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University of Illinois Athletics

2018 Men's Gymnastics Roster

42 Brandon Ngai

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position PH
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.
  • High School Heritage Peak Charter School

Biography

Individual Event Titles 

Event Titles
Floor --
Pommel Horse 24
Still Rings --
Vault --
Parallel Bars --
High Bar --
All-Around --
Total  24

Career Highlights

  • NCAA Pommel Horse Champion (2016)
  • 3x NCAA Pommel Horse All-American (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion (2017)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2017)
  • 2x Second Team All-Big Ten (2016, 2018)
  • Big Ten Pommel Horse Runner up (2016)
  • 2018 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete 
  • 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • 24 career pommel horse titles, third all time in school history

Career Highs

2017-Present
Pommel Horse:
15.300 (vs. Michigan, 2/24/18)

2013-2016
Pommel Horse:
15.600 (2x, last vs. Oklahoma, 3/19/16)

Senior - 2018

  • Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
  • NCAA Pommel Horse All-American 
  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Won 10 pommel horse titles on the season, tied for second-most all time in a single season
  • Posted four 15+ pommel horse scores on the season, including a career-best (under the current scoring system) 15.300 against Michigan (2/24/18)
  • Finished third on pommel horse at the Winter Cup Challenge with a two-day total of 29.050
  • Competed on pommel horse in 15 meets for the Illini on the season

Junior - 2017

  • NCAA Pommel Horse All-American
  • Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion
  • First Team All-Big Ten
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Won seven pommel horse titles
  • Saw action in 15 meets for the Illini on pommel horse
  • Two-day pommel horse score ranked second at 2017 Winter Cup Challenge
  • Placed fourth at NCAA Championships on pommel horse
  • Season-best 15.150 on pommel horse at NCAA Qualifiers

Sophomore - 2016

  • NCAA Pommel Horse Champion
  • NCAA Pommel Horse All-American 
  • Big Ten runner up on pommel horse
  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Won nine pommel horse titles, tied the fifth-most on the event in a single season in program history
  • Youngest known NCAA champion across any sport (17 years, nine months, 27 days old)
  • Became just the third gymnast in Illini history to score a 15.600 or better on the pommel horse
  • Never finished below third place on pommel horse
  • Turned in 12-of-13 pommel horse scores above 15.0
  • Posted a career-best score of 15.600 on two occasions

Freshman - 2015

  • Saw action for Illinois on pommel horse in all but one regular-season meet
  • Turned in a career-high score of 14.550 at Oklahoma

High School/Club

  • U.S. Junior Olympic individual national champion on pommel horse in 2012 and 2013

Personal

  • Youngest ever member of the Illinois men's varsity gymnastics team
  • Youngest known athlete to compete at the University of Illinois with his first collegiate competition coming at the age of 16 years, six months and 20 days
  • Can solve a Rubik's cube in under 20 seconds
  • Born June 20, 1998
  • Studies Aerospace Engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2015Freshman

    PH
    42
  • 42

    2016Sophomore

    PH
    42
  • 42

    2017Junior

    PH
    42
  • 42

    2018Senior

    PH
    42