Player Bio: Alison Stoner - UCLA Official Athletic Site
April 17, 2013 | Gymnastics
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Alison Stoner
Class: Senior
Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA
High School: National Gym. Training Center/Laguna Hills HS
Height: 5-2
1999 - Tore knee ligaments while competing on floor at the NCAA Super Six and will be unable to compete in 2000...Prior to her injury, she averaged 9.74 on floor and 9.8 in her last eight meets...Won her first collegiate event title with a career-best 9.85 on floor Jan. 31...Tied that career-high at the Bruin Classic and at Regionals...Placed third on floor at Cal State Fullerton Jan. 8 and at the UCLA Invitational Feb. 20...Competed on bars four times and scored a season-best 9.75 at Stanford...Competed on beam in UCLA's first three meets, scoring a best of 9.45.
Club - Began gymnastics in 1991 and five years later qualified for the USA Championships, where she placed 26th...Also competed at the 1997 US Championships...Placed sixth on bars, 10th on vault and 12th all-around at the 1997 American Classic...Finished 15th all-around at the 1997 U.S. Classic...Made the Junior National Team in 1994 after placing seventh at Level 10 Nationals...Trained at the National Gymnastics Training Center under coaches Zin Kinolik and Debra Hutchinson.
Personal - Favorite apparatus is the uneven bars...Hobbies include shopping and talking...Described her biggest athletic thrill as competing against world-class athletes at the USA Championships...Lived in Saudi Arabia until age 10...Parents: Frank and Jane Stoner...Has an older sister, Ashley and a younger brother, Jeff...Full name is Alison Kristine Stoner...Born April 11, 1980 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...Undeclared major.