2022 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Pauline Tratz
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Otto-Hahn Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Karlsruhe, Germany
Career Highlights
2021 Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Five-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection
2021 Pac-12 Floor Exercise co-champion
2021 and 2018 All-Pac-12 on floor
2018 NCAA Team Champion
2018 NCAA Columbus Regional vault champion
Best Marks
V - 9.925, 2x, last 3/13/18
UB - 9.775 - 1/31/21
FX - 9.950, 4x, last 3/20/21
2022
Earned her fifth career WCGA Scholastic All-America honor and fourth Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selectionย โฆ Earned 9.9 on floor exercise in her final routine at the NCAA Regional Final โฆ Scored 9.9 on floor exercise against Cal Mar. 6 to help the Bruins record a season-high total of 49.775 โฆ Missed two meets due to an ankle injury and returned to the floor lineup on Feb. 27, placing third with a 9.925 โฆ Posted a 9.925 on floor against Utah (Feb. 4), earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges โฆ Vaulted once in 2022, scoring a leadoff 9.775 against Utah on Feb. 4 โฆ Recorded a team-best 9.875 on floor at Oregon State to place fourth.
2021
Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year โฆFirst-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection โฆ Pac-12 Floor Exercise co-champion โฆ Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors for the fourth consecutive year โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Hit all 23 routines she competed, averaging 9.87 on floor and 9.827 on vault โฆ Competed in all 11 meets on vault and recorded a high of 9.9 at the Pac-12 Championships, where she also captured a share of the floor exercise title with a career-high-tying 9.95 โฆ Earned three Top 3 finishes on vault and five on floor โฆ Recorded wins on floor exercise in the last three regular season meets - at Cal with a 9.95, vs. San Jose State with a 9.925, and at the Pac-12 Championships with a 9.95 โฆ Competed twice on uneven bars, while the Bruins were short-handed on the event, averaging 9.713 with a high of 9.775 at Arizona โฆ Performed an exhibition routine on balance beam for the first-time ever as a Bruin on Senior Day and hit her routine โฆ Winner of UCLAโs Athletic Directorโs Academic Excellence Award, given to student-athletes who have made the Directorโs Honor Roll every quarter at UCLA.
2020
Womenโs Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American for the third-straight year โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Competed in eight meets, four times each on vault and floor โฆ Scored a season-high 9.925 on floor against Boise State โฆ Tied for second on vault at Arizona State with a season-high 9.85 โฆ Tied for third on vault at Stanford with a 9.825 on her first vault attempt of the season โฆStuck her vault vs. Utah and scored 9.775 โฆ Named to the Directorโs Honor Roll all three quarters.
2019
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors โฆ Competed on vault in every meet and on floor 14 times โฆ Averaged 9.834 on vault and posted a high of 9.9 at the NCAA Regional Final to tie for first and against Stanford on Mar. 10 to tie for second โฆ Placed third against Arizona with a 9.875 and third against Utah State with a 9.825 โฆ Averaged 9.864 on floor, with four scores of 9.9 or higher, including a new career-high of 9.95 vs. Utah State and at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Tied for second on floor at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional โฆ Second on floor at the Collegiate Challenge with a 9.925 and third on vault with a 9.85 โฆ Received Directorโs Honor Roll distinction each quarter.
2018
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Second-team All-Pac-12 on floor โฆ NCAA Columbus Regional vault co-champion โฆ Tied her career-high on vault with a 9.925 vs. San Jose State โฆ Tied her career-high on floor with a 9.925 to place third at both Stanford and at the Masters Classic โฆ Scored a career-high 9.925 on vault vs. Utah โฆ Earned a career-high 9.9 on vault at Cal to tie for third place โฆ Scored a career-high 9.925 on floor vs. Oklahoma โฆ Third on floor at Metroplex with a 9.875 โฆ Won floor with a 9.9 at Arizona โฆ Recorded career-highs on vault (9.875) and floor (9.9) at Elevate the Stage โฆ Won vault in her collegiate debut, scoring 9.85 vs. Ohio State โฆ Earned Directorโs Honor Roll distinction each quarter.
Club
Two-time German National vault champion (2017 and 2016) โฆ Bronze medalist on floor at the 2016 German National Championship โฆ Won silver on vault and bronze on floor exercise at the 2015 German National Championships โฆ Helped Germany qualify for the 2016 Olympic games with a second-place team finish at the Olympic Test Event and was selected as an Olympic alternate โฆ Competed for Germany at the 2015 World Championships โฆ All-around finalist at the 2015 European Championships โฆ Placed fifth on floor and 13th in the all-around at the 2017 World University Games โฆ Trained at Kunstturn Region Karlsruhe.
Personal
Came to UCLA because of the combination of athletics and academics โฆ Hobbies include discovering great places with friends, going on vacation with her family and having picnics โฆ Favorite apparatus is floor exercise โฆ Parents: Annette and Matthias Tratz โฆ Has an older brother, Julius โฆ Full name is Pauline Charlotte Tratz โฆ Goes by Pulla or Pauli โฆ Born in Karlsruhe, Germany โฆ Communication major.
