2020 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Madison Kocian
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Spring Creek Academy
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
Career Highlights
2020 Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2019-20 UCLA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018 NCAA Team Champion
2016 Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist
2015 and 2014 World Championship Gold Medalist
One of just two female gymnasts to win NCAA, World and Olympic championships
Seven-time All-American
Three-time Scholastic All-American
Best Marks
V - 9.875, 4x, last 4/14/17
UB - 10.0, 2x, last 1/21/19
BB - 9.950, 2x, last 2/18/17
FX - 9.950, 3x, last 2/25/17
AA - 39.625, 2x, last 2/25/17
2020
Selected the Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Became just the fourth Bruin gymnast ever to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, receiving second-team selection … Named the 2019-20 UCLA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Selected as a Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winner … Placed in the Top 3 on bars in four meets … Scored 9.875 on bars and 9.85 on floor in her final meet against Cal … Placed second on bars with a 9.925 against Arizona … Recorded a 9.9 on bars to place third and earned a season-high 9.875 on floor vs. Washington … Scored 9.9 on bars at Stanford, tying for second … Made her season debut at BYU, placing second on bars with a 9.950 and tying for fifth on floor with a 9.850.
2019
First-team All-American on uneven bars and second-team on balance beam … Earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America honors for the third-straight year … First-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Named to UCLA’s All-Academic Team for the second-straight season … Recorded her second career perfect 10 on uneven bars on Jan. 21 and nearly scored another on Feb. 2 at Oregon State, where she earned a 9.975 … First-team regular season All-American and All-Pac-12 on bars … Ranked No. 6 in the nation on bars and averaged 9.904 … Scored 9.9 or higher on uneven bars in 10 of her last 12 meets, including a 9.95 in the NCAA Regional Final … Captured her third event win of the season when she tied for first on bars with a 9.95 against Utah State … Also won on bars at Washington, scoring 9.925 … Tied her season-high of 9.875 on beam at the NCAA semifinals and also added a 9.9 on bars.
2018
Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Came back from an August shoulder surgery to compete on at least one event in 13 of 15 meets and finished the year competing on three events … Her 9.9375 on uneven bars in the NCAA Finals helped engineer the Bruins' stunning comeback to win the national championship … Scored 9.875 on uneven bars in her first routine of the year at the NCAA Regional … Scored 9.875 or better on beam in five meets … Scored a season-high 9.925 on floor to tie for third at Stanford … Competed on two events for the first time in 2018 against Oregon State on Feb. 25, scoring 9.875 on beam and leading off floor with a 9.9 … Scored 9.9 on beam to place fourth against Utah and tied for third place with a season-high 9.925 on beam at Cal … Scored 9.875 on beam at the Metroplex Challenge and 9.85 vs. Oklahoma.
2017
Four-time All-American (postseason first-team all-around and floor, regular season first-team all-around and second-team floor) … Scored a perfect 10 on bars on Feb. 11 against Stanford … NCAA Regional bars champion and co-champion on floor … Earned four All-Pac-12 honors (1st-team AA, FX and 2nd-team V, BB) … Competed in the all-around in 12 of 14 meets … Totaled 16 event victories, including a team-high six in the all-around, and was the only Bruin to capture an event title in all four events and the all-around … Finished the season having hit 45 consecutive routines without a fall … Tied her career-high in the all-around with a meet-winning 39.625 against Arizona and also captured her first vault title with a 9.85 and was second on bars (9.9), beam (9.925) and floor (career-high-tying 9.95) … Tied for first on beam with a career-high-tying 9.95 and also scored 9.925 on floor to tie for the team lead at Utah. Her all-around score of 39.55 placed second … Scored her first career perfect 10 on uneven bars vs. Stanford and also won floor with a career-high-tying 9.95 and the all-around with a 39.575 … Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors Feb. 14 for the second time in a row … Set a new career-high to win the all-around at ASU with a 39.625 and scored career-bests of 9.95 on beam to place second and floor to place first. Named the Pac-12 Gymnast and Freshman of the Week for Feb. 7 after that performance … Scored a career-high 39.525 to win the all-around at Oregon State and also contributed career-bests on vault (9.875), bars (9.875) and floor (9.925) … Won the all-around (39.425), bars (9.875), beam (9.85) and floor (9.875) vs. Arkansas in her collegiate debut.
Club
Won team gold at the 2016 Olympic Games as a member of the Final Five and also captured a silver medal on the uneven bars ... Co-champion on uneven bars at the 2015 World Championships ... Won team gold at the 2015 and 2014 World Championships ... U.S. champion on uneven bars in 2015 and silver medalist in 2014 and 2016 ... Placed fifth in the all-around at the 2016 P&G Championships ... First in the all-around and on vault and uneven bars at her first senior national event, the 2013 American Classic ... Won team gold and uneven bars silver at the 2014 Pan American Championships ... Captured the uneven bars title at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy ... Six-time U.S. National Team member.
Personal
Career objective is to be a Orthopedic Physician Assistant … Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Full name is Madison Taylor Kocian … Born in Dallas, Texas … Parents: Thomas and Cindy Kocian … Has a younger brother, Ty … Chose to attend UCLA because the school offered a balance between the prestigious academics and the successful athletic program … Describes her greatest athletic thrills as getting the opportunity to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games and winning the 2018 NCAA Championship on the last routine of the meet … Lists soccer player Alex Morgan and football player Cooper Kupp as her favorite athletes … Hobbies include watching baseball and football and trying new coffee shops … Serves as a team representative for UCLA’s Student-Athlete Mentor program … Psychology major.
