UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics
Founded	1974 (1974)
University	University of California, Los Angeles
Head coach	Janelle McDonald (2nd season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Los Angeles, California
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion (Capacity: 13,800)
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Blue and gold[1]
National championships
7 (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2018) NCAA Championships
Four on the Floor appearances
2 (2019, 2025)
Super Six appearances
22 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
NCAA Regional championships
23 (1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019) Regional Champions
Conference championships
22 (1981 [WCAA], 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025) Pac-12 Championships (1981-2023) & Big Ten Championships (2025-)

TheUCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team represents theUniversity of California, Los Angeles and competes in theBig Ten Conference. They compete inPauley Pavilion inLos Angeles, California. The team, coached by Janelle McDonald, has won 21 Regional titles and seven NCAA National Championships, most recently in 2018.^[2]

The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from North America and beyond, including Austria, Germany, Guatemala, and Ireland.^[3] Some notable former and current UCLA gymnasts include U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for Public AffairsMichelle Giuda, psychologist Onnie Willis Rogers,stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker, andOlympic gymnastsJamie Dantzscher,Mohini Bhardwaj,Kate Richardson,Tasha Schwikert,Kristen Maloney,Yvonne Tousek,Stella Umeh,Luisa Portocarrero,Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs,Sam Peszek,Peng Peng Lee,Jennifer Pinches,Jordyn Wieber (former Bruins team manager and volunteer assistant coach),Kyla Ross,Madison Kocian,Brooklyn Moors,Jordan Chiles, andEmma Malabuyo.

The 2025 season saw the team compete in the Big Ten Conference for the first time since the university switched from thePac-12 conference.^[4] The shift moves the team from frequent competition with national-level teams such asCalifornia andUtah to a conference whose teams have won just one national championship in four decades.^[5]

• 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004: Won national championship.^[6][7]
• 2008 Canadian Olympic Gymnastics team memberElyse Hopfner-Hibbs attended UCLA, a member of the team in 2008–2009 season.
• 2009: The Bruins won the 2009 Pac-10 title, their 14th, and was 7th seeded in theNCAA National Championships. They competed at the NCAA North Central Regionals atCarver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, Apr. 4 with Florida (#6), Minnesota (#18), Denver (#20), Iowa State (#23) and Iowa (#28). The Bruins came in second behind Florida.^[8] In the second session of the national championships, the Bruins finished tie for third place withUtah. But Utah won the tie breakers by counting all the scores of the six competitors in each event and advanced to the Super Six team finals.^[9]

• 2010: The team won its 15th Pacific-10 Championship, withAnna Li scoring a perfect 10 on uneven bars.Vanessa Zamarripa won all-around and vault, and was named 2010 Pac-10 Gymnast Of The Year.
• 2010: UCLA Gymnastics won the Los Angeles Regional and qualified for theNCAA Championships inGainesville, Florida.^[10]Anna Li again scored a perfect 10 on the uneven bars atPauley Pavilion, where both of her parents,Li Yuejiu andWu Jiani won medals at the1984 Olympic Games.
• 2010: USA Olympic team silver medalistSamantha Peszek is attending UCLA, and is a new member of the 2011 UCLA gymnastics team.
• 2010: The team won its sixth NCAA title at theO'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL.
• 2011: UCLA finished second in the national competition; Athens Regional champions;Samantha Peszek was first in balance beam with a 9.90 score.
• 2012: Third-place finish in team competition;Olivia Courtney was third in uneven bars, andElyse Hopfner-Hibbs was second in floor exercise.
• 2013: UCLA was 4th in the team competition held at its ownPauley Pavilion; Four Bruins finished as top-eight performers in individual competition, three (Olivia Courtney, Kaelie Baer, andVanessa Zamarripa) on vault and one (Danusia Francis) on beam.
• 2014: UCLA did not qualify to Saturday night's Super Six competition in Birmingham, AL. Two Bruins competed on Sunday in event finals,Samantha Peszek andOlivia Courtney.
• 2015: UCLA captured the team's 21st Regional Championship with a score of 197.500 points at the NCAA Columbus Regional.Samantha Peszek was the All Around Co-Champion with 39.6 points; Samantha Peszek also won the balance beam with a 9.950 score.
• 2016: UCLA finished second at the Salt Lake City Regional, held at the University of Utah's Jon M. Huntsman Center with a score of 196.375. The Bruins advanced to theNCAA Gymnastics Championships for the 32nd time, assigned to the Semifinal II. Seniors Danusia Francis and Sadiqua Bynum and junior Angi Cipra were awarded regular season All-America honors by the National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC/W).
• 2017: UCLA finished 4th at the NCAA Super Six Finals. FreshmanKyla Ross won both the balance beam and the uneven bars titles; she also received four perfect 10.0 scores throughout the season.^[11] FreshmanMadison Kocian also scored a perfect 10.0 on February 11.^[12]
• 2018: UCLA won their seventhNCAA title in St Louis.Peng Peng Lee andKatelyn Ohashi also won individual titles on the balance beam and floor exercise, respectively.
• 2019: CoachValorie Kondos Field will retire from coaching. An attendance record of 12,907 atPauley Pavilion was set during a meet with Stanford on March 10, 2019. SeniorKatelyn Ohashi set a Pac-12 record by winning the conference's Specialist of the Week award for the sixth time and her 10th career award this season.Kyla Ross completed a "gym slam" on March 17, 2019, atMiss Val's final home meet inPauley Pavilion by recording a perfect 10 score on thefloor exercise.UCLA won thePac-12 championship with a score of 198.4, setting a newPac-12 Gymnastics Championship record. Kyla Ross was the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, and Valorie Kondos Field was the Coach of the Year (her fifth Pac-12 honor).
• 2020: On January 31, seniorGracie Kramer became the first of two gymnasts to score a perfect 10 on the floor exercise during the season; her routine garnered millions of views online.^[13] On February 23, seniorGrace Glenn scored the first leadoff 10.0 on the balance beam in NCAA history;^[14] juniorNia Dennis' floor routine from the same meet went viral on Twitter and Facebook, leading to her appearance on theEllen Show on March 11.Kyla Ross scored three 10.0 scores during the season,^[15] two on bars and the other on the last vault of her career;^[16] this brought her career total to 22 perfect scores, tied 4th withMaggie Nichols in NCAA history.^[17] On March 12, the NCAA cancelled the remainder of the season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States^[18] The team finished the season ranked third, with an RQS of 197.565 after the tenth week of competition.^[19]
• 2023: Received a share of the Pac-12 regular season title, along withUtah,Oregon State, andCal.^[20]
• 2024: Selena Harris was named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year,^[21] after winning the All-Around at thePac-12 Championships and scoring four 10.0s during the season. She also earned the bronze medal on the balance beam at theNCAA Championships.
• 2025: In its first season in the Big Ten Conference, UCLA won its first-ever Big Ten regular season title and conference championship title. UCLA Gymnastics became the first UCLA team ever to win both the regular season and conference championship titles in the Big Ten.^[22][23]

• record includes invitationals and conference championships as of 2021.

UCLA has won 44 NCAA individual titles and seven team titles:

Honda Award Winners

• Kyla Ross, 2020
• Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 2018
• Kristen Maloney, 2005
• Onnie Willis, 2003
• Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001
• Jill Andrews, 1990
• Sharon Shapiro, 1981

AAI Award (National Senior of the Year)

• Vanessa Zamarripa, 2013
• Jamie Dantzscher, 2004
• Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001
• Donna Kemp, 1984

Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year

• Selena Harris, 2024
• Kyla Ross, 2019 & 2020
• Vanessa Zamarripa, 2010 & 2013
• Tasha Schwikert, 2007
• Kate Richardson, 2006
• Kristen Maloney, 2005
• Jeanette Antolin, 2004
• Onnie Willis, 2003
• Jamie Dantzscher, 2002
• Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001
• Heidi Moneymaker, 2000
• Kiralee Hayashi, 1999
• Stella Umeh, 1998
• Leah Homma, 1995 & 1997
• Jill Andrews, 1988 & 1990
• Tanya Service, 1987 & 1989

Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year

• Selena Harris, 2023
• Chae Campbell, 2021
• Kyla Ross, 2017
• Olivia Courtney, 2011
• Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, 2009
• Brittani McCullough, 2008
• Ariana Berlin, 2006
• Tasha Schwikert, 2005
• Kate Richardson, 2003
• Doni Thompson, 2000

Pac-12 Specialist of the Year

• Katelyn Ohashi, 2018 & 2019
• Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 2017

Pac-12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year

• Pauline Tratz, 2021
• Madison Kocian, 2020
• Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 2018

National Coach of the Year

• Valorie Kondos Field, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1989
• Jerry Tomlinson, 1989

National Asst. Coach of the Year

• Chris Waller, 2004
• Randy Lane, 2000

UCLA has been represented at every Olympic Games since 1984, except 1988. UCLA gymnasts have medaled in each Games since 2000.

Year	Country	Name	Medal(s)
1984	Canada	Gigi Zosa
1992	Guatemala	Luisa Portocarrero
	Canada	Stella Umeh
1996	Canada	Yvonne Tousek
2000	Canada	Yvonne Tousek
		Michelle Conway
		Kate Richardson
	United States	Jamie Dantzscher	team
		Kristen Maloney	team
		Tasha Schwikert	team
2004	Canada	Kate Richardson
	United States	Mohini Bhardwaj	team
2008	Canada	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
	United States	Samantha Peszek	team
2012	Great Britain	Jennifer Pinches
	United States	Kyla Ross	team
2016	United States	Madison Kocian	team uneven bars
2020	Canada	Brooklyn Moors
	Jamaica	Danusia Francis
	United States	Jordan Chiles	team
2024	Philippines	Emma Malabuyo
	United States	Jordan Chiles	team

Year	Country	Name	Role
1988	United States	Rhonda Faehn	Alternate
2000	Great Britain	Holly Murdock	Alternate
	United States	Alyssa Beckerman	Alternate
2004	Canada	Marci Bernholtz	Alternate
	United States	Tasha Schwikert	Alternate
2012	Canada	Peng-Peng Lee	Honorary captain
	Great Britain	Danusia Francis	Alternate
	United States	Anna Li	Alternate
2016	Germany	Pauline Tratz	Alternate
2020	United States	Emma Malabuyo	Alternate

The Bruins men's gymnastics team won twoNCAA national champions in 1984 and 1987, but was eliminated as part of university budget cuts in 1995.^[26]

Notable alumni of UCLA men's gymnastics include:

• Glenn Berry, 1928 Olympian and USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductee
• Tim Daggett, 1984 Olympic gold medallist
• Mitch Gaylord, 1984 NCAA all-around champion & Olympic gold medallist
• Brian Ginsberg, two-time US junior national gymnastics champion
• Scott Keswick, 1992 US Olympian and world rings and high bar finalist
• Stephen McCain, 2000 US Olympian and 2001 world silver medallist
• Chainey Umphrey, 1996 US Olympian and world high bar finalist
• Peter Vidmar, 1982, 1983 NCAA all-around champion & 1984 2x Olympic gold medallist
• Chris Waller, 1990 NCAA high bar champion and previous women's team head coach (2020-2022)

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