2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 57 kg/125 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 10 (2014-15, 2016-25)

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hometown: Oakland, Calif.

Regional Training Center: U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center

Club: Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

Personal Coach: Vladislav “Izzy” Izboinikov

College: Missouri Valley College

High School: San Lorenzo, Calif. (Arroyo High School)

Born: Oct. 19, 1992, in Oakland, Calif.

Height: 5’5”

Olympic Teams

2020 Olympic Games (Fifth at 53 kg)

Senior World Teams

2024 Senior Worlds (14th at 59 kg), 2023 Senior Worlds (Silver at 55 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 55 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Gold at 55 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 55 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2014 University Worlds (Bronze at 58 kg)

Career Highlights

• Senior World Championships gold medalist

• Two-time Senior World Championships medalist

• Fifth in Olympic Games

• Five-time U.S. World Team member

• Four-time U.S. Open champion

• Pan American Championships gold medalist

• WCWA national champion for Missouri Valley College

• California high school state champion for Arroyo High School

Career Biography

2024: 14th in Senior World Championships in Tirana, Albania… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2023: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) gold medalist… Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament (Egypt) gold medalist… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Senior Nationals/Olympic Trials Qualifier champion…

2022: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia… Senior Pan American Championships silver medalist… Yasar Dogu (Turkey) gold medalist… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open champion…

2021: Fifth in Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France) silver medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Senior World Team Trials runner-up… U.S. Open champion…

2020: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier (Canada) silver medalist… Pan American Olympic Qualifier Wrestle-Off champion…

2019: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan… Pan American Championships bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… Poland Open bronze medalist… Sixth in Grand Prix of Germany… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion…

2018: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary… Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial gold medalist… Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist… Bill Farrell Memorial International bronze medalist… Fifth in Poland Open… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open champion…

2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist… Russia Cup bronze medalist… Third in U.S. World Team Trials…

2016: Canada Cup gold medalist… Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain… U.S. Open runner-up… Third in Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials…

2015: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Open runner-up…

2014: University World Championships bronze medalist in Pecs, Hungary… SFU Clan International (Canada) gold medalist… Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup silver medalist… Bill Farrell Memorial International silver medalist… Fourth in Phase II World Team Trials… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in U.S. Open… University Nationals champion…

2013: Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup gold medalist…

2012: Third in University Nationals… Third in UWW Junior Nationals…

2011: Fourth in University Nationals… Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals…

College: 2015 WCWA national champion at 130 pounds for Missouri Valley College, where she was an accounting major… Second in 2013 WCWA National Championships at 116 pounds… Coached by Carl Murphree…

High School: 2010 California (CIF) girls state champion for Arroyo High School…

Age-Group: Fifth in 2010 Girls Folkstyle Nationals…

Personal: Has a cat named Mr. Kitty…

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