Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 2x Still Rings National Champion (2018, 2019)
• 6x NCAA All-American (2019: floor, rings | 2018: floor, rings | 2017: rings | 2016: high bar)
• Only 4x Big Ten Still Rings Champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) in program history
• Holds school record with 31 career still rings titles
• 3x First Team All-Big Ten (2016, 2017, 2018)
• 2018 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete 
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree (2016)
• Won 44 career event titles
• 2x Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 30, 2017, March 5, 2019)
• 2x Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• 2017 Team MVP

Career Highs

2017-19
Floor Exercise: 15.000 (at Puerto Rico Invitational, 3/4/17)
Pommel Horse: 11.600 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/13/18)
Still Rings: 15.200 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
Vault: 14.600 (2x, last at NCAA Qualifier, 4/19/19)
Parallel Bars: 13.100 (vs. Oklahoma, 3/17/18)
High Bar: 14.200 (vs. Minnesota, 1/28/17)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 15.450 (vs. Michigan, 3/12/16)
Pommel Horse: 13.200 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)
Still Rings: 15.600 (vs. Oklahoma, 3/19/16)
Vault: 15.000 (at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/16)
Parallel Bars: 14.300 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)
High Bar: 15.150 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)
All-Around: 88.400 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)

Senior - 2019

• Dike Eddleman Illinois Male Athlete of the Year Finalist
• Still Rings National Champion
• Big Ten Still Rings Champion
• NCAA All-American on floor and still rings
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Broke the program's all-time rings title record with his 24th career event title against Nebraska 
• 11 still rings titles on the season, the most in school history
• Turned in 13 event titles on the season to bring his combined career-total to 44
• Set the Illini program record with a 15.200 rings routine against Stanford/Minnesota
• Turned in 14.5-plus scores on rings in all 14 routines on the year
• Secured the top two totals on floor exercise for the Illini on the season 
• Placed second on rings at the annual Winter Cup Challenge with a two-day total of 29.150

Junior - 2018

• Still Rings National Champion
• Big Ten Still Rings Champion
• NCAA All-American on floor and still rings
• First Team All-Big Ten
• CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• 10 still rings titles on the season, the most in school history
• Won the still rings title on the second day of the Winter Cup Challenge and placed second on the event with a two-day total of 28.550
• Saw action in 15 meets on the season
• Posted six of the top seven rings scores on the season for the Illini

Sophomore - 2017

• NCAA All-American on still rings
• Big Ten Still Rings Champion
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Runner-up on floor at Big Ten Event Finals
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in 15 meets
• Participated in the 2017 Winter Cup Challenge, posted a two-day score of 28.150 on floor and tied for sixth in the event
• Posted the team's highest scores on floor (15.000, Puerto Rico Challenge) and rings (15.000, at Oklahoma)
• Team MVP

Freshman - 2016

• Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Illinois Male Newcomer of the Year winner
• NCAA High Bar All-American
• Big Ten Still Rings Champion
• Won all-around and floor exercise titles in collegiate debut meet against UIC
• Owned the top three Illinois scores on the still rings across the season
• Posted scores that ranked in the top three Illini scores on the season in the all-around, floor exercise, still rings and high bar
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
• 35 top-five finishes across all events on the season

High School/Club

• Graduated from Glenbard West High School
• Junior National Team member from 2011-12 and 2014-15
• Took first on still rings, second on floor and sixth in the all-around at the 2014 Junior Olympic Nationals
• Finished second on floor, third on still rings and seventh in the all-around at the 2012 Junior Olympic Nationals
• Coached by Paul Hamm and Georgi Videnov

Personal

• Born Alexander Michael Diab on April 25, 1997
• Son of Mark and Jennifer Diab
• Mark was an Iowa State gymnast from 1981-1986 and was the Male Athlete of the Year winner in 1986
• Has four younger siblings, Max, Maddie, Anna and Louie
• Hobbies include golfing and fishing
• Lists his biggest thrill in sports as “learning new skills and succeeding in competition
• Names his dad as the person who has most influenced his athletic career
• Illinois hero growing up was Justin Spring
• Majoring in Kinesiology