2009 season: Competed on vault, bars and floor in every meet of the season • tied with Alexis Russell for Minnesota’s top score on bars at Denver with a 9.825 to place third • tied with Kendra Elm for the team’s best floor score at Nebraska (9.800) • her vault score counted toward the team score at 12 of 13 meets • had her best meet against Iowa (3/14), earning career-best scores in all three events in which she competed • compiled season-average scores of 9.669 on vault, 9.727 on bars, and 9.554 on floor.

2008 season: Competed on bars at 13 meets • was the team’s top scorer on bars against New Hampshire (1/19) with a 9.650 to take second place • earned a personal best mark of 9.825 on bars at the Best of Minnesota meet (2/9) • compiled an average score of 9.648 on bars • competed on vault and floor once each • earned a 9.450 on vault against Oklahoma (3/22) • scored 9.375 on floor against New Hampshire (1/19).

High school/Club: Yuri Nagai has been a member of the Japan Junior National Team • she competed in the Australian Youth Festival in 2003, where she finished seventh in the all around • qualified to compete in the J.O. National Championships multiple times, but was unable to compete until 2007 when U.S. citizenship was no longer a requirement to participate • despite suffering an elbow injury earlier in the 2007 season, she was able to continue training and was healthy enough to compete at the national level championship • had a high score of 9.275 on the bars at the 2007 J.O. National meet.

Personal: A graduate of Maryville High School in Maryville, Tenn. • a native of Japan • plans to major in sports management • daughter of Takeshi Nagai and Masumi Nagai • has a younger brother, Ryoichiro.