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University of Illinois Athletics

2021 Men's Gymnastics Roster

45 Max Diab

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position FX, SR, VT
  • Hometown Glen Ellyn, Ill.
  • High School Glenbard West H.S.

Biography

Individual Event Titles 

Event Titles
Floor --
Pommel Horse --
Still Rings 2
Vault 3
Parallel Bars --
High Bar --
All-Around --
Total  5

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 14.300 (at Iowa, 3/1/20)
Still Rings: 14.300 (at B1G Team Finals, 4/5/19)
Vault: 14.800 (vs Nebraska, 2/1/20)
High Bar: 12.900 (vs. Air Force & UIC, 3/9/18)

Senior- 2021

  • Saw action in seven meets, primarily competing in floor and vault.

Junior - 2020

  • Saw action in seven meets on the season, competing on floor, still rings, and vault
  • Earned four individual event titles, collecting two on vault and two on still rings
  • Posted career-highs on vault (14.800) and floor (14.300)

Sophomore - 2019

  • Big Ten Event Finals qualifier on still rings
  • Turned in a career-best 14.300 on rings at the Big Ten Team Finals
  • Posted a season-best vault run of 14.500 at the NCAA Finals
  • Saw action in 12 meets on the season

Freshman - 2018

  • Won first career event title with a vault run of 14.700 at Minnesota (2/10/18)
  • Posted nine vault runs that scored 14-plus on the season
  • Finished with career-highs on floor (13.900) and rings (13.250) in his collegiate debut at Penn State (1/27/18)
  • Saw action in 10 meets on the season

High School/Club

  • Graduate of Glenbard West High School
  • Competed in the last two Junior Olympic National Championships
  • Placed in the top six in floor (third), parallel bars (fourth), vault (fourth) and rings (sixth), finishing in seventh in the all-around in 2016
  • Earned the national title on rings, and finished in the top 10 in vault (sixth) and floor (seventh), earning a 10th-place spot in the all-around in 2015. 

Personal

  • Son of Mark and Jennifer Diab, the brother of current Illini Alex Diab
  • Plans to study business

Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    FX, SR, VT
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    2019Sophomore

    FX, SR, VT
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    2020Junior

    FX, SR, VT
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    2021Senior

    FX, SR, VT
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