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Cal's most dynamic gymnast ... was a 1999 Pac-10 All-Academic team honorable mention selection ... competed as an at-large all-arounder at the NCAA Region I Championships, where she scored 37.425 and tied for 18th ... also finished in Top 20 at Regionals on vault (9.675/15th) and floor (9.800/18th) ... competed all-around in nine of Cal's 12 meets and would have done so in all had she not been slowed by a mid-season hip injury ... ended the year with Cal's top average on both vault (9.665) and floor (9.803) ... also posted the Bears top scores in those events (vault: 9.825, floor: 9.900) ... finished in the Top 3 all-around in four competitions, winning three ... took her first all-around title of the year in the season opener Jan. 15 (38.275) vs. UCSB and UC Davis ... also won the all-around at Oregon State (38.625) and Sacramento State (38.675) ... finished second all-around against Arizona with a season-best score of 38.750 ... that score was also the Bears second-best all-around total of the season ... scored a career-best 9.900 on floor at the Pac-10 championships to finish 11th on that event ... that score is also the second-best ever at Cal on floor ... had more Top 3 individual event finishes than any other gymnast on the Cal team, including seven individual titles ... notched three wins in the season opener on vault (9.725), bars (9.575) and floor (9.750) ... also won the vault competitions vs. both Washington (9.800) and at Sac State (9.775) ... a 1998 All-Pac-10 first team selection ... chosen as the team's MVP for the second consecutive season in '98 ... competed in the all-around for the Bears in all 12 meets in 1998 and was selected as an individual alternate in all-around at the NCAA championships ... won three all-around titles ... best meet of the year came March 14 at Cal where she placed first on vault (9.600) and third on bars (9.575) en route to a first-place 37.850 all-around total ... also took the all-around title vs. Arizona State (37.825) and at Stanford (38.400) ... twice tied her career-high beam score of 9.700 during the season ... set a team-season-high and career-high 9.850 on floor on Feb. 27 at Santa Barbara, taking first place ... that floor score ties her with five other gymnasts for third place on Cal's all-time list ... registered a season, personal and team-high 38.775 all-around score at the West Regional on April 4 ... in all, recorded the Bears top season performance on the vault (9.725), floor (9.850) and all-around (38.775) ... as a freshman in 1997, scored a career-best 9.800 in the floor exercise in her first collegiate meet on Jan. 17 to share the floor title with then teammate Mindy Ornellas ... also scored a 9.800 on floor at San Jose State ... recorded personal bests on the vault (9.800) and beam (9.700) at Arizona State on her way to notching a career best all-around performance of 38.875, which was good for third place overall ... her all-around score at ASU ties her with two other gymnasts for fourth place on Cal's all-time list ... in all, posted a 9.700 or better seven times on floor, six times on vault and five times on bars during her freshman campaign.

High School/Club: Trained with former Cal teammate Jennifer Bialosky at KIPS Gymnastics under the guidance of Dennis and Ann Mailley ... a five-time participant at nationals ... placed second at 1996 regional in all-around with a score of 37.325.

Personal: Leila Ann Khoury ... finance major at Cal's Haas School of Business ... made honor roll each semester in high school ... set the school triple jump record of 37-10.5 on her prep track team ... graduated with a 4.3 GPA ... father is a finance professor at UC Riverside ... chose Cal over Washington ... has three sisters, Mona, Natalie and Alexandra ... parents are Joyce and Sarkis Khoury of Riverside, CA ... born March 5, 1978 in Lewisburg, PA.

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Leila Khoury Class: Senior Hometown: Riverside, Calif. High School: La Sierra Height: 5-3 Event: AA Experience: 2V