2022 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Samantha Sakti
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Arcadia
- Hometown:
- Arcadia, Calif.
- Previous School:
- William & Mary
Career Highlights
2021 first-team All-Pac-12 on beam
Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Jan. 7, 2020)
Four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
Two-time Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and 2022 sport winner
2019 All-ECAC on floor
Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week
Three-time JO National Qualifier
Best Marks
V - 9.800, 3/2/19
BB - 9.950, 3x, last 2/12/22
FX - 9.925, 1/18/19
2022
Received her fourth consecutive WCGA Scholastic All-America honor โฆ Selected as the gymnastics sport winner for the 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars โฆ UCLA All-Academic Team selection for the second consecutive yearย โฆ Averaged 9.86 on balance beam in her last five meets โฆ Made her season debut on floor exercise at Arizona State on Feb. 20 and scored a UCLA-best 9.850 โฆ Won beam and tied her career-high with a 9.95 at Stanford on Feb. 12, receiving a 10.0 from one of the two judges โฆ Tied for the team lead on beam with a 9.850 at Minnesota.
2021
Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors on balance beam โฆ Led UCLA with six scores of 9.9 or higher on beam, including a career-high-tying 9.95 at Arizona to place first โฆ Recorded a team-high three individual victories on beam - vs. Arizona State, at Arizona and against San Jose State โฆ Competed once on floor at Washington, scoring 9.625 โฆ WCGA Scholastic All-American for the third consecutive year โฆ Named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Earned UCLA All-Academic Team distinction as the team member with the highest cumulative GPA โฆ Member of the Directorโs Honor Roll all three quarters.
2020
Competed on beam in eight meets โฆ Scored 9.85 on beam at Oregon State to help the Bruins tie their season-high beam score of 49.525 โฆ Did not compete in the Stanford and Washington meets due to illness โฆ Earned Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors after tying for first on balance beam with a 9.950 at the Collegiate Challenge โฆ Her 9.950 beam score included a perfect 10 from one judge โฆ Scored 9.900 on beam at BYU to tie for second place โฆ Member of the Fall 2019 Directorโs Honor Roll.
2019 (William & Mary)
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Earned All-ECAC honors on floor after placing second at the conference championship with a 9.900 โฆ Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week โฆ Won the floor title in her collegiate debut at Towson with a school-record 9.925 โฆ Won the beam (9.875) and floor (9.900) titles at the Penn dual meet, both scores ranking among the programโs Top 10 performances on the events โฆ Earned a share of the floor title (9.850) in the home opener against Towson โฆ Claimed the vault title (9.750) and tied for first on beam (9.800) and floor (9.850) at the West Chester tri-meet โฆ Won a share of the beam title (9.850) and recorded a career-best on vault (9.800) in the UNC dual meet โฆ Secured the floor title (9.775) in the Senior Night victory against Penn.
Club
Competed for All Olympia Gymnastics Center โฆ Three-time JO National Qualifier โฆ Placed ninth on floor at the 2017 JO Nationals โฆ Two-time Level 10 Regional beam champion (2018, 2017) โฆ Also won floor and placed second on vault at the 2018 Regionals and was second on floor and fifth on vault in 2017 โฆ Placed fifth on beam and floor at the 2016 Regionals.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is floor exercise โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as scoring a 9.925 on floor in her collegiate debut โฆ The athletes she admires is McKayla Maroney โฆ Chose UCLA because itโs the best academic and athletic school and because of the chemistry of the team and the incredible fun they have โฆ Hobbies include drawing, reading books and shopping with friends โฆ Full name is Samantha Tan Sakti โฆ Parents: Eddy and Joo Sakti โฆ Has younger brother, Zachary โฆ Born in San Gabriel, Calif. ... Psychology major who has aspirations of becoming a Physician Assistant ... Also has an interest in getting into film.
