Get to Know Dani Dessaints

The Get to Know series rolls on with our veterans. This week it is senior Dani Dessaints.

What is your favorite dessert?
Red velvet cupcakes

What is your favorite sport other than gymnastics?
Football

Who did you most admire as a child?
Tasha Schwikert

What is your favorite candy?
Reese's

What is your ideal vacation destination?
Bora Bora

What Pac-12 city do you most looking forward to visiting?
Anywhere that has sunshine nine months of the year

What other sport did you like to play growing up?
BMX

What is your goal for after you graduate?
To become a police officer in Las Vegas

What is your favorite movie of all-time?
The Sandlot

What is your favorite childhood cartoon?
Tom & Jerry

What is the best meal you cook?
Salmon

What is your favorite hobby?
Shoe shopping

Who is your favorite musical artist right now?
Drake

What is your pregame ritual?
Having a "sick tea" from Starbucks

Do you have a meet day superstition?
When I vault I have to wear Isis's slides. I can't wear anyone else's.

Who is your favorite athlete?
Jimmy Graham

What is your favorite gymnastics memory?
When I competed on bars at Washington (earlier this year) for the first time since I hurt my shoulder

Do you have a nickname?
Dani, Dee … my dad calls me Snoopy

What is the last TV show you watched?
The Office

What is your pet peeve?
When people whistle

What do you do to relieve stress?
Working out or retail therapy

Players Mentioned

Dani Dessaints

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