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Student-Athlete Of The Week
Mohini Bhardwaj
• Women's Gymnastics
• Senior
• Cincinnati, OH
• Alexander Smith Academy
• Anthropology Major

Senior Mohini Bhardwaj (Cincinnati, OH/Alexander Smith Academy) of the UCLA Gymnastics Team was selected as the UCLABruins.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 12-18.

Bhardwaj scored perfect 10s on bars, beam and floor and a career-best 9.975 on the vault to achieve a new school all-around record of 39.975, the second-highest all-around total in NCAA history. Needing a 9.925 on the floor exercise to defeat fifth-ranked Georgia, Bhardwaj scored a 10.0 to give UCLA a 197.475-197.375 victory.

Bhardwaj has recorded a school-record eight perfect 10s this season and has earned a 10 on bars in her last two meets. She has three 10s overall on bars, one on beam and four on floor.

This is Bhardwaj's third student-athlete of the week honor of the season and the fifth of her career.

Past Recipients
2000-2001 Season
  • Christina Tolson
  • Amanda Freed
  • Beth Goodwin
  • Jean-Julien Rojer
  • Jason Kapono
  • Billy Knight
  • Mohini Bhardwaj
  • Mohini Bhardwaj
  • Michelle Greco
  • Jamie Dantzscher
  • Freddie Mitchell
  • Earl Watson
  • Matt Barnes
  • Michelle Greco
  • Sean Kern
  • CiCi Peterson
  • Adam Wright
  • McKinley Tennyson Jr.
  • Freddie Mitchell
  • Kristee Porter
  • Christina Bowen
  • Kristee Porter
  • Sean Kern
  • Shaun Tsakiris
  • Elisabeth Bachman
  • Freddie Mitchell
  • Sarah-Gayle Swanson
  • DeShaun Foster
  • Kristee Porter
  • 1999-2000 Season