USA Gymnastics Senior National Development Team Member (2025)

High Bar National Champion (2024)

2x NCAA All-American (2024)

2024 All-Around All-American

First Team All-Big Ten (2024)

Individual Titles

Career Highs

Career Highlights 

• 2024 High Bar National Champion
• 2024 All-Around All-American

Junior - 2025

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Did not compete due to injury

Sophomore - 2024

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in all 14 meets
• Earned seven event titles
• Secured his first parallel bars title (13.650) of his career at Greenville on Jan. 20
• Broke his career high on floor (14.400) and parallel bars (14.100) versus Ohio State on March 16 
• Secured a career high on pommel horse (13.666) and all-around (81.999) at NCAA Qualifiers on April 19 
• Earned a career high on vault (14.100) at NCAA Super Six on April 20
• Scored career highs in parallel bars (13.750) and high bar (14.300) versus Michigan on Feb. 3 
• Named B1G Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 5 

Freshman - 2023

• Saw action in seven meets competing on high bar
• Made Illini debut at Windy City Invitational on vault, parallel bars, high bar, floor and pommel horse
• Set two new career highs on parallel bars (13.250) and high bar (13.700)
• Illinois Spirit Award finalist
• Was named team captain for the 2024 season

High School/Club

• 2022 Junior Elite Nationals 
• Ninth place on all around, fourth on high bar and sixth on floor at the Junior Elite Nationals

Personal  

• Born May 22, 2004
• Pursuing a M.S. in business analytics 
• Parents are Chris and Stephanie Costa
• One brother, Owen, and one sister, Ruby
• Chose Illinois because of "the strong team culture carried by the team here because of their great academics, specifically the engineering school.”