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As a Senior (2019):
A perfect 40-for-40 as a bars, beam and floor performer (12-12 on bars, 14-14 on beam, 14-14 on floor), with one event title (beam vs. ASU and BYU) and six Top 3 finishes…Competed on three events in both the NCAA Regional Second Round and Regional Final, matching a career-best 9.90 on floor in the final…Tallied a career-best 9.90 on floor at the Pac-12 Championships…Capped off her final regular season with a career-high 9.90 on floor in Cal’s quad meet….Beam champion in the Cal tri meet with a season-high 9.925, and added a season-high 9.85 on bars…Third on beam with a season-best 9.85 vs Stanford…Matched her career-best 9.85 on floor at the Collegiate Challenge, and added season-high totals on bars and beam…Performed on three events in her season debut at LSU
 
As a Junior (2018):
Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (3/6)…Appeared in every single beam and floor lineup, plus 11 appearances on the uneven bars…Hit every floor routine (14-14)…Went 7-11 on bars and 11-14 on beam…Seven Top 3 finishes, including three event titles…Hit all three routines in the NCAA Championships semifinal (4/20), competing on bars, beam and floor…Matched her career-best 9.85 on floor at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional (4/7)…Third on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/24) with a 9.90…Set a career-high 9.95 on beam at the Sac State quad meet (3/9) to win the event title…Earned the beam (9.925) and floor (9.825) titles against Central Michigan (3/2) to pick up Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors for her performance…Season-best 9.875 on bars and a 9.85 on floor against Utah (2/25)…Matched her career-high 9.85 on floor against Arizona (2/4)

As a Sophomore (2017):
Winner of two events in her sophomore campaign, both on the balance beam…Five top three finishes…Went 23-25 in her routines, including a perfect record on bars (10-10) while going 11-12 on beam and 2-3 on floor…Contributed on three events at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1) – bars (9.725), beam (9.85) and floor (9.80)…Set a career-high 9.85 on floor at the Pac-12 Championships (3/18)…Made her collegiate floor debut against Oklahoma (3/12), earning a 9.025…Nebraska Masters Classic (2/25) All-America First Team on beam with a career-high 9.925 and the event title, recording just the fifth 9.925 on the apparatus in Cal history…Took third on bars against Arizona State (1/28) with a 9.775…Made her bars debut in the Cal tri meet (1/21) with a 9.775 while taking third on beam at 9.85…Earned her first collegiate beam title with a 9.875 in the season-opening NorCal Classic (1/9)
 
As a Freshman (2016):
Beam competitor in all 13 meets of the season with six appearances on bars…Finished in the top three of an event four times…Led off on beam in the NCAA Championship semifinal (4/15), narrowly missing All-America status with a career-best 9.8875, the highest score of any beam leadoff at the championship event; Also competed on bars, earning a 9.80…Competed both bars and beam at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (4/2), earning a 9.825 on beam…Set a then-career-high 9.875 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/19)…In only her third outing on bars, tallied a career-best 9.90 at the UC Davis tri meet (3/11)…Collegiate debut on bars saw her earn a 9.875 against Utah (2/27)…Career-high 9.85 on beam, taking third, against Arizona State (2/15)…Debuted on beam at the NorCal Classic (1/10), scoring 9.20
 
High School/Club:
Trained at California Gymnastics Academy under Rod Radunzel and Neal Gallant…CGA won the 2012 Level 10 State Championship…2013 National Invitational Tournament Beam Champion and third on floor and all-around…Beam Champion at 2012 and 2013 NorCal State Championships and 2013 Level 10 Regionals…Runner-up on floor at 2013 Regionals…First place all-around at NorCal States in 2013, and second on vault and bars. Third on floor….Fifth on beam at Regionals in 2012…Second all-around and third on floor at 2012 State Championships…Attends American High School…Camp counselor for Oakland Diocese Leadership Camp since 2011
 
Personal:
Full name is Ana Sofia Seilnacht...Had Tommy John surgery…Hobbies include watching TV, reading and exploring “different, cool and unique” places…Went on a mission trip to Guatemala the summer before her senior year of high school…Parents are Michael and Carmela…Father, Michael, graduated from Cal in 1986…Has two siblings, Annika and twin sister Sylvie…Annika attends University of Denver and Sylvie is also a gymnast for Cal…Has two uncles who played for the Philippine National Soccer Team
 
Major:
Plans to major in Astrophysics and attend graduate school. Would like to land a job in cosmology research after graduation.