Ross Named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of Week
January 30, 2018 | Gymnastics
Sophomore Kyla Ross of the UCLA women's gymnastics team has been named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Jan. 22-28.
Ross won the all-around at the Metroplex Challenge with a career-high 39.7 to help UCLA score a season-best 197.625 in the win at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. The sophomore helped the Bruins earn victories over No. 2 LSU, No. 14 Washington and No. 28 North Carolina State as head coach Valorie Kondos Field surpassed 500 career wins.
Ross took first place on vault with a career-high-tying 9.925, earning a perfect mark from one of the two judges and recorded her fourth-straight 9.9+ score on bars, tying for first on bars with a 9.925 for her third consecutive win on the event. She also scored a season-high 9.975 on beam to place second, helping UCLA score a season-best 49.625 and tied for third on floor with a 9.875.
Ross' 39.7 all-around score was the highest by a Bruin in four years, since Samantha Peszek scored 39.7 on April 5, 2014.
This is Ross' second UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week of the season and the fourth of her career.
Also Nominated: Eloise Belanger (Women's Swimming and Diving), Jordin Canada (Women's Basketball), Kendall Gustafson (Women's Track and Field), Aaron Holiday (Men's Basketball), Micah Ma'a (Men's Volleyball), Alaina Miller (Women's Tennis), Emily Skelly (Women's Water Polo), Evan Zhu (Men's Tennis).
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