Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Big Ten Honors (2022)
• Big Ten floor finalists (2022)
• Big Ten Spirit Award recipient (2022)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree (2022)
• Lettered three times (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 2x Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)

Career Highs

Floor: 14.050 (at NCAA Championships 04/16/22)
Vault: 14.600 (vs. Ohio State, 2/5/22)
Parallel Bars: 12.950 (vs NIU, 1/15/21)
High Bar: 13.550 (at Penn State, 1/29/22)

Senior - 2023

• Academic All-Big Ten 
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Saw action in two meets, primarily on floor

Junior - 2022

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in 11 meets, competing on floor and vault
• Established career-highs on floor (13.950), vault (14.600), high bar (13.550) and all around (78.250)

Sophomore - 2021

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Won first career event title on high bar vs. Ohio State (2/5/21)
• Saw action in three meets on the season, competing on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar
• Established career-highs on floor (13.050), vault (14.150), parallel bars (12.950) and high bar (12.700)

Freshman - 2020

• Saw action in one meet on the season, competing on vault
• Turned a career-high 13.400 on vault

High School/Club

• Junior Elite Gymnast 
• 2018 Regional and State All-Around Champion
• National Honor Society
• Finished in second place on vault at nationals in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• 2019 New Jersey all-around state champion
• 2019 elite team member
• Four time national qualifier 
• Academic All-American

Personal 

• Born April 14, 2001
• Parents are Daniel and Wendy Kolak
• One brother, Andre and two sisters, Sophia and Julia
• Mother, Wendy, was on the swimming and diving team and University of North Carolina
• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in integrative biology
• Chose Illinois because "of the team culture and how close I noticed the team was. This culture really made me feel the most at home and comfortable compared to the other schools that I visited."