UCLA introduced its 2012 Gymnastics Team at its Meet the Team event on Dec. 11, 2011 (Photos by Jeff Sipsey)
Club
U.S. National Team member from 2007-10 ... Won team silver medal at the 2010 World Championships ... Won the floor exercise title and was second in the all-around, third on uneven bars and seventh on beam at the 2010 Visa National Championships ... All-around champion at the 2010 CoverGirl Classic ... Won the balance beam and floor exercise titles at the World Cup in Montreal in 2009 ... Seventh in the all-around at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials ... Third on floor exercise and seventh in the all-around at the 2008 Visa National Championships ... Earned silver in the all-around and bronze on uneven bars at the 2008 Gymnix International ... Placed sixth in the all-around and third on floor at the 2007 Visa Championships ... Won all-around and team gold medals and the uneven bars silver medal at the 2007 Junior Pan Am Championships ... 2005 Level 10 National all-around champion ... Trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Club under coaches Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan.
Personal
Lists her biggest athletic thrills as competing at the Olympic Trials, winning two World Cup gold medals and winning the gold medal on floor at the 2010 Visa Nationals ... Floor exercise is her favorite apparatus ... Admires LA Laker Kobe Bryant ... Parents: Eric Larson and Gail Boggs-Larson ... Has an older sister, Willie ... Her father Eric is a music editor and voice actor who has done UCLA's floor exercise music cuts for many years ... Her mother Gail was an actress whose movie credits include Ghost ... Full name is Mattie Rose Larson ... Born May 20, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA ... Undeclared major.