Samantha Shapiro Class: Freshman Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. High School: Windward School Height: 5-0 Club: All-Olympia Gymnastics Center

Samantha Shapiro

International: Member of the U.S. national team from 2006-11, first with the junior team from ages 13-18 (2006-09) and and then with the senior team from 2009-11 ... while competing for the U.S. national team, won the beam and bars at the 2008 Pan American Gymnastics Union Individual Event Championships in Rosario, Argentina ... captured the all-around, beam, and bars at the 2008 Gymnix International in Montreal ... won the bars at the 2008 Jesolo (Italy) Grand Prix ... at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose against the likes of China and Russia, Shapiro won the bars and was second in the all-around ... won bars at the 2009 World Cup in Montreal.

Club/High School: A three-time U.S. elite national champion ... won the balance beam and uneven bars at the 2008 U.S. junior national championships and was second in the all-around ... in the 2007 U.S. junior championships, won the beam, and was second all-around and on the bars and floor ... was fifth on the floor and seventh in the all-around at the 2010 U.S. senior nationals in Hartford, Conn. ... also placed seventh on the beam and ninth on the bars ... competed at the 2010 World team selection camp in Huntsville, Texas ... trained by Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan at the All-Olympia Gymnastics Center in Los Angeles ... a three-time U.S. junior national champion ... won 10 Junior Olympic state titles ... was first on the bars and second all-around at the 2005 Junior Olympic regionals ... USA Gymnastics TOPs national-team member in 2004-04 ... a 2011 graduate of Windward School in Los Angeles.

Personal: Daughter of Brent and Abbe Shapiro ... has a younger sister, Nicki ... born in Santa Monica, Calif. ... hobbies include going to the beach, watching movies with family and friends ... loves dancing, roller coasters, and the outdoors.