Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 2x CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete ('17, '18)
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 13.950 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)
Still Rings: 13.450 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
Vault: 14.850 (at Penn State, 1/27/18)
Parallel Bars: 13.150 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)

Senior - 2020

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in one meet on the season, competing on floor, scoring an 11.400

Junior - 2019

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Earned a vault title with a 14.500 against Ohio State on March 24, 2019
• Secured a career-best rings routine of 13.450 against Stanford/Minnesota 
• Performed a 14.566 vault at the NCAA Finals
• Saw action in all 11 meets for the Illini on the season

Sophomore - 2018

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree
• Posted a career-best vault run of 14.850 at Penn State (1/27/18) to win his second career event title
• Big Ten event finalist on vault
• Saw action in eight meets on the season

Freshman - 2017

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Earned first career event title with vault run of 14.750 against Ohio State
• Made collegiate debut against Penn State, earning a 14.000 on vault
• Saw action in 10 meets for the Illini on vault, while also competing on floor, rings and parallel bars during the season
• Big Ten event finalist on vault
• In the Big Ten and NCAA Championships lineup for the Illini on vault
• Tied highest Illini score of the season on vault (with Bobby Baker) with a 14.800 at the Puerto Rico Challenge

High School/Club

• Graduate of Emmaus High School
• Two-time Junior Olympics Still Rings National Champion (2014, 2016)
• Two-time Region Elite Team Cup participant
• Two-time P&G USA Championship qualifier
• Seven-time Junior Olympics Nationals qualifier

Personal

• Son of Gregory and Kathryn Light
• Favorite professional sports team is the Philadelphia 76ers
• Favorite gymnast is Eleftherios Petrounias
• Favorite non-gymnast athlete is Damian Lillard
• Favorite activity outside of gymnastics is playing other sports
• Hobbies include playing Guitar Hero
• Studying Kinesiology