Career Highlights

• 2015 Big Ten vault champion
• 2015 First-Team All-Big Ten
• 2013 NCAA vault champion
• First Illini freshman NCAA vault champion in school history
• 2013 Big Ten vault champion
• School record-holder on the vault (15.550)
• 2013 All-American
• 2013 All-Big Ten
• Has won vault in 13 meets
• 2013 Illini co-MVP and Most Outstanding Gymnast honoree
• 2013 Illinois all-sport male Newcomer of the Year
• 15 career titles won

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 15.200 (at California, 3/16/13)
Vault: 15.550* (at Big Ten Team Finals, 4/5/13)

*Denotes school record

Senior - 2016

• Missed first three meets while still recovering from a season-ending injury suffered during 2015 NCAA warmups
• Turned in a 14.800 for third place at Penn State in first meet back on vault
• Registered five top-five finishes on the season
• Top floor exercise score (14.900) of the season came at Minnesota
• Best mark on vault came during the NCAA Team Qualifer (14.950)

Junior - 2015

• Made season debut on February 7, after recovering from a knee injury
• Earned four vault titles on the season; sits fifth on all-time vault titles list at 13
• First-team All-Big Ten after winning vault title
• Turned in all three of the top marks by an Illinois gymnast on vault for the season
• Top vault of 15.500 on the season ranks as the second-best mark in Illinois history
• Second-best vault of 15.450 on the season ranks as the fourth-best score in Illinois history

Sophomore - 2014

• Named to the Big Ten's 14-man Preseason Gymnasts to Watch list
• Won one floor exercise title during the regular season against UIC
• Won one vault title during the regular season against Iowa

Freshman - 2013

• NCAA vault champion, becoming the first Illini true freshman to win a national vault title
• Big Ten vault champion
• All-American on vault
• Set a school record vault score (15.550) at the Big Ten Team Finals
• Also set the third-best vault score in school history (15.425) at the NCAA Championships
• Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 18 and March 11)
• Won seven vault titles on the year
• Won the floor exercise against Minnesota
• Earned the team's co-MVP honor, along with Alex Varga
• Earned the team's Most Outstanding Gymnast award
• Competed in 14 meets on the year, competing on vault in all 14 and on floor exercise in 12 meets
• Set a career-best floor exercise score at California, posting a 15.200
• Posted 11 top-five vault finishes and five top-five floor finishes
• Named the Illini all-sport male Newcomer of the Year

High School/Club

• Graduate of Arabia Mountain High School
• Coached by Paul Littlejohn
• 2012 vault and floor state champion
• Walk-on to the University of Illinois men's gymnastics team

Personal

• Born Frederick Deshon Hartville on July 12, 1994
• Son of Frederick Hartville and Laura Box
• Hobbies include watching funny videos, listening to music and hanging with friends
• Biggest thrill in sports is learning a new pass on floor or a new vault
• Favorite athlete is Jackie Robinson because he persevered and became one of the greatest baseball players in history
• 2012 Academic All-American and four-time A-B honor roll student
• Lists the person who most influenced his athletic career as his grandmother