Mandi Rodriguez - Women's Gymnastics Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Mandi Rodriguez

Title:
Acting Assistant Coach

HONORS AS A GYMNAST

Seven-time All-American at Oregon State
2009 Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year
2010 AAI Award finalist
2011 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee

Mandi Rodriguez recently finished her ninth season at Oregon State. In 2020, Rodriguez filled in as the acting assistant coach during head coach Tanya Chaplin's leave of absence due to health-related issues.

In 2020, Rodriguez’s focus was on the balance beam, where she helped lead the lineup to a season ranking of No. 11. The team finished the year at No. 15 in the nation.

Rodriguez has filled a variety of roles for the Beavers since graduating from Oregon State in 2011, from to coaching to working with the team as its academic counselor.

She served as an academic counselor in OSU’s Office of Academics for Student-Athletes working with the Beavers' gymnastics, volleyball and football teams from 2015-19.

Prior to beginning work as an academic counselor, Rodriguez served as the gymnastics program’s volunteer coach for three seasons from 2012-14. She held the role of undergraduate coach during the 2011 season while finishing her degree in exercise and sport science. During that time, she spent the majority of her time assisting on the vault and uneven bars. In 2012, Rodriguez’s responsibilities shifted to coaching athletes on the balance beam and with conditioning elements of training.

Rodriguez, a seven-time All-American, helped lead the Beavers to the NCAA Championships in each of her four seasons from 2007-10.

As a gymnast, Rodriguez tied the OSU record earning All-America honors seven times and was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year as a junior in 2009. She was a finalist for the AAI Award in 2010, annually given to the top senior gymnast in the nation, and was a nominee for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year. Rodriguez earned All-America accolades on the vault three times (2007, 2009 and 2010) and on the floor exercise and in the all-around twice each (2009 and 2010). At the 2010 NCAA Championships in Gainesville, Fla., Rodriguez finished third overall on the vault in Individual Event Finals – the best finish of her career.

A regular on the post-season Pac-10 Conference awards list, Rodriguez garnered All-Pac-10 first team honors in the all-around in 2009 and ’10, first team accolades on vault in 2007 and ’08 and first team on the floor exercise in 2008. She won the Pac-10 title on the vault in 2009 and shared the title on floor as well that season.

A native of Baldwin Park, Calif., Mandi earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise and Sport Science from OSU in 2011. She was a two-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection and received the Pac-10’s Tom Hansen Medal winner in 2010. In addition, she received an NCAA Ethnic Minority Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics as well as a Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarship. Rodriguez is currently working on her Master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science with a focus in Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Mandi is married to former OSU basketball player Kyle Bjornstad with their daughter, Alegra, and son, Archer.