NCAA Anna joined the
UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team. During her time with UCLA, she won six regional titles: four uneven bars, one vault and one balance beam. She scored three perfect-10s on the uneven bars and won eight All-American honors. In 2010, she helped lead the Bruins to the NCAA Championship title. Her first competition in the NCAA was a home meet at Pauley Pavilion, where her parents had competed in the Olympics. After leaving UCLA, she returned home to train with her parents at Legacy Elite Gymnastics in
Illinois. Li also made a guest appearance on the
ABC Family television show,
Make It Or Break It. In July 2011, Li formally returned to the elite level by competing at the American Classic, placing first on uneven bars and third on balance beam. She competed in the same two events at the Covergirl Classic in
Chicago Illinois later that year. Despite a fall, she still tied for seventh place on uneven bars with a score of 14.300. In August, Li competed in the U.S. National Championships in
St. Paul, Minnesota, where she tied for third on uneven bars (two-day total: 29.450) and fourteenth on balance beam (two-day total: 26.650). Her scores qualified her for the national team. She was chosen by U.S. National Team Coordinator
Marta Karolyi and her husband,
Bela Karolyi, to attend the World and Pan-American Teams Selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch in
New Waverly, Texas. Li was then chosen for the
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as an alternate in
Tokyo, Japan.
2012 Li was chosen as an alternate along with
Elizabeth Price and
Sarah Finnegan for the
2012 London Olympics team after placing third on the uneven bars at the Trials. She later fell training on the uneven bars, injuring her neck on the last day of training for replacement athletes. She performed in the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions with the rest of the Olympic team. ==References==