Samantha Shapiro Season 2014

2015 Season (Senior)

• Second team All-American on bars
• Second team All-Pac-12 on bars
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Tied for eighth on bars with a 9.900 at the NCAA Championships Super Six (April 18)
• Tied for fifth on bars with a 9.950 at the NCAA Championships Semifinals (April 17)
• Scored 9.850 on bars to tie for fifth at the NCAA Morgantown Regional (April 4)
• Tied for fifth on bars with a 9.900 at the Pac-12 Championships (March 21)
• Tied for second on bars with a 9.875 at No. 8 UCLA (March 7)
• Tied for fourth on floor (9.875) and placed fifth on bars (9.900) at No. 4 Utah (Feb. 21)
• Earned a second-place finish on bars with a 9.925 against No. 13 UCLA (Feb. 14)
• Finished first on bars with a 9.825 at No. 20 California (Feb. 8)
• Placed second on bars wit ha 9.875 at Arizona State (Jan. 31)
• Finished second on floor with a 9.850 at San Jose State (Jan. 9)

2014 Season (Junior)

• First Team All-American on bars
• Finished second in the nation on bars with a 9.925 at the NCAA Individual Event Finals (April 20)
• All-Pac-12 Second Team on bars
• Tied for third on bars with a 9.900 in the NCAA Championships Semifinals (April 18)
• Co-champion on bars at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional with a career-best 9.950 (April 5)
• Tied for third on bars with a 9.925 at the Pac-12 Championships (March 22)
• Tied for the individual victory on bars with a 9.825 at No. 9 UCLA (Feb. 22)
• Tied for second on bars with a 9.900 on bars against No. 4 Utah (Feb. 17)
• Claimed her first individual victory of the year with a 9.925 on bars in a quad meet at UC Davis (Jan. 26)
• Registered three of Stanford’s top-10 scores on beam
• Competed in all 14 meets on bars and once on floor
• NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team

2013 Season (Sophomore)

• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• Claimed an individual victory and earned a collegiate best on bars (9.950) at California (Jan. 26) - the highest score on bars of any Stanford gymnast in 2013
• Also tied for the team's second and sixth-highest scores on bars (9.925, 9.900)
• Scored 9.775 or higher on bars in eight of 11 competitions
• Earned a collegiate-best 9.875 twice - first against Arizona State (Feb. 15), then at the NCAA Norman Regional (April 6)
• Competed in 11 of 12 meets on bars and six on floor

2012 Season (Freshman)

• NCAA uneven bars runner-up, with a score of 9.900, tying her season best
• Earned first-team All-America honors on bars
• Second Stanford gymnast ever to finish among the top two on bars at the NCAA Championships
• Limited to one event most of the year because of an injury
• Competed on bars in all 14 competitions, including the NCAA Individual Event finals
• Did three floor exercise routines, including at the NCAA Super Six, scoring a season-high 9.775
• Scored 9.875 on only vault, at Cal (Feb. 12)
• Interesting to note that she finished second in the nation, but still has yet to earn a first place in a dual or any other meet on the collegiate level
• Scored 9.900 in three of her final four performances

Club/High School

• A three-time U.S. senior elite national champion
• Won the balance beam and uneven bars at the 2008 U.S. Visa national championships and was second in the all-around
• In the 2007 U.S. championships, won the beam, and was second all-around and on the bars and floor
• Senior national-team member from 2006-11
• Was seventh in the all-around at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Hartford, Conn.
• Also placed seventh on the beam and ninth on the bars
• While competing for the U.S. national team, won the beam and bars at the 2008 Pan American Gymnastics Union Individual Event Championships in Rosario, Argentina
• Captured the all-around, beam, and bars at the 2008 Gymnix International in Montreal
• Won the bars at the 2008 Jesolo (Italy) Grand Prix
• Won bars at the 2009 World Cup in Montreal
• Competed at the 2010 World team selection camp in Huntsville, Texas
• Trained by Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan at the All-Olympia Gymnastics Center in Los Angeles
• a three-time U.S. junior national champion
• Won 10 Junior Olympic state titles
• Was first on the bars and second all-around at the 2005 Junior Olympic regionals
• USA Gymnastics TOPs national-team member in 2004-04
• A 2011 graduate of Windward School in Los Angeles

Personal:

• Daughter of Brent and Abbe Shapiro
• Has a younger sister, Nicki
• Born in Santa Monica, Calif.
• Hobbies include going to the beach, watching movies with family and friends
• Loves dancing, roller coasters, and the outdoors