Alycia Chan
| Year: | Jr. |
| Height: | 5-1 |
| Experience: | Abbotsford Twisters |
| Hometown: | Langley, B.C. |
| Previous School: | Walnut Grove Secondary |
2009 Season: Earned first team all-WAC honors after tying for second place on vault with a career high 9.900…that score was the best on the team during the year and tied for the fifth highest in school history…averaged 9.733 on vault and never scored below 9.625…matched her career high with a 9.800 on beam at Cal State Fullerton…four of her five beam routines scored at leaset 9.775…averaged 9.850 over her final three floor routines of the year, including a career best 9.900 at UC Davis…that score was her career best and earned her the top spot in the meet.
2008 Season: Made an immediate impact during her first season with the team…earned second team all-WAC honors on vault and floor…tied for fifth on vault at the WAC Championships with a 9.825 and was sixth on floor (9.850)…at the NCAA West Regional, she tied for sixth with a vault of 9.850…tied for ninth in school history with a vault of 9.875 which came at UC Davis…led the team with an average of 9.673 in the event and had 10 vaults of at least 9.700…averaged 9.800 in her final eight vaults of the year…finished first in the event five times…also recorded a first-place finish on floor with a 9.850 against Alaska Anchorage.
Prior to Sacramento State: Chan is the first international gymnast to compete for the Hornets since Nirvana Zaher (Egypt)…spent 12 years as a member of the Abbotsford Twisters Gymnastics Club…was coached Horia Iliesu during her final three seasons…placed third in the all-around at the 2007 Canada Winter Games…in that meet, she was first on floor and third on vault…at the 2006 Artistic Canadian Gymnastics Championships, she was seventh in the all-around and third on vault…placed third on floor at the national championships in 2005 and won the national floor title in 2004…was named to the British Columbia provincial team every year since 2002…was invited to compete at Elite Canada in the winter of 2007, which is a national team and Olympic Trials screening event…teammed with former UCLA standout and Canadian Olympian Kate Richardson.
Personal: Born Nov. 23, 1989…majoring in French…graduated from Walnut Grove Secondary School on Langley, B.C…competed in four years of track and field…finished first in the 100 and second in the 200 at the Upper Fraser Valley Championships…was a member of the 4x100 relay team which placed third at the provincials her junior year…parents are Abby and Ruth Chan.
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