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University of Illinois Athletics

2026 Men's Gymnastics Roster

43 Connor Micklos

  • Position All-Around
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-7
  • Major Advertising
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • High School Hickory High School
  • Instagram connor.micklos

Biography

 Letterwinner (2023, 24, 25)

Individual Titles 

Event Titles
Pommel Horse 1
Total  1

Career Highs

Event Score
Pommel Horse 14.200 | at EVO Collegiate Open | Feb. 9, 2024
Still Rings 12.600 | at Windy City Invite | Jan. 14, 2023
Parallel Bars 13.650 | at Big Ten Championships (Team) | April 5, 2024

Senior - 2025 

  • Competed in six meets, primarily on pommel horse and parallel bars
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Sophomore - 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed in six meets, primarily on pommel horse
  • Broke his career high on pommel horse (14.200) at the EVO Collegiate Open on Feb. 9
  • Set a career high on parallel bars (13.650) at Big Ten Championships (Team) on April 5 
  • Won his first event title on pommel horse (13.300) vs. No. 6 Penn State on March 8

Freshman - 2023

  • Saw action in 11 meets competing on pommel horse and parallel bars 
  • Made Illini debut on Jan. 14 at the Windy City Invitational
  • Set a career high on pommel horse (14.000) on Feb. 4 against Penn State
  • Tied a career high on parallel bars (13.400) on March 18 at Michigan
  • Illinois Freshman of the Year Finalist

High School/Club

  • Won Silver medal in the 2019 Junior Olympic National meet
  • Won bronze medal in the 2021 Junior Olympic National meet
  • Placed eighth in all-around and fifth on floor at the 2022 Junior National Championship
  • Four-time Academic All-American

Personal

  • Born Sept. 10, 2003
  • Majoring in advertising 
  • Parents are Glenn and Cynthia Micklos
  • One brother, Mitchell and one sister, Alyssa
  • Chose Illinois because “of the perfect fit for academics and athletics. Illinois felt like home and the team made me feel like family from the beginning.”

Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2023Freshman

    All-Around
    43
  • 43

    2024Sophomore

    All-Around
    43
  • 43

    2025Junior

    All-Around
    5'7"
    43
  • 43

    2026Senior

    All-Around
    5'7"
    43