FACTOIDS
Full Name: Kristen Maloney
Nickname: Kristen
Birthday: March 10, 1981
Height: 5’0”
Hometown: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Sports: Gymnastics
PROFILE
Made an amazing comeback from multiple leg surgeries and a two-year hiatus, competing all-around for the Bruins in the last eight competitions of the season ...Earned All-America honors on bars (first-team) and in the all-around, vault and beam (second team) ...Placed second on bars at the NCAA Championships ... Recorded a meet-high tying 39.725 in the all-around to help the Bruins claim the NCAA team title ... In her first all-around competition in nearly three years, she scored a career-high 39.75 on Feb. 22 vs. Oregon State ...Matched that total on Mar. 7 vs. Michigan ...Averaged 39.678 in the all-around and scored 39.65 or higher in six of eight meets ...NCAA Southeast Regional co-champion on vault and beam ...Scored her first career perfect 10 on vault at the Regional meet ...Pac-10 co-champion on balance beam ...Ranked fourth in the nation on beam with an RQS of 9.945 ... Season average on beam was 9.925, and she set her season best with a 9.975 on Feb. 27 at Washington ...Scored 9.9 or higher on beam on 13 of her last 14 routines ...Closed the season by scoring 10 straight 9.9+ vaults and averaged 9.921 for the season ...Ranked eighth in the nation on vault with an RQS of 9.940 ...Set a career-high on bars with a 9.975 vs. Oregon State on Feb. 22 and averaged 9.854 on the year ...Ranked 21st nationally on bars (9.915 RQS) ...Averaged 9.9 on nine floor routines and posted 9.95 scores twice ... Ranked third on the team with nine individual victories, six of which were on beam ... Also ranked third with 33 Top 3 finishes ...Posted a 9.9 or higher on 39 out of 51 routines on the year (76%) ...Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection ... Received the UCLA C.H.A.M.P.S. Inspirational Award.
