Alex Archer Season 2014

2014 Season (Junior)

• Competed in two meets on bars and one on vault
• Scored a season-best 9.750 on bars against No. 22 California (March 3)

2013 Season (Sophomore)

• Won team's Most Improved award
• Earned a collegiate best of 9.875 on bars at the NCAA Semifinals (April 19)
• Set a career high of 9.775 on vault at the NCAA Norman Regional (April 6)

2012 Season (Freshman)

• Started four times on vault, all among the first five meets of the season
• Each start was in the anchor position
• Scored a best of 9.625, against Washington (Jan. 22)

Club/High School

• Won three Southern California championships, including the Level 10 uneven bars title in 2010
• Captured a Level 10 silver on the uneven bars at the 2010 regionals, was second on vault in 2011 and fifth all-around
• Trained under coaches Trent and Jill Spaulding at Precision Gymnastics of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
• A two-time qualifier for the Junior Olympic nationals
• Trained at New Hope and Wildfire, SCEGA, and Team EC, before moving on to Precision

Personal

• Daughter of Joe Archer and Donna Merrigan Archer
• Sister McKenna is a senior on the Cornell University gymnastics team
• Born in Newport Beach, Calif.
• Carried a 4.0 grade-point average at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif.
• A member of the California Scholarship Federation and the National Society of High School Scholars
• Began gymnastics at age 2 with the Costa Mesa Parks & Rec program