Natasha Desai Class: Senior Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA High School: Diamond Bar HS Height: 5-1 Club: SCATS

Club — Trained at SCATS Gymnastics in Diamond Bar under coach Trent Spaulding … Won the uneven bars title and placed fourth on beam and seventh in the all-around at the 2001 Level 9 Championships … Qualified for the 2001 Nationals … Sixth all-around, fifth on floor, seventh on bars and eighth on beam at the 2001 Southern California state meet … Placed first in the all-around and bars, second on beam, third on floor and seventh on vault at the 2001 Desert Devils’ Classic … Lynn Wagman Award winner (club scholarship) in 2001 … 1999 regional beam champion … Five-time regional qualifier … Level 8 Regional beam champion in 1998. 

Personal — Biggest athletic thrill was winning bars at regionals in 2001 in front of all of her friends and family … Taught pre-school gymnastics for four years … Favorite events are beam and bars … Admires former UCLA great Mohini Bhardwaj … Hobbies are listening to music, watching movies and scrapbook making … Honor roll student all four years at Diamond Bar HS … Honored as the AP Biology Student of the Year as a senior … Member of the UCLA Alumni Scholars Club and the Indian Student Union … Parents: Nikhil and Varsha Desai … Has an older sister, Alisha, who also attends UCLA … Full name is Natasha Nikhil Desai … Born December 30, 1982 in West Covina … Undeclared major whose career objective is to become a physician.