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Professional choreographer and dancer BJ Das begins her seventh season on UCLA’s coaching staff and fourth as a full-time assistant after serving as the volunteer assistant coach from 2020-22. She was promoted to Associate Head Coach in June 2025.

Das has helped UCLA earn three conference titles in the last three seasons, along with a 2025 NCAA runner-up finish. In her first season as full-time assistant coach in 2023, she was honored by the WCGA as Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in the West Region. Additionally, the UCLA coaching staff was selected College Gym News’ Coaching Staff of the Year.

She has been instrumental in the Bruins maintaining their status as the best floor team in the nation. Das has choreographed two NCAA Championship floor exercise routines (Brooklyn Moors in 2025 and Jordan Chiles in 2023), four conference championship routines (Chae Campbell and Pauline Tratz in 2021 and Moors and Chiles in 2025) and seven routines that have scored perfect 10s (Gracie Kramer in 2020; Campbell in 2022 and 2024; Chiles in 2022, 2023 and 2025; and Moors in 2025). Das has also created multiple floor exercise routines that have gone viral, including two routines from Nia Dennis that each amassed over 11 million views just on X alone.

UCLA has finished the year ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor in three of Das’ six seasons as Bruin coach (2025, 2023 and 2020), and the Bruins will enter the 2026 season having scored 49+ in a school record 52 consecutive meets. Das’ floor squads have produced the school’s fourth-ranked floor score of all-time (49.800 twice in 2025 and once in 2020), the Big Ten’s highest floor score ever in a conference meet (49.800 at the 2025 Big Ten Championships), and UCLA’s highest-ever postseason floor score (49.7125 at the 2023 NCAA Semifinals).

As a professional dancer, Das has performed live with Beyonce, P!nk and Usher and toured with Avril Lavigne. Her music video credits include Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)”, Ariana Grande’s “Baby I” and Justin Bieber/Nicki Minaj’s “Beauty and a Beat”. Das has also performed live at the 2019 Grammy Awards, the 2018 American Music Awards and on "The Ellen Show", "The Voice" and "Late Show with James Corden", among others. Additionally, Das has choreographed for TV shows "GLOW", "Fresh Off the Boat" and "The Masked Singer", along with the Emmy Awards and Radio Disney Music Awards. She also served as an assistant choreographer for the Gold Over America Tour in 2021 and 2024. Her first Hollywood experience was as a gymnast on the movie "Stick It". Das has been signed to Bloc Talent Agency as a dancer and choreographer since 2007.

Das was the volunteer assistant coach and choreographer at the University of Utah in 2019, when the Utes ranked in the Top 5 in the nation on floor exercise.

A 2006 graduate of the University of Washington, Das earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology. She competed on the Husky gymnastics team for two years.

Full Name	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School	Club
Ciena Alipio	5' 2''	Sr.	San Jose, Calif.	Laurel Springs HS	Midwest Gymnastics
Madisyn Anyimi	5' 6''	Sr.	Sacramento, Calif.	St. Francis HS	Technique Gymnastics
Sydney Barros	5' 3''	Jr.	Lewisville, Texas	Adirondack Learning Academy	Texas Dreams
Ava Callahan	5' 6''	Fr.	Cary, N.C.	Green Level HS	Team Attraction Gymnastics
Jordan Chiles	4' 11''	Sr.	Houston, Texas	Prairie HS	World Champions Centre
Carissa Clay	4' 11''	Gr.	San Diego, Calif.	University of Kentucky	Mission Valley YMCA
Jordis Eichman	5' 2''	Fr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.	Academy at World Champions Centre	World Champions Centre
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Sasha Fujisaka	5' 0''	So.	San Jose, Calif.	Summit HS	Airborne Gymnastics
Bronwyn Hoffman	5' 5''	So.	Los Angeles, Calif.	Palisades HS	AOGC
Riley Jenkins	5' 4''	So.	Burbank, Calif.	Crescenta Valley HS	The Klub Gymnastics
Lauren Little	5' 3''	Jr.	Mooresville, N.C.	University of Alabama	Everest Gymnastics
Kai Mattei	5' 3''	Fr.	New York, N.Y.	IVLA	North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Nola Matthews	5' 3''	Fr.	Gilroy, Calif.	Laurel Springs HS	Airborne Gymnastics
Macy McGowan	5' 2''	So.	Seattle, Wash.	Juanita HS	Gymcats
Katelyn Rosen	5' 2''	Jr.	Boerne, Texas	Texas Connections Academy	Twin City Twisters
Ashlee Sullivan	5' 0''	Fr.	Richardson, Texas	Texas Connections Academy	Metroplex Gymnastics
Tiana Sumanasekera	5' 1''	Fr.	Pleasanton, Calif.	Laurel Springs HS	World Champions Centre
Mika Webster-Longin	4' 11''	So.	Richmond, Calif.	Saint Mary's College	Head Over Heels

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Janelle McDonald	The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach	jmcdonald@athletics.ucla.edu
	BJ Das	Associate Head Coach	bdas@athletics.ucla.edu
	Mark Freeman	Assistant Coach	markfreeman@athletics.ucla.edu
	Lacy Dagen	Assistant Coach	ldagen@athletics.ucla.edu
	Emma Malabuyo	Graduate Student Assistant Coach

Support Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Haley Gonzalez	Director of Operations	hgonzalez@athletics.ucla.edu
	Dawn Malone	Assistant Athletics Director, Olympic Sports Athletic Performance	dmalone@athletics.ucla.edu
	Tracy Sokoler	Associate Athletic Trainer	tsokoler@athletics.ucla.edu

University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics

2026 Gymnastics Roster

Ciena Alipio

Madisyn Anyimi

Sydney Barros

Ava Callahan

Jordan Chiles

Carissa Clay

Jordis Eichman

Sasha Fujisaka

Bronwyn Hoffman

Riley Jenkins

Lauren Little

Kai Mattei

Nola Matthews

Macy McGowan

Katelyn Rosen

Ashlee Sullivan

Tiana Sumanasekera

Mika Webster-Longin

Janelle McDonald

BJ Das

Mark Freeman

Lacy Dagen

Emma Malabuyo

Haley Gonzalez

Dawn Malone

Tracy Sokoler