Championships. The Golden Bears are coming off a season-best performance in a tri-meet at Stanford, where they finished second with a score of Toni-Ann Williams, last year s Pac-12 of the Year, won floor exercise with a score of and now ranks 22nd in the nation on the event with an average of As a team, California ranks ninth on floor (49.1), 14th on vault (48.967), 24th on beam (48.650). Berkeley Homecoming for Bynum UCLA fifth-year senior Sadiqua Bynum will be competing for the last time in her hometown on Monday. Bynum, who came to UCLA from Berkeley High School as a walk-on, has developed into a tremendous leader for the Bruins, anchoring the team on floor the last two seasons, earning All-America honors and currently ranking sixth in the nation with an average score of She has been one of the Bruins most consistent competitors over the years, hitting every routine both this season and last season and 36 straight going back to Bruins Battle Through Adversity at Arizona UCLA battled through illness and adversity to post a victory at Arizona on Jan. 23. With several team members sick or resting, the Bruins nevertheless put up its second-highest score of the season. Katelyn Ohashi was the epitome of Bruin Strong, coming back from a hard fall on her beam dismount that was caused by an equipment malfunction. After being evaluated by medical and athletic training staff, Ohashi was cleared to repeat her routine, and she hit the same routine, including the double pike dismount, for a career-high Ohashi won the allaround (39.375) and uneven bars (9.925). Napualani Hall won vault (9.9), and Sadiqua Bynum won floor (9.925). It was UCLA s vault performance that proved to be the difference, as the Bruins outscored the Wildcats on that event, Ohashi Again Named Pac-12 of Week Katelyn Ohashi was named the Pac-12 /Newcomer of the Week for the second consecutive week. Ohashi set or tied career-highs on all four events and won the all-around with a career-best in UCLA s win at Arizona. The freshman from Plano, Texas started the meet with a career-high on bars that gave her the event victory, the first of her career. She then set a new career-best on vault with a and tied her career-best on floor with a On beam, she was well on her way to a big score when the cap of the beam came off while she was dismounting, causing her to fall on her neck. After being evaluated by medical and athletic training staff, she was cleared to repeat her routine and finished with a career-high score of High Marks After three meets, UCLA has posted five 9.95 scores this season - Danusia Francis twice on beam, Christine Peng- Peng Lee once on beam and Hallie Mossett and Sadiqua Bynum once on floor. Mossett s 9.95 was the first score of her career, and Bynum s was her second. Lee now has eight (3 on bars, 5 on beam), and Francis has 11 (10 on beam, 1 on floor). The Bruins have also tallied 15 scores of 9.9 or higher this year. Bruin Debuts Some new faces made their season debuts at Arizona. Stella Savvidou, who joined the Bruins in late December, performed an exhibition routine on bars, scoring Nicki Shapiro also made her Bruin debut with an exhibition beam performance that scored Sonya Meraz and Madison Preston had strong showings on floor, competing for the first time this season and scoring 9.8 and 9.875, respectively. Bluetooth Waning For the first two weeks of the season, Christine Peng- Peng Lee has been performing a hands-free beam routine due to thumb surgery in November for a torn ligament. On Saturday at Arizona, she brought back her Homma Flairs mount, marking the first step in her return to full usage of her hands. Lee kept her tumbling hands-free still, performing an aerial/back layout combo and an aerial/layout full dismount. She scored on the routine and has a high of 9.95 in the season opener. Vault Changes With the Yurchenko layout full and Yurchenko layout half vaults being devalued to 9.95 start values, several Bruins 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 2-1 / Pac-12: 1-0 National Ranking: 4th JANUARY 10 #3 ALABAMA (TV: PAC12) W at #3 Florida L at Arizona (TV: PAC12) W FEBRUARY 1 at #21 California (TV: PAC12) 7 pm 6 UTAH (TV: PAC12) 1 pm 13 OREGON STATE (TV: PAC12) 8 pm 21 at Washington (TV: PAC12) 1 pm 27 ARIZONA STATE (TV: PAC12) 1 pm MARCH 6 GEORGIA/STANFORD (TV: PAC12) 12 pm 13 OKLAHOMA (TV: PAC12) 2 pm 19 at Pac-12s (TV: PAC12) TBD APRIL 2 at NCAA Regionals TBD 15 at NCAA Semifi nals (TV: ESPNU) TBD 16 at NCAA Finals (TV: ESPNU) 7 pm CT All home meets are BOLD and held at Pauley Pavilion. All times listed are local to site. QUICK FACTS Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field Alma Mater UCLA 87 Career Record (Yrs.) (26th Season) Record at UCLA (Yrs.) same Associate Head Coach Chris Waller Assistant Coach Randy Lane 2015 Record/NCAA Finish 17-2/11th 2015 High Score Letterwinners Returning/Lost 12/7 All-Americans Returning/Lost 4/2 CAREER-HIGH MARKS Bynum Cipra DeJesus Dennis Francis Gerber Hall Honest Lee Meraz Metcalf Mossett Ohashi Preston Savvidou Shapiro 9.725

2 have been working on new vaults in 2016 to maintain a 10.0 start value. Two Bruins have competed 10.0 vaults in their three meets. Napualani Hall has scored career-highs of 9.9 on stuck Yurchenko 1.5s in her last two meets, and Sadiqua Bynum scored a season-high on her Yurchenko Arabian at Arizona. Angi Cipra had UCLA s top score on vault in the season opener with a 9.85 on a Yurchenko layout full. Notables Danusia Francis has hit 43 routines in a row without a fall, with 40 of those routines scoring 9.8 or above Sadiqua Bynum hit all 23 routines in 2015 and has hit 36 in a row since 2014 Sophina DeJesus has scored 9.8 or higher on 12 of her last 13 beam routines, with her 9.7 at Florida snapping her streak of 11 straight JaNay Honest had a streak of 10-straight 9.8+ vaults snapped with a at Arizona, but she has scored a career-high 9.85 on bars in two straight meets Sonya Meraz is a perfect 13-for-13 on beam in her career, with nine of those routines scoring 9.8 or higher Hallie Mossett choreographed the floor exercise routines for JaNay Honest, Napualani Hall and Rechelle Dennis and helped head coach Valorie Kondos Field choreograph others on the team, including her own. Mossett, week one s Pac-12 Specialist of the Week, currently ranks seventh in the nation on floor exercise. Francis Hosts Bruin Banter Senior Danusia Francis has taken over hosting duties from Samantha Peszek in the weekly gymnastics web series Bruin Banter, which can be viewed every Thursday on uclabruins.com. This week s guest will be freshman Katelyn Ohashi. International Competitors UCLA was well-represented at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, as senior Danusia Francis competed for Jamaica and freshman Stella Savvidou competed for Cyprus. Bruin signee Madison Kocian, who will defer enrollment until the 2017 season, won a pair of gold medals for the uneven bars and team competition. The Bruins have two other former World Championship competitors in Christine Peng-Peng Lee and Mikaela Gerber, who were on Canada s 2011 Worlds team, and an American Cup (2013) and Pacific Rim Championship (2012) all-around champ in Katelyn Ohashi. About the Bruins UCLA returns four All-Americans from last year s squad - Sadiqua Bynum (floor), Sophina DeJesus (bars), Danusia Francis (beam) and Christine Peng-Peng Lee (bars and beam). Newcomers to the squad this year include 2013 America Cup winner Katelyn Ohashi, 2014 Level 10 national vault champion Madison Preston, eight-time Region 1 champion Nicki Shapiro and 2015 World Championships competitor Stella Savvidou. Additionally, 2013 Level 10 national bars champion Melissa Metcalf is back after missing the 2015 season with a knee injury. Macy Toronjo, who won the 2015 Level 10 national all-around and floor titles, is out for the year after undergoing rotator cuff surgery. The Bruins lost seven gymnasts from a year ago, most notably All-Americans Samantha Peszek and Jordan Williams. Peszek won the NCAA all-around and beam titles last season and finished her career as a 17-time All-American and a 2015 Academic All-American. Coming Back UCLA returns 10 athletes who saw competition time a year ago and 17 of 24 routines (71%) competed at the 2015 NCAA Championships, including five each on bars and beam. The Bruins will need to replace 9.9+ scores from Samantha Peszek (all-around) and Jordan Williams (vault). Six Bruin returners scored at least one 9.9 last season - Sonya Meraz (1), Sophina DeJesus (2), Angi Cipra (3), Sadiqua Bynum (8), Danusia Francis (15), and Christine Peng-Peng Lee (15). Additionally, Lee pulled in seven scores of 9.95 or better, including one on beam; Francis had five 9.95s, and Bynum had one, a on floor. Pac-12 Networks to Televise 10 UCLA Meets Nine of UCLA s 10 regular season meets, along with the Pac-12 Championships, will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks this season. Also televised live for the first time will be the NCAA Championships on Apr. 15 and 16 on ESPNU. UCLA s nine regular season televised meets are the most among the Pac-12 schools. New to the Pac EVENT TITLES Bynum 2 Francis 2 Hall 1 Lee 1 Mossett 1 Ohashi TOP 3 FINISHES Bynum 1 3 Cipra 1 3 DeJesus 1 1 Francis 1 3 Hall 2 Honest 1 1 Lee 1 Meraz 2 Mossett 1 Ohashi SCORES Gymnast V UB BB FX Bynum 3 Cipra 3 DeJesus 1 Francis 2 Hall 2 Lee 1 Mossett 1 Ohashi SCORES Gymnast V UB BB FX Bynum 1 Francis 2 Lee 1 Mossett 1 UCLA IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Bynum 6 Cipra 10t Francis 1 Hall 21t Mossett 7t Team ROSTER Gymnast Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club/Previous School) Notes Sadiqua Bynum 5-4 RSr. Berkeley, Calif. (Head Over Heels Athletic Arts/Berkeley HS) Has hit 36 routines in a row without a fall Angi Cipra 5-2 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Devils Gymnastics/Saguaro HS) Career-high 9.95 on FX in 2014 included a perfect 10 from 1 judge Sophina DeJesus 5-1 Sr. Temecula, Calif. (SCEGA/Temecula Valley HS) Scored season-high on bars at Florida Rechelle Dennis 5-4 So. Dix Hills, N.Y. (Gold Medal Gymnastics Huntington/Half Hollow Hills HS) Scored on exhibition UB routine on 2/21/15 Danusia Francis 5-4 Sr. Kenilworth, England (Heathrow Gymnastics Club/Surbiton HS) Scored perfect 10 on BB 3/16/14 Mikaela Gerber 5-5 Jr. Cambridge, Ontario (Oakville Gymnastics Club/Galt Collegiate Institute) Scored career-high 9.85 as BB leadoff at Florida Napualani Hall 5-4 So. Kansas City, Mo. (Fuzion Gymnastics/North Kansas City HS) 2013 Level 10 national vault champion, career-high 9.9 last 2 meets JaNay Honest 5-2 So. Visalia, Calif. (Central California Gymnastics Institute/El Diamante HS) Career vault avg. of 9.813, career-high 9.85 on UB last 2 meets Christine Peng-Peng Lee 5-2 RJr. Richmond Hill, Ontario (Sport Seneca/Oakville Gymnastics Club/Northview Heights Secondary) 4-time All-American Sonya Meraz 5-1 So. Santa Monica, Calif. (All Olympia Gymanstics Center/Santa Monica HS) Competed in the all-around 3 times in 2015 Melissa Metcalf 5-3 So. Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Devils/Saguaro HS) 2013 Level 10 national bars champion Hallie Mossett 5-2 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (West Coast Elite Gymnastics/Vistamar School) Career-high 9.95 on FX 1/10/16 included a perfect 10 from 1 judge Katelyn Ohashi 4-10 Fr. Plano, Texas (WOGA/Plano Senior HS) 2013 American Cup winner Madison Preston 5-3 Fr. Loveland, Ohio (Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy/K-12 International Academy) 2014 Level 10 national vault champion Stella Savvidou 5-2 Fr. Melbourne, Australia (Methodist Ladies College Gymnastics Club/Methodist Ladies College) 2015 World Championships competitor Nicki Shapiro 5-1 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (All Olympia Gymnastics Center/Santa Monica HS) 8-time Region 1 champion Macy Toronjo 4-11 Fr. Huntsville, Texas (Texas Dreams/Coppell HS) 2015 Level 10 national AA/FX champion; redshirting in 2016 Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field (26th year, UCLA 87) Associate Head Coach: Chris Waller (14th year, UCLA 91); Assistant Coach: Randy Lane (12th year, Illinois 89); Volunteer Assistant Coach: Dom Palange Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Jennifer Pinches; Director of Operations: Kaitlin Reid; s: Jordyn Wieber, Karli Dugas, Jessy MacArthur, Alex Waller

3 12 Networks broadcast team is 2015 UCLA graduate Samantha Peszek, who will be a color analyst on three of UCLA s meets (at Cal, Oregon State and at Washington). UCLA Signs Glenn Twins in Early Period UCLA signed twins Anna and Grace Glenn from Charlotte, NC (Southeastern Gymnastics) to National Letters of Intent in the fall signing period. The Glenns will join Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross and current World uneven bars champion Madison Kocian in the freshman class of Anna had an outstanding 2015 season, winning the silver medal in the all-around at the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup and placing sixth in the all-around and second on vault at the JO National Championships. She won the all-around, bars and beam at the Level 10 Regionals and swept every event and the all-around at the Level 10 State Championships. In 2014, she was sixth in the all-around and vault and second on beam at the JO Nationals and second in the all-around, vault, beam and floor at the Regional Championships. Anna placed third on vault and fourth on beam at the 2013 JO Nationals after winning the all-around at the Regional and State meets. She captured her first national title in 2012, winning uneven bars at JO Nationals. She also won the all-around at the 2012 Regionals and uneven bars at the State meet. Grace, a three-time JO National Team member, placed fifth in the all-around, second on beam, third on vault and fourth on bars at the 2014 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup. She has had great success at the JO National Championships, winning the all-around and placing second on vault in 2014, as well as placing fourth in the all-around in 2013 and third in At the Regional level, she swept the all-around and all four events at the 2014 Championships and was the vault and bars champion in 2013 and vault and beam champion in Grace is also a six-time Level 10 State champion, winning the all-around, vault, bars and beam in 2014 and beam in 2013 and Get Social UCLA Gymnastics ranks first among all NCAA gymnastics teams in Instagram followers (35k) and Facebook likes (77k+) and ranks eighth in Twitter followers (8k+). The Bruins also have followers on Vine. Follow the Bruins on Instagram and Twitter and on Facebook at facebook.com/uclagymnastics. Looking Ahead UCLA returns home for a two-meet homestand, beginning with a Saturday, Feb. 6 matchup against Utah and a Saturday, Feb. 13 meeting with Oregon State Biographies Sadiqua Bynum - Redshirt Senior Ranked No. 6 in the nation on floor with a average Earned her second floor victory of the year with a at Arizona and placed second on vault with a seasonhigh Scored a then-season-high on vault and tied for second on floor with a 9.9 at Florida Clinched UCLA s win over Alabama with a meet-winning 9.95 on floor that was the Pac-12 Sports Report No. 3 Play of the Week Hit all 23 routines in 2015 and 36 in a row since 2014 Second-team NACGC/W Regular Season All- American and first-team All-Pac-12 on floor in 2015 Scored or better on floor in seven of 12 meets in 2015 and totaled eight scores of 9.9 or better (seven on floor and one on vault) Picked up five victories on floor and earned Top 3 placements six times on floor and five times on vault Scored a career-high on floor vs. Stanford on Mar. 7 Competed on vault and floor in every meet in 2014 and averaged on vault and on floor Competed on floor in 11 of 14 meets in 2013 and averaged in postseason competition Prior to 2013, she had not competed since the 2011 Level 10 State meet due to a torn Achilles and torn labrum Top 5 finishes in the all-around, vault and bars at the 2011 Level 10 State Championships. Season Highs: V , FX Career Highs: V , FX Angi Cipra - Junior Ranked No. 10 in the nation on floor with an average of Recorded her thirdstraight Top 3 finish on floor at Arizona with a 9.9 Tied for second on floor at Florida with a 9.9 Second on vault with a 9.85 and third on floor with a vs. Alabama Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American Earned 2015 second-team Pac- 12 All-Academic honors Tied for second on floor at 2015 NCAA Regionals with a season-high-tying 9.9, one of three 9.9s she scored on the year Won floor at ASU (her hometown meet) with a Recorded three Top 3 finishes on floor and one on vault Scored a career-high of on vault twice in 2015 Missed the final three months of the 2014 season after injuring her heel Feb. 8 Averaged on floor in the five meets in which she competed Pac-12 of the Week Jan. 14, 2014 after scoring 9.85 and tying for fifth on vault and floor in her collegiate debut vs. Florida Won the 2012 Level 10 national title on floor exercise and placed third on vault Swept the all-around and four events at both the Region 1 and State Championships in 2012 Won the Level 10 State floor exercise title in Season Highs: V , FX Career Highs: V , BB - 9.6, FX Sophina DeJesus - Senior Scored 9.8 on beam and 9.75 on bars at Arizona Recorded a season-best on bars to place second at Florida Tied for third on beam vs. Alabama with a 9.85 Scored 9.8 or better on beam in 12 of her last 13 meets and 9.85 or better in six of her last 10 Averaged on bars and 9.8 on beam in 2015 Averaged 9.84 on bars in her last five meets of 2015, with two scores of Tied her career-high with a 9.9 on beam at the 2015 NCAA Regionals Won bars with a season-high 9.9 vs. Washington Second-team All-American on uneven bars in 2014 and 2013 Finished 2014 ranked 13th in the nation on bars and held a season average of 9.842, with a career-high of set Feb. 8 against ASU Hit 34 of 36 routines without a fall in 2013 Twice earned Pac-12 /Newcomer of the Week honors in 2013 (1/29 and 1/8) 2009 U.S. National Team member Three-time USA Championships qualifier Former professional actress and dancer. Season Highs: UB , BB Career Highs: UB , BB - 9.9, FX Rechelle Dennis - Scored 9.75 in an exhibition on bars at Florida and in an exhibition vs. Alabama Scored on bars in her UCLA debut, an exhibition routine on Feb. 21, 2015 Five-time JO National Championships qualifier ( ) Highest finish was seventh in the all-around and uneven bars and fifth on floor exercise at the 2012 JO Nationals Ninth on floor at the 2014 JO Nationals Bars and floor champion at the 2012 Region 6 Championships Repeated as floor champion and also won the all-around at the 2013 Region 6 Championships New York State all-around, bars and floor champion in 2013 Won the uneven bars titles at the 2014 state and region meets. Season Highs: UB (ex.) Career Highs: UB (ex.) Danusia Francis - Senior Ranked No. 1 in the nation on beam with an average of Battled illness at Arizona and scored on bars and 9.85 on beam Won beam (9.95) and set season-highs on floor (9.875) and bars (9.825) at Florida Won beam with a 9.95 vs. Alabama and tied for third on bars with a team-best Has hit 102 of 104 routines in team competition during her career, including 43 consecutive Hit all 29 routines in 2014 and 31 during her freshman season Competed at the 2015 World Championships for Jamaica and hit all four of her routines to finish with an allaround score of , earning Jamaica a qualifying spot at the Olympic test event First-team Regular Season All-American and All-Pac-12 on beam in 2015 and 2014 Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree Won beam five times and floor twice in 2015 Scored career-highs on bars (9.925) and floor (9.95) during the 2015 season Made history twice in 2014, first by becoming the first gymnast to do a sideways side aerial to a layout full dismount off the side of the beam and then by scoring UCLA s eighth perfect 10 on beam on Mar. 16 Ranked No. 4 in the nation on beam to end the 2014 regular season Averaged on beam in 2014 and scored 9.9 or higher eight times, placing first four times Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Mar. 18, 2014 after scoring her 10 on beam First-team All-American on beam in 2013 and placed eighth at the event finals, where she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to successfully perform a sideways aerial on beam Second-team regular season All-American and All-Pac-12 on beam NACGC/W Scholastic All-American Competed for Great Britain at the 2013 World University Games and finished sixth on floor exercise Reserve for Great Britain s 2012 Olympic team Competed at the 2011 World Championships, helping Great Britain achieve a best-ever fifth-place finish and a full team qualification for the 2012 Olympics Beam champion and all-around runner-up at the 2011 British Championships. Season Highs: UB , BB , FX Career Highs: UB , BB , FX Mikaela Gerber - Junior Earned a career-high 9.85 on beam as the leadoff at Florida Led off on beam with a to help UCLA attain a team mark of 49.4, which was the second-highest in the nation on opening weekend Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic in 2015 Averaged on floor in 2015 and scored career-highs of 9.85 on floor in three of her last five performances

4 Scored 9.8 five times on beam, including twice in the leadoff position Hit her first 10 routines of the year and 17 of 18 overall Competed on beam in one meet and performed exhibition routines in six other meets in 2014 Key member of the Canadian National Team that placed 11th at the 2011 World Championships Twotime silver medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games, capturing second place on floor and in the team competition Placed 12th in the all-around, fourth on beam and eighth on vault at the 2012 Canadian Championships At the junior level, she was a silver all-around medalist at the 2010 and 2009 Canadian Championships Younger sister of UCLA All-American Aisha Gerber. Season Highs: BB Career Highs: V (ex.), BB , FX Napualani Hall - Earned her first career event victory, sticking her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for the secondstraight week and scoring 9.9 at Arizona Scored a career-best 9.9 on vault at Florida to place third Made her competitive debut on vault against Alabama and scored Scored 9.8 on floor as the leadoff in two of three meets this season Competed on floor in six meets in 2015 and scored a high of 9.85 twice Earned on floor in an exhibition performance on Feb. 21, 2015 Scored a high of on vault in exhibition Level 10 state all-around, vault, bars and beam silver medalist in 2014 Won vault and placed sixth in the all-around at the 2013 JO Nationals Level 10 Regional all-around, vault and floor exercise champion and all-around, beam and floor state champion in 2013 Placed fifth in the all-around and won a silver medal on vault at 2012 JO Nationals Won the Regional vault title and state all-around, vault and floor crowns in 2012 Qualified to the VISA National Championships in 2009 as a junior, placing 14th in the all-around, and in 2010 as a senior, where she was 14th on vault Vault bronze medalist at the 2011 American Classic. Season Highs: V - 9.9, FX Career Highs: V - 9.9, FX JaNay Honest - Tied her career-high with a 9.85 on bars and placed third at Arizona Set a new career-high with a 9.85 on bars at Florida and added a 9.8 on vault, her 10th-straight 9.8+ vault Tied for third on vault with a 9.8 and was sixth on bars with a vs. Alabama Competed on vault in 12 meets in 2015 and averaged 9.819, with 11 scores of 9.8 or higher Career-high marks were on vault, on bars and 9.8 on floor Second in the all-around and floor and fifth on vault and bars at the 2014 Region 1 Championships to qualify for the JO National Championships Won floor and placed second on vault at the 2014 NorCal State Championships JO NIT vault champion, floor silver medalist and all-around bronze medalist in Season Highs: V - 9.8, UB Career Highs: V , UB , FX Christine Peng-Peng Lee - Redshirt Junior Scored on beam at Arizona Placed first on beam with a 9.95 in her only routine vs. Alabama Earned first-team regular season All-America honors and All-Pac-12 honors on bars and beam in 2015 Second-team All-American on those two events at the 2015 NCAA Championships Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Named Pac-12 /Newcomer of the Week Mar. 2 and Feb. 23 and was Specialist of the Week Feb. 2 Won every event she competed at 2015 NCAA Regionals, scoring a career-high on vault, on bars and 9.95 on beam Recorded career-best marks of on beam, 9.95 on bars and on vault Earned 12 event titles - six on bars, five on beam and one on vault Underwent an ACL revision surgery in November of 2013 and was forced to sit out a second consecutive season Was Canada s top competitor in 2012 and 2011 until she suffered a knee injury at the national championships that kept her out of the Olympic Games and her freshman season in 2013 Served as honorary team captain for the Canadian gymnastics team at the 2012 Olympics Competed at the World Championships in 2011 and earned a Top 20 all-around finish Won bronze in the all-around and silver on beam and floor at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships Won gold on uneven bars at the World Cup in Croatia in Season Highs: BB Career Highs: V , UB , BB Sonya Meraz - Scored 9.8 on her floor exercise debut at Arizona and also placed second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 Made her season debut on vault at Florida and scored 9.75 and added scores of 9.8 on bars and on beam Tied for third on beam with a 9.85 and anchored on bars, scoring 9.7, vs. Alabama One of just two Bruins to compete all-around in 2015 Won the all-around in her first all-around attempt, scoring against Washington on Feb. 9, 2015 Recorded her all-around high at Arkansas on Mar. 13, 2015 with a 39.3 Scored 9.85 on beam in five of 10 meets and in four of her last six in the leadoff position Averaged on beam Scored career-bests of 9.9 on floor and 9.85 on bars and beam at Stanford on Feb. 14, 2015 Level 10 Region 1 floor exercise champion and SoCal State uneven bars champion Won the all-around, vault and beam at the 2013 JO NIT JO National Championships qualifier in 2012 after finishing fifth in the all-around at the Region 1 Championships Level 10 State all-around and beam champion in Season Highs: V , UB - 9.8, BB Career Highs: V , UB , BB , FX - 9.9, AA Melissa Metcalf - Missed the Arizona meet due to concussion protocol Recorded a career-best 9.85 on bars at Florida Scored on bars with a stick on her double front dismount in her collegiate debut vs. Alabama Sat out the 2015 season due to a knee injury Silver medalist on floor at the 2014 Level 10 Regionals Won the all-around, bars and floor titles at the 2014 Level 10 State Championships Enjoyed a successful 2013 campaign, winning the Level 10 state all-around, uneven bars and floor championships, the Level 10 Regional all-around, bars, beam and floor titles, and placing first on bars, third on beam and fifth in the all-around at JO Nationals Won the 2009 Level 10 state floor title Qualified to junior international elite in 2008 and competed at the VISA Championships, finishing in the Top 20 in the all-around and Top 10 on uneven bars Made the JO National Team in 2007 after a fourth-place all-around finish. Season Highs: UB Career Highs: UB Hallie Mossett - Junior Ranked No. 7 in the nation on floor with an average of Scored on floor at Florida Earned a career-high 9.95 on floor vs. Alabama, receiving a 10.0 from one of the two judges and picking up her first career win on the event Named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Jan. 12, 2016 Scored 9.8 or better on bars in her last six meets of 2015, including a 9.85 at the NCAA Semifinals Had her strongest overall performance of the 2015 season vs. Stanford on Mar. 7, tying for second on bars with a 9.875, tying her career-high with a on floor and hitting in an exhibition on beam Scored 9.85 on a beam exhibition on Feb. 21, 2015 Hit 41 of 43 routines without a fall during the 2014 season Averaged 9.79 as the leadoff on beam in UCLA s last seven meets Placed in the Top 3 in four of five all-around appearances, winning twice Scored a career-high in the all-around to place third at Arizona and also set a new career-high on vault with a 9.85 Won her second Pac-12 of the Week honor after capturing all-around title vs. Arizona State with a then-career-high Scored two career-highs at Cal, winning bars with a 9.9 and tying for second on beam with a to win Pac-12 of the Week Won the all-around at Utah in her all-around debut, scoring Five-time VISA Championships competitor, qualifying for the national championship meet from Highest finish at the VISA Championships was a ninth-place showing to make the national team in 2008, and she also placed fifth on floor and seventh on vault Named to the U.S. National Team in 2011 and was an alternate for the Pan American Games. Season Highs: UB , BB (ex.), FX Career Highs: V , UB - 9.9, BB , FX , AA Katelyn Ohashi - Pac-12 of the Week for the second-straight week after winning the allaround and bars and setting career-highs on all four events (vault , bars , beam , floor ) and the all-around (39.375) at Arizona Came back from a hard fall on her beam dismount caused by an equipment malfunction and repeated her routine, scoring Named the Pac-12 of the Week Jan. 19 after scoring a career-high 9.9 on bars to tie for third and adding scores of 9.8 on beam and on floor at Florida Second in the all-around in the season opener vs. Alabama, scoring thanks in part to scores of 9.8 on beam and 9.85 on floor 2013 AT&T American Cup all-around champion Won a total of four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2012 and 2011 Dominated at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships, winning team, all-around, bars, beam and floor gold in the junior division Won bars and placed eighth on beam at the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic Won the junior all-around bars, beam and floor titles at the 2011 U.S. Championships First on bars, second on beam, third in the all-around and fifth on vault at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic Second in the all-around and first on bars at the 2010 U.S. Championships Placed second in the all-around and on floor at the

5 2010 CoverGirl Classic Competing at Level 10 in 2015 and placed second on vault and beam at the State Championships. Season/Career Highs: V , UB , BB , FX , AA Madison Preston - Made her floor exercise debut at Arizona and scored Earned a career-high on vault at Florida and also made her debut on floor in an exhibition, scoring Anchored vault for UCLA in the season opener, scoring to tie for fifth vs. Alabama Won the 2014 Level 10 National vault championship with a score of 9.9 Fifth in the all-around and first on vault at the 2014 Region 5 Championships Won the all-around and vault and placed second on beam and floor at the 2014 Level 10 State Championships Won a total of three all-around Level 10 State titles from Season/Career Highs: V , FX Stella Savvidou - Made her UCLA debut in an exhibition performance on bars at Arizona, scoring 9.75 Competed for Cyprus at the 2015 World Championships All-around finalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Competed at the 2015 European Games Won the Australian Level 10 national vault and bars titles in 2015 and helped lead her Victorian State team to its second-straight team championship Placed second in the all-around and vault at the 2014 national championships Named the 2015 Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Award-winner for Sporting Excellence. Season/Career Highs: UB (ex.) Nicki Shapiro - Made her UCLA debut at Arizona with an exhibition beam performance that scored Fifth in the all-around, fourth on floor and eighth on beam at the 2012 Level 10 National Championships Earned eight Regional titles in her career Won the all-around, beam and floor and placed second on vault and third on bars at the 2012 Region 1 Championships Captured 2012 state titles in the all-around and beam and silver medals on vault and floor Seventh in the all-around and on beam and fifth on floor at the 2011 Level 10 Nationals Won the all-around, vault and floor and placed second on beam at the 2011 Region 1 Championships Won all-around, vault, floor and team gold medals at the Pan Am Maccabi Games in 2011 Won a total of 15 State titles in her career, including four in the all-around. Season/Career Highs: BB (ex.) 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 12 conference titles, including the inaugural Pac-12 title in 2012, to go along with 17 NCAA Regional titles. In 2015, UCLA won the NCAA Regional title, and senior Samantha Peszek won the NCAA all-around and beam titles. Kondos Field has been selected by her peers as the NACGC/W National Coach of the Year four times (1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001) and was also named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 1995, 2000, 2003 and In 2010, she became just the second active coach to be inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. Kondos Field, who is now in her 26th year as head coach of the Bruins, emphasizes a team concept, but her student-athletes have also found individual success, winning 27 NCAA individual titles during her years as head coach. 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 University of Minnesota co-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. 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. In 26 years as Bruin head coach, Kondos Field holds a career record of (.809 winning percentage). Associate Head Coach Chris Waller Former UCLA All-American, NCAA Champion and U.S. Olympian Chris Waller is in his 14th season as an assistant coach for the UCLA women s gymnastics team and fourth as associate head coach. Waller has brought nothing but success since returning to UCLA in 2003, helping guide the Bruins to three NCAA team titles. In his first season on the Bruin staff, he helped guide the Bruins to the 2003 NCAA, Regional and Pac-10 Championships. He was also the acting head coach when UCLA snapped the longest home court winning streak in NCAA history for any sport, handing Utah its first home loss in 23 years. In 2004, he helped coach the Bruins to a repeat championship, won in record-setting fashion. He was also selected by his peers as the 2004 NACGC National Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2010, he was voted the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2004, Waller 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 led the U.S. to a silver medal 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. Assistant Coach Randy Lane Randy Lane is in the fifth year of his third stint as a Bruin assistant coach and his 12th year overall with the program. In 2012, he was selected the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year and helped lead UCLA to the first-ever Pac-12 Championship, as well as a NCAA Regional championship and a third-place NCAA finish. Lane previously coached at UCLA from and He left coaching for a private business but returned to the sport as an assistant coach at Florida from He was an associate head coach at Michigan State from and had previously served as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara from During Lane s second stint at UCLA, he helped guide the Bruins to NCAA titles in 2000 and UCLA gymnasts won eight NCAA individual titles from , including three on the event on which he was the lead coach, uneven bars. He was honored as the NACGC/W National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000, and in 1998, he was named the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Lane was a member of the 1989 Illinois NCAA Men s Gymnastics National Championship squad and the 1988 NCAA Championship runner-up squad. He was also a member of the 1988 and 1989 Big Ten Championship teams. While competing for the Columbus Gymnastics Center, he won the Indiana State all-around title eight times and was the 1984 AAU Junior Olympic National parallel bar champion. He was named the 1984 Indiana Outstanding Athlete over such notables as Indiana basketball legend, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist and current UCLA basketball head coach Steve Alford. Kondos Field was appointed head coach of the Bruins in 1991 and brought in Scott Bull as her co-head coach. 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

6 2016 Meet Summaries Meet 1 - Alabama (Jan. 10) Behind strong balance beam and fl oor exercise sets, No. 6 UCLA came from behind to defeat No. 3 Alabama, The Bruins scored 49.4 on beam in the third rotation and fi nished with a on fl oor to claim victory. The meet came down to the very last routine, and Sadiqua Bynum s 9.95 clinched the win for UCLA. The Bruins were also bolstered by 9.95 scores by Christine Peng-Peng Lee and Danusia Francis on beam and Hallie Mossett on fl oor. Vault Katelyn Ohashi (7t) JaNay Honest (3t) Angi Cipra (2) Napualani Hall (5t) Sadiqua Bynum (7t) Madison Preston (5t) Bars Danusia Francis (3t) JaNay Honest (6) Katelyn Ohashi (12) Melissa Metcalf (8) Sophina DeJesus (7) Sonya Meraz (9) Beam Mikaela Gerber (11t) Sonya Meraz (3t) Katelyn Ohashi (10) Sophina DeJesus (3t) Peng-Peng Lee (1t) Danusia Francis (1t) Floor Napualani Hall (10) Katelyn Ohashi (6t) Danusia Francis (12) Hallie Mossett (1t) Angi Cipra (3) Sadiqua Bynum (1t) Meet 2 - at Florida (Jan. 15) UCLA gymnasts set six career-high marks and recorded season-high team marks on vault (49.125) and uneven bars (49.35) to post a big road score of last Friday. Third-ranked Florida won the meet with a score of UCLA scored 49+ on all four events and totaled six scores of 9.9 or higher, including a meet-winning 9.95 on beam by Danusia Francis and career-high scores of 9.9 by Napualani Hall on vault and Katelyn Ohashi on bars. Vault Sonya Meraz (11t) JaNay Honest (8t) Angi Cipra (10) Sadiqua Bynum (6t) Napualani Hall (3t) Madison Preston (6t) Bars Danusia Francis (11) JaNay Honest (7t) Katelyn Ohashi (3t) Melissa Metcalf (7t) Sophina DeJesus (2) Sonya Meraz (12) Beam Mikaela Gerber (6t) Sonya Meraz (10) Katelyn Ohashi (9) Sophina DeJesus (11) Peng-Peng Lee (12) Danusia Francis (1) Floor Napualani Hall (10) Katelyn Ohashi (8t) Danusia Francis (6t) Hallie Mossett (6t) Angi Cipra (2t) Sadiqua Bynum (2t) Meet 3 - at Arizona (Jan. 23) UCLA battled through illness and adversity to post a victory at Arizona. Katelyn Ohashi displayed true grit, coming back from a hard fall on her beam dismount that was caused by an equipment malfunction and repeating her routine for a career-high score of Ohashi won the all-around (39.375) and uneven bars (9.925). Napualani Hall won vault (9.9), and Sadiqua Bynum won fl oor (9.925). The Bruins season-best vault performance proved to be the difference in the meet, as UCLA outscored Arizona on the event, Vault Katelyn Ohashi (7t) JaNay Honest (7t) Angi Cipra (4t) Sadiqua Bynum (2) Madison Preston (4t) Napualani Hall (1) Bars Danusia Francis (5t) JaNay Honest (3t) Hallie Mossett (12) Katelyn Ohashi (1) Sophina DeJesus (10) Sonya Meraz (7t) Beam Mikaela Gerber (11) Sonya Meraz (2t) Katelyn Ohashi (5t) Sophina DeJesus (9t) Peng-Peng Lee (5t) Danusia Francis (2t) Floor Napualani Hall (11t) Sonya Meraz (10) Katelyn Ohashi (7t) Madison Preston (5t) Angi Cipra (2t) Sadiqua Bynum (1)

7 TV Roster Matteah Brow Sadiqua Bynum Redshirt Senior Angi Cipra Junior Sophina DeJesus Senior Rechelle Dennis Danusia Francis Senior Mikaela Gerber Junior Napualani Hall JaNay Honest Christine Peng-Peng Lee Redshirt Junior Sonya Meraz Melissa Metcalf Hallie Mossett Junior Katelyn Ohashi Madison Preston Stella Savvidou Nicki Shapiro Macy Toronjo Valorie Kondos Field Head Coach Chris Waller Associate Head Coach Randy Lane Assistant Coach Dom Palange Volunteer Assistant Coach Jennifer PInches Undergraduate Asst. Coach Kaitlin Reid Director of Operations Jordyn Wieber Karli Dugas Jessy MacArthur Alex Waller Pronunciations: Matteah Brow...muh-TAY-uh BROW Sadiqua Bynum... suh-dee-kah Angi Cipra... SIP-ruh Sophina DeJesus... DEH-heh-SOOS Danusia Francis... da-noosh-ah Napualani Hall...na-POOH-a-la-nee Sonya Meraz... muh-roz Hallie Mossett...Mo-ZET Katelyn Ohashi...oh-HA-she Stella Savvidou...SAV-i-doo Macy Toronjo...toe-RAHN-jo Valorie Kondos Field... CON-dose Dom Palange... pa-lange-ee