2016-17 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Desiree Palomares

  • Position AA
  • Height 4-11
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) San Dimas
  • Hometown San Dimas, Calif.
  • Major English

Biography

Career Highlights:
- 2017 NCAA Fayetteville Regional Balance Beam Champion

As a Senior (2017):
NCAA Fayetteville Regional Balance Beam Champion…Led the Golden Bears with five event titles, all on the balance beam…Logged seven top three placements…Went 28-30 in her senior appearances (6-6 vault, 13-13 beam, 9-11 floor)…the lone Bear to earn an individual berth to the NCAA Championships in Saint Louis, Missouri, scoring a 9.80 in her championship appearance…Matched her career-high 9.90 at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1) to win the title…Also hit her vault (9.75) and floor (9.70) routines at Regionals…Nebraska Masters Classic (2/25) All-America First Team on beam with a 9.875…Won her fourth beam title of the season with a career-high 9.90 at Arizona (2/10) and set a career-high 9.90 on floor to take second…Opened the season with a beam title in each of the first three meets – the NorCal Classic (1/9, 9.875), at Iowa (1/15, 9.875) and in the Cal Tri Meet (1/21, 9.90)
 
As a Junior (2016):
Competed on vault and beam in all 13 meets of the season, with 11 floor appearances…Three top-three finishes…Hit every beam routine…9.825 on vault, 9.8375 on bars and 9.775 on floor in the NCAA Championship semifinal (4/15)…Scored above 9.70 on all three events at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (4/2), led by a 9.80 on beam…Turned in her second consecutive 9.90 at the Pac-12 Championships (3/19), matching her career-high on the event…Matched a career-high 9.90 on beam and a season-high 9.85 on vault at the UC Davis Tri (3/11)…Season-high 9.85 on floor in the Cal quad meet (3/4)…9.20 in her season debut on floor exercise at the Stanford tri meet (1/24)
 
As a Sophomore (2015):
Voted “Most Improved” at the annual team banquet…Appeared in every beam lineup and 12 of 13 vault and floor lineups after an ankle injury kept her out of vault and floor at the NCAA Berkeley Regional (4/4)…Captured four beam titles, including three consecutive wins with career-high 9.90s  at Washington (2/21), vs. Stanford (2/8) and vs. Oregon State (2/13)…Also won beam at the Cal quad meet (1/25) with a 9.85…Recorded new career-highs on vault (9.925) and floor (9.875) vs. UC Davis…Set or matched then-career highs on all three of her events at UCLA – vault (9.85), beam (9.85) and floor (9.825)…All-Arounder in the first two meets of 2015…Competed in the all-around for the first time at the NorCal Classic (1/4), scoring a 38.00…Despite spraining her ankles just days before the NCAA Berkeley Regional (4/4), put up a 9.725 on beam at the event
 
As a Freshman (2014):
Appeared in 11 of 12 beam lineups and six floor lineups…Set a career-high 9.85 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/22)...Claimed the beam title in a triangular with Sac State and San Jose State (2/14) with a 9.825...Competed on both beam and floor against Utah (1/17), setting a new career-high on beam and debuting on floor with a 9.80...Debuted on beam at the NorCal Meet (1/5), posting a 9.725
 
High School/Club:
2013 Region I all-around and balance beam champion…Also a 2011 regional all-around champion…2011 national beam champion and the 2010, 2011 and 2013 state all-around champion…Trained with Gliders Gymnastics and coached by Stephen and Beth Rybacki…Graduated from San Dimas High with the Gold Star Award, given to students with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and at least two extracurricular activities
 
Personal:
Enjoys snowboarding…Parents are Rene and Angela…Has three siblings – Jeanine (serves in the U.S. Navy), Anthony and Aliyah…Trained with Olympic gold medalists McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross
 
Major:
English

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    AA
    4'11"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    AA
    4'11"
  • 2015-16Junior

    AA
    4'11"
  • 2016-17Senior

    AA
    4'11"