Melissa Chuang Season 2016

Career Highlights

• 2016 All-Pac-12 First Team on beam
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2014, 2016)

2016 Season (Senior)

• All-Pac-12 First Team on beam
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Tied for fifth on beam at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional with a 9.850 (April 2)
• Tied for fifth on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (March 19)
• Tied for third on beam with a 9.925 against No. 7 UCLA and No. 10 Georgia (March 6)
• Placed second on beam with a 9.925 against No. 5 Utah (Feb. 20)
• Tied for first on beam with a 9.850 against Arizona State (Feb. 8)
• Finished second on beam with a 9.875 and tied for fourth on floor with a 9.825 against No. 23 California and San Jose State (Jan. 24)
• Scored a meet-high 9.900 on beam in the final routine of the competition at No. 15 Georgia to break a tie and secure a win for Stanford (Jan. 19)
• Competed in all 12 meets on vault and beam, and 11-of-12 meets on floor
• Hit 11-of-12 routines on beam and 10-of-12 routines on floor

2015 Season (Junior)

• Did not compete due to injury. (Redshirt)

2014 Season (Sophomore)

• Contributed a 9.850 on floor and a 9.775 on vault at the NCAA Championship Semifinals (April 18)
• Tied for seventh on vault with a 9.875 at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (April 5)
• Contributed a 9.825 on vault and 9.775 on floor at the Pac-12 Championships (March 22)
• Tied for individual victories on vault (9.900) and floor (9.900) against No. 22 California (March 3)
• Tied her career best on vault with a 9.850 against No. 19 Arizona and Sacramento State (Jan. 19)
• Tied for the individual title on vault (9.825) at the NorCal Quad Meet (Jan. 5)
• Recorded one of Stanford’s top-10 scores on vault
• Competed in all 13 meets on vault and six on floor
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2013 Season (Freshman)

• Recorded season-bests of 9.850 on vault at the NorCal Quad Meet (Jan. 4) and 9.825 on floor at Georgia (Jan. 21)
• Scored a 9.800 on vault at the NCAA Semifinals (April 19)

Club/High School

• A 2012 graduate of Monta Vista High School in nearby Cupertino, Calif.
• A three-time Junior Olympic qualifier out of Santa Clara's Airborne Gymnastics
• Is strongest on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise
• Placed 15th all-around and 10th on the beam at the Level 10 nationals in 2011
• Coached at Airborne by Liz Crandall and Justin Howell

Personal

• Daughter of Tzu-Chin and Elsie Chuang
• Has two brothers, Michael and Timmy
• Full-time marketing and communications intern at a global health-tech startup, HealthTap. Worked with medical experts to create marketing content, company branding, and research reports
• Works with Project Dosti, a Stanford student group, in order to bring student-teachers to rural India to teach English during the summer
• Member of the inaugural cohort for a three-week all-day program for Stanford students interested in public service. Worked on a team partnering with the John Gardener Research Center to address issues of education and gentrification
• Majoring in international relations with a focus in world economics and social development
• Plans on pursuing a career in international development through education-technology
• Enjoys painting, card games, coffee, dancing and the television show "Friends"
• Was born at Stanford Hospital