2024 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Biography
2023 NCAA All-Around All-American |
University of Illinois Graduate |
3x First Team All-Big Ten (2019, 2021, 2023) |
2023 All-Around All-American |
2021 Vault Big Ten Champion |
2019 Big Ten Freshman of the Year |
Individual Event Titles
Event |
Titles |
Floor |
1 |
Pommel Horse |
1 |
Still Rings |
1 |
Vault |
2 |
Parallel Bars |
2 |
High Bar |
1 |
All-Around |
4 |
Total |
12 |
Career Highlights
- 2023 NCAA Postseason All-American in all-around
- 2023 CGA Regular Season All-American in all-around
- 2021 Big Ten Vault Champion
- 3x First Team All-Big Ten (2019, 2021, 2023)
- 2019 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- 2019 Illinois Athletics Male Freshman of the Year Finalist
- 2023 Team MVP
- 2023 CGA MVP Finalist
- Bronze all-around medalist at the 2019 Big Ten Championships
- 5x Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Lettered four years
- 3x All-Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Event Management Captain for the 2024 season
- Is the 11th Illini gymnast of all-time to collect a a title in every event plus all-around
Career Highs
Floor Exercise: 14.300 (2x, last at Penn State, 3/23/24)
Pommel Horse: 13.850 (vs. Ohio State, 2/5/22)
Still Rings: 14.000 (at Minnesota, 3/22/21)
Vault: 14.800 (at NCAA Championships- Day 1, 4/16/21)
Parallel Bars: 14.400 (at NCAA Championships - Day 1, 4/15/22)
High Bar: 14.150 (at Oklahoma, 3/9/19)
All-Around: 82.700 (at B1G Team Finals, 4/5/19)
Graduate Student - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Competed in 13 meets, primarily in floor and parallel bars
- Earned two event titles
- Became the 11th Illini gymnast to collect a title in every event plus all-around after winning the floor title (14.300) at Greenville on Jan. 20
- Tied his career high on floor (14.300) at Penn State on March 23
Graduate Student - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Saw action in every meet, primarily in the all-around
- Voted MVP by team
- CGA MVP Finalist
- Earned two event titles in all-around
- Set five season-highs in five events
- Earned postseason and regular season All-America honors in all-around
Senior - 2022
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Saw action in 12 meets, competing all-around
- Set career-highs in pommel horse (2/5/22 at Ohio State) and parallel bars (4/15/22 at the NCAA Qualifiers)
- Earned event title in parallel bars
Junior - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- 2021 Big Ten Vault Champion
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Saw action in all nine meets on the season, competing all-around
- Earned six event titles, one pommel horse, one rings, two vault, one parallel bars, and one all-around
- Set career-highs on floor (14.033), pommel horse (13.700), still rings (14.000) and vault (14.800)
Sophomore - 2020
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Did not compete
Freshman - 2019
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Illinois Athletics Male Freshman of the Year Finalist
- Earned a bronze all-around medal at the Big Ten Team Finals with a 82.700 total, the second-best all-around performance in school history
- Won the high bar and all-around titles in Illinois' season-opener against UIC
- Big Ten Event Finals qualifier on both vault and parallel bars
- Turned in a career-best 14.650 vault run at the Big Ten Team Finals
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (1/15/19)
- 2019 Winter Cup participant
- A main contributor for the Illini in all 12 meets on the year
High School/Club
- Junior Elite gymnast
- 2015 Junior National Team member
- Coached by Calbert Booker
- Earned first-place and fourth-place finishes on parallel bars at 2015 Junior Olympic Nationals
- 11th place on all-around and second place on pommel horse at 2016 P&G National Championships
- Earned honor roll recognition throughout high school
Personal
- Born October 27, 1999
- Son of Bob and Karen Fletcher
- Has one brother, Sam
- Pursing his masters in sports management
- Plans to go to into sports social media content creation
- Chose Illinois, "To receive a top-tier education, participate in high-level athletics, and be a part of a family"
- Committed on October 8, 2017. "I walked off the plane from my final recruiting trip and I just knew."
Historical Player Information
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2023Graduate Student
All-Around
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2024Graduate Student
All-Around