2025-26 Gymnastics Roster
Biography
@sophie._.derr
Career Highs:
VT: 9.825
UB: 9.900
FX: 9.800
2025 (Sophomore Year):
- Competed in all of Arizona’s 14 meets during the season
- Debuted on vault and floor during the 2025 season
- Earned a career high of 9.825 on vault at Arizona State (1/26)
- Posted a career high of 9.800 on floor at the Big 12 Championships (3/22)
- Tied her career high of 9.90 on bars at Utah (2/7)
- Posted a 9.825 against Denver (1/31) to help the GymCats tie the third highest bars score in program history (49.425)
2024 (Freshman Year):
- Competed in all 14 meets during her debut season
- Earned back-to-back 9.90s on bars against Sacramento State (1/21) and Stanford (1/27)
- Her 9.90 on bars against Stanford helped Arizona tie the program record on the event with a 49.475
- Posted a 9.825 or above in nine meets
Club/High School:
- Trained at WOGA Gymnastics for 14 years under coaches Yevgeny Marchenko, Sonia Haiou, and Emmanuel Domingues
- Two-time National qualifier
- Placed second on bars at the 2022 Region 3 Championships
- 2022 Texas state champion on beam
- Finished in third place on vault and the all-around at the 2022 Texas state championship
- 2021 Texas state champion on bars
Personal:
- Sophie Grace Derr
- Daughter of Aaron and Karen Derr
- One younger brother, Ethan
- Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, baking, and watching horror movies in her free time
- Chose Arizona because, “of how well I connected with the coaches and the other gymnasts. I love how the coaches really care about each athlete beyond the gymnastics aspect of them.”
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