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