Garrett Schooley - 2026 - Men's Gymnastics - University of Illinois Athletics

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NCAA Vault All-American (2025)

Regular Season Vault All-American (2025)

Letterwinner (2024, 25)

Event	Score
Floor Exercise	14.300 \| at No. 6 Ohio State \| March 25, 2025
Pommel Horse	13.600 \| at NCAA Qualifiers \| April 19, 2024
Still Rings	13.800 \| at EVO Collegiate Open \| Feb. 9, 2024
Vault	14.750 \| 2x, last vs. Michigan \| Feb. 3, 2024
Parallel Bars	13.666 \| at Windy City Invitational \| Jan. 13, 2024
High Bar	13.500 \| at Nebraska \| March 10, 2024
All-Around	80.100 \| at Nebraska \| March 10, 2024

Competed in 10 meets, including both days of the Big Ten Championships, primarily on floor and vault
Regular season vault All-American
Achieved a new season high on vault (14.700) at the Big Ten Championships
Earned a share of the vault title at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 18)
Won the vault title vs. No. 4 Nebraska on Jan. 31
Set a new season high on floor (13.600) vs No. 6 Penn State on March 8
Won the vault title vs. No. 6 Penn State on March 8
Won the vault title at No. 6 Ohio State on March 25
Earned a career high on floor at No. 6 Ohio State on March 25
Won the vault title at NCAA Championships Qualifiers on April 18
Placed third at NCAA Championships Finals on April 19 to earn NCAA All-American status
Academic All-Big Ten
CSC Academic All-District

Made his Illini debut at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 13
Competed in eight meets, primarily on vault and still rings
Won two event titles
Broke his career high on vault (14.750) at Greenville on Jan. 20
Secured a career high on still rings (13.800) at the EVO Collegiate Open on Feb. 9
Broke his career high on high bar (13.500) at Nebraska on March 10
Set a career high on pommel horse (13.600) at NCAA Qualifiers on April 19
Earned a career high on parallel bars (13.666) at NCAA Super Six on April 20
Broke his career high in all-around (80.100) at Nebraska on March 10

Qualified for the Elite Team Cup all four years of high school – placing in second in the all-around, and first on floor and pommel horse in 2022
Qualified for the national championships and has made nationals eight times in his career, placing sixth in 2022, 12th in 2021 and fourth in 2019, each in all-around

Born Dec. 9, 2004
Majoring in Kinesiology
Parents are Mike and Melissa Schooley
Has three siblings, Shae, Brie and Kiki
Chose Illinois because "the strength of their athletic and academic program as well as the team atmosphere in the gym."