2020 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Samantha Sakti
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Arcadia
- Hometown:
- Arcadia, Calif.
- Previous School:
- William & Mary
Career Highlights
2021 first-team All-Pac-12 on beam
Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Jan. 7, 2020)
Four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
Two-time Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and 2022 sport winner
2019 All-ECAC on floor
Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week
Three-time JO National Qualifier
Best Marks
V - 9.800, 3/2/19
BB - 9.950, 3x, last 2/12/22
FX - 9.925, 1/18/19
2022
Received her fourth consecutive WCGA Scholastic All-America honor … Selected as the gymnastics sport winner for the 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars … UCLA All-Academic Team selection for the second consecutive year … Averaged 9.86 on balance beam in her last five meets … Made her season debut on floor exercise at Arizona State on Feb. 20 and scored a UCLA-best 9.850 … Won beam and tied her career-high with a 9.95 at Stanford on Feb. 12, receiving a 10.0 from one of the two judges … Tied for the team lead on beam with a 9.850 at Minnesota.
2021
Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors on balance beam … Led UCLA with six scores of 9.9 or higher on beam, including a career-high-tying 9.95 at Arizona to place first … Recorded a team-high three individual victories on beam - vs. Arizona State, at Arizona and against San Jose State … Competed once on floor at Washington, scoring 9.625 … WCGA Scholastic All-American for the third consecutive year … Named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Earned UCLA All-Academic Team distinction as the team member with the highest cumulative GPA … Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
2020
Competed on beam in eight meets … Scored 9.85 on beam at Oregon State to help the Bruins tie their season-high beam score of 49.525 … Did not compete in the Stanford and Washington meets due to illness … Earned Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors after tying for first on balance beam with a 9.950 at the Collegiate Challenge … Her 9.950 beam score included a perfect 10 from one judge … Scored 9.900 on beam at BYU to tie for second place … Member of the Fall 2019 Director’s Honor Roll.
2019 (William & Mary)
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Earned All-ECAC honors on floor after placing second at the conference championship with a 9.900 … Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week … Won the floor title in her collegiate debut at Towson with a school-record 9.925 … Won the beam (9.875) and floor (9.900) titles at the Penn dual meet, both scores ranking among the program’s Top 10 performances on the events … Earned a share of the floor title (9.850) in the home opener against Towson … Claimed the vault title (9.750) and tied for first on beam (9.800) and floor (9.850) at the West Chester tri-meet … Won a share of the beam title (9.850) and recorded a career-best on vault (9.800) in the UNC dual meet … Secured the floor title (9.775) in the Senior Night victory against Penn.
Club
Competed for All Olympia Gymnastics Center … Three-time JO National Qualifier … Placed ninth on floor at the 2017 JO Nationals … Two-time Level 10 Regional beam champion (2018, 2017) … Also won floor and placed second on vault at the 2018 Regionals and was second on floor and fifth on vault in 2017 … Placed fifth on beam and floor at the 2016 Regionals.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is floor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as scoring a 9.925 on floor in her collegiate debut … The athletes she admires is McKayla Maroney … Chose UCLA because it’s the best academic and athletic school and because of the chemistry of the team and the incredible fun they have … Hobbies include drawing, reading books and shopping with friends … Full name is Samantha Tan Sakti … Parents: Eddy and Joo Sakti … Has younger brother, Zachary … Born in San Gabriel, Calif. ... Psychology major who has aspirations of becoming a Physician Assistant ... Also has an interest in getting into film.
