2018 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Sonya Meraz
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santa Monica
- Hometown:
- Santa Monica, Calif.
Career Highlights
Two-time 2nd-team Pac-12 All-Academic
Led the team in points scored in 2016
Won all-around in her first all-around meet 2/9/15
Career-highs of 9.875 or better on all four events
Best Marks
V - 9.875, 2/20/17
UB - 9.875, 2/25/17
BB - 9.900, 3/19/16
FX - 9.900, 2/14/15
AA - 39.400, last 3/6/16
2017
Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic selection for the second-straight year … Competed on bars in all 14 meets and in 38 consecutive meets … Placed second in the all-around vs. UNC with a season-high 39.25 and tied her season-high on floor with a 9.85 … Competed on three events vs. Cal, including floor for the first time since Jan. 28 … Won her first career event title on Feb. 25, tying for first on vault with a 9.85. She also tied her career-high on bars with a 9.875 … Earned a career-high 9.875 as the leadoff vaulter on Feb. 20 and also contributed leadoff scores of 9.825 on bars and 9.8 on beam … Scored a season-high 9.875 as the leadoff on beam at Utah … Set a new career-high on bars with a 9.875 vs. Stanford … Competed in the all-around in the first three meets and has a high of 39.225, set at Oklahoma … Tied her career-high on bars at Oregon State and at ASU with scores of 9.85 … Tied for third in the all-around in the season opener with a 38.925.
2016
Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … Led the team with 42 routines competed … Contributed the most points to the team scoring with 409.6875 total points (12.49%) … Scored a new career-high on beam with a 9.9 at Pac-12 Championships and also added a 9.825 on vault and 9.8 on bars … Tied her career-high in the all-around with a second-place score of 39.4 vs. Stanford/Georgia and posted career-highs on bars and beam (9.85) and a season-high on floor (9.875) despite competing without music after a music malfunction … Second in the all-around vs. ASU with a score of 39.025 and also finished second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 … Scored a career-high 39.4 in her all-around season debut vs. Oregon State, scoring 9.85s across the board and career-highs on vault, bars and beam … Earned season-highs on vault and bars vs. Utah with scores of 9.8 and added a 9.825 on beam … Competed on three events at Cal and had a high mark of 9.8 on floor … Scored 9.8 on her floor exercise debut at Arizona and also placed second on beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 … Made her season debut on vault at Florida and scored 9.75 and added scores of 9.8 on bars and 9.775 on beam … Tied for third on beam with a 9.85 and anchored on bars, scoring 9.7, vs. Alabama.
2015
Scored 9.85 on beam in five of 10 meets and in four of her last six in the leadoff position … Averaged 9.813 on beam … Hit two strong routines at the NCAA semifinals, scoring 9.8 on bars and 9.75 on beam … Contributed a pair of 9.8s on bars and beam at NCAA Regionals … Recorded a career-high 39.3 in the all-around at Arkansas and placed third on vault with a career-high 9.85, beam with a career-high-tying 9.85 and floor with a 9.875 … Tied her career-highs on bars and beam with scores of 9.85 vs. Stanford on Mar. 7 … Earned third-place finishes on beam with a 9.85 and floor with a 9.825 at ASU … Went all-around at the Feb. 21 quad meet and scored 38.425, placing seventh … Scored career-bests on all three events she competed at Stanford, scoring 9.85 on bars and beam (second place) and 9.9 on floor … Won the all-around in her first attempt vs. Washington, scoring 39.025, and also placed third on floor with a career-high 9.875 … Scored 9.8 on beam in her first counting beam routine vs. Cal … Fourth on floor with a 9.825 in her floor debut vs. Arizona and also scored 9.825 in an exhibition beam performance … Placed fifth on bars with a 9.775 and scored 9.775 on an exhibition beam routine at OSU.
Club
2014 Level 10 Region 1 floor exercise champion and SoCal State uneven bars champion… Won the all-around, vault and beam at the 2013 JO NIT … JO National Championships qualifier in 2012 after finishing in fifth place in the all-around at the Region 1 Championships … Level 10 State all-around and beam champion and vault, bars and floor runner-up in 2012 … Trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center.
Personal
Hobbies include drawing and listening to music … Career aspiration is to be a doctor … Full name is Sonya Meraz … Parents: Angel and Marianna Meraz … Has an older sister, Dory … Born in Santa Monica, Calif. … Biochemistry major.
