UCLA hosted Minnesota and Denver on Feb. 27, 2011 (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
2011
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year ... Second-team All-American on vault and floor ... Hit 42 of 43 routines on the year ... Averaged over 9.75 on every event and had five 39+ scores in the all-around in six meets ... Tied for sixth in the nation on vault in the final regular season rankings ... Set a new career-high in the all-around with a 39.5 to win the NCAA Athens Regional ... Had Top 5 event finishes at Regionals, tying for second on vault (9.9) and third on bars (season-high tying 9.9), placing fourth on floor (9.875) and tying for fifth on beam (9.825) ... Won Pac-10 titles on vault (career-high 9.95) and bars (tied for first with a career-high 9.9) ... Scored 9.9 on vault to tie for third at Cal State Fullerton and also scored 9.825 on beam and 9.775 on floor ... Tied her season-high on vault with a 9.925 to tie for first and set a new career-high on beam with a 9.9 on Mar. 6 ... Recorded season-high marks on vault (9.925) and floor (9.9) vs. NC State ... Won floor at the IGI/Chicago Style with a career-high 9.9 ... Won the all-around at Southern Utah with a 39.3 and also won vault (career-high 9.9) and beam (9.875 on her first beam routine of the year) ... Competed on three events at Utah, posting team-high scores on vault (9.875) and floor (9.85).
Club
Three-year U.S. National Team member ... Trained at Orlando Metro under coaches Jeff Wood and Christi Barineau ... Placed 10th at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials ... Won the all-around and placed second on uneven bars and floor exercise at the 2009 CoverGirl Classic ... Seventh in the all-around at the 2007 Visa Championships ... Won a team gold medal and placed fifth in the all-around at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships ... In 2008, won a silver medal in the all-around at the International Artistic Gymnastics Challenge in Belgium ... Placed first on floor and second on vault at the 2008 PAGU Individual Event Championships in Argentina ... Placed third in the all-around in a USA-France Friendly Exchange and fourth in a USA-Germany Friendly Exchange in 2009.
Personal
Lists her biggest athletic thrill as competing at the 2008 Olympic Trials ... States that UCLA was her dream school since the sixth grade ... Admires LA Laker guard Shannon Brown ... Favorite apparatus is floor exercise ... Parents: Ivory and Tonia ... Has an older sister, Crystal, who was a Level 10 gymnast and UCA Collegiate Champion in cheerleading ... Her father was a Golden Gloves boxing champion, and her aunt Zel was a Nebraska state champion in track and field ... Attended 10 different schools from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade and graduated from Westfield HS in Chantilly, VA ... Full name is Olivia Chauntelle Fowler-Courtney ... Born March 26, 1992 in San Antonio, TX ... Undeclared major.