University of California Athletics

Made major strides during her sophomore campaign, setting career highs on every event and in the all-around ... was a Pac-10 All-Academic team honorable mention selection ... made five all-around starts for the Bears, after being just a two-event performer as a freshman ... had best all-around outing at Nebraska, where she totaled 37.625 ... also posted career-high 9.750 on floor at Nebraska ... scored a career-high 9.600 on bars in the final meet of the season at Stanford ... only Top 3 finish came in opener vs. UCSB/UC Davis, when she scored a career-high 9.575 on vault to place second ... equaled that mark on vault later in the season at Arizona State ... competed on vault, beam and floor as a freshman in 1998, enjoying most of her success on the vault ... recorded a season best vault score of 9.475 at the NCAA West Regional.

High School/Club: Trained under Deana Parish, Debbie Kaitschuck, Chelle Stack and Jeff Beal at Cypress Gymnastics ... Cypress was the Texas state champions from 1994-97, winning the national team competition in '94 and taking second in '95 ... individually, was the '95 Texas state bars, floor and all-around champion ... at the '95 nationals, finished third on vault and sixth on bars ... earned regional title honors on the bars and vault in '96 and placed fourth nationally on the bars.

Personal: Paula Y. Chang ... a social welfare major with an interest in attending physician assistant school following graduation ... chose Cal over North Carolina, Penn State and Florida ... finished third in her class at Westbury HS with a 4.5 GPA ... made the honor roll at Cal in fall of 1997 ... was vice president of the National Honor Society ... has three sisters, Tina, Annie and Angela ... parents are Yu-Yen and Paul Chang of Houston, TX ... born June 15, 1979 in Houston, TX.

Chang's Bests

Paula Chang Class: Senior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Westbury Christian Height: 5-3 Event: AA Experience: 2V