Megan Jimenez

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Temecula Valley HS
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.

CAREER RESULTS

• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2017 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
Career Notes: Competed in 46 out of 49 career meets ... ‘hit’ 63 out of 66 routines in her career.

2017: ‘Hit’ all 15 of her routines in 2017 … performed on the balance beam in 12 of 13 meets in 2017 … was part of the floor exercise lineup three times … battled nagging injury limiting her to the beam most of the season. Championship season: Scored a career-best 9.850 on the beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/18) … tallied a 9.825 at the NCAA Champaign Regional (4/1) … posted a score of 9.7875 on the beam at NCAA Championships (4/14). Regular season: Matched her then-career mark of 9.825 on the beam three times during the regular season – at Seattle Pacific (1/13), at California (2/18) and at Stanford (2/24) … established a career-best 9.850 on the floor exercise in the home opener against Northern Illinois and SPU (1/21).

2016: Performed on vault and balance beam in all 12 meets … also was part of the floor exercise lineup four times … earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … ‘hit’ 25 out of 28 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.800 on vault and 9.775 on beam at Pac-12 Championships (3/19) … scored 9.800 on vault and 9.750 on beam at the NCAA Athens Regional (4/2). Regular season: Scored a career-best 9.825 on the floor exercise twice – at Lindenwood (1/15) and against Arizona State (1/30) … set a season-high 9.850 on the vault in the season-opener against Auburn (1/10) and backed it up at Lindenwood (1/15) … scored a season-best 9.825 on the beam against California (2/20).

2015: Competed on vault in all 13 meets and floor exercise once ... received Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... ‘hit’ all 14 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.750 on the vault at NCAA Championships (4/17) … also performed the first floor exercise routine of her career at semifinals scoring 9.550 … scored 9.800 on vault at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... tallied a 9.800 on vault at Pac-12 Championships (3/21). Regular season: Recorded career-best 9.875 on vault in back-to-back meets first at California (2/13) and then at Arizona State (2/20) ... exhibitioned on beam against Washington, Sacramento State and Hamline (1/30).

2014: Performed on vault in nine meets ... ‘hit’ all nine routines. Championship season: Recorded a 9.800 on vault at the NCAA University Park Regional (4/5) ... scored 9.775 on vault at Pac-12 Championships (3/22). Regular season: Established a season-high 9.825 on vault at Washington with Seattle Pacific (3/14) ... suffered a finger injury early in the season that hindered her all-around training.

PREP CAREER: Megan is a five-time qualifier to Junior Olympic nationals … won back-to-back all-around titles at the Southern California State Championships in 2010 and ’11 … added a sixth place finish and a vault title at the 2010 Regionals … won the all-around title at the 2011 Regionals … finished fourth on the balance beam and all-around and sixth on vault at Nationals in 2010 … finished fourth on beam and 14th in the all-around at 2011 Nationals … earned second place on vault, beam, floor exercise and in the all-around at the State Championships in 2012 … finished third on beam and all-around at 2012 Regionals … trained at Precision Gymnastics under coaches Trent and Jill Spaulding.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Laurence and Mary Jimenez … has two brothers, Evan and Elan … member of National Honor Society of High School Scholars … chose OSU because “I fell in love with the team and coaches and the whole atmosphere of being a Beaver here at OSU! It felt like the perfect home for me” … majoring in digital communication arts.