2024 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Emma Malabuyo
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Junior
- 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-American
2025 NCAA balance beam runner-up
Scored a perfect 10 on balance beam 3/12/22
2024 and 2023 CSC Academic All-District
Three-time 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 … NCAA beam runner-up with a season-high-tying 9.9750 … First-team All-Big Ten … Academic All-Big Ten selection … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree … Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award semifinalist … AAI Award Nominee … Ended regular season ranked sixth in the nation on beam with a 9.935 NQS … 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 UCLA’s advancement to NCAA Championships … 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 …Big Ten All-Championship team selection … 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 … 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 … Placed third on bars with a career-high-tying 9.900 and on floor with a 9.900 Feb. 14 vs. Penn State … 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 … 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 … 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) … Scored her fifth career 9.975 on beam to win at Maryland … 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) … Earned UCLA’s 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 … Hit all four of her routines at the Olympics and finished 41st in all-around qualifying … 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 … Earned second-team regular season All-America and honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors on beam … Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors for the third time … Received Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators, as well as Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll distinction for the second-straight year … Finished the regular season ranked No. 16 on beam … Tied for first place on bars at NCAA Regionals, scoring a career-best 9.900 … Finished second on beam at the Pac-12 Championships with a 9.950 … Recorded two beam victories, scoring 9.950 vs. Washington and a season-high 9.975 vs. Clemson … Competed in 10 meets on beam and averaged 9.898 … Averaged 9.842 on floor in six meets … 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 … WCGA Scholastic All-American … Earned Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Season averages were 9.895 on floor and 9.841 on beam … Recorded eight scores of 9.9 or higher on both beam and floor … Earned a season-best 9.975 on beam to tie for second place at the NCAA Regional … Scored 9.9 on floor and 9.925 on beam at Pac-12 Championships … Tied for second on floor against Iowa State with a 9.925 … 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 … 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 … Scored a season-best 9.925 on floor at Cal … Earned a then-season-high 9.95 on beam at Utah … 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 … Recorded the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast at the Asian Championships, winning silver on floor exercise with a score of 13.166 … 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 … WCGA Scholastic All-American … Became just the fourth UCLA freshman ever to score a perfect 10 on beam, earning the perfect mark on Mar. 12 against UC Davis … Had four different beam routines earn a perfect 10 from at least one judge … Competed 43 routines on the year, third-most on the team … 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 … Tied for third place on floor exercise at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring 9.925 … 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 … 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) … 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) … 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 … 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) … Competed all-around at Oregon State for the first time, finishing third with a 39.100 … Competed on vault, balance beam and floor exercise in the 2022 season opener, with a high of 9.775 on floor … Earned Director’s Honor Roll distinction all three quarters.
Club
2020 U.S. Olympic Team alternate … Five-time U.S. National Team Member … Placed eighth on the uneven bars and ninth all-around at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials … 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 … 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 … Won four medals at the 2017 U.S. Junior Championships (floor gold, all-around and bars silver, vault bronze) … Won the 2017 U.S. Classic junior all-around and floor titles and placed second on beam … Captured team and vault gold at the 2017 Gymnix International Junior Cup … 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 … Second in the all-around and third on beam in the 2016 U.S. Classic junior division … Trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as the 2021 Olympic Trials … Admires Kyla Ross, Peng-Peng Lee, and Katie Ledecky … 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 … Full name is Emma Lauren Malabuyo … Born in Mountain View, Calif. … Parents: Ana and Joel Malabuyo … Has an older brother, Elija, and a younger sister, Eyva … Looking to major in psychology or communications … Interested in a career as a sports broadcaster.
