Tauny Frattone
Tauny Frattone

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lake Forest, CA

High School:
El Toro HS

Height:
5-4

Club:
Olympica Gymnastics

02/10/2012

UCLA Wins IGI/Chicago Style NCAA Invitational

Bruin gymnasts score 196.85 to win team title.

02/08/2012

UCLA Gymnastics Travels To IGI/Chicago Style Classic

Bruins to face Top 20 teams Boise State, Illinois, Missouri Friday at Navy Pier.

02/07/2012

Zamarripa Receives Pac-12 Honors

Junior honored for second time this season.

02/05/2012

UCLA Gives Super Performance in Win over Stanford

Bruins record 197.25 despite lineup adjustments.

02/01/2012

UCLA Gymnastics Hosts Stanford on Super Bowl Sunday

Bruins, Cardinal to face off at 12:30pm in Wooden Center.

12/12/2011

2011-12 UCLA Gymnastics Meet the Team

UCLA introduced its 2012 Gymnastics Team at its Meet the Team event on Dec. 11, 2011 (Photos by Jeff Sipsey)

04/18/2011

UCLA Gymnastics At 2011 NCAA Super Six

UCLA placed second at the 2011 NCAA Super Six Team Finals (Photos by Heather Maynez)

03/26/2011

UCLA vs. Minnesota, Denver

UCLA hosted Minnesota and Denver on Feb. 27, 2011 (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)

03/06/2010

UCLA vs. Utah (1-9-10)

UCLA faced Utah in the season opener on Jan. 9, 2010 (photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)


2011
Earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault ... Ranked No. 6 nationally on vault ... Won vault in nine of the last 11 meets and had a six-meet winning streak on that event ... Held a team-high average of 9.888 on vault and scored 9.9 or better six times ... Tied her career-high on vault at the NCAA Team Finals, scoring 9.95 ... Won vault at the NCAA Athens Regional, scoring 9.925 ... Tied her career-highs on vault (9.95) and beam (9.85) at Cal State Fullerton and also hit a 9.8 on bars in exhibition ... Captured first place on both vault (9.925 for her sixth-straight win) and floor (career-high 9.9) on Mar. 6 ... Won her fifth-straight vault title on Feb. 27, tying for first with a 9.875 ... Tied her career-high with a 9.95 on vault Feb. 21 vs. NC State and was awarded the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week ... Also scored a career-high 9.85 on beam and a season-high 9.8 on floor vs. NC State ... Won the vault title at the IGI/Chicago Style with a 9.9 ... Recorded season-highs on all four events plus the all-around at Stanford, going 9.875 on vault to place first, 9.75 on bars, 9.35 on beam, 9.8 on floor and 38.775 in the all-around.

2010
Nationally-ranked No. 14 on vault and held the No. 1 spot in week two ... Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault ... Averaged 9.865 on vault, third-best on the team, with six scores of 9.9 or better in 15 attempts ... Scored a career-high 9.95 to tie for first in a tri-meet with Cal State Fullerton and Michigan State ... Also had vault wins at Washington and at Cal ... Competed on floor in every meet, with an average of 9.822 and a high of 9.9 set at Cal State Fullerton ... Set career-highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.9) and won the all-around with a career-best 39.325 at Fullerton ... Competed four times with an additional four exhibition routines on bars and averaged 9.794 on the event ... Competed four times on beam, with a high of 9.775 at Fullerton.

2009
Did not compete in UCLA's last seven meets due to an elbow injury ... Scored 9.8 or better on her last five vaults (three in exhibition) ... Scored a career-high 9.875 to tie for fifth at the UCLA quad meet on Feb. 15 ... Earned a 9.825 at ASU, and exhibition scores of 9.8 against Cal, 9.85 at Fullerton and 9.825 against Arizona ... Performed an exhibition on bars at Fullerton and scored 9.625.

Club
Four-time (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) Level 10 National qualifier and three-time (2006-08) State vault champion ... Placed third in the all-around to make the 2008 JO National Team ... Also earned a second-place finish on beam and was fourth on vault and eighth on bars at the 2008 Level 10 Nationals ... 2008 State vault and uneven bars champion and all-around runner-up ... Placed 13th in the all-around and fifth on floor at the 2007 Nationals ... 2007 State all-around and vault champion ... Placed third in the all-around and on uneven bars and second on vault at the 2006 Regionals ... Won the vault and uneven bars and placed third in the all-around and on beam at the 2006 State Championships ... Placed fourth in the all-around at the 2004 Regionals to qualify to Nationals ... Holds career-bests of 9.825 on vault, 9.75 on beam, 9.65 on bars and floor and 38.325 in the all-around ... Trained at Olympica Gymnastics under coaches Nicole DeMoss and Kelly Smith.

Personal
Lists her biggest athletic thrills as placing third at the 2008 Level 10 Nationals and receiving a full scholarship to UCLA ... Hobbies are hanging out with friends and going to the beach ... Admires 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton ... Full name is Tauny Nicole Frattone ... Parents: Shaun and Julie Frattone ... Has two younger sisters, Hailey and Sydney ... Born May 28, 1990 in Westminster, CA ... Atmospheric, Oceanic and Environmental Sciences major.

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