Risa Perez

Position:
All-Around
Height:
4-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Coronado HS
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.

• 2016 NCAA Athens Regional Balance Beam Co-Champion
• 2016 Pac-12 Balance Beam Co-Champion
• 2016 All-Pac-12 Second Team, Balance Beam

OREGON STATE
Career notes: Transferred to Oregon State from Arizona State in September 2014 ... has competed in 48 out of 51 meets - 26 at OSU, 22 at Arizona State ... ‘hit’ 102 out of 110 routines in her career including 50-51 in her OSU career.

2016: Competed in the balance beam and floor exercise lineups in all 12 meets this season … ‘hit’ all 27 routines this season … won five event titles, four on beam and one on floor … named to the Pac-12 Conference Second Team on the balance beam. Championship season: Performed on beam and floor at the NCAA Athens Regional (4/2) … scored 9.900 on the beam to tie for first at regionals to qualify for NCAA Championships as an individual event qualifier … recorded a score of 9.8625 on the beam at NCAA Championships (4/15) … scored 9.750 on the floor at regionals … scored a 9.950 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/19) to tie for the meet-high score becoming a conference champion on the event … also scored 9.750 on floor at the conference meet. Regular season: Scored 9.925 on the beam on Senior Night against Ball State and Seattle Pacific (3/4) to set personal-mark at the time … forced into the vault lineup against Arizona State for the first time in her career scoring 9.675 … scored a season-best 9.900 on the floor against Arizona State (1/30).

2015: Was in balance beam and floor exercise lineups in 12 out of 13 meets ... won three event titles; two on floor and one on beam ... ‘hit’ 23 out of 24 routines. Championship season: Performed on beam and floor at NCAA Championships … scored 9.825 on floor and 9.725 on beam in the semifinals … scored 9.850 on beam and floor at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... recorded a 9.900 on floor and 9.850 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Set a career-high with a 9.950 on the floor against San Jose State, Lindenwood and Seattle Pacific (3/14) ... also scored a 9.925 on the floor at California (2/13) ... tallied a career-best 9.900 on the beam at Iowa State with SE Missouri State (1/18) ... also has performed four exhibitions on the vault.

ARIZONA STATE
2014: Competed on three events - bars, beam and floor - in 11 out of 12 meets ... ‘hit’ 32 out of 33 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.800 on beam and floor and added a 9.700 on bars at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/5) ... scored 9.825 on floor, 9.800 on bars and 9.650 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/22). Regular season: Scored a career-high 9.800 on bars three times ... tallied a season-best 9.875 on floor at Washington with San Jose State and UC Davis (1/18) and matched it UCLA (2/8) ... recorded a season-best 9.875 on the beam four times.

2013: Competed in 11 out of 12 meets ... performed on floor 11 times and bars and beam 10 times each ... ‘hit’ 27 out of 33 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.750 on floor, 9.700 on beam and 9.625 on bars at the NCAA Corvallis Regional (4/6) ... scored 9.700 on bars and 9.225 on floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/23). Regular season: Had a big meet at Denver with Illinois State (3/9) registering season-highs on all three events - 9.750 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.850 on floor.

PREP CAREER
Three-time Junior Olympic nationals qualifier … finished sixth in the all-around at JO Nationals in 2011 … Western Nationals uneven bars champion in 2009 … trained at GymCats under coach Cassie Rice … participated on the dance team in high school helping her team to a USA/UDA competition championship … has cut and choreographed her floor routines since Level 8.

PERSONAL
Born in Valencia, Calif. … daughter of Richard and Rosemarie Perez … has one brother, Richard … has two sisters, Richelle and Rheanne … member of National Art Honor Society … enjoys dance, photography, arts, camping and cutting music … chose OSU because “the campus is beyond beautiful, I loved competing here in the past. I love the coaches and am happy to have an old teammate (Dani Dessaints) here” … majoring in liberal studies.