2021 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Nicole Shapiro
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santa Monica HS
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
Career Highlights
2016 Pac-12 team champion
Scored career-high 9.925 on beam at 2016 Pac-12 Championships
Earned Director’s Honor Roll distinction in Spring 2020
8-time Level 10 Regional champion
15-time State champion
Best Marks
UB - 9.775, 2/29/20
BB - 9.925, 3/19/16
Competed on balance beam in five meets and scored a high of 9.850 twice - at the Pac-12 Championships and at the NCAA Regional 2nd Round … Her beam score at the Pac-12 Championships tied a team-high … Also scored 9.850 in an exhibition on Senior Day against San Jose State.
2020
Made her season debut at Stanford and scored 9.800 in her first competitive routine since the 2016 NCAA Championships … Scored a season-high 9.9 on beam against Utah to help the Bruins earn a season-best team score of 49.525 … Competed on bars at Oregon State and scored 9.775 on just her second collegiate bars routine and her first since 2016 … Also added a 9.875 on beam at Oregon State to help UCLA tie its season-high of 49.525 … Performed exhibition routines on uneven bars against Boise State and at Arizona State … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2020.
2016
Scored a career-high 9.925 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships … Earned marks of 9.825 or higher on her two beam routines at the NCAA Championships … Hit a clutch beam routine following a fall on the previous routine vs. Oklahoma, scoring 9.8 … Made her competitive debut on bars vs. ASU, scoring 9.725, and anchored on beam, where she made a spectacular save while splitting the beam … Earned 9.85 on beam at Washington … Scored 9.9 on her competitive debut on beam vs. Oregon State to place third and also performed an exhibition on bars, scoring 9.675 … Made her UCLA debut at Arizona with an exhibition beam that scored 9.725 … Two other exhibition scores were 9.675 vs. Cal and 9.65 vs. Utah.
Club
Fifth in the all-around, fourth on floor and eighth on beam at the 2012 Level 10 National Championships … Earned eight Regional titles in her career … Won the all-around, beam and floor and placed second on vault and third on bars at the 2012 Region 1 Championships … Captured the 2012 state titles in the all-around and beam and silver medals on vault and floor … Seventh in the all-around and on beam and fifth on floor at the 2011 Level 10 Nationals … Won the all-around, vault and floor and placed second on beam at the 2011 Region 1 Championships … Won all-around, vault, floor and team gold medals at the Pan Am Maccabi Games in 2011 … Won a total of 15 State titles in her career, including four in the all-around.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is beam … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning back-to-back all-around titles at Regionals … Admires LA Clippers' star Blake Griffin … Hobbies include dancing, snow-boarding, music, movies, attending Clippers games and going to the beach …Full name is Nicole Shapiro … Parents: Brent and Abbe Shapiro … Older sister Samantha was an All-American gymnast at Stanford and a five-time U.S. National Team member … Born in Santa Monica, Calif. … Philosophy major.
