2018 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Pauline Tratz
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Otto-Hahn Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Karlsruhe, Germany
Career Highlights
2021 Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Five-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection
2021 Pac-12 Floor Exercise co-champion
2021 and 2018 All-Pac-12 on floor
2018 NCAA Team Champion
2018 NCAA Columbus Regional vault champion
Best Marks
V - 9.925, 2x, last 3/13/18
UB - 9.775 - 1/31/21
FX - 9.950, 4x, last 3/20/21
2022
Earned her fifth career WCGA Scholastic All-America honor and fourth Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection … Earned 9.9 on floor exercise in her final routine at the NCAA Regional Final … Scored 9.9 on floor exercise against Cal Mar. 6 to help the Bruins record a season-high total of 49.775 … Missed two meets due to an ankle injury and returned to the floor lineup on Feb. 27, placing third with a 9.925 … Posted a 9.925 on floor against Utah (Feb. 4), earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges … Vaulted once in 2022, scoring a leadoff 9.775 against Utah on Feb. 4 … Recorded a team-best 9.875 on floor at Oregon State to place fourth.
2021
Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year …First-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … Pac-12 Floor Exercise co-champion … Earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors for the fourth consecutive year … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Hit all 23 routines she competed, averaging 9.87 on floor and 9.827 on vault … Competed in all 11 meets on vault and recorded a high of 9.9 at the Pac-12 Championships, where she also captured a share of the floor exercise title with a career-high-tying 9.95 … Earned three Top 3 finishes on vault and five on floor … Recorded wins on floor exercise in the last three regular season meets - at Cal with a 9.95, vs. San Jose State with a 9.925, and at the Pac-12 Championships with a 9.95 … Competed twice on uneven bars, while the Bruins were short-handed on the event, averaging 9.713 with a high of 9.775 at Arizona … Performed an exhibition routine on balance beam for the first-time ever as a Bruin on Senior Day and hit her routine … Winner of UCLA’s Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award, given to student-athletes who have made the Director’s Honor Roll every quarter at UCLA.
2020
Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American for the third-straight year … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Competed in eight meets, four times each on vault and floor … Scored a season-high 9.925 on floor against Boise State … Tied for second on vault at Arizona State with a season-high 9.85 … Tied for third on vault at Stanford with a 9.825 on her first vault attempt of the season …Stuck her vault vs. Utah and scored 9.775 … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
2019
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors … Competed on vault in every meet and on floor 14 times … Averaged 9.834 on vault and posted a high of 9.9 at the NCAA Regional Final to tie for first and against Stanford on Mar. 10 to tie for second … Placed third against Arizona with a 9.875 and third against Utah State with a 9.825 … Averaged 9.864 on floor, with four scores of 9.9 or higher, including a new career-high of 9.95 vs. Utah State and at the Pac-12 Championships … Tied for second on floor at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional … Second on floor at the Collegiate Challenge with a 9.925 and third on vault with a 9.85 … Received Director’s Honor Roll distinction each quarter.
2018
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Second-team All-Pac-12 on floor … NCAA Columbus Regional vault co-champion … Tied her career-high on vault with a 9.925 vs. San Jose State … Tied her career-high on floor with a 9.925 to place third at both Stanford and at the Masters Classic … Scored a career-high 9.925 on vault vs. Utah … Earned a career-high 9.9 on vault at Cal to tie for third place … Scored a career-high 9.925 on floor vs. Oklahoma … Third on floor at Metroplex with a 9.875 … Won floor with a 9.9 at Arizona … Recorded career-highs on vault (9.875) and floor (9.9) at Elevate the Stage … Won vault in her collegiate debut, scoring 9.85 vs. Ohio State … Earned Director’s Honor Roll distinction each quarter.
Club
Two-time German National vault champion (2017 and 2016) … Bronze medalist on floor at the 2016 German National Championship … Won silver on vault and bronze on floor exercise at the 2015 German National Championships … Helped Germany qualify for the 2016 Olympic games with a second-place team finish at the Olympic Test Event and was selected as an Olympic alternate … Competed for Germany at the 2015 World Championships … All-around finalist at the 2015 European Championships … Placed fifth on floor and 13th in the all-around at the 2017 World University Games … Trained at Kunstturn Region Karlsruhe.
Personal
Came to UCLA because of the combination of athletics and academics … Hobbies include discovering great places with friends, going on vacation with her family and having picnics … Favorite apparatus is floor exercise … Parents: Annette and Matthias Tratz … Has an older brother, Julius … Full name is Pauline Charlotte Tratz … Goes by Pulla or Pauli … Born in Karlsruhe, Germany … Communication major.
