2009 Season: Owns the team’s top bars score, with a career-best 9.925 vs. Iowa (3/14) • tied for sixth on Minnesota’s all-time top performers list on bars • her bars score counted toward the team score at every meet in 2009 • Minnesota’s top scorer on bars at six meets • owns five event titles on bars in the 2009 season • tied with Alexis Russell for the team’s best season-average score on bars (9.835) • won first place in her first beam performance this season with a 9.875 against Iowa State (2/7) • tied for first place on beam against Iowa (3/14), tying her career best with a 9.875.

2008 Season: A regular competitor on both vault and bars in her first season • performed on bars in all 14 meets of the season, and vaulted in 12 meets • tied with Carmelina Carabajal for the team’s best bars score of the season with a 9.875, which she earned in the meet against Illinois-Chicago (2/23) • was the team’s top scorer on bars at five meets • won three bars titles • has the team’s second-highest average bars score with a 9.689 • earned her best vault score at the Best of Minnesota meet (2/9) with a 9.650 • had an average score of 9.544 on vault.

High school/Club: Competed with SCATS Diamond Elite Gymnastics under coaches Trent and Jill Spaulding • competed at the Junior Olympic Level 9 Regional Championship in 2002, where she finished fifth on the bars and eighth in the all around • finished fifth on the bars at the Western National Championships in 2002 • in 2003 and 2004, was only able to compete on bars and beam due to injuries • in 2005, she competed at the Southern California State Championships at level 10, where she was the runner up on floor and the all around, and finished third on the bars • as a junior, she was the state champion at level 10 on the bars and beam, and placed fourth in the all around • went on to win the beam title at the 2006 J.O. Regional Championship, where she also finished fourth on bars and sixth in the all around • qualified for the 2006 J.O. National Championship, and was the national runner up on bars • at the 2007 J.O. National Championship, she earned four top-10 finishes highlighted by her fourth-place showing in the all around with a mark of 38.175. • in addition to her top-four finish in the all around, she also finished third on bars (9.65), eighth on floor (9.65), and tied for 10th place on beam (9.375) • with her all around finish, she has earned a spot on the Junior Olympic National Team.

Personal: Was on the honor roll throughout her high school career, and was a National Honor Society member • earned the Presidents Award in 2004, and won the Foreign Language Department Award and the President’s Scholar Award in 2005 • in 2006, she was included in Who’s Who Among American High School Students • has worked as a coach for gymnasts ages 3-6 at SCATS Diamond Elite • plans to major in sports management • daughter of Vance and Berta Furukawa • has a younger sister, Staycee.