2021 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Sophia Atienza
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Copley, Ohio
- High School:
- Walsh Jesuit
2020 WCGA Scholastic All-America
2020 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
2019-20 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2018 NACGC/W Scholastic All-America
| CAREER HIGHS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| 9.825 | -- | -- | 9.800 | -- |
2020 (Junior): Competed in six meets...scored as high as 9.725 on floor.
2019 (Sophomore): Saw action in six meets ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/20) ... scored as high as 9.800 in six routines on floor exercise ... competed once on vault ... recorded a season-high 9.800 on floor exercise at Big Ten Championships (3/23) ... picked up a 9.725 on floor exercise at Cornell (3/17) ... notched a 9.725 on floor exercise at Kent State (3/10) ... scored a 9.650 on floor exercise debut in season opener at Cancun Classic (1/4).
2018 (Freshman): Competed in all 12 meets on vault with a high of 9.825 ... named NACGC/W Scholastic All-America (7/31) ... scored a 9.700 at Big Ten Championships (3/24) ... notched a 9.800 at Temple (3/11) ... picked up a 9.700 in home quad meet victory (2/24) ... collected a 9.750 on at Auburn (2/16) ... added a 9.750 at Maryland (2/11) ... scored a season-high 9.825 at Michigan State (1/27) ... posted a 9.700 at Nebraska (1/20) ... made collegiate debut in the home opener (1/13) on vault.
Prior to Rutgers: Competed for Pinnacle Gymnastics for 14 years … placed fifth on vault and sixth on floor exercise at the 2017 Level 10 Regionals … earned third place on vault in 2017 and took second on vault and fifth on floor exercise in 2016 at the Level 10 Ohio meet … won all-around, on vault and on floor at the 2017 Arnold Gymnastics Challenge … claimed the Level 10 Ohio state championship on vault in 2015 … also ranked second on floor exercise at both the 2014 Level 9 Eastern Nationals and Ohio meet … earned State Board of Education diploma with Honors and the 2017 Kari McCloskey Memorial Scholarship.
Personal: Daughter of Cristina and Allan Atienza … mother played volleyball at Baldwin Wallace and father wrestled at Case Western Reserve … has a younger sister, Julia, who is a club gymnast … cousins, Jordan and Nathan, wrestle at Central Michigan and Michigan State, respectively … a public health major.
