Colette Yamaoka

Photo by: Bonnie Vick/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Uneven Bars
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
San Benito HS
Hometown:
Hollister, Calif.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2021 Pac-12 Winter Term Honor Roll
• 2020 Pac-12 Winter Term Honor Roll
• 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 Coaches Choice of the Week (March 2-8, 2020)

OREGON STATE
CAREER NOTES: Colette has ‘hit’ 22 out of 23 routines in her career … three-time Pac-12 Academic honoree.

2021: Colette is OSU’s SAAC Secretary for the 2020-21 academic year ... did not compete due to a season-long injury.

2020: ‘Hit’ nine out of 10 routines as a junior … earned Pac-12 Winter Term Honor Roll … chosen as the Pac-12 Coaches’ Choice of the Week for the week of March 2-8. Regular season: Assumed her usual role as the leadoff for the uneven bars lineup in all 10 meets in 2020 … set season-high with a 9.80 on the bars against UCLA (2/29) … her solid starting scores on the bars were used in six meets.

2019: ‘Hit’ all 13 of her routines in 2019 … earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. Championship season: Set her career-high with a 9.8125 on the uneven bars at NCAA Championships (4/19) … set her then personal-mark of 9.80 on the bars at Pac-12 Championships (3/23) … matched her personal-best with another 9.80 at the NCAA Corvallis Regional Finals (4/6) … scored 9.750 on the bars at the Regional Second Round (4/5). Regular season: Recorded a 9.725 on the bars in her collegiate debut against Utah (1/19) … scored 9.750 against California (2/17), at Arizona State (2/22) and at LSU (3/8).

2018: Colette performed in seven exhibition routines on the uneven bars as a freshman … scored a season-high 9.825 in a bars exhibition in a meet against Arizona (2/17) … tallied a 9.775 in a bars exhibition at Sacramento State (3/16) … joined the team after a fall term tryout after arriving on campus as a freshman.

PREP CAREER: Level 9 regional qualifier.

PERSONAL: Born in Hollister, Calif. … daughter of Craig and Monica Yamaoka … has two brothers, Dante and Paul … also has a sister, Simone … enjoys baking … Honor Roll student and AP scholar … member of National Honor Society … chose Oregon State because “Oregon State has a great science program and I loved the environment on campus” … majoring in biology with an option in pre-medicine.