Player Bio: Natasha Desai - UCLA Official Athletic Site
April 17, 2013
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Natasha Desai
Class: Senior
Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
High School: Diamond Bar HS
Height: 5-1
Club: SCATS
Club — Trained at SCATS Gymnastics in Diamond Bar under coach Trent Spaulding …?Won the uneven bars title and placed fourth on beam and seventh in the all-around at the 2001 Level 9 Championships …?Qualified for the 2001 Nationals …?Sixth all-around, fifth on floor, seventh on bars and eighth on beam at the 2001 Southern California state meet …?Placed first in the all-around and bars, second on beam, third on floor and seventh on vault at the 2001 Desert Devils' Classic … Lynn Wagman Award winner (club scholarship) in 2001 … 1999 regional beam champion …?Five-time regional qualifier … Level 8 Regional beam champion in 1998.?
Personal — Biggest athletic thrill was winning bars at regionals in 2001 in front of all of her friends and family …?Taught pre-school gymnastics for four years …?Favorite events are beam and bars … Admires former UCLA great Mohini Bhardwaj …?Hobbies are listening to music, watching movies and scrapbook making …?Honor roll student all four years at Diamond Bar HS …?Honored as the AP Biology Student of the Year as a senior …?Member of the UCLA Alumni Scholars Club and the Indian Student Union …?Parents: Nikhil and Varsha Desai …?Has an older sister, Alisha, who also attends UCLA …?Full name is Natasha Nikhil Desai … Born December 30, 1982 in West Covina … Undeclared major whose career objective is to become a physician.