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2026 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

33 Ryan Vanichtheeranont

  • Position All-Around
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Major Biochemistry
  • Hometown Plainfield, Ill.
  • High School Plainfield North High School
  • Instagram ryan.van

Biography

USA Button 2024 High Bar All-American
 Letterwinner (2023, 24, 25)

Individual Titles 

Event Titles
High Bar 6
Total 6

Career Highs

Event Score
Still Rings 13.200 | at Big Ten Championships (Team) | April 5, 2024
Parallel Bars 13.300 | at EVO Collegiate Open | Feb. 9, 2024
High Bar 14.250 | at EVO Collegiate Open | Feb. 9, 2024

Junior - 2025

  • Competed in nine meets, including both days of the Big Ten Championships, primarily on still rings and high bar
  • Set a new season high and took home the event title on high bar (13.900) vs. Army and Greenville on March 1
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Sophomore - 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed in 12 meets on high bar
  • Earned five event titles on high bar 
  • Scored a career high on hig bar (14.250) at EVO Collegiate Open on Feb. 9

Freshman - 2023

  • Made Illini debut on still rings on Jan. 28 against Oklahoma/Air Force
  • Saw action in seven meets competing in still rings and high bar
  • Set a career high on high bar (13.400) on March 31 at Big Ten Championship - Event Finals 

High School/Club

  • Four-time Nationals All American
  • 16th ranked recruit
  • Tied for fourth on high bar and sixth on pommel horse at the 2022 Men's Development Program National Championships
  • Second on parallel bars and fifth on high bar at the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
  • Third on pommel horse and parallel bars and 10th in all-around at the 2021 Men's Development Program National Championships
  • Seventh on high bar at the 2021 Winter Cup
  • Fourth place team finish at the 2021 Elite Team Cup
  • Sixth on pommel horse and vault, seventh on parallel bars, eighth on high bar and 10th in all-around at the 2019 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships
  • Second on vault, third on parallel bars, fourth on high bar and sixth in all-around at the 2018 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships
  • Fourth on parallel bars and fifth on pommel horse at the 2016 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships

Personal

  • Born Dec. 22, 2003
  • Majoring in biochemistry 
  • Parents are Alan and Carmen Vanichtheeranont
  • One sister, Emily and one brother, Raymond
  • Chose Illinois because “Illinois is close to home and had everything I was looking for in a college.”

Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2023Freshman

    All-Around
    33
  • 33

    2024Sophomore

    All-Around
    33
  • 33

    2025Junior

    All-Around
    5'8"
    33
  • 33

    2026Senior

    All-Around
    5'8"
    33