2020 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Mercedez Sanchez
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Agoura
- Hometown:
- Agoura Hills, Calif.
Career Highlights
2018 NCAA Team Champion
Scored 9.75 on bars and beam exhibitions on 3/5/17
2016 and 2015 Level 10 Region 1 qualifier
Best Marks
UB - 9.750 (ex.), last 1/31/20
BB - 9.750 (ex.), 3/5/17
2020
Tied her career-best with a 9.750 in an exhibition on bars vs. Washington … Exhibitioned on bars at the Collegiate Challenge and scored 9.675 … Member of the Fall 2019 Director’s Honor Roll.
2019
Did not see action.
2018
Scored 9.675 in an exhibition bars performance at Cal.
2017 - Exhibitioned on bars and beam Mar. 5 vs. Cal and scored 9.75 on each event.
Club
Trained at Matrix Gymnastics … Won the all-around, bars, beam and floor at the 2015 Copa Quetzal Level 10 competition in Guatemala … Level 10 Region 1 qualifier in 2016 and 2015 … Earned Top 5 finishes in the all-around, vault and beam at the 2014 Level 9 Western Championships … Finished fourth in the all-around, third on vault and fifth on bars and beam at the 2014 Level 9 Region 1 Championships.
Personal
Describes her greatest athletic thrill as traveling to the Copa Quetzal and winning the all-around in her father’s home country of Guatemala … Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Admires Misty Copeland and Michael Jordan … Started in acro gymnastics and contortion before moving to artistic gymnastics at age 6 … Also did rhythmic gymnastics at a young age … Loves to dance, and her favorite style is contemporary … Parents: Rosemarie and Victor Sanchez … Has a younger sister, Valentina, and a baby brother, Liam … Full name is Mercedez Marie Sanchez … Born in Sherman Oaks, Calif. … Psychology major whose career interests lie in sports psychology and coaching gymnastics.
