2025 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Emma Malabuyo
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Milpitas, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Adirondack Learning Academy
- Club:
- Texas Dreams
2024 Philippines Olympian
2024 Asian Championships floor exercise gold medalist, all-around bronze medalist
2023 Asian Championships floor exercise silver medalist
2020 U.S. Olympic Team alternate
Member of 2025 Big Ten Championship and NCAA runner-up team
Four-time balance beam All-Americanย
2025 NCAA balance beam runner-up
Scored a perfect 10 on balance beam 3/12/22
2025 Academic All-American
Three-time CSC Academic All-District
Three-timeย WCGA Scholastic All-American
2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award semifinalist and sport winner
2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
Five-time U.S. National Team Member
2017 U.S. Junior Floor Exercise champion
Best Marks
V - 9.875, 2/20/22
UB - 9.925, 2/23/25
BB - 10.00, 3/12/22
FX - 9.950, 3x, last 3/22/25
AA - 39.500, 4/2/22
2025
First-team regular season and WCGA All-American on beam to bring her career All-American total to four โฆ NCAA beam runner-up with a season-high-tying 9.9750 โฆ First-team All-Big Ten โฆ First-team Academic All-American and Academic All-District โฆ Academic All-Big Ten selection โฆ Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree โฆ Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award finalist and sport winnerย โฆ AAI Award Nominee โฆ Ended regular season ranked sixth in the nation on beam with a 9.935 NQS โฆ Scored 9.900 on bars at the NCAA Regional Second Round to tie for first in session 1 and contributed 9.900s on beam in both Regional meets, including the Regional Final to clinch UCLAโs advancement to NCAA Championships โฆ Contributed three 9.900+ scores at the Big Ten Championships, tying her career-high with a 9.950 on floor, tying for third on beam with a 9.950 and scoring 9.900 on bars โฆBig Ten All-Championship team selection โฆ Tied for second on beam with a 9.925, placed fourth on floor with a 9.900 and tied for fifth on bars with a 9.875 vs. Stanford โฆ Earned her fifth beam victory with a 9.900 and scored a career-high 9.925 on bars to place second Feb. 23 at Michigan โฆ Placed third on bars with a career-high-tying 9.900 and on floor with a 9.900 Feb. 14 vs. Penn State โฆ Captured her fourth beam win with a 9.950 at Washington and also recorded her third-straight 9.9+ floor score with a 9.900 and her third-straight 9.850 on bars โฆ Won beam with a 9.925 against Michigan State and also scored a season-high-tying 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor โฆ Earned Top 3 finishes on all three events against Illinois, placing second on beam (9.900) and floor (season-high-tying 9.925) and third on bars (season-high 9.850) โฆ Scored her fifth career 9.975 on beam to win at Maryland โฆ Scored a pair of 9.925s at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, winning beam and tying for fourth on floor and was named the Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week (1/14) โฆ Earned UCLAโs top beam score at the American Gold Classic, tying for second with a 9.900.
2024
Representing the Philippines, she earned an Olympic berth after a third-place all-around finish at the Asian Championships on May 24 โฆ Hit all four of her routines at the Olympics and finished 41st in all-around qualifying โฆ Also made history by becoming the first Filipina woman ever to win gold at the Asian Championships, capturing first place on floor exercise with a score of 13.300 โฆ Earned second-team regular season All-America and honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors on beam โฆ Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors for the third time โฆ ย Received Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators, as well as Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll distinction for the second-straight year โฆ Finished the regular season ranked No. 16 on beam โฆ Tied for first place on bars at NCAA Regionals, scoring a career-best 9.900 โฆ Finished second on beam at the Pac-12 Championships with a 9.950 โฆ Recorded two beam victories, scoring 9.950 vs. Washington and a season-high 9.975 vs. Clemson โฆ Competed in 10 meets on beam and averaged 9.898 โฆ Averaged 9.842 on floor in six meets โฆ Totaled nine scores of 9.900 or higher, including three 9.950+ marks on beam.
2023
First-Team postseason All-American on balance beam after finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.950 โฆ WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆย Earned Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Season averages were 9.895 on floor and 9.841 on beam โฆ Recorded eight scores of 9.9 or higher on both beam and floor โฆ Earned a season-best 9.975 on beam to tie for second place at the NCAA Regional โฆ Scored 9.9 on floor and 9.925 on beam at Pac-12 Championships โฆ Tied for second on floor against Iowa State with a 9.925 โฆ Tied her career-high on floor against Stanford, scoring 9.95 to tie for second place, and tied for third on beam with a 9.9 โฆ Tied her season-best 9.925 on floor at Arizona, earning a 10 from one judge, and made her season debut on vault, scoring 9.825 โฆ Scored a season-best 9.925 on floor at Cal โฆ Earned a then-season-high 9.95 on beam at Utah โฆ Scored 9.9 on her first three routines of the season, including a pair of 9.9s on beam and floor at the Super 16 โฆ Recorded the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast at the Asian Championships, winning silver on floor exercise with a score of 13.166 โฆย Also competed in the balance beam final at the Asian Championships, placing fifth overall with a score of 12.166.
2022
Second-Team All-Pac-12 on balance beam โฆ WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Became just the fourth UCLA freshman ever to score a perfect 10 on beam, earning the perfect mark on Mar. 12 against UC Davis โฆ Had four different beam routines earn a perfect 10 from at least one judge โฆ Competed 43 routines on the year, third-most on the team โฆ Scored a career-high 39.500 in the all-around at the NCAA Regional Final, her total including a clutch 9.975 on balance beam in the final rotation that nearly gave UCLA a NCAA Championship berth โฆ Tied for third place on floor exercise at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring 9.925 โฆ Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Mar. 8 after scoring career-bests of 9.975 on balance beam (first place) and 9.950 on floor exercise (tied for third) against Cal โฆ Won two events against Washington, tying for first on uneven bars (9.875) and balance beam (9.900), and tying for second in the all-around (39.375) โฆ Tied her career-best in the all-around at ASU with a 39.475 to place third, tied for first place on beam with a 9.900 and also recorded new career-bests on vault (9.875) and floor (9.900) โฆ Recorded a career-high 39.475 to place third in the all-around at Stanford, earned season-high marks on vault (9.825), bars (9.875) and floor (9.875) and tied for second on beam with a 9.900 โฆ Won beam with a then-season-best 9.925 vs. Arizona (Jan. 30) and earned then-season highs on vault (9.825), bars (9.825, third place) and all-around (39.250, third place) โฆ Competed all-around at Oregon State for the first time, finishing third with a 39.100 โฆ Competed on vault, balance beam and floor exercise in the 2022 season opener, with a high of 9.775 on floorย โฆ Earned Directorโs Honor Roll distinction all three quarters.
Club
2020 U.S. Olympic Team alternate โฆ Five-time U.S. National Team Member โฆ Placed eighth on the uneven bars and ninth all-around at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials โฆ Fourth all-around, sixth on balance beam and seventh on bars and floor exercise at the 2021 U.S. Championships, where her day two beam score of 14.60 was the third-highest in the competition โฆ Won a total of 16 medals at the City of Jesolo Trophy from 2016-19, including gold in the all-around, beam and floor in 2018 โฆ Won four medals at the 2017 U.S. Junior Championships (floor gold, all-around and bars silver, vault bronze) โฆ Won the 2017 U.S. Classic junior all-around and floor titles and placed second on beam โฆ Captured team and vault gold at the 2017 Gymnix International Junior Cup โฆ Placed first on floor, second in the all-around and beam and third on vault and bars at the 2017 International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan โฆ Second in the all-around and third on beam in the 2016 U.S. Classic junior division โฆ Trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is uneven bars โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as the 2021 Olympic Trials โฆ Admires Kyla Ross, Peng-Peng Lee, and Katie Ledecky โฆ Chose UCLA because she loved the team atmosphere, diversity, fun dance parties and floor routines and the strong academic environment ... Enjoys going to the beach, ice skating, shopping and hanging out with friends โฆ Full name is Emma Lauren Malabuyo โฆ Born in Mountain View, Calif. โฆ Parents: Ana and Joel Malabuyo โฆ Has an older brother, Elija, and a younger sister, Eyva โฆ Looking to major in psychology or communications โฆ Interested in a career as a sports broadcaster.
