2016 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Danusia Francis
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Surbiton HS
- Hometown:
- Kenilworth, England
Career Highlights
2016 NCAA Balance Beam Co-Champion
Scored 2 perfect 10s on beam (3/6/16 and 3/16/14)
Six-time All-American
Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
Competed at two World Championships - 2015 for Jamaica and 2011 for Great Britain
2012 Great Britain Olympic Team reserve
2010, 2011 British beam champion
Best Marks
V - 9.775, 2/13/16
UB - 9.925, 2/1/15
BB - 10.0, last 3/6/16
FX - 9.950, last 3/13/16
2016
NCAA balance beam co-champion with a score of 9.95 โฆ Finished her career having hit 133 of 135 routines in team competition, including 74 consecutive โฆ Earned first-team All-America honors on balance beam at the NCAA Championships and in the regular season to become a six-time All-American โฆ Won her second consecutive NCAA Regional beam title โฆ Pac-12 balance beam co-champion and first-team All-Pac-12 โฆ Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic for the second-straight year โฆ UCLA's winner of the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal โฆ NACGC/W Scholastic All-American โฆ NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee โฆ AAI Award Nominee โฆ Finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the nation on beam and held the top spot a total of five weeks โฆ In addition to winning the Pac-12 beam title, she scored 9.875 on floor and earned a season-high 9.875 on bars at Pac-12 Championships โฆ Recorded a career-high 9.95 on floor vs. Oklahoma to tie for first, earning a 10.0 score from one of the two judges โฆ Scored her second career perfect 10 on beam on Mar. 6 and is only the second UCLA gymnast ever to score more than one 10.0 on beam โฆ Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the second time in her career after her perfect 10 โฆ Competed all-around for the second time at Washington and placed third with a 38.975; also earned her third beam victory of the year, scoring 9.925 โฆ Made her collegiate all-around debut vs. Oregon State and placed first with a 39.45 โฆ Earned a perfect 10 from one of two judges on her beam routine vs. Oregon State and finished with a final score of 9.95 โฆ Won beam at Cal, scoring 9.925, and also placed second on bars and floor with 9.85s โฆ Won beam (9.95) and set season-highs on floor (9.875) and bars (9.825) at Florida โฆ Won beam with a 9.95 vs. Alabama and tied for third on bars with a team-best 9.825
2015
Competed at the 2015 World Championships for Jamaica and hit all four of her routines to finish with an all-around score of 51.999, earning Jamaica a qualifying spot at the Olympic test event โฆ First-team NACGC/W Regular Season All-American and All-Pac-12 on beam โฆ Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honoree โฆ Hit 35 consecutive routines and 95 of her 97 routines in her career โฆ Scored 9.775 or better on every routine since Jan. 19 โฆ Scored 9.95 on beam in four of her last seven meets โฆ Seven leadoff scores on bars were 9.875 or higher, including a career-high 9.925 vs. Cal โฆ Tied for first on beam (9.95) and second on floor (9.9) at NCAA Regionals โฆ Placed second on beam (9.9) and third on bars (9.875) at Arkansas โฆ Tied for first on beam with a 9.95 (her fourth beam win in five meets) vs. Stanford Mar. 7 โฆ Won beam with a 9.95 and placed third on bars with a 9.875 at ASU โฆ Earned two 9.95s (beam to tie for second place and floor to tie for first with a career-high score) and a 9.9 (bars to tie for second) at the Feb. 21 quad meet โฆ Claimed first place on beam (9.875) at Stanford โฆ Won beam with a 9.925, placed second on floor with a 9.9 and tied for third on bars with a 9.85 vs. Washington โฆ Won floor for the first time in her career, scoring 9.925 against Arizona, and also placed second on beam with a 9.925.
2014
Made history twice in 2014, first by becoming the first gymnast to do a sideways side aerial to a layout full dismount off the side of the beam and then by scoring UCLAโs eighth perfect 10 on beam on Mar. 16 โฆ First-team Regular Season All-American and All-Pac-12 on beam โฆ Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic โฆ Ranked No. 4 in the nation on beam to end the regular season โฆ Has hit all 60 of her routines in team competition over her career, including all 29 in 2014 โฆ Averaged 9.898 on beam and scored 9.9 or higher eight times โฆ Had four beam victories, winning vs. OSU, at Utah, at Arizona and in the teamโs home finale Mar. 16 โฆ Scored career-highs of 9.9 on bars and floor at NCAA Regionals โฆ Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Mar. 18 after scoring her 10 on beam โฆ Averaged 9.840 on bars while competing as the leadoff with a season-high of 9.9 โฆ Missed two meets due to illness and returned on Feb. 22 vs. Stanford to tie for first on bars and place second on beam (9.925).
2013
First-team All-American on beam and placed eighth at the event finals, where she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to successfully perform a sideways aerial on beam โฆ Second-team regular season All-American and All-Pac-12 on beam โฆ NACGC/W Scholastic All-American โฆ Hit all 31 of her routines in team competition โฆ Finished the regular season ranked 16th in the nation on beam and held a team-best season average of 9.82 โฆ Earned Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors after winning beam with a career-high tying 9.925 at Stanford โฆ Placed in the Top 3 on beam in nine meets, with a team-best six victories โฆ Won beam with a career-high of 9.95 vs. Arkansas โฆ Led off on bars with a career-high 9.875 on Mar. 10 โฆ Set then-career-highs on bars (9.8) and floor (9.8) at Oklahoma โฆ Tied for first on beam with a 9.875, matched her season-high on bars with a 9.775 and made her competitive debut on floor, scoring 9.725 on Feb. 10 โฆ Tied for first on beam with a 9.875 at ASU Jan. 25 and scored 9.75 on bars โฆ Moved to the anchor spot on beam vs. Utah and responded with a first-place score of 9.925 โฆ Scored 9.775 on bars (t-7th) and 9.8 on beam (t-3rd) in her collegiate debut vs. Southern Utah.
Club
Competed for Great Britain at the 2013 World University Games and finished sixth on floor exercise โฆ Reserve for Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team โฆ Competed at the 2011 World Championships, helping Great Britain achieve a best-ever fifth-place finish and a full team qualification for the 2012 Olympics โฆ Beam champion and all-around runner-up at the 2011 British Championships โฆ Finished 16th in the all-around at the 2011 European Championships โฆ Won both the beam and floor titles and was third in the all-around at the 2010 British Championships and was third in the all-around โฆ British junior champion on bars and floor and a silver medalist in the all-around and on beam in 2009 โฆ Trained at Heathrow Gymnastics under coaches Vince and Michele Walduck and Natalia Ilienko-Jarvis.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is balance beam โฆ Admires track and field star Usain Bolt โฆ Lists her biggest thrill as qualifying a team for the Olympics at the 2011 World Championships โฆ Hobbies include shopping and baking โฆ Full name is Danusia May Francis โฆ Mother: Wanda Tebby โฆ Has two brothers, Joe and Yan, and a sister, Leah โฆ Born in Coventry, England โฆ English major who has a career objective of being a TV presenter.
