Player Bio: Maranda Smith - UCLA Official Athletic Site
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Club -- 2005 Level 10 Senior B floor exercise national champion ... Also placed 11th in the all-around and ninth on beam at the national meet ... At the 2005 Region 1 meet, she placed second in the all-around, vault and uneven bars and captured the floor exercise title ... Won the vault and uneven bars title, placed second in the all-around, fourth on floor and fifth on beam and at the 2005 Level 10 Nor Cal State meet ... Won the 2004 Level 10 vault national title and placed fifth on bars ... Was first in the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise at the 2004 Region 1 Championships ... Placed fourth in the all-around to make the Junior Olympic National Team in 2003 ... Won the 2003 Region I all-around title ... Qualified for and attended the J.O. National Training Camp ... Placed fourth in the all-around, first on bars and second on vault at the 2002 American Classic and qualified for and attended the National Elite Training Camp ... Trained at Byers Gymnastics Center under coaches Eli and Debbie Rodriguez and Mas Watanabe.
Personal -- Graduated from Union Mine High School a half-year early ... Has wanted to compete for UCLA since she was 13, when her club teammate Christie Tedmon was recruited by UCLA ... Her biggest athletic thrill so far was earning a scholarship to UCLA ... Admires Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes ... Enjoys hanging out and socializing with friends and family ... Full name is Maranda Charme' Smith ... Parents: Warren and Patty Smith ... Has an older sister, Brittany ... June 27, 1988 in Roseville, CA ... Undeclared major whose career objective is to be a physician.