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2008 Season
General Information
 
2008 NCAA Central
 
Between The Bars
 
 

2008 Media Guide
 
 
Women's Gymnastics

  Anna Li
Anna Li

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Aurora, IL

High School:
Waubonsie Valley HS

Height:
5-4

Club:
Aerial Gymnastics

2007 - Competed on every event in every meet ... Placed fourth overall in the all-around (39.5) and ninth on beam at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors ... Also earned second-team All-America honors on vault and bars ...Had nine individual victories on the year, including five on bars and a pair of all-around wins ... In her collegiate debut Jan. 6 against Washington, she won the all-around with a 39.0 and placed first on bars with a 9.85 ... Also claimed first place in the all-around with a 39.5 and on bars with a 9.925 at Alabama Mar. 9 ... Against Arizona on Jan. 21, she posted a career-best 39.55 to place second in the all-around, won the uneven bars with a career-high 9.95 and also earned a career-high 9.9 on beam ... Tied for third in the all-around at both the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA Southeast Regionals ... Scored 9.8 on vault in nine of the last 10 meets and averaged 9.809 on the event ... Led the team with a 9.878 average on bars ... Won the NCAA Southeast Regional title on bars with a career-high tying 9.95 and tied for the Regional title on beam with a 9.825 ... Scored a career-high 9.95 on beam to win a share of the Pac-10 beam title and secure third place in the all-around with a 39.45 ... Clinched the victory over previously unbeaten Georgia with a career-high 9.9 on floor exercise in the final rotation ... Averaged 9.808 on floor, second-best on the team ... Ranked second on the team in individual victories (nine) and Top 3 placings (30) ... Only freshman in the conference selected to the All-Pac-10 team in the all-around.

Club - Two-time USA Championships competitor ... Finished 16th in the all-around and ninth on beam at the 2005 USA Championships ... Earned a seventh-place finish on bars at the 2005 U.S. Classic ... Placed 23rd in the all-around at the 2004 USA Championships ... Qualified for the 2004 USA Championships after a 13th-place all-around finish at the U.S. Classic ... Won the balance beam title for the second-straight year and placed second in the all-around and on uneven bars at the 2004 Level 10 National Championships ... Eleventh in the all-around at the 2003 U.S. Challenge ... Balance beam champion and seventh in the all-around at the 2003 Level 10 Nationals ... Level 10 state all-around champion in 2003 ... Eighth in the all-around at the 2002 Level 10 Nationals ... Named to the Region 5 All-Star Team in 2002 ... Trained by her parents, Jiani Wu and Yuejiu Li, at Aerial Gymnastics.

Personal - Admires her parents, father Yuejiu Li and mother Jiani Wu ... Father Yuejiu was China's first World Champion on floor exercise in 1981 and won an Olympic silver team medal in 1984. He is now the coordinator of the 2008 Chinese Olympic team and led China to the 2006 World Championship team title ... Mother Jiani was a five-time Chinese National Champion, World Championship bronze medalist on beam in 1981 and an Olympic bronze team medalist in 1984 ... Both parents competed for China in Pauley Pavilion at the 1984 Olympics ... Hobbies are listening to music and dancing ... Full name is Anna Li ... Has a younger sister, Andrea ... Born September 4, 1988 in Las Vegas, NV ... Hopes to major in communication studies.