Career Highlights:
- 2x Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2014, 2016)
- 2x NACGCW Scholastic All-American (2013, 2015)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2013)
As a Senior (2016):
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honoree…Competed on both vault and floor in the first two meets of the season before suffering a career-ending Achilles injury…Third on vault (9.80) at the NorCal Classic (1/10)
As a Junior (2015):
NACGC/W Scholastic All-American for the second time in her career…Competed in just two meets before she tore her Achilles at practice on Jan. 15, sidelining her for the season…Vault champion at Sacramento State (1/9) with a season-high 9.875, and third on floor (9.775)
As a Sophomore (2014):
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team member…Racked up nine event titles with 15 top-three finishes...Matched her career-high 9.90 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/22)...Won vault and floor against UC Davis (3/15)...Champion on all three of the events she competed in (vault, beam, floor) at the Washington & Sac State tri-meet (2/22), where she set a career-high 9.90 on beam...Claimed the vault and floor titles at Sac State/SJSU (2/14) with a career-high 9.925 on both events, which also matches Cal’s second-highest individual event score in the program record books...Set a new career-high on beam with 9.85 vs. Utah (1/17)...Vault champion with a 9.825 at the NorCal Meet (1/5)…Appeared in every vault and floor lineup, and 11 out of 12 beam lineups
As a Freshman (2013):
Cal’s first-ever Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year recipient…NACGCW Scholastic All-America member…Claimed eight Top 3 finishes, including six 2nd place and two 3rd place…Scored a 9.9 on vault twice in 2013, vs. Stanford & Oregon State (3/1) and at the NCAA Corvallis Regional (4/6), which matches the third-highest score on vault in program history…Registered a career-high 9.775 on balance beam three times (1/26, 2/3 & 3/16)…Performed two career-high 9.90 floor exercises vs. UC Davis (1/11) and Stanford (1/26), which ties for the third-highest score in program history…Competed in every vault and floor lineup and all but one beam lineup
High School/Club:
Was the 2012 California Level 10 Champion on the balance beam ... In 2011, was the California Level 10 Champion on floor, placed 5th AA at regionals, was a Region 1 team member, and a qualifier for Nationals ... Her 2011 Region 1 Super Team was Champions, and placed 5th at the state championships ... In 2010, was a Region 1nd Alternate, a JO-NIT qualifier, and placed 2nd on both vault and floor at NIT ... In 2009, was a member of the regional team and a nationals qualifier ... attended Chinese Christian Schools in Alameda, Calif where she was a four year earner of the Scholastic Achievement Award (2009-2012), an AP Scholar, earned the National Merit Commendation, and won the Science Bowl school championship in 2010.
Personal:
Parents are Stan and Sandra ... cousin, Alex Cushing, was on Cal's swim team
Major:
Bioengineering
