Taylor Ricci

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Mark Hoffman

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Seycove Secondary
Hometown:
North Vancouver, B.C.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2017 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2015 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2014 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
Career notes: Taylor Ricci (pronounced rich-ee) has ‘hit’ 48 out of 49 career routines.

2017: ‘Hit’ all 16 routines … competed in 12 of 13 meets in 2017 … earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors. Championship season: Has performed in the leadoff role for the Beavers’ floor lineup in both championships meets this season … scored 9.825 on floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/18) … tallied a score of 9.800 at NCAA Champaign Regionals (4/1) … scored 9.5625 on the floor at NCAA Championships (4/14). Regular season: Matched her career-high of 9.875 on the floor against UCLA (1/28) … scored a season-high 9.775 on the vault twice; at Seattle Pacific (1/13) and against Utah (2/11).

2016: ‘Hit’ 24 out of 25 routines … performed in the vault and floor exercise lineups in all 12 meets … earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American honors. Championship season: Posted matching scores of 9.800 on vault and floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/19) … tallied scores of 9.700 on both events at the NCAA Athens Regional (4/2). Regular season: Recorded a career-high 9.875 on the floor against Stanford (2/29) … set her season-high on vault with a 9.825 at UCLA (2/13) … made her beam debut when she was forced into the lineup due to injury at Utah scoring 9.500 (1/23).

2015: ‘Hit’ all eight routines ... performed in the vault lineup seven straight weeks leading up to championship season ... received Pac-12 All-Academic First Team accolades ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American honors. Championship season: Performed her first career floor exercise routine at semifinals of NCAA Championships (4/17) scoring 9.800. Regular season: Made her competitive lineup debut on the vault at Stanford (1/26) scoring 9.825 ... established a career-high 9.850 on vault against Washington, Sacramento State and Hamline (1/30) ... performed a floor exhibition at Stanford (1/26).

2014: Taylor performed three exhibitions in 2014 – twice on vault and once on floor exercise ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American honors.

PREP CAREER: Taylor performed at the Senior High Performance level in Canada … in 2012, she earned first place finishes in the all-around and on balance beam and floor exercise at the British Columbia Championships … finished 18th in the all-around at the Canadian Championships in 2012 … finished 10th in the all-around and sixth on the vault at the Elite Canada meet in 2011 … earned a 10th place finish in the all-around final and seventh in event finals on vault and floor at the Canadian Championships in 2011 … represented Canada in the Rushmoor Rosebowl in London in 2010 winning the all-around … trained at Flicka Gymnastics Club under coaches Dorina Stan and David Kenwright.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Marina Ricci and Ray Martin … has two sisters, Sydnee and Sierra … honor roll student with distinction … graduated with top honors in British Columbia … trained with former Oregon State gymnast Laura-Ann Chong … chose OSU because “I absolutely love the coaches and when I came down to visit the campus, the team atmosphere was incredible; I knew it was home” … majoring in exercise and sport science with an option in therapy and allied health.