Player Bio: Tanya Powers - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Gymnastics
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Washington
Two-time letterwinner who made significant strides during her second year as a Husky ... solid all-arounder who has posted her best scores on vault. 2002 (Sophomore): Picked up her first event championship on the vault tying a career best score of 9.900 against California ... tied that same score against Arizona State and at the Pac-10 Championships ... scored a career best in the all-around at the Pac-10 Championships of 39.250, leading the Huskies with a seventh place finish ...One of two Huskies to compete in the all-around at the NCAA West Regional scoring a 39.125 for a 13th place finish ... tied for 16th with a 9.750 on the vault, tied for 28th with a 9.700 on the bars, tied for fourth on the beam with 9.875, and tied for 31st on the floor with a 9.800 at the NCAA West Regional ... set a career high on the beam against Arizona State with a score of 9.900 ... set career high on the floor with a score of 9.825 at the Pac-10 Championship... tied a career high on the bars with a 9.850 against Utah ... tied that same score at Michigan and Denver and at Arizona. 2001 (Freshman): A score of 9.700 tied her for 14th on the vault at the NCAA Regionals in Nebraska . . . tied for 22nd on the bars at the Pac-10 Championships with a new career best of 9.850 competed on vault and beam for the Huskies ... had best meet of the season after hitting for career highs on vault (9.900) and beam (9.825) at Oregon State's Shanico Inn-Vitational . . .finished third on the vault in meet against Utah and Western Michigan with a 9.875 . . . her first competition for the Huskies against California and UC Davis on the beam with a score of 9.625 . . . came in 17th on the beam with a score of 9.575 at the UCLA Invitational . . . first vault competition was a 9.600 against Arizona . . . came in 12th on the beam with a score of 9.100 in the same meet . . . scored a then-career best score of 9.650 with a eighth place finish on the beam against Oregon State . . . against Utah and Western Michigan scored a career best of 9.875 on the vault for a third place tie with Kylee Wagner of Utah . . . scored another career best finishing 15th on the beam with a score of 9.675 in the same meet. . . competed for first time on bars finishing ninth with a score of 9.250 against Boise State . . . scored another career best of 9.725 on the beam finishing 10th in the same meet.
Personal
Born Oct. 19, 1982 in McAllen, Texas ... competed for Sunbelt Gymnastics on the club level ... a five-time competitor at Nationals . . . 2000 Level 10 national beam champion . . . hobbies include swimming and laying out in the sun . . . father Richard is a salesman . . . mother Helen is a teacher . . . has one younger sister, Christine . . . graduated high school in the top five percent of her class with a 4.0 GPA ... won a Texas Scholar Award in high school.
Career Highs
Vault: 9.900 at Oregon State, 2001, several times in 2002
Uneven Bars: 9.850 at Pac-10 Championships, 2001,several times in 2002
Balance Beam: 9.900 vs. Arizona State, 2002
Floor Exercise: 9.825 Pac-10 Championships, 2002
All-Around: 39.250 Pac-10 Championships, 2002
Powers' Meet-by-Meet Results
2002
Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
at Stanford 9.200 9.200 9.175 9.100 36.675
at Boise State 9.750 9.250 9.675 9.675 38.350
California 9.900 9.750 9.825 9.725 39.200
at Oregon State 9.750 9.200 9.800 9.100 37.850
Utah 9.750 9.850 9.800 9.375 38.775
Arizona State 9.900 9.725 9.900 9.275 38.800
at Arizona 9.275 9.825 9.200 -- --
UCLA/Seattle Pacific 9.875 9.375 9.275 -- --
at Michigan/Denver 9.350 9.850 9.850 9.750 38.800
at Arizona/Minn./N. Ill. 9.850 9.850 9.825 9.575 39.100
Pac-10 Championships 9.900 9.800 9.725 9.825 39.250
NCAA Regional 9.750 9.700 9.875 9.800 39.125
2001
Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
at Denver/Cal/Md. -- -- -- -- --
Boise State -- -- -- -- --
Stanford/SPU -- -- -- -- --
at Arizona State -- -- -- -- --
at California/UC Davis -- -- 9.625 -- --
at UCLA/Arizona/CSF -- -- 9.575 -- --
Arizona 9.600 -- 9.100 -- --
Oregon State -- -- 9.650 -- --
Utah/Western Michigan 9.875 -- 9.675 -- --
at Boise State 9.850 9.250 9.725 -- --
at Shanico Invitational 9.900 -- 9.825 -- --
Pac-10 Championships 9.825 9.850 9.750 -- --
NCAA Regional 9.800 9.125 9.125 -- --
Career Bests 9.900 9.850 9.825 -- --
