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2015 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Luisa Leal

Luisa Leal

  • Height:
    5-1
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool:
    Liceo Benalcazar, UNICAB Virtual
  • Hometown:
    Cali, Colombia

Summary

Biography

2015: 2015 NCAA Regional qualifier on vault ... competed in 13 meets during the season, finishing with a 9.810 average on vault ... landed a 9.800 on vault at NCAA Regionals (4/4) ... produced an impressive 9.850 on vault during the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. (3/21) ... went over 9.7 on vault (9.775) and balance beam (9.700) at Big Five meet (3/14) ... helped RU break program record on floor exercise with a season-high 9.875 individual score during tri-meet victory at the RAC (3/7) ... landed a season-high 9.900 on vault and made season debut on floor exercise with a 9.800 score during quad meet at Towson (2/28) ... posted impressive totals on vault (9.800) and balance beam (9.725) at West Virginia (2/22) ... landed a 9.825 on vault at NC State (2/20) ... tied a season high on vault with a 9.850 and landed a 9.750 on balance beam during Pink Meet (2/14) ... produced a 9.850 on vault during blackout meet (1/31) ... landed a 9.825 on vault against Nebraska (1/24) ... contributed a 9.825 on vault at Illinois (1/17), also adding a 9.775 on beam during the meet ... produced a 9.750 on vault in season opener at Penn State (1/10).

2014:
Competed in nine meets during the season, including four times competing all-around ... earned EAGL First Team All-Vault and Second Team All-Uneven Bars ... collected the 100 Percent Award at team banquet for hitting all of her routines at 9.7 or better on vault, as well as the 9.9 Award for reaching the mark four times ... participated with the team at NCAA Regionals, recording a 9.800 on both vault and bars (4/5) ... notched a 9.875 on vault and 9.775 on bars in record-setting meet on Senior Day (3/8) ... put up a 9.925 on floor in home meet against Brown (1/24) ... scored a season-high 39.250 all-around to place first at Ohio State (1/19), including a 9.925 on floor, 9.850 on vault and 9.825 on bars ... scored a 9.900 on vault at Kent State (1/17) on the way to a first-place 39.125 all-around mark ... started the season with a 9.900 on floor and 9.825 on vault to total a first-place 39.225 all-around in first meet of year versus New Hampshire (1/11).

2013: Competed in nine meets during the season ... named EAGL First Team All-Vault for the second straight year ... won EAGL Team MVP honors ... competed as an all-arounder (38.875) at the EAGL Championships (3/23), recording a 9.800 on vault and uneven bars ... appeared in nine meets on vault (9.840 RQS), scoring a career high score of 9.925 in a quad meet at home (3/2) ... competed in seven meets on the uneven bars (9.770 RQS), scoring a season-high score of 9.875 in a dual meet at Towson (3/8) ... participated in eight meets on balance beam (9.575 RQS), scoring a season-high score of 9.825 in a quad meet at home (2/2) ... competed in five meets on floor exercise (9.820 RQS), scoring a season-high score of 9.950 in a dual meet at Towson (3/8) ... appeared in six meets on all-around (38.875 RQS), scoring a career high of 39.500 in a dual meet at Towson (3/8).

2012: Participated all-around in two meets ... notched an all-around score of 39.000 in season opener against New Hampshire (1/7) ... put up a 9.850 on vault and season-high 9.825 on uneven bars in both meets ... registered a 9.775 on the floor exercise against Wildcats ... missed time due to injury ... named to the EAGL All-Academic Team.

2011: Named the EAGL Rookie of the Year, putting together one of the best rookie seasons in Rutgers gymnastics history ... earned 100 Percent Award for not recording a fall in the floor exercise or vault all season ... competed in vault (9.798 average), bars (9.586), balance beam (9.404) and floor exercise (9.832) in addition to the all-around (38.680) ... qualified for the NCAA Regionals at the University of Michigan (4/2) ... participated in 11 meets in vault with a season-high score of 9.875 against Cortland (2/12), tying the school record - first established in 1997 - to earn an Outstanding Athlete Award at the team banquet ... participated in 11 meets in all-around, breaking the school record and capturing first-place honors with a season-high score of 39.375 in a tri-meet against Bridgeport and Ursinus (2/26) ... also earned an Outstanding Athlete Award at the team banquet for that accomplishment ... participated in 11 meets in bars with a season-high score of 9.825 against Cornell, Southern Connecticut, West Chester and Yale (3/5) and also in a tri-meet against Bridgeport and Ursinus (2/26) ... participated in 12 meets in balance beam with a season-high score of 9.825 in a tri-meet against Bridgeport and Ursinus (2/26) ... competed in 11 meets in floor exercise with a season-high score of 9.900 against Cortland (2/12) and against Cornell, Southern Connecticut, West Chester and Yale (3/5) ... tabbed as EAGL Rookie of the Week on Feb. 15 and March 8 ... earned EAGL Gymnast of the Week on March 1 ... one of 20 RU gymnasts to earn EAGL All-Academic honors.

Scholastic/Personal: Native of Colombia ... moved to United States in 2008 ... member of the Colombian National Team ... qualified for the Gymnastics World Championships in 2010, finishing third in the all-around at the Colombian Nationals ... also qualified for the Pan American Games in 2010 ... Colombian Junior National Champion in 2008 ... Colombian Senior National Champion in vault and floor exercise in 2010 ... won the state title in the vault and placed second on the bars and in the all-around in 2009 ... captured second place at the regionals in the all-around and vault and first place on the bars in 2009 ... also finished first on the vault and bars at states and first on bars and vault at regionals ... United States regional qualifier and national qualifier in 2009 ... competed for Liga Valecaucana de Gimnasia in Colombia and Indigo Gymnastics in New Providence, N.J. ... recipient of award for academic excellence in Liceo Benalcazar.

CAREER HIGHS
VAULT
UNEVEN BARS
BALANCE BEAM
FLOOR EXERCISE
ALL-AROUND
9.925
9.875
9.825
9.950
39.500

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