2018 Men's Gymnastics Roster
                
                
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    
                        Biography
                    
                                                
                        Individual Event Titles 
	
		
			| Event | 
			Titles | 
		
		
			| Floor | 
			-- | 
		
		
			| Pommel Horse | 
			24 | 
		
		
			| Still Rings | 
			-- | 
		
		
			| Vault | 
			-- | 
		
		
			| Parallel Bars | 
			-- | 
		
		
			| High Bar | 
			-- | 
		
		
			| All-Around | 
			-- | 
		
		
		
		
			| Total  | 
			24 | 
		
	
Career Highlights
	- NCAA Pommel Horse Champion (2016)
 
	- 3x NCAA Pommel Horse All-American (2016, 2017, 2018)
 
	- Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion (2017)
 
	- First Team All-Big Ten (2017)
 
	- 2x Second Team All-Big Ten (2016, 2018)
 
	- Big Ten Pommel Horse Runner up (2016)
 
	- 2018 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete 
 
	- 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2016, 2017, 2018)
 
	- 24 career pommel horse titles, third all time in school history
 
Career Highs
2017-Present
Pommel Horse: 15.300 (vs. Michigan, 2/24/18)
2013-2016
Pommel Horse: 15.600 (2x, last vs. Oklahoma, 3/19/16)
Senior - 2018
	- Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
 
	- NCAA Pommel Horse All-American 
 
	- Second Team All-Big Ten
 
	- CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
 
	- Academic All-Big Ten
 
	- Won 10 pommel horse titles on the season, tied for second-most all time in a single season
 
	- Posted four 15+ pommel horse scores on the season, including a career-best (under the current scoring system) 15.300 against Michigan (2/24/18)
 
	- Finished third on pommel horse at the Winter Cup Challenge with a two-day total of 29.050
 
	- Competed on pommel horse in 15 meets for the Illini on the season
 
Junior - 2017
	- NCAA Pommel Horse All-American
 
	- Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion
 
	- First Team All-Big Ten
 
	- Academic All-Big Ten
 
	- Won seven pommel horse titles
 
	- Saw action in 15 meets for the Illini on pommel horse
 
	- Two-day pommel horse score ranked second at 2017 Winter Cup Challenge
 
	- Placed fourth at NCAA Championships on pommel horse
 
	- Season-best 15.150 on pommel horse at NCAA Qualifiers
 
Sophomore - 2016
	- NCAA Pommel Horse Champion
 
	- NCAA Pommel Horse All-American 
 
	- Big Ten runner up on pommel horse
 
	- Second Team All-Big Ten
 
	- Academic All-Big Ten
 
	- Won nine pommel horse titles, tied the fifth-most on the event in a single season in program history
 
	- Youngest known NCAA champion across any sport (17 years, nine months, 27 days old)
 
	- Became just the third gymnast in Illini history to score a 15.600 or better on the pommel horse
 
	- Never finished below third place on pommel horse
 
	- Turned in 12-of-13 pommel horse scores above 15.0
 
	- Posted a career-best score of 15.600 on two occasions
 
Freshman - 2015
	- Saw action for Illinois on pommel horse in all but one regular-season meet
 
	- Turned in a career-high score of 14.550 at Oklahoma
 
High School/Club
	- U.S. Junior Olympic individual national champion on pommel horse in 2012 and 2013
 
Personal
	- Youngest ever member of the Illinois men's varsity gymnastics team
 
	- Youngest known athlete to compete at the University of Illinois with his first collegiate competition coming at the age of 16 years, six months and 20 days
 
	- Can solve a Rubik's cube in under 20 seconds
 
	- Born June 20, 1998
 
	- Studies Aerospace Engineering
 
                     
                
                
                
                
                    
                        
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