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Meet the Gymnasts: Jaquie Tun
December 21, 2016 02:04 PM | Gymnastics
Jaquie Tun
Sophomore
Graphic Design
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sophomore Jaquie Tun received NACGC/W Scholastic All-America and Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honors her first year with the Mountaineers. She competed in all 13 meets, eight as a two-event specialist, and dropped only one bars score all year.
If you could switch spots with another WVU athlete, who would it be?
No one! I like being a gymnast
What do you love most about WVU?
People’s willingness to help out
Who is your celebrity crush?
Zac Efron or Seo Kang-Joon (Korean actor)
If you could hang out with any Olympic gymnast for the day, who would it be?
Laurie Hernandez
What is the best advice you were ever given?
“Quit demanding perfection.”
What is something most people might not know about you?
I have two pet sugar gliders at home
Who would you want to play you if they made a movie about your life?
Arden Cho
Who do you look up to the most?
My mom
What inspires you the most?
Looking at successful people
Quote to live by?
“Quiet people have the loudest minds,” and “You have to be odd to be No. 1.”
Favorite WVU memory (so far)?
Spending time with friends at my apartment
What is your favorite spot on campus?
The pit behind the vault table at the gym
Favorite part of your day?
Going back to my apartment after a long day
What is something you’ve always wanted to do but never got the chance to?
Visit every continent (beside Antarctica)
What one accomplishment are you most proud of?
Being able to find a strong, close group of friends
How would other teammates describe you in one word?
Confused
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people make loud chewing noises
How would you like WVU gymnastics to remember you?
A consistent hard worker
What was the most defining moment of your gymnastics career thus far?
When I won second place on bars at the Unite for Her Pink Invite
What food could you live off of for the rest of your life?
Pasta
What are three things you couldn’t live without?
Sleep, food, technology
Favorite place to travel to?
South Korea or Japan
Who is the person who knows you the best?
A close friend from home who shares the same birthday as me
What is your dream job?
Working for a company in Japan as a graphic designer
What was it that made you decide to come to WVU?
The coaches and their relationship with the team as a family
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