Career Highlights

• Won the Gold Medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
• 3x CGA All-American Scholar-Athlete (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Junior Olympic National Champion (Rings, 2011)
• Academic All-Big Ten selection (2013, 14)

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 13.800 (at Iowa, 2/7/14)
Rings: 15.900 (vs. Penn State, 3/2/13)
Vault: 12.950 (at Penn State, 2/15/14)
High Bar: 10.850 (at UIC, 1/26/14)

Junior - 2014

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• NCAA All-American on still rings
• NCAA Event Finalist on still rings
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Had five top-five finishes on still rings
• Won the still rings title against UIC (15.400)
• Set career high on floor exercise at Iowa (13.800).

Sophomore - 2013

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Earned All-America honors on rings
• Earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition
• Set a school record on the still rings vs. Penn State (15.900)
• Also tied the third-best rings score in school history at 15.800 at Ohio State
• Won the rings title seven times, including the Big Ten Team Finals
• Placed second in the rings in the Big Ten Individual Finals
• Competed in 14 meets, exclusively on the still rings
• Academic All-Big Ten selection.

Freshman - 2012

• Competed on rings in 12 meets, including Big Ten Individual Event Finals
• Posted five top-five finishes
• Placed second on rings in back-to-back meets at Iowa and against Michiga/Oklahoma
• Competed at NCAA Championships, helping the Illini to their 10th national title
• CGA First Team All-America Scholar-Athlete

High School/Club

• 2011 Junior Olympic National Champion on rings
• Four-year letterwinner at Adlai E. Stevenson
• Helped his team to a state championship title in 2010
• Trained at The Gymnastics Spot.

Personal

• Born Michael Loren Wilner on April 2, 1993
• Son of Corey and Susan Wilner
• Majoring in computer engineering
• Hobbies include computer programming, electronics and traveling with friends
• Member of Gold Honor Roll at Stevenson
• National Honor Society inductee
• Lists Dee Brown as his Illini hero while growing up
• Both parents attended the University of Illinois.