2016-17 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Jessica Howe

  • Position AA
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Spring Creek Academy
  • Hometown Plano, Tex.
  • Major Legal Studies

Biography

Career Highlights:
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2016)
- 2x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (3/18 and 2/18/14)
As a Senior (2017):
Spent most of the season recovering from an injury but made her lone appearance on beam on Senior Day against Oklahoma (3/12), earning a 9.825
 
As a Junior (2016):
Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention status…Competed in every bars and beam lineup of the season, and missed only one floor lineup…Hit 36 of 37 routines…Won two beam titles and turned in 12 total top-three finishes…Hit two of her three events in the NCAA Championship semifinal (4/15) with a 9.7625 on beam and 9.80 on floor, but fell on bars for a 9.0625…Second on bars at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (4/2) with a 9.875…Career-highs on all three of her events at the UC Davis tri meet (3/11), including a 9.95 on beam for the title; 9.95 on beam was Cal’s first on the event since 2004 and just fourth all-time in school history…Missed floor in the Cal quad (3/4) after injuring her back in warmups…Matched her career-best on bars at Oregon Stat (2/20) for the second week in a row…Career-high 9.875 on bars at Arizona State (2/15) for second place, third on beam…Won her first beam title of the season with a season-high 9.875 vs. Arizona (2/8)…Second on floor with a career-high 9.875, and third on beam (9.80) at the NorCal Classic (1/10)
 
As a Sophomore (2015):
Sat out most of 2015 to recover from wrist surgery, but appeared in the last four meets of the season…Led off the beam lineup against UC Davis (3/8) to make her season debut, earning a 9.70…Posted a season-high 9.775 to start the Bears off on beam at the NCAA Berkeley Regional (4/4)
 
As a Freshman (2014):
Appeared in every beam and floor lineup, plus seven vault and 11 bar appearances…Competed all-around in seven meets...Owns five event titles and 12 top-three finishes...Awarded Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the first time on Feb. 18 and again on March 18...Matched her career-high 9.90 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/22) and 9.85 high on floor...Won her fourth beam title of the season against UC Davis (3.14) and also won the all-around with a career-high 39.350...Claimed her first all-around title against Sac State/SJSU (2/14), also posting career-highs in three of the four events...Owns three beam titles this season - vs. UCLA (1/31), at ASU (1/24) and vs. Utah (1/17)...Set a career-high 9.90 on beam against UCLA (1/31) and made her debut in the all-around, adding a 9.825 vault debut to her repertoire...Set new season-highs on bars and floor vs Utah...First appearance in the uneven bars lineup came at Denver (1/11), where she scored a 9.525...Made her Golden Bear debut at the NorCal Meet (1/5) as one of four freshman to compete, earning a 9.70 on beam and a 9.75 on floor
 
High School/Club:
Three-time Level 10 Junior Olympic qualifier (2009, 2010, 2013)… Qualified for Senior Elite level in 2011 at the Disney Elite Qualifier Optionals with a 53.00…Seventh all-around with a 54.05 at 2011 US Covergirl Classic...Competed at the 2011 US Nationals (VISA Championships) with a prelim score of 50.60 and final score of 52.60 for 12th all-around with a combined score of 103.20…Claimed fourth all-around at the 2013 Level 10 Regionals... Broke her wrist in 2012 and was unable to compete for seven months…Second all-around at the 2011 American Classic…Helped her Region 3 team to a first-place finish at 2010 JO Nationals…The floor and all-around champion at the 2010 Level 10 JO Nationals, and second on vault and beam...First on beam and floor and second in all-around at the 2010 Level 10 Regionals…Claimed the vault title and third place in all-around at the 2010 Level 10 Texas State meet…Third all-around with a 37.7 at the 2009 Level 10 Texas State Meet…Balance beam and uneven bars champion at 2009 Level 10 Regionals, and second all-around…trained at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy and coached by Valeri Liukin (father and coach of Olympic champion Nastia Liukin) and Natalya Marakova
 
Personal:
Hobbies are shopping, swimming and reading…Parents are Mark and Jenny…Has one sister, Emily, also a gymnast at Cal…Her grandfather, Dick Casper, ran on the Cal track team.
 
Major:
Legal Studies
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2015-16Junior

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2016-17Senior

    AA
    5'3"