Claire Dean

Career Accolades

  • ACC All-Championship Team (2025)
  • ACC All-Academic Team (2025)
  • WCGA Scholastic All-American (2024)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)

As a Junior (2025)

  • ACC All-Championship Team
  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Led off Stanford’s beam and floor lineups in all 13 meets while making two bars appearances
  • Earned two event titles throughout the season
    • Beam (2)
      • 9.900 at Washington Quad (Jan. 10)
      • 9.950 at Cal (Feb. 7)
  • One of three gymnasts to earn Stanford’s best 2025 individual score on beam (9.950) 
  • Set a new collegiate-best mark on beam with her leadoff 9.950 at California (Feb. 7) while marking a new career-best on floor of 9.900 in two consecutive meets (at Haas Quad Meet #2, March 16; at ACC Championships, March 22) 
  • Posted a 92.3% hit rate on beam (12-for-13) and a perfect hit percentage on floor (13-for-13)

As a Sophomore (2024)

  • WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Competed in all 15  of the Cardinal’s meets throughout the 2024 season, competing in the all-around competition in seven meets
  • Made 12 appearances in Stanford’s lineups on vault, eight appearances in the bars lineups, and 14 appearances in the team’s beam and floor lineups
  • Set new collegiate bests on vault (9.825, vs. Washington, Feb. 5), beam (9.925 at Michigan, Jan. 12), and in the all-around competition (39.350, vs. Washington, Feb. 5) 
  • Produced top-five 2024 scores by a Cardinal gymnast on beam and in the all-around competition
  • Out of 48 routines performed, recorded scores of 9.900 or better twice and hit on 47-of-48 efforts (97.9%)

As a Freshman (2023)

  • Stanford Women’s Gymnastics 2023 Rock Award Winner
  • Competed in all 13 meets for the Cardinal in her debut season on bars, beam, and floor, while making all-around appearances in the final three meets of 2023
  • Set collegiate bests on all events and all-around, vault (9.775) at California Quad (March 10), bars (9.875) four times, first vs. Washington (Feb. 13), beam (9.900) at California (Jan. 28), floor (9.900) twice, first vs. San Jose State (Jan. 14), and all-around (39.225) at NCAA Regionals (March 30)
  • Earned floor titles with career-best scores of 9.900 vs. San Jose State (Jan. 14) and Washington (Feb. 13)
  • Hit 42-of-42 routines (100%)
  • Produced top five 2023 scores by a Cardinal gymnast on bars and beam

Prior to Stanford

  • Competed for Head Over Heels Athletic Arts (2010-2020), East Bay Gymnastics (2020-present)
  • 2022 DP Nationals: 1st, UB (Wildcard Session)
  • 2021 DP Nationals: 10th All-around, 2nd UB, 4th BB 
  • 2021 Region 1 Championship: 1st AA, 2nd UB, BB
  • 2019 JO National team member
  • 2019 JO Nationals: 2nd AA, BB, 4th UB, 5th VT
  • 2019 NorCal State Championship: 1st BB, 2nd AA, FX, 3rd VT, UB
  • 2018 P&G Championship Qualifier (Junior)
  • 2017 JO Nationals: 1st BB

Personal

  • Parents are Stephen Dean III and Karen Dean
  • Has two brothers, Graham and Spencer
  • Mother played lacrosse and field hockey at Mount Holyoke College
Career Scores
Year Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around
2023 Season Highs 9.775 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.225
2024 Season Highs 9.825 9.850 9.925 9.875 39.350
2025 Season Highs -- 9.750 9.950 9.900 --
Career Highs 9.825 9.875 9.950 9.900 39.350
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