2020 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Mercedez Sanchez
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Agoura
- Hometown:
- Agoura Hills, Calif.
Career Highlights
2018 NCAA Team Champion
Scored 9.75 on bars and beam exhibitions on 3/5/17
2016 and 2015 Level 10 Region 1 qualifier
Best Marks
UB - 9.750 (ex.), last 1/31/20
BB - 9.750 (ex.), 3/5/17
2020
Tied her career-best with a 9.750 in an exhibition on bars vs. Washington โฆ Exhibitioned on bars at the Collegiate Challenge and scored 9.675 โฆ Member of the Fall 2019 Directorโs Honor Roll.
2019
Did not see action.
2018
Scored 9.675 in an exhibition bars performance at Cal.
2017 - Exhibitioned on bars and beam Mar. 5 vs. Cal and scored 9.75 on each event.
Club
Trained at Matrix Gymnastics โฆ Won the all-around, bars, beam and floor at the 2015 Copa Quetzal Level 10 competition in Guatemala โฆ Level 10 Region 1 qualifier in 2016 and 2015 โฆ Earned Top 5 finishes in the all-around, vault and beam at the 2014 Level 9 Western Championships โฆ Finished fourth in the all-around, third on vault and fifth on bars and beam at the 2014 Level 9 Region 1 Championships.
Personal
Describes her greatest athletic thrill as traveling to the Copa Quetzal and winning the all-around in her fatherโs home country of Guatemala โฆ Favorite apparatus is uneven bars โฆ Admires Misty Copeland and Michael Jordan โฆ Started in acro gymnastics and contortion before moving to artistic gymnastics at age 6 โฆ Also did rhythmic gymnastics at a young age โฆ Loves to dance, and her favorite style is contemporary โฆ Parents: Rosemarie and Victor Sanchez โฆ Has a younger sister, Valentina, and a baby brother, Liam โฆ Full name is Mercedez Marie Sanchez โฆ Born in Sherman Oaks, Calif. โฆ Psychology major whose career interests lie in sports psychology and coaching gymnastics.
