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Ruby Engreitz

Class: Senior Hometown: Kirkland, Wash. High School: Inglemoor

Height: 5-2 Club Team: Leading Edge Gymnastics

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At Washington
2012 (Senior): Was named second-team All-Pac-12 on floor ... Academic All-Pac-12 honors ... was named an event specialist at the team banquet ... also earned the Club 101 Scholar Athlete Award ... was one of four team captains ... tied for the team-high at the Pac-12 Championships on floor, finishing 10th ... tied for fourth at NCAA Regionals on bars, the highest finish by a Husky ... posted the best score by a Husky on bars all seasons with a season-high 9.900 vs. CMU/SJSU on March 9 ... also tied for the best score on floor by a Husky with a 9.875 three times, the last time at the Pac-12 meet which was also a career-high ... had a season-best 9.825 on vault at Arizona Feb. 24 ... her top beam score was a 9.800 vs. UCLA on Jan. 27 in the upset over the No. 1 Bruins ... her best all-around score also came against UCLA, a 39.325 ... won nine event titles on the year ... won floor vs. UCLA, Oregon State (9.850), Arizona State (9.850) and at Cal (9.875) ... won bars three times, at Michigan State (9.825), vs. UCLA (9.850) and at Cal (9.875) ... won the all-around twice, at Michigan State (39.000) and vs. UCLA.

2011 (Junior): Earned the Provost Academic Excellence Award at the WESPYs ... named team event specialist on the bars ... First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic ... Second-Team All-Pac-10 on bars ... the only Husky gymnast on the season to be named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for her performance at Arizona State on Feb. 18 ... ended the year tied for 20th in the nation on bars with a 9.875 average ... won nine event titles, the most of any Husky on the season ... competed in the all-around in nine meets and competed and bars and floor in all 12 meets ... led the team in the all-around four times, on bars six times, on beam once and on floor twice ... won the bars five times, the first in the Quad Meet (Jan. 15) with a 9.875 ... won the bars with a 9.875 vs. Cal on Jan. 21 ... won her first all-around title of the season against perennial powerhouse Oklahoma on Jan. 28 with a 38.625 in her first all-around competition of the season and also led the team on beam with a 9.775 ... won the bars at SPU with a 9.900 on Feb. 4 and finished second in the all-around with a 38.550 ... posted a team-best score of 9.775 on floor at Utah on Feb. 11 and finished third in the all-around with a 38.500 ... won the bars (9.875) and the all-around (39.350) at ASU ... at ASU set career-best marks in the all-around and vault (9.900, tying for second) ... on Feb. 25 at the Salbasgeon Suites Invitational at Oregon State, tied for third on the floor with a 9.850 ... won the floor (9.850) and all-around (39.200) vs. Michigan State on March 4 and finished second on bars (9.825) ... also won the bars on March 11 vs. Air Force/SPU with a 9.875 and finished second in the all-around (37.875) ... posted a career-high on the beam at the Pac-10 Championships on March 19 with a 9.825 ... set a new career-high at NCAA Regionals with a 9.925 on the bars.

2010 (Sophomore): Earned her first career victory for UW on bars, scoring a career-high 9.850 against No. 25 Arizona State on Feb 13, as well as her career-best floor routine scoring 9.850 to tie for the event ... led the Huskies on the bars scoring a 9.800 against No. 2 Oklahoma on Mar. 12 ... earned a 9.625 on the bars at the Pac-10 Championships tying for 28th, as well as a 9.600 on the vault ... scored a 9.825 and tied for 12th on the bars at the NCAA Regional Championships on April 10 ... honored on 2010 Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team with a 3.66 GPA.

2009 (Freshman): Competed in 11 of Washington's 12 meets as a freshman ... performed on uneven bars in all but two meets and on vault in six meets ... recorded a career-best 9.800 on vault in the last regular season home meet vs. Denver on March 15 ... set a career-high on bars on Feb. 15 at UCLA with a 9.825 ... performed as an all-arounder at the Salbasgeon Invitational at Oregon State on March 6, tallying a career-best 37.250 ... helped the Huskies defeat Oregon State for the first time in six years on Feb. 21 at home ... stayed consistent at the NCAA West Regional with a 9.725 on vault and a 9.700 on bars.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Rita Reitz, a speech/language pathologist ... has an older brother, Jesse and a younger sister, Josephine ... was on the same club team as another former Husky, Kristen Omori ... competed at Junior Olympic Nationals in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... named to the 2006 Region 2 All-Star Team that competed in Costa Rica, after capturing Regional titles in the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor.

Engreitz's Career Bests

Getting to Know Ruby
Best UW class you've taken: Intro to Engineering Design
Favorite color: Red
"If I were an animal, I would be..." My cat, Rasta
Biggest celebrity crush: James Franco
Weirdest thing a coach ever said to me: "You look tall today."
Biggest dream: Travel to all the continents
Career aspiration: Just to do something I love
Current cell phone ring-tone: One of the defaults
Favorite beauty product: Mascara. I have blonde eyelashes on one eye and brown on the other.
Funniest teammate: Amanda
Best part of being a Husky:I get to wear purple sweatpants...nowhere else would that be acceptable
Favorite beverage: Milk and Shirley Temples
"If I could be awesome at any other sport, it would be..." Table Tennis
Favorite season: Summer but Fall is great in Seattle too
Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving and Christmas
I couldn't live without: My beautiful roommates!
Favorite thing to do in your spare time: Hang out on the couch and watch half-hour sitcomes
Favorite dessert: Ice cream
Music that gets you pumped up to compete: Britney