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2022 Men's Gymnastics Roster

0 Clay Mason Stephens

  • Position AA
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Adelaide, Australia
  • High School Immanuel College
  • Instagram clayystephens

Biography

Individual Event Titles 

Event Titles
Floor 2
Pommel Horse --
Still Rings --
Vault 2
Parallel Bars --
High Bar --
All-Around --
Total  4

Career Highlights

  • 2x Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
  • 2x B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22 & Jan. 29, 2019)

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 14.800 (at Oklahoma, 3/9/19)
Pommel Horse: 12.250 (vs. UIC, 1/12/19)
Still Rings: 13.150 (vs. Iowa, 1/26/19)
Vault: 14.600 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
Parallel Bars: 14.100 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
High Bar: 13.650 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/15/22)
All-Around: 79.650 (at Windy City Invite, 1/19/19)

Senior - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Saw action in eleven meets, primarily on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bars
  • Set career-high for high bars (13.650) at the Windy City Invitational

Junior - 2021

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Saw action in two meets, primarily on rings, parallel bars and high bar
  • Set new career-high on high bar (12.900)

Sophomore - 2020

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Did not compete

Freshman - 2019

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Back-to-back B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22 & Jan. 29, 2019)
  • Secured four event titles on the season, including two on floor exercise and two on vault
  • Vault run of 14.600 vs. Stanford/Minnesota marked a season high
  • Performed a season-high 14.800 floor routine at Oklahoma on March 9
  • Season-best all-around total of 79.650 at the Windy City Invitational
  • Competed in the first seven meets for the Illini before an injury held him out the remainder of the year

High School/Club

  • Competed alongside Tyson Bull as a member of the Australian national team at the 2017 Gymnastics World Championships 
  • Earned a 14th place finish on vault at the 2017 World Championships
  • Finished 63rd on parallel bars at the 2017 World Championships 
  • Fourth on bars and fifth on vault at the 2017 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia
  • Spent time as a volunteer gymnastics coach 
  • Chauffeured for the vision impaired 

Personal

  • Father is Deane Stephens
  • Mother is Louise Mason
  • Has two brothers, Jackson and Pierce
  • Born May 19, 1997
  • Chose Illinois because, "it has an exciting and enthusiastic gymnastics program with a great bunch of selfless athletes. Everyone in the program at Illinois has the goal of improving their gymnastics and supporting their teammates to do the same. Being in a healthy environment like that will help me to develop my gymnastics to the highest possible level and hopefully help the team achieve great things."

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    AA
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    2019Freshman

    AA
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    2020Sophomore

    AA
    0
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    2021Junior

    AA
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    2022Senior

    AA
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