Individual Event Titles 

Career Highs

2017-Present
Floor Exercise: 14.000 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)
Still Rings: 10.650 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)
Vault: 12.500 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/14/17)
High Bar: 14.350 (at Oklahoma, 3/9/19)

2013-2016
Vault: 13.750 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/17/16)
High Bar: 14.600 (at NCAA Team Qualifier, 4/14/16)

Career Highlights

• 2018 CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete
• 2x Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019)
• Big Ten event finalist on high bar (2018)
• Team's Spirit Award winner (2018)

Senior - 2018

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in 11 meets for the Illini, performing primarily on high bar
• Put together a career-best high bar set of 14.350 at Oklahoma on March 9
• Secured a 13.800 on high bar at the NCAA Qualifier

Junior - 2018

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten event finalist on high bar
• Posted a season-best 13.600 on floor at Minnesota (2/10/18)
• Scored a season-best high bar total of 13.950 at the Stanford Invite (3/3/2018)

Sophomore - 2017

• Co-captain
• Winner of the team's Spirit Award
• Saw action in twelve meets on the season for the Illini
• Posted a season-best 14.250 on floor at Oklahoma
• Recorded season-best score on floor at Puerto Rico
• In the lineup for the Big Ten Championships, NCAA Qualifier and NCAA Finals
• Registered a season-best rings score of 10.650 at the Puerto Rico Challenge,and a season-best vault score of 12.500 at the Windy City Invitational

Freshman - 2016

• Saw action in six meets on the season for the Illini
• Posted a career-best high bar score at the NCAA Team Qualifier (14.600)
• Had a pair of top-five finishes on the high bar on the season
• Finished fifth on the high bar at the NCAA Team Qualifier
• Registered a career-high vault mark of 13.750 at the Windy City Invitational

High School/Club

• Graduate of St. Pius X High School
• Also studied at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
• Coached by Mike Heredia
• Competed for Emerald City Gymnastics
• Qualified for 2013 Junior Olympics high bar and floor finals
• Finished second on floor at the 2014 Junior Olympic Nationals

Personal

• Born Ross Steven Thompson on August 23, 1995
• Son of Steven and Deborah Thompson
• Has three older siblings, Jessica, Andrew and Martin
• Lists Justin Spring as his Illinois hero growing up
• Studying Recreation, Sport and Tourism