2017 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Mikaela Gerber
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Galt Collegiate Institute
- Hometown:
- Cambridge, Ontario
Career Highlights
Three-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
Finished her career with 37 consecutive hit routines
2011 World Championships competitor
Two-time silver medalist at 2011 Pan American Games
Best Marks
V - 9.625 (ex.), 3/1/14
BB - 9.925, 3/6/16
FX - 9.850, last 3/21/15
2017
Went 11-for-11 for the season and finished her career with 28-straight hit beam routines and 37-straight hit routines overall โฆ First-team Pac-12 All-Academic honoree โฆ Scored a season-best 9.9 at Pac-12 Championships to lead UCLA to a season-high 49.575 beam score โฆ Had a competition streak of 24-straight meets snapped on Feb. 18 at Utah when she injured her foot in warmups and was held out of competition for three meets โฆ Returned to competition Mar. 5 vs. Cal and scored 9.8 on beam to lead UCLA to a then-season-high score of 49.55 โฆ Five of her 11 leadoff beam routines scored 9.85 โฆ Earned her first career victory, tying for first on beam with a 9.85 vs. Arkansas in the leadoff spot โฆ Earned the Athletic Directorโs Academic Excellence Award and was named to the UCLA All-Academic Team.
2016
NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.81 GPA for the year โฆ Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic โฆ Scored 9.8 or higher on 10 of her last 11 leadoff beam routines, including two scores of 9.9 or higher โฆ Scored 9.875 as the beam leadoff at the NCAA Super Six โฆ Led UCLA to a 49.575 beam score at Pac-12 Championships with a leadoff score of 9.9 โฆ Scored a career-high 9.925 on beam vs. Stanford/Georgia to place third and also added a season-high-tying 9.825 on floor โฆ Tied for third on beam with a 9.825 and recorded a season-high 9.825 on floor vs. ASU โฆ Scored a career-high 9.875 on beam at Washington to tie for third place โฆ Led UCLA to a then-season-high 49.5 team beam score against Oregon State with a 9.825 leadoff score โฆ Tied her career-high on beam at Cal with a second-place score of 9.85 and also made her season debut on floor as a last-minute sub and scored 9.8 โฆ Earned a then-career-high 9.85 on beam as the leadoff at Florida.
2015
NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.70 GPA for the year โฆ Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic โฆ Averaged 9.814 on floor โฆ Scored 9.8 five times on beam, including twice in the leadoff position โฆ Scored career-highs of 9.85 on floor in three of her last five performances, including at the Pac-12 Championships and on Mar. 7 vs. Stanford to help the Bruins earn a season-high team score of 49.625 โฆ Hit her first 10 routines of the year and 17 of 18 overall โฆ Scored 9.8 on both beam and floor at the NCAA Regionals โฆ Scored 9.8 on beam in the Feb. 21 quad meet to help the Bruins score a season-high 49.525 โฆ Earned a career-high 9.85 on floor at Stanford โฆ Recorded her third 9.8 score on beam in the win over Cal โฆ Tied her career-best on floor at Utah with a 9.825 and recorded a leadoff 9.675 on beam โฆ Tied her career-high on beam (9.8) and set a new best on floor (9.825) vs. Arizona โฆ Scored a career-high 9.8 on beam and 9.725 on floor to place fifth on each event at Oregon State.
2014
NACGC/W Scholastic All-American with a 3.5 GPA โฆ Made her UCLA debut with an exhibition beam performance at Cal that scored 9.375 โฆ Competed for the first time vs. ASU and scored 8.8 on beam โฆ Hit two exhibition routines at Arizona, scoring 9.75 on beam and 9.625 on vault โฆ Scored 9.625 on beam and 9.5 on vault in exhibition performances Mar. 16.
Club
Key member of the Canadian National Team that placed 11th at the 2011 World Championships โฆ Two-time silver medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games, capturing second place on floor and in the team competition โฆ Placed 12th in the all-around, fourth on beam and eighth on vault at the 2012 Canadian Championships โฆ Fifth on bars, fourth on floor and seventh in the all-around at the 2012 Elite Canada โฆ Won the floor exercise title at the 2010 Elite Canada and was fifth in the all-around and on bars and beam โฆ At the junior level, she was a silver all-around medalist at the 2010 and 2009 Canadian Championships โฆ Honored in 2013 with a KW Oktoberfest Rogers Woman of the Year award โฆ Trained at Oakville Gymnastics Club.
Personal
Hobbies include reading, dancing and singing โฆ Older sister Aisha Gerber competed at UCLA from 2009-12 and was a three-time All-American โฆ Full name is Mikaela Dawn Gerber โฆ Parents: Keith and Joan Gerber โฆ Has two older siblings, Aisha and Zach โฆ Born in Cambridge, Ontario โฆ Psychology major โฆ Has career aspirations to be a neuro-researcher.
