Dani Dessaints

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Dani Dessaints and Shireen Khamedoost Senior Day

Photo by: Ralph Greene

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Vault, Uneven Bars & Balance Beam
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Foothill HS
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2018 AAI Award Finalist
• 2017 NACGC/W Regular Season All-America Second Team, Vault
• 2017 NCAA Champaign Regional Vault Champion
• 2017 Pac-12 Vault Co-Champion
• 2017 All-Pac-12 First Team, Vault
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2018 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2017 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
Career notes: Dani Dessaints competed in 27 meets, including all 13 in 2017 … enjoyed a breakout season in 2017 for the Beavers performing in the anchor spot on vault and fifth up on beam … earned NACGC/W Regular Season All-America honors in 2017 … ‘hit’ 48 out of 49 routines in her career … had 14 event titles in her career (7 on vault; 1 on bars; 5 on beam).

2018: ‘Hit’ all 14 routines and won four event titles in 2018. Championship season: Tied her career-best with a 9.90 on the bars at Pac-12 Championships (3/24) to tie for fourth on the event … scored 9.725 on the bars at the NCAA Raleigh Regional (4/7). Regular season: Competed in just six regular season meets while managing a knee injury … began the season as the anchor for the vault and beam lineups … entered the bars lineup at Washington (2/10) scoring 9.800; it was her first bars routine since the season-opener of the 2016 after which she suffered a season-ending injury … aggravated a knee injury at Washington and missed the next three meets … registered a career-high 9.90 on bars in her return on Senior Night against Michigan State (3/10) … scored a season-best 9.90 on beam against Arizona State (2/3) and against at Washington (2/10) …. season scored a season-best 9.850 on the vault at Utah (1/19) and again against Stanford (1/27) … earned four event titles (1 vault; 1 bars; 2 beam).

2017: Earned NACGC/W Regular Season Second Team on vault … 2017 NCAA Champaign Regional vault champion … 2017 Pac-12 vault co-champion … earned Pac-12 All-Conference First Team on vault … has won 10 event titles; six on vault and four on beam … competed in all 13 meets … ‘hit’ 25 out of 26 routines. Championship season: Posted matching scores of 9.950 on vault and beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/18), winning the Pac-12 vault title … finished second on beam at Pac-12 Championships … scored 9.925 on vault at the NCAA Champaign Regional (4/1) to win the regional vault title … added a 9.875 on beam at regionals … scored 9.8875 on beam and 9.8375 on vault at NCAA Championships (4/14). Regular Season: Set her career-high on vault with a 9.950 at Stanford (2/24) … added her second 9.950 of the season on vault in the home finale against Illinois-Chicago (3/11) … established a career-high with a 9.950 on the beam against Washington (3/5).

2016: ‘Hit’ both routines in 2016 … performed in one meet, the season-opener, against Auburn (1/10) as the anchor in the vault and uneven bars lineups … suffered shoulder injury in training prior to the second meet of the season and missed the rest of the season. Regular season: Posted career-bests on vault (9.900) and bars (9.850) in her only appearance of the season against Auburn … also scored 9.750 in exhibition on the balance beam.

2015: ‘Hit’ all seven routines ... aggravated a previous knee injury in December delaying her college debut. Championship season: Recorded best meet of the season at NCAA Championships (4/17) … set career-high with 9.850 on bars and tied her personal-best with a 9.850 on vault at NCAA Semifinals … scored career-best 9.850 on the vault at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... recorded then-best 9.825 on the vault at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Scored 9.775 on vault in her first career competitive routine at Arizona State (2/20) ... tallied a 9.725 against Utah in her only uneven bars routine of the season ... also performed bars exhibitions four times with a high of 9.750 set twice ... exhibitioned on vault once.

PREP CAREER: Dani is a three-time Junior Olympic National Championships qualifier … twice earned top 10 finishes in the all-around at nationals … won the vault and all-around titles at 2013 National Judges Cup … registered first place finishes on vault, balance beam and all-around at the Cactus Cooler Invitational and beam and all-around titles at the Malibu Coast Challenge … won the Nevada State Championship title on the floor exercise and in the all-around as well in 2013 … placed fifth on floor and ninth on uneven bars at 2013 J.O. National Championships … missed the 2014 season due to a knee injury … trained at GymCats under coaches Cassie Rice and Jill Preston.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Vicki and Dwayne Dessaints … has one brother, Dustin … honor roll student … enjoys football, snowboarding, wakeboarding and riding quads … chose OSU because “everything just felt right to be here. I loved all the girls and the campus when I came for my visit” … studying sociology with an option in crime and justice.