2020-21 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Alma Kuc

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Laurel Springs
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Major Molecular and Cell Biology

Biography

Career Highlights:
- 2021 WCGA First Team All-America (Uneven Bars) 
- 2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

As a Senior (2021):
2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll... Named a WCGA First Team All-American on the uneven bars as she took seventh place with a 9.9125 score at the NCAA Championships, the second best score in Cal NCAA Championship history... Hit 7-for-7 on uneven bars routines this year with all of the scores at 9.825 or above... Notched a 9.875 score on the uneven bars vs. Washington... Won the uneven bars competition at Washington with a 9.875 score... Returned to the lineup for the first time in 2021 with a 9.925 score on uneven bars in Cal’s win over UCLA as she helped the Bears tie an NCAA Record with a 49.825 score. 

As a Junior (2020):
Appeared in four uneven bars lineups, going 4-for-4, and claimed 1 Top 3 finish…Held out of the bars lineup at ASU after suffering an injury during warmups…Matched a season-high 9.825 on bars at Washington…Runner-up on bars at the NorCal Classic with a 9.825…Bars specialist in her season debut at the Collegiate Challenge, earning a 9.80
 
As a Sophomore (2019):
Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection…Uneven bars specialist who hit all 8 of her routines…Took third on bars in the NCAA Regional Final by scoring a career-high 9.95…Set a season-high 9.875 on bars in the NCAA Regional Second Round…Earned her first bar appearance in seven meets at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring a 9.825…2019 debut came at LSU with a 9.85 on bars
 
As a Freshman (2018):
An uneven bars specialist in 10 meets, going 8-10 on bars…Five Top 3 finishes, including two bars titles…Won bars against Utah (2/25) by setting a career-high 9.925…Earned a 9.90 on bars against UCLA (2/10)…Earned her first collegiate beam title with a 9.85 a BYU (1/12)…Made her collegiate debut at the NorCal Classic (1/8), earning a 9.875 on bars
 
High School/Club:
Polish National Team Member since 2013 who has competed in European (2014, 2016) and World Championship (2014, 2015) events…Has competed in countries including China, Bulgaria, Scotland, Switzerland, Romania and Slovakia…Tallied a 13.3 at the 2017 European Championships, a personal best, to finish 18th…2016 Polish uneven bars champion…Took third on floor at the Polish National Championships…All-Around, bars and floor runner-up at the 2016 Trnava Gym Festival in Slovakia…Qualified to the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2013 following a 37.975 finish at the Gliders Invitational…2013 Level 10 State and Regional bar champion...NIT qualifier in 2013…Level 10 JO National qualifier and second on bars at 2012 States…2011 Level 9 Western National qualifier…
Attended Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, Calif
 
Personal:
Born in Toronto, Canada…Also lived in Argentina and Brazil…Had ligament reconstruction surgery on her ankle…Hobbies include baking, reading and photography…Parents are Paul and Anna Kuc…Has a younger brother, Thomas…Father, Paul, was a collegiate swimmer in Poland
 
Major:
Molecular and Cell Biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2019-20Junior

    All-Around
    5'1"
  • 2020-21Senior

    All-Around
    5'1"