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GYMNAST PROFILES
SAMANTHA
KALYANY
SAKTI
STEELE
5-0 / Senior
Arcadia, Calif.
Arcadia HS / William & Mary
All Olympia Gymnastics Center
5-2 / Sophomore
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Colorado Connections Academy
Colorado Aerials
2021
2021
Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors on balance beam … Led UCLA with six scores of
9.9 or higher on beam, including a career-high-tying 9.95 at Arizona to place first …
Recorded a team-high three individual victories on beam - vs. Arizona State, at Arizona
and against San Jose State … Competed once on floor at Washington, scoring 9.625
… WCGA Scholastic All-American for the third consecutive year … Named an Arthur
Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Earned UCLA
All-Academic Team distinction as the team member with the highest cumulative GPA
… Member of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
Competed in two meets on uneven bars and exhibitioned in two others … Top competitive
score was 9.75 at Utah, and she earned a high of 9.8 in an exhibition routine against
Oregon State … Member of the Pac-12 Gymnasts for Peace, Action, and Change (G-PAC).
2020
Scored no lower than 9.85 on uneven bars in her last four meets and earned a careerhigh 9.925 to tie for second place against Utah … Placed third on bars with a 9.85 at
Arizona State for her first Top 3 finish … Earned 9.85 on bars against Arizona, tying for
fourth place … Scored 9.8 on bars in her collegiate debut … Named to the Director’s
Honor Roll in Winter and Spring 2020.
2020
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Competed on beam in eight meets … Scored
9.85 on beam at Oregon State to help the Bruins tie their season-high beam score of
49.525 … Did not compete in the Stanford and Washington meets due to illness …
Earned Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors after tying for first on balance beam with
a 9.950 at the Collegiate Challenge … Her 9.950 beam score included a perfect 10
from one judge … Scored 9.900 on beam at BYU to tie for second place … Member
of the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
Club
Placed 13th in the all-around at the 2017 P&G Championships … Third in the allaround and eighth on beam at the 2017 U.S. Classic … Was in sixth place in the
all-around junior division at Day One of the 2016 P&G Championships before injuring
her ankle on Day Two … Placed third on vault and sixth on beam in the junior division
of the 2016 U.S. Classic … Fifth all-around at the 2016 American Classic … Attended
three developmental camps and three national team camps … Won the all-around and
vault championships at the 2016 Level 10 state meet … Trained at Colorado Aerials.
2019 (William & Mary)
Earned All-ECAC honors on floor after placing second at the conference championship
with a 9.900 … Three-time ECAC Gymnast of the Week … Won the floor title in her
collegiate debut at Towson with a school-record 9.925 … Won the beam (9.875) and
floor (9.900) titles at the Penn dual meet, both scores ranking among the program’s
Top 10 performances on the events … Earned a share of the floor title (9.850) in the
home opener against Towson … Claimed the vault title (9.750) and tied for first on
beam (9.800) and floor (9.850) at the West Chester tri-meet … Won a share of the
beam title (9.850) and recorded a career-best on vault (9.800) in the UNC dual meet
… Secured the floor title (9.775) in the Senior Night victory against Penn.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … The athletes she admires are Kyla Ross, Madison
Kocian and all of her UCLA teammates, along with former Florida gymnast Kiersten
Hines, who was her gymnastics big sister since she was 10 … Chose UCLA because
it was important to be part of a team where her coaches/staff, teammates and support
system care deeply about the whole person, not just the “athlete” … Hobbies include
writing, dancing and singing … Full name is Kalyany Mllyse Steele … Born in Walnut
Creek, Calif. … Parents: Darrin and Phoracsothy … Has a younger sister Akarea and
younger brother Darrin Khan … Father Darrin and his twin brother Dan competed for
USA Bobsled at the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Games … English major with a Creative
Writing concentration.
Club
Competed for All Olympia Gymnastics Center … Three-time JO National Qualifier …
Placed ninth on floor at the 2017 JO Nationals … Two-time Level 10 Regional beam
champion (2018, 2017) … Also won floor and placed second on vault at the 2018
Regionals and was second on floor and fifth on vault in 2017 … Placed fifth on beam
and floor at the 2016 Regionals.
Best Marks
UB - 9.925, 2/23/20
Personal
Favorite apparatus is floor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as scoring a
9.925 on floor in her collegiate debut … The athletes she admires is McKayla Maroney
… Chose UCLA because it’s the best academic and athletic school and because of
the chemistry of the team and the incredible fun they have … Hobbies include drawing, reading books and shopping with friends … Full name is Samantha Tan Sakti …
Parents: Eddy and Joo Sakti … Has a younger brother, Zachary … Born in San Gabriel,
Calif. ... Psychology major who has aspirations of becoming a Physician Assistant ...
Also has an interest in getting into film.
Best Marks
V - 9.800, 3/2/19
BB - 9.950, 1/4/20
FX - 9.925, 1/18/19
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