Velandra Brochi

Photo by: Randall Deppensmith

(U.S. Air Force Photo by Justin R. Pacheco)

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Class:
Junior
Position:
AA
Hometown:
Round Rock, Texas
Height:
5-0
High School:
Chaparral Star Academy
Squadron:
13 / Bulldawgs

Awards:
2023 USAG National All-Around Champion
3X USAG First-Team All-American (All-Around, Beam Bars)
USAG Second-Team All-American (Vault)
2023 All-MPSF First Team (All-Around)
2023 All-MPSF Second Team (Bars, Beam)
MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 28)

Senior | 2025:
Competed on balance beam in all 11 meets in 2025, scoring a season best 9.750 in five meets … Showed on floor eight times, scoring a season-high 9.775 versus Utah State (Jan. 24) … Competed six times on uneven bars … Commissioned with the Class of 2025 to serve as a logistics readiness officer.

Junior | 2024:
Showed in all four events in 2024 … Hit a season-best 9.825 for a sixth-place finish on bars and beam at home on Feb. 23 … Scored 9.825 on floor exercise in the Falcons’ season opener at Boise State (Jan. 19).

Sophomore | 2023:
Earned the program’s first USAG all-around national title since 2002, scoring a 39.125 at USAG Nationals (Apr. 7) … won three all-around regular-season titles, earning podium finishes at UC Davis (Jan. 29), versus Sacramento State (Feb. 3), and versus UC Davis and Denver (Feb. 17) … closed the season with team season highs on vault (9.850, career high) and floor exercise (9.825), while also earning top-three marks on balance beam (9.850) and uneven bars (9.825).

Freshman | 2022:
Appeared in all 15 events her first season, including eight all-around finishes...Twice managed a career-high in the vault (9.775)...Her 9.800 on the uneven bars on March 6 stands a career-best...Was judged for a season-best 9.875 on the floor exercise on January 30...Her 503.35 points were third-most on the team...Garnered USAG First Team All-American status in the all-around as well as Second Team honors in the floor exercise.

Personal: Parents are Pall and Marivel...has one brother, Adrian...is an all-around competitor...undecided on her major...member of Cadet Squadron 17...enjoys the outdoors and spending time with family.