2019 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Brielle Nguyen
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Foothill
- Hometown:
- Tustin, Calif.
- Previous School:
- Illinois
Career Highlights
2019 second-team All-American (BB)
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic
2019 UCLA Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award
2018 NCAA Team Champion
2017 second-team All-Big Ten
Best Marks
BB - 9.900, 8x, last 4/5/19
FX - 9.900, 3/11/17
2019
Earned second-team All-America honors on balance beam โฆ Received honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors โฆ Recipient of the Athletic Directorโs Academic Excellence Award for making the Directorโs Honor Roll every quarter at UCLA โฆ Averaged 9.843 on beam โฆ Scored 9.9 on beam four times, including at the NCAA Regional Semifinal and at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Hit 21 consecutive beam routines to end her career โฆ Scored 9.875 as the leadoff at Oregon State.
2018
Hit a clutch beam routine under pressure at the NCAA Super Six, following a fall and scoring 9.875 to help the Bruins record a NCAA Championships and school record 49.750 to win the team title โฆ Tied her career-high on beam with a 9.9 to tie for third at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Leadoff on beam for eight meets, where she tied her career-high of 9.9 vs. Oklahoma โฆ Moved to the No. 3 spot on Mar. 11 at Stanford and scored 9.85 โฆ Made her UCLA debut at Elevate the Stage, tying for second on beam with a leadoff 9.825.
2017 (Illinois)
Received second-team All-Big Ten honors โฆ Received teamโs Most Improved Gymnast award โฆ Earned her first career individual event title during the season opener at Missouri, scoring 9.875 on beam โฆ Hit a career-high 9.900 on beam against Minnesota and at Iowa โฆ Hit a career-best 9.900 on floor at the B1G Five Meet, where the Illini recorded the programโs second-highest team score on floor โฆ Competed in all 14 meets on beam and floor, helping Illinois hit the programโs third, fifth, seventh and 10th-highest scores on beam during the season.
2016 (Illinois)
Hit her season-high floor score of 9.850 at the State of Illinois Classic โฆ Did not score below 9.700 in her five routines on floor โฆ Recorded her season-best beam score of 9.75 at the NCAA Regional โฆ Made her collegiate debut on beam against Rutgers, scoring 9.550.
Club
Won balance beam title at the 2014 Level 10 State Championships โฆ Placed fifth on beam at the 2015 Level 10 Regionals after placing seventh the year prior โฆ Finished sixth on beam at the 2015 Level 10 State meet โฆ Trained at Gym-Max.
Personal
Used to be a competitive ice skater โฆ Wanted to attend UCLA to be part of a team culture that was associated with John Woodenโs ideas โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as seeing all of her teammates doing so well and placing second at the Big Ten Championships in 2017 โฆ Hobbies include going to the beach and hiking โฆ Lists beam and floor as her favorite apparatus โฆ Parents: Quyen Hua and Hoa Nguyen โฆ Full name is Brielle Nguyen ... Born in Newport Beach, Calif. โฆ Sociology major.
