2015 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
LaNiesha-Jopre Irvin
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Eleanor Roosevelt HS
- Hometown:
- Eastvale, Calif.
Career Highlights
Five Top 3 finishes on vault in 2015, with a career-best score of 9.9
Fifth on vault at the 2011 Level 10 National Championships
Vault, Floor champion at 2014 SoCal State Championships
Best Marks
V - 9.900, 1/23/15
2015
Stuck her first three collegiate vaults and four of her nine on the year … Averaged 9.844 on vault … Placed in the Top 3 on vault in five of nine meets she competed … Tied for third on vault at Arkansas with a 9.85 … Earned 9.875 to tie for third place at ASU … Tied for third with a 9.85 vs. Cal … Tied for second place at Utah with a career-best 9.9 … Stuck a Yurchenko layout full vault in her collegiate debut vs. Arizona and scored 9.85 to tie for second place.
Club
Placed fifth on vault at the 2011 JO National Championships … Vault and floor champion and fourth in the all-around at the 2014 SoCal State Championships … Placed fourth on vault at the 2014 Region 1 Championships … Competed at the 2009 U.S. Challenge … Trained at Winners Academy of Gymnastics, Precision Gymnastics and Gym-Max.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is vault … Admires Dominique Dawes … Hobbies and interests include acting, dancing and reading … Has acted in commercials and TV shows since she was four years old … TV shows she has appeared on include Day Break, Castle, Rizzoli and Isles and ER … Full name is LaNiesha-Jopre' Irvin … Parents: Kristy and Lonzo Irvin Jr. … Has three older brothers, Lonzo Irvin III, Dan'yl Irvin and Devon Irvin … Born in Corona, Calif. … Psychobiology major.
