2018 Men's Gymnastics Roster
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
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