Cerise Witherby

Position:
Vault, Beam, Floor
Height:
5-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Edison HS
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.

• 2013, ‘14 & ‘15 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2012 NACGC Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
Career Notes: Has competed in 38 meets ... ‘hit’ 65 out of 67 routines in her career.

2015: Competed in on the floor exercise in all 13 meets ... also performed on the beam nine times and on the vault seven ... ‘hit’ 28 out of 29 routines ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. Championship season: Performed on beam (9.750) and floor (9.725) at NCAA Championships (4/17) … scored 9.825 on floor and 9.650 on beam at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... registered scores of 9.750 on beam and 9.725 on floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Set career-high with a 9.925 on floor on Senior Night against San Jose State, Lindenwood and Seattle Pacific (3/14) ... tied her career-high on vault with a 9.800 at Stanford (1/26) ... recorded season-high 9.850 on beam at California (2/13).

2014: Competed on the floor exercise in 10 meets ... also performed on the beam nine times and on the vault twice ... ‘hit’ all 21 routines ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. Championship season: Scored 9.800 on beam and 9.775 on floor at NCAA University Park Regional (4/5) ... recorded a 9.825 on the floor and 9.800 on the beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/22). Regular season: Set a career-high with a 9.900 on the beam at Arizona (3/9) ... set a career-best with a 9.800 on the vault at Utah (2/22) ... scored a season-best 9.850 on the floor against Boise State, Utah State and Seattle Pacific (2/15) and matched it at Washington with SPU (3/14).

2013: Performed in the lead-off spot of the floor lineup in all 12 meets and ‘hit’ all 12 floor routines ... ‘hit’ 12 out of 14 routines overall ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. Championship season: Scored 9.825 on the floor at the NCAA Corvallis Regional ... also scored season-high 9.825 on the floor at Pac-12 Championships. Regular season: Set regular season-high of 9.775 on the floor at California (2/3) and again at Arizona State (2/8) ... competed on the beam twice early in the season.

2012: Performed in the competition lineup in the first three meets of the season ... ‘hit’ all three routines ... earned NACGC Scholastic All-American accolades. Regular season: Set season-high on the vault with a 9.625 against Stanford (1/27) ... also performed exhibitions on beam and floor.

PREP CAREER: Cerise finished sixth in the all-around at the 2011 Junior Olympic National Championships and won the national title on the vault … third in the all-around at the 2010 J.O. National Championships and made the J.O. National Team … also finished third on beam and fourth on vault in 2010 at J.O. Nationals … finished second in the all-around at the 2011 Region 1 Championships and first on beam … at 2010 Region 1 Championships finished first on bars, beam, floor and all-around and second on vault … trained at Wildfire Gymnastics under coaches Tom Wakeling, Rhonda Schwandt and Rick Watson.

PERSONAL: Born in Huntington Beach, California … daughter of Lisa and Michael Witherby … has one brother, Graham … chose OSU “for its really good academics and gymnastics team. I love the campus and the OSU community” … majoring in exercise and sport science.