2016-17 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Mariah Peterson

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Freshman
  • Last School(s) Lone Peak
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

As a Freshman (2017):
Went a perfect 18-for-18 in her routines during her debut season, with nine appearances apiece on vault and floor…Finished in the top three of an event twice…Contributed to two events at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1), earning a 9.75 on vault and a 9.80 on floor…Matched her career-high 9.90 on vault and 9.85 on floor at the Pac-12 Championships (3/18)…Set her collegiate best 9.85 on floor at UCLA (3/5) and matched it in her next two meets, against defending national champion Oklahoma (3/12) and at Pac-12s…Took home Nebraska Masters Classic  (2/25) First Team honors on vault after logging a 9.85…Awarded her first collegiate event title by scoring a career-high 9.90 at Arizona…Made her Cal debut in the fourth meet of the season, competing on both vault (9.70) and floor (9.675) against Arizona State (1/28)
 
High School/Club:
Third all-around and runner-up on three events (bars, floor, all-around) at 2016 Regionals… State vault champion in 2016…Three-time all-around state champion (2013, 2014, 2015)…2015 runner-up on bars, beam and all-around at Regionals…2014 Regional beam champion and runner-up on vault…Bar and vault champion at States in 2014…Bars and beam champion at 2013 State meet…Won the beam and floor titles at States in 2012……Two top 6 finishes at JO Nationals, including fifth in 2015 and sixth in 2014…Nastia Liukin qualifier in 2014… America's Top 100 Level 10 on vault, bars, beam and all-around…Coached by Jimmy Pratt and Dawn Johnson at All American Gymnastics…Attends Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah
 
Personal:
Tore her ACL in 2014 in the middle of her recruiting process but came back strong with a fifth-place finish at JO Nationals the following year…Hobbies include cooking and drawing…Parents are Andrea and David…Has five siblings – Cole, Landon, Cade, Allie and Emrie
 
Major:
Undeclared -- Would like to pursue a career around one of her personal passions, human sciences