Before BYU
- Coached by Isamu Sakamoto, brother of BYU men's gymastics coach Mako Sakamoto
- 1989 USGF Region I, Class I bars champion and all-around runner-up
- Member of the 1989 Class I Junior Olympic National Team
- Earned a top score of 9.45
- Had knee surgery in 1989 and did not compete until coming to BYU