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Career Accolades
- WCGA Academic All-American (2020)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2020)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2018)
As a Senior (2020)
- WCGA Academic All-American
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
- Competed in six meets
- Contributed season-best 9.875 on beam at Oklahoma (Feb. 21)
As a Junior (2019)
- Rebounded from injury to compete in five meets on beam
- Posted season-high totals of 9.800 on beam
As a Sophomore (2018)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Competed in seven meets on beam
- Totaled season-high 9.800 on beam at the NorCal Classic (Jan. 8)
As a Freshman (2017)
- Competed in 11 meets on beam, 10 on floor and nine on vault
- Established career-high 9.900 on beam, tying for seventh at Pac-12 Championships (March 18)
- Claimed event title by posting career-best 9.825 on vault at Arizona State (Feb. 18)
High School
- 2016 graduate of Oak Ridge High School
- Trained at Technique Gymnastics in Rancho Cordova, California, for 13 years
- Named club Gymnast of the Year in 2016
- Region I Silver Medal Team member in 2016
- Three-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier (2011, 2012, 2016)
- NorCal State vault and floor Champion in 2016
- Named 2015 Most Valuable Gymnast
- National Invitational Tournament all-around champion in 2014
- Region I Bronze Medal Team member in 2011
- Junior Olympics national beam champion in 2010
- Helped lead club to third-place finishes at the NorCal State Championships in 2011 and 2012, and a fourth-place result in 2010
Personal
- Daughter of Morris and Fanny Tai
- Has two younger siblings, Collin and Everett
- Aunt, Mae Tai O’Malley, was a coxswain on the Stanford men’s crew team
- Father, Morris, was an Olympic weightlifter throughout college
- National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women Scholastic All-American
- Member of the Stanford Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- Volunteers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and for Children's Champions
- Earned the Educational Excellence Award during the 2015-16 school year
- In 2019, conducted research with the Mechanical Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, working in the Interdisciplinary Research Lab in Sustainable Design
Career Scores | |||||
Year | Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | All-Around |
2017 Season Highs | 9.825 | -- | 9.900 | 9.825 | -- |
2018 Season Highs | -- | -- | 9.800 | -- | -- |
2019 Season Highs | -- | -- | 9.800 | -- | -- |
2020 Season Highs | 9.525 | -- | 9.875 | -- | -- |
Career Highs | 9.825 | -- | 9.900 | 9.825 | -- |