2018 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Sonya Meraz
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santa Monica
- Hometown:
- Santa Monica, Calif.
Career Highlights
Two-time 2nd-team Pac-12 All-Academic
Led the team in points scored in 2016
Won all-around in her first all-around meet 2/9/15
Career-highs of 9.875 or better on all four events
Best Marks
V - 9.875, 2/20/17
UB - 9.875, 2/25/17
BB - 9.900, 3/19/16
FX - 9.900, 2/14/15
AA - 39.400, last 3/6/16
2017
Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic selection for the second-straight year โฆ Competed on bars in all 14 meets and in 38 consecutive meets โฆ Placed second in the all-around vs. UNC with a season-high 39.25 and tied her season-high on floor with a 9.85 โฆ Competed on three events vs. Cal, including floor for the first time since Jan. 28 โฆ Won her first career event title on Feb. 25, tying for first on vault with a 9.85. She also tied her career-high on bars with a 9.875 โฆ Earned a career-high 9.875 as the leadoff vaulter on Feb. 20 and also contributed leadoff scores of 9.825 on bars and 9.8 on beam โฆ Scored a season-high 9.875 as the leadoff on beam at Utah โฆ Set a new career-high on bars with a 9.875 vs. Stanford โฆ Competed in the all-around in the first three meets and has a high of 39.225, set at Oklahoma โฆ Tied her career-high on bars at Oregon State and at ASU with scores of 9.85 โฆ Tied for third in the all-around in the season opener with a 38.925.
2016
Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic โฆ Led the team with 42 routines competed โฆ Contributed the most points to the team scoring with 409.6875 total points (12.49%) โฆ Scored a new career-high on beam with a 9.9 at Pac-12 Championships and also added a 9.825 on vault and 9.8 on bars โฆ Tied her career-high in the all-around with a second-place score of 39.4 vs. Stanford/Georgia and posted career-highs on bars and beam (9.85) and a season-high on floor (9.875) despite competing without music after a music malfunction โฆ Second in the all-around vs. ASU with a score of 39.025 and also finished second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 โฆ Scored a career-high 39.4 in her all-around season debut vs. Oregon State, scoring 9.85s across the board and career-highs on vault, bars and beam โฆ Earned season-highs on vault and bars vs. Utah with scores of 9.8 and added a 9.825 on beam โฆ Competed on three events at Cal and had a high mark of 9.8 on floor โฆ Scored 9.8 on her floor exercise debut at Arizona and also placed second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 โฆ Made her season debut on vault at Florida and scored 9.75 and added scores of 9.8 on bars and 9.775 on beam โฆ Tied for third on beam with a 9.85 and anchored on bars, scoring 9.7, vs. Alabama.
2015
Scored 9.85 on beam in five of 10 meets and in four of her last six in the leadoff position โฆ Averaged 9.813 on beam โฆ Hit two strong routines at the NCAA semifinals, scoring 9.8 on bars and 9.75 on beam โฆ Contributed a pair of 9.8s on bars and beam at NCAA Regionals โฆ Recorded a career-high 39.3 in the all-around at Arkansas and placed third on vault with a career-high 9.85, beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 and floor with a 9.875 โฆ Tied her career-highs on bars and beam with scores of 9.85 vs. Stanford on Mar. 7 โฆ Earned third-place finishes on beam with a 9.85 and floor with a 9.825 at ASU โฆ Went all-around at the Feb. 21 quad meet and scored 38.425, placing seventh โฆ Scored career-bests on all three events she competed at Stanford, scoring 9.85 on bars and beam (second place) and 9.9 on floor โฆ Won the all-around in her first attempt vs. Washington, scoring 39.025, and also placed third on floor with a career-high 9.875 โฆ Scored 9.8 on beam in her first counting beam routine vs. Cal โฆ Fourth on floor with a 9.825 in her floor debut vs. Arizona and also scored 9.825 in an exhibition beam performance โฆ Placed fifth on bars with a 9.775 and scored 9.775 on an exhibition beam routine at OSU.
Club
2014 Level 10 Region 1 floor exercise champion and SoCal State uneven bars championโฆ Won the all-around, vault and beam at the 2013 JO NIT โฆ JO National Championships qualifier in 2012 after finishing in fifth place in the all-around at the Region 1 Championships โฆ Level 10 State all-around and beam champion and vault, bars and floor runner-up in 2012 โฆ Trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center.
Personal
Hobbies include drawing and listening to music โฆ Career aspiration is to be a doctor โฆ Full name is Sonya Meraz โฆ Parents: Angel and Marianna Meraz โฆ Has an older sister, Dory โฆ Born in Santa Monica, Calif. โฆ Biochemistry major.
