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Last weekend, Sophina DeJesus, of the UCLA gymnastics team, delighted fans with a spectacular floor routine when she added “whip, nae nae, hit the quan and ... other hip-hop dance steps” to her tumbling moves. The video of her performance has gone viral; see it for yourself:
Sophina appeared on the Pac-12 Sports Report the following day:
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