Little about Kendal Poston’s senior year looked like she dreamed. Pauley Pavilion was empty. Her teammates wore masks. On Saturday, after her final home competition, Poston gave her coaches fist bumps instead of hugs when they handed her flowers and she spoke to her family through a camera on a TV screen.
Still, the Foothill Ranch native who had wanted to be on the UCLA gymnastics team since she was 6 years old couldn’t stop smiling under her mask.
“The love I feel here is something I know I’ll never experience again,” Poston said. “It’s just something so unique and so special.