University of California Athletics

As a Junior (2023):
Named a NCAA Second Team All-American (UB) and a WCGA All-American (First Team UB - Second Team AA)...First Team All-Pac-12 (AA, UB)... Competed in the all-around in all 15 meets for the Bears....Recorded 10 9.95’s or better on bars...Led the team with 28 top-three finishes and 16 event wins...Hit on 59-of-60 routines...Had 29 routines that scored a 9.90 or higher...Finished 6th in country on the uneven bars and 14 in the all-around.

As a Sophomore (2022):
Honored as a WCGA Regular Season Second Team All-American for the second straight year, becoming only the third Cal gymnast to win the honor in multiple years... Named All-Pac-12 First Team in the All-Around and uneven bars and honorable mention on floor... Notched 23 9.90+ scores this season... Recorded a team-best 29 top-three finishes this year including 10 event wins and 14 second-place finishes... Hit on 45-of-47 routines in 2022 (10-10 on vault, 13-13 on bars, 12-13 on beam, 10-11 om floor)... Claimed second on beam with a 9.95, fifth on floor with a 9.925 and third in the all-around with a 39.525 at the NCAA Regional Final... Won bars (9.925), took second on beam (9.90) and sixth on floor (9.90) at the NCAA Regional Semifinal while recording a 39.525 all-around... Earned a silver on bars with a 9.925 at the Pac-12 Championship, also scored 9.90 on floor to finish seventh...  Scored a 9.95 on bars and won in Cal’s second-best bars performance in school history against Iowa... Tied her career high with a 9.90 vault vs. ASU, while also recording a 9.925 on bars and a 9.95 on floor, finishing with two first place and two second-place finishes... Recorded the third-highest all-around score in school history at 39.650 while finishing in the top two of bars, beam, floor and all-around in Cal’s win over No. 3 Utah... Won the bars with a 9.95 score and the all-around (39.525) while finishing second on beam and third on floor in the win at Stanford... Took second place on floor and all-around in Cal’s win over OSU... Won the bars and took second on floor and the all-around in Cal’s win over Washington... Set a career high on balance beam with a 9.925 and the event win while also taking second on floor in the season opener vs. Stanford... Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll. 

As a Freshman (2021):
Became the first Cal freshman to be named a WCGA All-American as she earned second team honors on the uneven bars after recording a 9.8875 score at the NCAA Championships...  Named as a WCGA Regular Season All-American and a Pac-12 First Team member on the uneven bars... Hit on 39-of-40 routines as a freshman (9-9 on vault, 12-12 on bars, 12-12 on beam and 6-7 on floor)... Won the all-around at the NCAA Regional Semifinal (39.475) and took third place at the NCAA Regional Final (39.575) while setting a career high 9.90 on vault... Was the only freshman to earn two 9.90 scores at the Pac-12 Championship as she scored 9.90 on both the bars and beam... Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after winning the all-around competition with a 39.575 as she set a career high on floor and claimed second place on both the vault and floor... Took second in the all-around with a career-best 39.500 at Washington as she recorded 9.90 scores on the beam (first) and floor (second)... Notched a career-best 9.975 score on uneven bars in Cal’s win over UCLA as she helped the Bears tie an NCAA Record with a 49.825 score... Recorded a second straight 9.90 on the bars, while recording a 9.875 in her collegiate debut on vault... Set a career-high and won the bars competition with a 9.925 vs. Arizona State as she won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week... Won the bars and beam competition in her second appearance at Arizona as she tallied scores of 9.825 and 9.875... Made her competitive debut for the Bears vs. Air Force on the bars and the beam. 

High School/Club:
Three-time Junior Olympic National Team member…Runner-up in the all-around and on bars at the 2019 JO Championships, adding third-place beam and floor finishes, and fourth place on vault…All-around, bars and floor champion at JO Nationals in 2018, and also claimed silver on beam the same year…In 2017, she was second on beam and third on vault, and in 2016 she took second all-around and on beam…Participated in the prestigious Nastia Liukin Cup in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, winning the event in 2016 and turning in top-three all-around finishes in 2017 (3rd) and 2018 (2nd)…Named to the Region 5 All-Star Team five years in a row, serving as an international ambassador and coaching gymnasts in Scotland, Costa Rica, Montreal, Jamaica and Puerto Rico…Trained at Legacy Elite and coached by family members Jiani Wu (mother), Yuejiu Li (father) and Anna Li (sister)…Attended Waubonsie Valley High School
 
Personal:
Hobbies include crafting/DIYs, painting, biking and dance…Fell in love with dancing after watching YouTube videos…Inspired by dancers Matt Steffanina and Dominic Sandoval (aka D-trix), learning Steffanina’s dance to “Where Are U Now” as her first dance…Parents are Yuejiu Li and Jiani Wu…Both parents competed for China at the 1984 Summer Olympics and own the Legacy Elite Gym…Sister, Anna Li, was a U.S. National Team Member and an eight-time NCAA All-American at UCLA who helped guide the Bruins to the 2010 NCAA Championship