Miranda Ross

Position:
B/F
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Plano, Texas
High School:
Plano

As a Junior: Named to the EAGL All-Academic Team...provided depth on beam and floor... Exhibition competitor at four meets with a season-high 9.50 on floor at home vs. New Hampshire...received NACGC Academic All-America honors.

As a Sophomore: Named the 2005-06 Academic Team Captain...received NACGC Academic All-America honors... led the gymnastics team academically with a grade point average of 3.97...named to EAGL All-Academic Team...she competed on beam in the meet at William & Mary and provided depth on beam and floor during the 2005 season.

As a Freshman: Focused training on balance beam and floor exercise...unable to compete because of leg injury in fall semester...member of EAGL All-Academic Team...NACGC Academic All-America...involved in Carolina for Kerry and UNC Young Democrats.

Prep: Level 9 Texas floor exercise champion in 2001...third on balance beam at 2001 Level 9 state championship...qualified for 2001 Level 9 Western Nationals...team captain...fifth place on floor exercise at Level 10 Region 3 Championships...member of teams that won Level 8-10 Texas state championships...graduated in top one percent of senior class...National Merit Scholar...AP Scholar with Honor...member of National Honor Society and French National Honor Society...tutored first year French student for one year.

Personal: Daughter of Jeffrey Ross and Carol Noll...born March 31, 1985, in Tinton Falls, N.J....given name is Miranda June Noll Ross...has one older brother, Nathaniel, who attends law school at UCLA and was formerly a Class 1 Gymnast...majoring in mathematics.

Personal Bests
Floor Exercise: 9.500