University of Denver Athletics

Career Highs:

Vault: 9.850 (twice, last at home on March 31, 2023)
Bars: 9.900 (at Big 12 Championship on March 23, 2024)
Beam: 9.975 (at home on March 3, 2024)
Floor: 9.950 (at home on March 3, 2024)

• 2022 Big 12 Beam co-Champion
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 Team (first team)
• Two-Time Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week
  • 2024: Week 9
  • 2023: Week 6
• 2022 All-Big 12 Championship Team (beam)
• Two-Time WCGA Scholastic All-America (2022, 2023)

2024:

• Set new career high on bars at Big 12 Championship
• Scored near-perfect 9.975 in leadoff on beam on March 3, the highest score by a leadoff performer in program history on any event; also set new career high on floor
• Made collegiate bars debut on February 23; also tied career high on beam and won share of title
• Competed on beam in every meet and in leadoff in nine meets; competed on floor in all but one meet and on bars three times
• Competed in exhibition on bars in eight meets

2023:

• Set career high on floor (9.900), tied career high on vault (9.850) at NCAA Regional Second Round
• Tied career high on beam (9.950) on March 5
• Competed in exhibition on bars in first two meets, the first of her career
• Had the team's fourth-highest average score on floor
• Competed in 19 total routines across vault, beam and floor

2022:

• Set new career high on beam on March 19; won title (the first of her career)
• Set new career high on vault on March 5
• Tied career highs on vault and floor on February 27
• Tied career high on vault on February 19
• Set new career high on vault on February 6
• Made collegiate beam, floor debuts on January 22; tied for third on floor
• Made collegiate debut (vault) on January 15; added exhibition performance on beam
• Had team's second highest floor average
• Competed in all but one meet including on vault, beam and floor in final seven meets

Before Denver:

• Placed seventh in the all-around, tied for fifth on floor and tied for ninth on bars at 2021 Level 10 Nationals
• Finished in the top four on all four events including second in the all-around at 2021 Region 3 Championships
• Scored perfect 10.0 on bars at 2021 Texas State Championships; won all-around, bars and beam titles while placing second on vault and floor
• Has 12 combined top-three finishes at Texas State Championships including all-around, beam and floor wins in 2017
• Has competed internationally in her birth country of Japan including at 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships
• Named to National Honor Society as a high school sophomore

Personal:

• Daughter of Akiko and Norimasa Iwai
• Has one younger brother, Junnosuke
• Chose DU because she connected with the coaches and the team well; also saw growth in the program and is excited to see how she can contribute to the team
• International business major with a Japanese minor