SJSU: Competed two season for the Spartans...2014 All-MPSF pick on vault, bars, beam and in the all-around...2013 Second Team All-WAC honoree in the all-around.
2014: All-MPSF on vault, bars, beam and in the all-around...Competed in every event for the Spartans in every meet...The MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 6-12, she won the all-around at No. 25 Arizona State (1/11) with her 38.850...Earned MPSF Gymnast of the Week honors for Feb. 17-23 after placing second on vault (9.825) and in the all-around (39.200) at Boise State (2/21)...Won three vault titles: at Washington (1/18) (career-high 9.900 score, the second-best score in program history), against UC Davis (2/7) with a 9.850 and against Southern Utah (9.800)...Third at the MPSF Championships (3/22) in the all-around with a 39.000...Against UC Davis (2/7), won the all-around with a 39.150, vault (9.850) and beam with a season-best 9.850...Scored a season-high 9.800 on floor against Southern Utah (2/28).
2013: Second Team All-WAC in the all-around...Finished 13th in the all-around at the NCAA Corvallis Regional with a 38.800...Competed on bars and beam in every meet, on vault in 13 meets and in the all-around and on floor in eight meets...On vault, she earned a9.825 three times...Scored a 9.700 or higher on vault in eight meets...On bars, earned a season-high 9.825 at UC Davis (3/1), which she tied at Southern Utah (3/15)...Scored a season-high 9.850 on beam against Utah State and Brown (2/15)...Performed 9.825 routines on beamtwice and added three 9.800 scores...Scored a 9.775 on beam in her first meet as a Spartan at the NorCal Quad (1/4)...Earned a career-high 9.825 on floor in two meet, against Boise State, UC Davis and Seattle Pacific (3/8) and at the WAC Championships (3/23)...Career-high all-around score came at UC Davis...Won the all-around two times: at Seattle Pacific (38.950), and against Boise State, UC Davis and Seattle Pacific (39.200)...Won the vault at UC Davis and the beam twice: against Seattle Pacific (2/5) (9.825) and Utah State and Brown.
BOISE STATE: Competed on beam, vault and bars for the Broncos in 2011 and 2012...Won the beam in back-to-back meets in 2012, tying her career-high 9.900 in one of those meets...Qualified for the 2011 NCAA Championships after winning the beam with a career-high score of 9.900 at the 2011 NCAA North Central Regional.
CLUB: Competed for Oasis Gymnastics (coaches Janine Thompson and Orley Szmuch) in Peoria, Ariz...Placed fourth on balance beam at the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships...Won the beam and floor at the 2010 State Championships...At the 2009 State Championships, won the beam and placed second in the all-around, and finished fourth on beam at the 2009 Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 graduate of Sunrise Mountain High School in Phoenix, Ariz.
PERSONAL: 2014 Academic All-MPSF and 2013 Academic All-WAC honoree...Majoring in occupational therapy...Wants to get her Master's degree and open a gymnastics facility for special needs children...Enjoys cooking with her mom...Rebekah Leah Gherwas born in Pittsburgh, Penn., on August 10, 1991.
Season Highs
Year | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
2014 | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 39.250 |
2013 | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.850 | 9.825 | 39.275 |
San Jose State Career Highs
Vault | 9.900 |
at Washington, January 18, 2014 |
Bars | 9.850 |
at Sacramento State, California, February 14, 2014 |
Beam | 9.850 |
Utah State, Brown, February 15, 2013 UC Davis, February 7, 2014 |
Floor | 9.825 |
Boise State, Seattle Pacific, UC Davis, March 8, 2013 WAC Championships, March 23, 2013 |
All-Around | 39.275 | at UC Davis, March 1, 2013 |
Collegiate Career Highs
Vault | 9.900 |
at Washington, January 18, 2014 |
Bars | 9.850 |
at Sacramento State, California, February 14, 2014 |
Beam | 9.900 | NCAA Denver Regional (Boise State), April 2, 2011 |
Floor | 9.825 |
Boise State, Seattle Pacific, UC Davis (San Jose State), March 8, 2013 WAC Championships (San Jose State), March 23, 2013 |
All-Around | 39.275 | at UC Davis (San Jose State), March 1, 2013 |