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37-612: Valorie Kondos Field (born Valorie Kondos ; August 20, 1959), often referred to as Miss Val , is a retired American gymnastics coach. She was the head coach of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1991 to 2019, leading the Bruins to seven national championship titles. She is a four-time Conference Coach of the Year, the 2018 West Region Head Coach of

74-519: A February 2016 edition of UCLA Bruins gymnastics' YouTube online web series Bruin Banter , hosted by Danusia Francis . Kondos Field is Greek-American and Eastern Orthodox . Kondos Field dismissed Alyssa Beckerman from the UCLA gymnastics team in 2003. Kondos Field claimed this was due to Beckerman's "subpar training and lack of enthusiasm," which Beckerman disputed. Although Beckerman had been injured, she

111-438: A bully, using provocation as a form of control. In response two days later, Kondos Field tweeted her regret and shared that she had apologized to Beckerman privately two years prior. She stated: "I wish all of my athletes could’ve been led by the coach I was the last 10 years of my career," while noting that a formal arbitration instigated by Beckerman and her father supported the rescission of Beckerman's scholarship. In 2019, in

148-492: A group of publishers who sued the Internet Archive , arguing that its collection of e-books was denying authors and publishers revenue and accusing the library of "willful mass copyright infringement". Hachette Book Group operates a number of publishing brands aimed at different markets, and these brands themselves contain sub-imprints that are used to publish to an even more targeted audience. Grand Central Publishing

185-607: A gymnastics coach. Kondos Field has spoken at “Corporate Coaching” events for companies including Gucci , JPMorgan Chase , General Electric , Jackson National Life Insurance , and the Aspen Institute , and has contributed to panel discussions including Bustle’s “Rule Breakers” and the ESPNW Summit. Her first TED Talk , "Why winning doesn't always equal success” was delivered in 2019 and has garnered over 2 million views. Kondos Field joined softball coach Sue Enquist to teach

222-666: A joint venture with the Yen Press imprint and Japanese publisher Kadokawa. Yen Press became known as Yen Press LLC, and is no longer considered an imprint of HBG's Orbit publishing division. On September 17, 2018, Hachette acquired the Christian publisher Worthy Publishing. This was followed by a reorganization in November, in which Worthy Publishing and FaithWords merged their teams under the Hachette Nashville division, and Hachette Books

259-1558: A surprise flash mob and dance party. Samantha Peszek, JaNay Honest, and the Pac 12 Network crew won a LA Emmy award for their Live Sports Coverage coverage of the "2019 Farewell Miss Val meet.” UCLA Bruins women%27s gymnastics The UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team represents the University of California, Los Angeles and competes in the Big Ten Conference . They compete in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California . The team, coached by Janelle McDonald, has won 21 Regional titles and seven NCAA National Championships, most recently in 2018. The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from North America and beyond, including Austria, Germany, Guatemala, and Ireland. Some notable former and current UCLA gymnasts include U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Michelle Giuda , psychologist Onnie Willis Rogers, stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker, and Olympic gymnasts Jamie Dantzscher , Mohini Bhardwaj , Kate Richardson , Tasha Schwikert , Kristen Maloney , Yvonne Tousek , Stella Umeh , Luisa Portocarrero , Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs , Sam Peszek , Peng Peng Lee , Jennifer Pinches , Jordyn Wieber (former Bruins team manager and volunteer assistant coach), Kyla Ross , Madison Kocian , Brooklyn Moors , Jordan Chiles , and Emma Malabuyo . The 2025 season will see

296-673: A webinar series called “Critical Conversations: Transformative Coaching and Leadership,” presented by the UCLA Transformative Coaching & Leadership Academy. Kondos Field is married to retired UCLA Senior Associate Athletic Director and former football coach, Bobby Field, a three-year starter for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1968-70. In May 2014, Kondos Field was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer . She continued to coach between chemo sessions. Cancer free today, Kondos Field works closely with

333-959: Is an independent publishing division within Hachette. Previously known as Warner Books. Publishing group focused on audiobook adaptations and dramatizations of books published by various imprints within the Hachette group. Publishing group composed of imprints acquired from Warner Communications and Worthy Publishing. Formerly known as Warner Faith Books. An independent publishing division within Hachette. Founded in 1837. Focused on fiction, non fiction, and "works of lasting significance". Purchased by Time Inc. in 1961, becoming part of Time Life . Sold to Hachette in 2006. A publishing division focused on science fiction, fantasy, and mass market editions. Spun off from Little, Brown in 2006. Not to be confused with Orbis Books . An independent publishing division within Hachette. Founded in 1996. Acquired by Hachette in 2016. Many imprints have been acquired by Hachette and

370-543: Is an international award for theme park shows. Kondos Field was the co-executive producer for the 2017 TV special “Jump, Jive & Thrive,” a televised benefit show for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation . Kondos Field's autobiography Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance was published by Hachette Book Group in October 2018. It contains self-help and leadership advice based on Kondos Field's experiences as

407-527: The UCLA Bruins gymnastics team. She graduated from UCLA in 1987 with a degree in history. Kondos Field is also an accomplished pianist, and director and producer of live shows. Kondos Field was named head coach of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team in 1991. In 1997, the team won their first national NCAA championship title, she was the fourth coach in NCAA Gymnastics history to win a championship. The team won

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444-613: The BCRF (Breast Cancer Research Foundation) to spread awareness, raise money for research and impact others by sharing her personal journey. She refers to her diagnosis as one of the best things that has ever happened to her and credits faith for getting her through. “Be anxious for nothing and grateful for all things” is the commandment that changed her life. She talks about a mental shift to gratitude during treatment. Kondos Field changed her inner dialogue from, "I have to go to chemotherapy" to "I get to go to chemotherapy.” She opened up about this on

481-590: The Best Viral Moment ESPY and the ESPY for Best Play. The video was shared by the likes of Kamala Harris and Janet Jackson . Ohashi became a media sensation and credited Kondos Field for helping her heal and find joy in the sport again. On January 17, 2019, the two appeared on Good Morning America with Robin Roberts. More than a hundred alumni came to Pauley Pavilion for Kondos Field’s final home meet, celebrating with

518-520: The Bruins gymnastics team, with her final meet on April 20, 2019. In 2004 Kondos Field earned Choreographer of the Year award at the Canadian National Championships for Kate Richardson’s beam and floor routines. Kondos Field worked as a freelance choreographer and director with the entertainment department at SeaWorld, San Diego for 30 years. Riptide and Cirque De La Mer won the IAAPA , which

555-792: The National Championship title again in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2018, for a total of seven wins under Kondos Field's leadership. Additionally, the team won 19 Pac-12 championships, the first in 1993 and the last in 2019. and 16 NCAA Regional titles. In 2010, Kondos Field was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. Over the years Kondos Field has coached Olympic gymnasts: Jamie Dantzscher , Mohini Bhardwaj , Kate Richardson , Tasha Schwikert , Kristen Maloney , Yvonne Tousek , Stella Umeh , Luisa Portocarrero , Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs , Sam Peszek , Jennifer Pinches , Peng Peng Lee , Kyla Ross , and Madison Kocian . Peng Peng Lee

592-458: The U.S. to more than twice what they were selling for in the UK. Amazon published a letter on August 10, 2014 asking authors and readers to email Hachette's CEO Michael Pietsch and ask for lower e-book prices. Pietsch reportedly replied to each message he received. In November 2014, Hachette announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase nonfiction publisher Black Dog & Leventhal. The sale

629-513: The UCLA gymnastics team not knowing if she would be able to do gymnastics and not expecting her to ever compete. Berlin would go on to become a 4-time All American for UCLA gymnastics. In February 2016, UCLA gymnast Sophina DeJesus performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after her Kondos Field choreographed hip-hop inspired floor routine went viral. In 2019, Katelyn Ohashi grabbed the world’s attention with her Perfect 10 floor routine. Ohashi’s viral performance garnered over 137 million views, won

666-653: The Year, and the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century. She is the third most-winning NCAA gymnastics coach, behind Suzanne Yoculan and Greg Marsden. Kondos Field grew up in Sacramento, California. Kondos Field was a professional ballet dancer at Sacramento Ballet , Capital City Ballet, and Washington Ballet. In 1982, at age twenty-two, she retired from dancing to attend the University of California, Los Angeles . In 1983, she became an assistant coach and choreographer for

703-462: The Year. She also helped lead the Bruins to 3 National Championships. This comeback came after Antolin was removed from the team in 2001. Antolin was reinstated in 2002 stating, “I am more responsible for my actions. I used to put things off on other people. Now I know it starts with me.” In August 2018, Kondos Field joined Olympic Gold Medalists and UCLA gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian as they publicly spoke about abuse by Larry Nassar publicly for

740-505: The aftermath of the college admissions bribery scandal , the Los Angeles Times revealed that a member of the Bruins gymnastics team had no previous competitive record. She was admitted to UCLA as a scholar-athlete despite this, raising concerns that she had used personal connections to pave her way. The athlete’s uncle “was a close friend of UCLA’s legendary coach, Valorie Kondos Field. In a book published last year, Kondos Field described

777-739: The company had 167 books on the New York Times bestseller list , 34 of which reached No. 1. The earliest publisher to eventually become part of the Hachette Book Group was Little, Brown and Company , founded in 1837, acquired by Time Inc. in 1968. Kinney National Company (rebranded in 1972 as Warner Communications) had acquired the Paperback Library in 1970 to form Warner Books. In 1982, CBS Publications sold off Popular Library to Warner. In April 1985, Warner Books relaunched Popular Library starting out with five other books plus

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814-519: The first time. Kondos Field coached 20 athletes to 36 NCAA Individual Championships as head and assistant coach. She coached 5 Honda Award Winners and two Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. Kondos Field was voted NCAA Coach of the Year four times by her peers and in 2016 was voted the Coach of the Century by the PAC12 Conference. On September 20, 2018, she announced her retirement as the head coach of

851-413: The market, in violation of antitrust law . In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which Hachette and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing. On June 28, 2013, Hachette announced it would acquire Hyperion Books from Disney Publishing Worldwide . On March 12, 2014, Hyperion

888-503: The reprint of Question of Upbringing continuing each month with the follow volumes from A Dance to the Music of Time series by Anthony Powell . Also, two books would be issued per month from Popular's new imprint, Questar, for science fiction. Also in 1985, Warner acquired audiobook publisher Network for Learning and renamed it Warner Audio. Time Warner was formed in 1989 by the merger of Time and Warner. Publisher Macdonald & Co.

925-412: The student’s uncle as ‘one of my dearest friends.’” UCLA officials claimed that said student-athlete was admitted based on her athletic potential. Kondos Field was portrayed by Jennifer Beals in the 2015 film Full Out about former UCLA Bruin gymnast Ariana Berlin and her comeback after a life-threatening car accident. Impressed by Berlin’s work ethic and respect, Kondos Field let Berlin walk onto

962-662: The team compete in the Big Ten Conference for the first time since the university switched from the Pac-12 conference. The shift moves the team from frequent competition with national-level teams such as California and Utah to a conference whose teams have won just one national championship in four decades. The following gymnasts have committed to UCLA for the 2025–2026 academic year: UCLA has won 40 NCAA individual titles and seven team titles: The Bruins men's gymnastics team won two NCAA national champions in 1984 and 1987, but

999-451: Was a two-time national champion as a member of the Bruins. On August 21, 2020, Beckerman tweeted an “Open letter to Mrs. Valorie Kondos Field.” In the letter, Beckerman reflects on her tenure as a UCLA gymnast and details her experiences with Kondos Field as her coach: “I was lucky that I had a small circle of teammates on the fringe that understood, and said out loud, what we went through was abuse.” Her statement further read: [B]ack when I

1036-574: Was bought in 1992 to become part of the Time Warner Book Group UK, and in 1996 the various branches merged to become Time Warner Trade Publishing, later renamed as AOL Time Warner Book Group. In 2003, Time Warner attempted to sell the Book Group but failed to get high enough bids. In March 2006, Time Warner completed the sale of the Book Group to Lagardère, which placed it under its Hachette Livre book publishing arm. The Warner Books subsidiary

1073-521: Was called off on August 7, 2014. On March 6, 2016, HBG announced that it had entered into a binding agreement to purchase the publishing division of The Perseus Books Group. Perseus's distribution business was sold to Ingram in a separate move. The sale was completed in April 2016, and the publishing business joined HBG as the Perseus Books publishing group. In April 2016, HBG announced an agreement to create

1110-598: Was elected team captain for the Canadian Olympic team in 2012. In her final season at UCLA, Lee helped the team win their seventh NCAA title with a perfect 10 (her second of the day) on the last routine of the meet. Jordyn Wieber joined the team as the team manager and then a volunteer assistant coach for UCLA. In 2004, Former National Team Member and UCLA gymnast Jeanette Antolin was named the Sports Illustrated On Campus National Gymnast of

1147-455: Was eliminated as part of university budget cuts in 1995. Notable alumni of UCLA men's gymnastics include: Hachette Book Group Hachette Book Group ( HBG ) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre , the largest publishing company in France, and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world. Hachette Livre is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Group . HBG

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1184-516: Was finalized in January 2015, and Black Dog & Leventhal became an imprint of the Hachette Books publishing division. In June 2014, the company in conjunction with Ingram Content Group , and Perseus Books Group , announced a three-way deal whereby Hachette would buy Perseus and then sell that company's client services businesses to Ingram. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The deal

1221-400: Was first finding my voice, speaking out about abusive coaching... the code of silencing athletes to protect fellow coaches and USAG was still the rule of the day. From my perspective, the goal of [Kondos Field’s] methods were to shut me up and shut me down… But I’m still here Miss Val, and you can’t erase me. Teaming up again with Mary Lee won’t work anymore either. It only tells me you are still

1258-772: Was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner on March 31, 2006. Its headquarters are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Midtown Manhattan , New York City . Hachette is considered one of the " big five " publishing companies, along with Holtzbrinck / Macmillan , Penguin Random House , HarperCollins , and Simon & Schuster . In one year, HBG publishes approximately 1400+ adult books (including 50–100 digital-only titles), 300 books for young readers, and 450 audiobook titles (including both physical and downloadable-only titles). In 2017,

1295-462: Was moved under the Perseus Books division while taking the Da Capo Press staff and imprints. A total of 25 employees were leaving in the move, including Mauro DiPreta (Hachette Books' vice president and publisher) and John Radziewicz (Da Capo Press's vice president and publisher). Basic Books will also take on Seal Press , which it will continue as an imprint. On June 1, 2020, Hachette was one of

1332-592: Was renamed Grand Central Publishing, which launched a more literary imprint, Twelve, under former Random House editor-in-chief Jonathan Karp . On February 5, 2010, Hachette announced that it would adopt an agency pricing model for its e-books. On April 11, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed United States v. Apple Inc. , naming Apple , Hachette, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books , and weaken Amazon.com 's position in

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