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2024 Men's Gymnastics Roster

31 Ethan Boder

  • Position All-Around
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Knoxville, Tenn.
  • High School Knoxville Catholic High School
  • Instagram ethan_boder

Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

Career Highs

Vault: 13.700 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/14/23)
Still Rings: 13.950 (B1G Championships (Team), 4/5/24)

Senior - 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Competed in nine meets on still rings
  • Notched a new career high on still rings (13.950) at the Big Ten Championships on April 5

Junior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Competed in eight meets, primarily on still rings
  • Made Illini debut at Windy City Invitational on vault and still rings
  • Set a career-high on still rings (13.750) on March 18 against Michigan

Sophomore - 2022

  • Did not compete

Freshman - 2021

  • Did not compete

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

  • Took fifth on still rings, seventh on vault and parallel bars, and eighth on floor at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
  • Placed second on vault and third on parallel bars at the 2019 Junior Olympic National Championships
  • Was a 2018 National Qualifier
  • Member of Gymtek Academy

PERSONAL

  • Born March 31, 2002
  • Parents are Eric and Marti Boder
  • Has two sisters, Josie and Rose
  • Parents attended graduate school at the University of Illinois
  • Pursing his bachelor's in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering
  • Chose Illinois because, "The team made me feel like a part of a family after just a day of visit."

Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Freshman

    31
  • 31

    2022Sophomore

    AA
    31
  • 31

    2023Junior

    All-Around
    31
  • 31

    2024Senior

    All-Around
    31