2021-22 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Melissa Perenson
Peter Fukumae
Peter Fukumae

Milan Clausi

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Skyline
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Major Media Studies

Biography

Career Highlights:
- 2020 All-Pac-12 First Team (Vault)
- 2019 NCAA Regional Vault Champion
- 2019 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- 2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team (Vault)
- Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (3/15/22)
- 4x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (2019)

As a Senior (2022):
Hit on 32-of-33 routines during her final season (11-11 on vault, 10-11 on beam, 11-11 on floor)... Notched 11 scores of 9.90 or higher and 25 at 9.85 or better... Claimed 13 top-three finishes this year including four event wins and five second-place finishes... Recorded a 9.875 on beam and a 9.90 on floor at the NCAA Regional Final... Took second on floor at the NCAA Regional Semifinal with a 9.925 score and also placed eighth with a beam score of 9.875... Tied for seventh at the Pac-12 Championship with a 9.90 score on beam... Was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week as she set or tied her career highs on beam and bars in Cal’s senior day meet vs. Iowa as she took first place in both events... Has notched at least one 9.90 score in each of the past four meets and has a 9.90 or better in three of the past four beam routines... Took third place with a 9.90 score on floor vs. ASU... Returned to the lineup after missing two meets and took second place on vault and beam, scoring a 9.90 on beam... Notched second place on floor (9.925) and third on beam (9.90) in Cal’s win over OSU... Won the vault with a 9.850 score in Cal’s win over Washington... Took third place on both the vault and floor in Cal’s season opener vs. Stanford. 

As a Junior (2021):
Hit 28-of-29 routines during the 2021 season... Tied for the fourth-best floor score in school history at the NCAA Championships with a 9.8625... Recorded a 9.90 on floor at the NCAA Regional Final... Posted a season-high 9.925 on the floor exercise at the Pac-12 Championship as she took seventh place... Recorded a 9.90 score on the floor exercise in Cal’s win over UCLA... Won the vault competition in her return home to Utah with a season-best 9.90 score... Notched 9.850 scores on the beam and floor vs. Arizona State... Recorded at least a 9.80 on all three of her specialties, claiming top three finishes on the vault, beam and floor in the season opener vs. Air Force. 

As a Sophomore (2020):
All-Pac-12 First Team selection on vault… Earned the team’s One Day Better award at the annual team banquet…Went a perfect 30-for-30, hitting each of her 10 routines on vault, beam and floor…Claimed two event titles (1 vault, 1 floor) with 14 Top 3 finishes…Posted a 9.925 on floor at UCLA for third on the event…Floor champion against Arizona with a 9.90 and added a career-high 9.95 on vault to take second…Matched her career-high 9.90 on beam against Utah…Posted a career-best 9.95 on floor at Washington to finish second, and added a season-high 9.85 on beam…Scored a season-high 9.90 on floor against Stanford for third on the event…Matched her career-high 9.95 on vault at the NorCal Classic to win the event, and third on beam with a 9.80…Three-event specialist in her season debut at the Collegiate Challenge
 
As a Freshman (2019):
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year who claimed a league-best four Freshman of the Week honors…NCAA Championships individual qualifier after claiming the NCAA Regional Vault title…All-Pac-12 Second Team Vault selection…Hit a perfect 44-for-44 on her events (15-15 on vault, 1-1 on bars, 14-14 on beam, 14-14 on floor) while claiming a team-best 10 event titles and 21 Top 3 finishes…Competed at the NCAA Championships as a vault specialist, earning a 9.825…Earned the NCAA Regional vault title and clinched a spot at the NCAA Championships by matching a career-high 9.95 on vault at the NCAA Regional Second Round…Turned in a 9.90 on vault at the Pac-12 Championships to place third on the event…Third consecutive Pac-12 Freshman of the Week win came after she won vault in the Cal quad meet with a 9.95 and posted a career-high 9.90 on beam…Made it back-to-back Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors on March 12 after winning the vault and floor titles at San Jose State…Picked up her second Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award after the Sac State Tri meet…Vault champion at Sac State, and finished in the top 3 on all 3 of her events…Won vault vs. Washington with a 9.825…Set a career-high 9.875 on beam at Oregon State…Won floor with a 9.90 at Utah in her hometown debut…Made her Cal debut on bars as a last-minute substitution in the Cal tri meet and posted a 9.725; Also set a career-high 9.85 on beam and made her all-around debut with a 39.300 for third all-around…Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on 1/29 after winning vault at Arizona…Collected her second event title of the week with a 9.90 on vault at Arizona, and upped her career-high on bars to 9.775…Took the floor title with a meet-high 9.925 vs. Stanford…Won her first collegiate vault title with a career-high 9.90 at the Collegiate Classic…Debuted on three events in season opener at LSU, taking third on vault with a 9.85
 
High School/Club:
Beam champion and second all-around at the 2018 JO Nationals…Top 3 finishes on vault (2nd), floor (3rd) and all-around (3rd) at 2018 Regionals…2017 JO National Team member and JO National all-around champion…Finished in the top 10 on three events at 2017 JO Nationals, taking third on beam, sixth on bars and eighth on floor…Five-time JO Nationals qualifier…2014 Junior International Elite qualifier…2013 Hopes Elite gymnastics qualifier…Coached by Ryan Kirkham and Jessica Duke McDonough at Olympus Gymnastics…Was co-captain of the optional program and the 2017 Olympus Gymnast of the Year…Attended Skyline High School
 
Personal:
Hobbies include dance, music and reading…Parents are Joseph Clausi and Melissa Marlowe…Both parents attended Utah, where they were standout student-athletes…Joseph played football at Utah as well as for the Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins and CFL…Melissa was a member of the 1988 Olympic gymnastics team that competed in Seoul, as well as a four-year All-American for the Utes (1989-1992)…Brother, Joseph, played football for University of Colorado Mesa…Grandfather, Dana Carroll, received his PHD from Cal in 1970…Born in Salt Lake City
 
Major:
Media Studies

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    All-Around
    5'3"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'3"
  • 2020-21Junior

    All-Around
    5'3"
  • 2021-22Senior

    All-Around
    5'3"