Ivana Hong Class: Freshman Hometown: Allen, Texas High School: Lovejoy Height: 5-1 Club: World Olympic Gymnastics Academy

Ivana Hong

International:A 2008 U.S. Olympic team alternate ... won a World Championships bronze medal on the beam in London in 2009 ... won international team gold medals while competing for the U.S. at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... earned a Pan Am bronze in the all-around.

Club/High School: Captured two U.S. senior elite national titles at the 2009 USA Visa Championships in Dallas - winning the balance beam and vault, and finishing second in the all-around ... trained at the renowned World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano, Texas, from 2009-11 under Valeri Liukin, father of 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Michelle Hong ... has two sisters, Isabelle and Isadora, and a brother, Preston ... mother is a 1981 Stanford graduate ... Michelle escaped Vietnam in a boat at age 15, the same age her daughter was when vying for a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team ... born in Worcester, Mass. ... considering majoring in human biology, economics, or communication.