Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 3x NCAA Pommel Horse All-American (2018, 2019, 2020)
• 2x CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete ('17, '18)
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
• CGA Specialist of the Week (March 10, 2020)
• 2019-20 Big Ten Male Medal of Honor recipient
• Recipient of a 2020 Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship
• 2019-20 Nissen Emery Finalist
• 12 career event titles

Career Highs

Pommel Horse: 15.100 (at B1G Team Finals, 4/5/19)

Senior - 2020

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Collected three individual titles on the season, all on pommel horse
• Totaled a season-high 14.950 on pommel horse against Michigan & Penn State
• 2019-20 NCAA Regular Season Pommel Horse All-American
• Named CGA Specialist of the Week (March 10, 2020)
• Was a finalist for the 2019-20 Nissen Emery Award
• Received the 2019-20 Big Ten Male Medal of Honor

Junior - 2019

• NCAA Pommel Horse All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Second-Team All-Big Ten
• Won nine event titles on the season, good to tie for sixth all time in a single season in Illini history
• Big Ten bronze medalist on pommel horse
• Registered a career-best 15.100 pommel horse routine at the Big Ten Team Finals
• Secured 10 pommel horse routines that scores 14.5-plus

Sophomore - 2018

• NCAA Pommel Horse All-American
• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Posted three pommel horse scores of 14+, including a season-best 14.000 against UIC & Air Force (3/9/18)
• Competed on pommel horse in nine meets on the season for the Illini 

Freshman - 2017

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Competed for the Illini on pommel horse in 11 meets
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on March 13
• Set career high on pommel horse at Oklahoma (14.600)
• Saw action at Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships on pommel horse

High School/Club

• Graduate of Bartlett High School
• Also studied at the Academy of Science, Engineering and High Technology
• Seven-time Junior Olympics National qualifier
• Two-time Junior Olympics National Champion on pommel horse (2014, 2016)
• Claimed the pommel horse title at the 2015 Windy City Invite, 2014 Houston National Invitational and 2014 Region 5 Championships

Personal

• Son of Michael and Diane Paradise
• Participating in gymnastics since the age of two
• Favorite professional sports team is the Chicago Cubs
• Favorite gymnast is Daniel Ribeiro 
• Favorite non-gymnast athlete is Kris Bryant
• Hobbies include driving and building things
• Majoring in Aerospace Engineering