2020 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Kendal Poston
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Trabuco Hills
- Hometown:
- Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Career Highlights
Four-time Scholastic All-American
2022, 2021, 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
UCLA Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award winner
Scored career-bests of 9.9 on vault and beam
Two-time JO Nationals competitor
Best Marks
V - 9.900, 2x, last 3/8/20
BB - 9.900, 3x, last 2/20/22
2022
Received her fourth career WCGA Scholastic All-America honor and third career Pac-12 Academic Honor roll selection … Tied her season-best on vault with a 9.850 in the NCAA Regional Second Round … Scored a season-high 9.850 on vault vs. Cal (Mar. 6) … Earned her first career balance beam victory, scoring 9.900 at Arizona State to tie for first place … Came in as a late replacement in the anchor spot at Stanford on Feb. 12 and tied her career-high on beam with a second-place mark of 9.900 … Scored 9.875 on beam at Oregon State to place fifth.
2021
Competed on vault and beam in every meet and earned highs of 9.875 on each event … Earned Top 3 finishes three times on vault and once on beam in 2021 … Named a WCGA Scholastic All-American for the third time in her career … Received Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll distinction … Earned the Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award for making the Director’s Honor Roll every quarter at UCLA.
2020
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Placed third on vault with a career-high-tying 9.9 on vault against Cal … Tied for fifth on vault with a 9.85 against Utah and has scored 9.775 or higher on her last five vaults … Contributed 9.8 on vault and 9.75 on beam at Arizona State … Recorded a career-high 9.9 on beam vs. Arizona, receiving a 9.95 from one judge … Finished third on both of her events against the Wildcats, scoring 9.85 on vault and 9.9 on beam … Tied her career-high on beam with 9.85s at Stanford and at BYU … Captured her first event win, taking first place on vault against Boise State with a career-high 9.9, and also scored 9.875 on beam in an exhibition … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
2019
Earned 9.850 on beam at Stanford, placing fifth in her collegiate debut on the event … Tied for third on vault with a 9.800 on her vault collegiate debut Jan. 21 against Arizona State … Scored 9.850 on vault in an exhibition performance at the Collegiate Challenge … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
2018
Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Performed an exhibition on floor at Cal in her UCLA debut … Director’s Honor Roll member all three quarters.
Club
Qualified for the JO National Championships in 2017 and 2016 … Placed second on beam, third on floor and fourth in the all-around at the 2017 Region 1 Championships … In 2016, she was runner-up on vault and earned a fourth-place finish on bars at the 2016 Region 1 Championships … Won the beam title and was runner-up in the all-around and vault at the 2016 State meet … Captured State titles on vault and beam in 2014 and placed second on beam, third in the all-around and fourth on bars … Four-year team captain at Azarian Gymnastics.
Personal
Lists her greatest athletic thrill as winning the 2018 NCAA Championship … Admires surfer Bethany Hamilton and hockey player Pavel Datzyuk … Hobbies include hiking, going to the beach, listening to music and reading … Used to play baseball on an all-boys team because she was too competitive to play on the softball team … Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Parents: Erick and Michele Poston … Has a younger sister, Kady … Full name is Kendal Rae Poston … Born in Mission Viejo, Calif. … Political Science major.
