Samantha Walior

Class: Senior Hometown: Prior Lake, Minn. High School: Prior Lake

Height: 5-4 Club Team: TAGS

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2011 (Senior): One of three senior captains and earned the Senior Leadership Award from the coaches ... also earned the "In Competition" award from the coaches ... First-Team Academic All-Pac-10 ... First-Team All-Pac-10 on bars and second-team on the beam ... was named Gohuskies.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6 ... ended the year tied for 20th in the nation on bars with a 9.875 average ... competed on bars and beam in all 12 meets and on floor in 11 meets ... won eight event titles on the year, the second most on the team ... won the bars four times, the beam three times and the floor once ... set a career-high of 9.900 on the bars four times on the season ... posted a season-high of 9.850 on beam twice and also a season-high of 9.850 on floor ... tied for a team-best score of 9.900 on the bars at the Pac-10 Showcase on Jan. 9 ... tied for second on the bars in the Quad Meet on Jan. 15 with a 9.800 and placed third on the beam with a 9.775 ... tied for second on the beam vs. Cal on Jan. 21 with a 9.775 ... had a team-best 9.775 on bars vs. Oklahoma on Jan. 28 placing fourth and tied for a team-best on beam with a 9.775 ... tied for the bars title at SPU on Feb. 4 with a 9.900, won the beam with a 9.850 and finished second on the floor with a 9.875 ... tied for second and led the team vs. Utah on Feb. 11 with a 9.825 on beam and also tied for a team-high on floor with a 9.775 ... tied for a team-best on floor at ASU on Feb. 18 with a 9.825 ... tied for the Husky top score on bars with a 9.850 at the Salbasgeon Suites Invitational at Oregon State on Feb. 25, also tied for the team-high beam score with a 9.750 ... won the bars vs. Michigan State on March 4 posting a 9.850, tied for first on the beam with a 9.850 and also tied for first on the floor with a 9.850 ... tied for first on the bars vs. Air Force/SPU on March 11 with a 9.875 and won the beam with a 9.825 ... tied for the Pac-10 title on the bars with a 9.900 at the Pac-10 Championships on March 19 at UCLA ... posted another 9.900 on bars at the NCAA Regionals on April 2.

2010 (Junior): Scored a 9.850 to finish second on the bars, and scoring the same score on her floor routine to also place her in second on that event in the season opener against No. 15 Nebraska on Jan. 8 ... scored a 9.800 on the bars to place fourth, as well as a 9.825 on the beam to tie for third in the event on Jan. 15 against No. 1 UCLA ... finished second on the beam against No. 5 Oregon state posting a 9.775 on Jan 23 ... scored a 9.800 season-best to tie for second on the floor against No. 3 Utah, as well as scoring a 9.850 on the beam placing third in the event ... placed fourth on both beam and floor in a Quad Meet on Feb. 7 helping her team defeat both San Jose State and Sacramento State, scoring a 9.800 on beam and a 9.850 on floor, the latter of which tied her season-high ... won the beam with a 9.850 and tied with two Husky teammates for the win on floor as she scored 9.850 against No. 25 Arizona State on Feb. 13 and tied her season-high on the floor scoring a 9.850 ... won her third event of the season against SPU, earning her first victory on bars and tying her career-high with a 9.900 which equaled UW's best individual score of the season ... had a solid performance at the Pac-10 Championships scoring a 9.775 on beam, a 9.750 on floor and a 9.650 on beam ... tied her career-high on the floor with a 9.900 at the Regional Championships to become one of two Husky champions, as well as scoring a 9.800 to tie for 15th on bars ... competed at NCAA Nationals, finishing 38th on the floor with a 9.525.

2009 (Sophomore): Competed in all 12 meets for the Huskies ... Finished the season ranked No. 50 in the country on beam and No. 75 on floor ... Set a new career-high on the beam with a 9.900 to help defeat Arizona on Feb. 7 ... Tied career-best 9.875 on the uneven bars in the final regular season home meet against Denver on March 15 to notch the first bars title of her career ... Tied her season-high of 9.850 on the floor six times, including at the NCAA West Regional on April 4 ... Won a team-leading three beam titles and her first title on bars ... Scored a 9.800 or above on all three of her events at the NCAA West Regional ... Helped the Huskies to a fourth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championship, the highest Washington finish in six years ... Named first-team All-Conference on floor ... Named first-team Pac-10 All-Academic.

2008 (Freshman): Competed in all 13 meets for the Huskies in her first season on bars, beam and floor ... Was named UW's Creating Winners in Competition Award recipient after landing every routine in each meet ... Named second-team All-Pac-10 on floor ... Had a strong meet against second-ranked Utah, improving her marks on all three events ... Scored a 9.825 on bars, a career-high 9.8 on beam and a 9.85 on floor ... Finished with nine top-3 finishes, including a pair of individual event titles ... Tallied a career-high 9.9 on floor twice, once against Arizona as the Huskies scored a 49.200 - the highest UW total on floor in three years and the second time against Seattle Pacific to win the event title ... Won bars the next week in the last meet of the regular season at SPU with a career-high 9.875 ... Finished the season ranked No. 47 in the nation on floor.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Monica and Charles Walior ... Has an older sister, Courtney (20) ... Courtney is the captain of her University of St. Thomas soccer squad ... Graduated from Prior Lake High School, where she lettered in soccer and chearleading ... Captained her cheer squad as a senior ... A four-time Board Scholar (cumulate GPA above a 3.8) ... Was coached by Bryon Hough and Mindy Kiff at TAGS South ... A five-time Region 4 All-Around Champion (2003-07) and seven-time Nationals competitor (Level 9 in 2000, Level 10 from 2002-07) ... Placed 15th in the all around with a score of 37.150 at her first Junior Nationals appearance in 2003 ... Finished 13th in the all around at the 2006 Junior Nationals with a 37.425 ... At the 2007 Junior Nationals, placed 10th on bars (9.500) and fourth on beam (9.500) en route to a sixth place finish in the all around with a total score of 38.025 ... Named Region 4 Athlete of the Year and Minnesota Gymnast of the Year in 2007.

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