2017-18 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Yuleen Sternberg

  • Position AA
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Berkeley
  • Hometown Berkeley, Calif.
  • Major Intended Public Health

Biography

Career Highlights:
- 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

As a Senior (2018):
Bars competitor in all 14 meets of the season, going 12-14…Also appeared in two floor lineups to go 2-2…Scored a 9.8125 on bars in the NCAA Championships semifinal (4/20)…9.75 on bars at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional (4/7)…Season-best 9.875 on bars against Utah (2/25)…Competed on floor at Arizona State (1/28), scoring a 9.65…Turned in a 9.725 in her second career floor appearance and her 2018 floor debut at BYU (1/12)

As a Junior (2017):
Went a perfect 6-for-6 in bars appearances and competed on floor once…Competed on bars at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1), where she led the Bears with a 9.90…Nailed her first collegiate floor performance with a 9.825 at UCLA (3/5)…Season debut came against Oregon State (2/18), when she earned a season-high 9.875
 
As a Sophomore (2016):
Named “Most Improved” at the annual team banquet…Bar specialist in every meet of the season…Posted a 9.7625 on bars in the NCAA Championship semifinal (4/15)…Anchored bars at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (4/2), hitting a clutch routine with a 9.825 after an earlier fall in the lineup to help send Cal to the NCAA Championship…Turned in a career-best 9.90 on bars in the Cal quad meet (3/4) for her first collegiate event title…Made her competitive debut for the Bears at the NorCal Classic (1/10), scoring a 9.725 on bars.
 
As a Freshman (2015):
Exhibitioned on bars but did not see time in the competitive lineup
 
High School/Club:
Level 10 gymnast…Trained at Head Over Heels Athletic Arts from 2013-14…was named “Uneven Bars Connoisseur” at the 2014 Head Over Heels team banquet… Team captain for her Head Over Heels team but only competed the first three meets of the season due to injury…Best result in 2014 was 36.375 all-around score…From 2011-12, trained at Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Australia and competed in the Australian Championships in 2012…Best result with Waverley was a 50.2 all-around (FIG scoring)…Also trained at Chukyo Gymnastics Club in Japan (2006-11) and competed in the All-Japan Junior Competition in 2010…Attended Berkeley High School, where she was a member of the honor roll for the Academy of Medicine and Public Service (AMPS)
 
Personal:
Lived in Japan and Australia during high school and adapted to the various cultures, Japanese language and environments…Enjoys watching movies and browsing YouTube…Parents are Hal Sternberg and Junko Takezoe
 
Major:
Undeclared – is considering becoming a physical therapist

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2016-17Junior

    AA
    5'3"
  • 2017-18Senior

    AA
    5'3"