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1 2012 MEN S GYMNASTICS University of Illinois TABLE OF CONTENTS 2012 Fighting Illini Roster/Schedule 2 Head Coach Justin Spring 3-4 Assistant Coach Ivan Ivankov 5 Assistant Coach Daniel Ribeiro 5 Volunteer Assistant Coach David Sender 6 Support Staff Season Preview 7-8 FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY Location Urbana-Champaign Enrollment 41,298 Nickname Fighting Illini Colors Orange and Blue Conference Big Ten President Michael J. Hogan Chancellor Phyllis Wise Athletic Director Mike Thomas Home Facility (Capacity) Huff Hall (3,800) COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Justin Spring Alma Mater... Illinois, 06 Overall Record/Season /Third Big Ten Record/Season /Third Assistant Coach/Season... Ivan Ivankov/Fourth Assistant Coach/Season... Daniel Ribeiro/First Volunteer Assistant/Season David Sender/First ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS MEN S GYMNASTICS OFFICE Office Manager Mary Gallagher Gymnastics Office Phone Gymnastics Office Fax RECAP 2011 Overall Record Big Ten Finish First 2011 NCAA Finish Third 2011 High Score Preseason Ranking Fourth 2011 National Champions Returning/Lost 1/ All-Americans Returning/Lost 3/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 15/3 Newcomers Team Captains Kyle Moe, Sr., Anthony Sacramento, Sr., Austin Phillips, Jr. First Year of Men s Gymnastics 1898 Years at NCAA Team Championships/Last 43/2011 NCAA Titles Nine ( 39, 40, 41, 42, 50, 55, 56, 58, 89) Men s Gymnastics Contact Nicole Mechling Address nmechli2@illinois.edu Office Phone Cell Phone Sports Information Director Kent Brown Associate Director Derrick Burson Assistant Directors Mike Koon, Derek Neal, Ben Taylor Graduate Assistants Cody Lahl, Matt Wille Intern Taylor Thomas Creative Design/New Media Victor Cortez, Heidi Rivers Office Manager Jen Funderburk Office Phone/Fax / Web Site Facebook Twitter Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building 1700 South Fourth St., Champaign, IL Senior Paul Ruggeri 9 Senior Tyler Mizoguchi 10 Senior Kyle Moe 11 Senior C.J. Padera 11 Senior Devin Regan 12 Senior Anthony Sacramento 12 Junior Malcom Brown 13 Junior Yoshi Mori 13 Junior Austin Phillips 14 Junior Vince Smurro 14 Sophomore Andrew Margolis 15 Sophomore Chad Mason 15 Sophomore Cameron Rogers 16 Sophomore Cole Smith 16 Sophomore Jordan Valdez 17 Sophomore Alex Varga 17 Freshman C.J. Maestas 18 Freshman Nick Sacramento 18 Freshman Jacob Tilsley 18 Freshman Michael Wilner 19 Freshman Josh Wilson Season Review Big Ten Championships Review NCAA Championships Review 22 All-Time Coaching Records 23 All-Time Results All-Time Series Records 27 All-Time Titles Leaders 28 International // NCAA Honors 29 NCAA Honors 30 NCAA // Big Ten Honors 31 Big Ten // Academic Honors 32 Individual & Team Records All-Time Letterwinners Fighting Illini TV Roster 38 CREDITS: The 2012 Illinois men s gymnastics record book is a publication of the University of Illinois Athletic Public Relations Office. Photos by Mark Jones, Mark Cowan, Cary Frye, Jama Gibson, Tom Schaefges, Harriet Weatherford and Stockton Photos 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 1

2 FIGHTING ILLINI MEN S GYMNASTICS THE 2012 FIGHTING ILLINI Front Row: Michael Wilner, Cameron Rogers, Jordan Valdez, Cole Smith, Vince Smurro, Josh Wilson, Alex Varga, Nick Sacramento, Andrew Margolis, C.J. Maestas Back Row: Tyler Mizoguchi, Devin Regan, Kyle Moe, C.J. Padera, Max Portocarrero, Paul Ruggeri, Yoshi Mori, Malcolm Brown, Chad Mason, Anthony Sacramento, Austin Phillips (not pictured: Jacob Tilsley) ILLINOIS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NAME YR. EVENT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Malcolm Brown Jr. PH, VT Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton College Prep C.J. Maestas Fr. AA Corrles, N.M./Cibola Andrew Margolis So. SR Solon, Ohio/Solon Chad Mason So. PH Lake Balboa, Calif./Homeschooled Tyler Mizoguchi Sr. AA Houston, Texas/Taylor Kyle Moe Sr. SR Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central Yoshi Mori Jr. AA Irvine, Calif./Irvine C.J. Padera Sr. FX, PH, VT, PB, HB Winfield, Ill./Wheaton North Austin Phillips Jr. AA Mahwah, N.J./ St. Joseph Regional Devin Regan Sr. PB, HB Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville Cameron Rogers So. AA Charlotte, N.C./Butler Paul Ruggeri RS Sr. AA Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville Manlius Anthony Sacramento Sr. SR, HB Libertyville, Ill./Carmel Catholic Cole Smith So. PH Santa Rosa, Calif./Cardinal Newman Vince Smurro Jr. FX, VT, PB, HB Manasquan, N.J./William & Mary Jacob Tilsley Fr. PH, FX, VT Londonberry, N.H./Souhegan Jordan Valdez So. AA Louisville, Colo./Cinco Ranch Alex Varga So. FX, VT Glen Ellyn, Ill./Wheaton Academy Michael Wilner So. SR Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson Josh Wilson Fr. AA Allen, Texas/Allen Head Coach: Justin Spring (3rd season) Assistant Coaches: Ivan Ivankov (4th season), Daniel Ribeiro (1st season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: David Sender (1st season) 2012 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME DEC. 4 MIXED PAIRS EXHIBITION* 2 p.m. Jan. Windy City Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) 7 p.m. Jan. Iowa* 5 p.m. JAN. 28 OKLAHOMA/MICHIGAN 5 P.M. Feb. 2-4 U.S. Winter Cup Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.) TBA FEB. 11 UIC 5 P.M. Feb. Penn State^ 6 p.m. MARCH 2 OHIO STATE* 7 P.M. March Nebraska 1 p.m. March Iowa 7 p.m. April 6-7 Big Ten Championships ^ (Iowa City, Iowa) 7 p.m. April NCAA Championships (Norman, Okla.) TBA All times Central and subject to change All home meets in BOLD CAPS and held at Huff Hall ^ Indicates meet will air on Big Ten Network * Co-ed meet with Illinois women s gymnastics team Pronunciation Guide Ivan Ivankov...ee-VAHN ee-vahn-cough C.J. Maestas mai-EH-stuhs Andrew Margolis... mar-go-lis Tyler Mizoguchi... me-zoh-goo-chi Daniel Ribeiro... ruh-bear-oh Paul Ruggeri... ruh-jear-ee 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 2

3 COACHING STAFF JUSTIN SPRING HEAD COACH // THIRD SEASON Justin Spring enters his third season at the helm and sixth season overall with the Illinois men s gymnastics program. Following the season, Spring was named head coach for the Illinois men s gymnastics program after spending one year as an associate head coach. Spring handles all of the gym coaching duties along with assistant coaches Ivan Ivankov, former Illini gymnast Daniel Ribeiro and volunteer assistant David Sender. In , Spring guided the Illini to a 28-5 overall record, their third straight Big Ten title and a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships, marking the team s highest finish during his tenure. Spring s 2011 squad featured four NCAA All-Americans and two NCAA champions. After a successful 2011 campaign, he was named Central Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second straight season. In one season as associate head coach, Spring led Illinois to its second straight Big Ten team title and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Individually, five Illini earned All-America accolades, three took home Big Ten titles and Stannard became just the third Illini to win the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented annually to the nation s top senior male gymnast. Additionally, Spring helped guide Illinois to a 22-5 overall record and the top spot in the rankings on four separate occasions and never dropped out of the top five. For his efforts, Spring was honored as both Central Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year. Spring was promoted to associate head coach following the 2009 season after three years as an assistant under the legendary Yoshi Hayasaki.The promotion meant that Spring had to retire from competitive gymnastics to concentrate on coaching full time. In 2009, Spring was named Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year along with Ivankov after helping Illinois to the Big Ten Championship, a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and three individual NCAA titles. Spring, a former Illini standout, had an amazing year in 2008 that culminated with winning a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Along with his teammates, Spring defied all odds as the U.S. men brought home the bronze medal and surprised everyone, except themselves. Spring was spectacular in the team finals in leading the Americans to the improbable bronze. He scored on vault in the second rotation, a team-leading on parallel bars, a spectacular on horizontal bar, along with on floor exercise in the three-up, three-count format. Spring s road to the Olympics was not an easy one to say the least. Plagued by injuries throughout his career, Spring battled through constant pain in hopes of accomplishing his lifelong dream of bringing home an Olympic medal. Less than a year before his Olympic appearance, Spring tore his ACL at the 2007 Visa Championships. However, he did not let the incident hamper his dreams. After making a speedy recovery, the Burke, Va., native headed to the 2008 Olympic Trials, where he was scheduled to compete on only four events due to a nagging ankle injury. However, he knew he needed to do more in order to make the team. He needed to show the Olympic selection committee that he had the complete package they were looking for. With his dream on the line, Spring rolled the dice and made a last minute decision to add floor exercise to his competition events. Despite not practicing on the event in nearly two months, the gutsy move paid off as he posted a score of , the second highest score of the night. After a second strong day of competition at the Olympic Trials, all Spring could do was wait. The Olympic team would be announced the next day. In the end, the decision to add floor proved to have a huge pay off, as Spring s name was one of the six announced to the team. Spring, one of the most talented gymnasts in Illinois history, finished his collegiate career in He now looks to help lead the Orange and Blue to Big Ten and NCAA 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 3 Championship titles in his new role on the coaching staff. In his first season as an assistant in 2007, Spring was instrumental in helping the Illini return to the NCAA Championships Super Six, as the Illini extended their streak of top-five finishes to five straight years with fifth-place finishes at NCAAs and Big Tens. In 2008, Spring helped lead the Illini to a runner-up finish behind No. 1 Penn State at the Big Ten Championships. At the 2008 NCAA Championships, the Illini continued their success finishing third, their sixth consecutive top-five finish. The Illini brought home nine All-American honors with freshman Paul Ruggeri winning the national title on high bar, Illinois first high bar champion since Spring in Finishing his collegiate career in 2006, Spring strung together one of the best seasons in Illinois gymnastics history. The season culminated with him earning the 2006 Nissen- Emery Award, an honor that goes to the top senior male gymnast in the nation. A double titlist at the 2006 NCAAs, Spring took home the crown on the high bar and defended his title on parallel bars. In addition, he carded five total All-America honors with a secondplace finish in the all-around, third on floor exercise and fourth on vault. Along with his individual honors, Spring helped the Illini to runner-up finishes at the 2006 NCAA and Big Ten Championships. The finish at NCAAs came less than a half-apoint shy of team-champion Oklahoma, and just short of the Orange and Blue s 10th national title. Overall, the Burke, Va., native is a four-time NCAA Champion, winning a pair of titles on high bar in both 2004 and 2006 and back-to-back crowns on parallel bars in 2005 and 2006.

4 COACHING STAFF THE SPRING FILE EDUCATION High School: Lake Braddock (Lake Braddock, Va.) College: University of Illinois ( ) COLLEGIATE CAREER 2006 Nissen-Emery Award winner 2006 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion 2006 NCAA High Bar Co-Champion 2006 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year 2006 Big Ten Parallel Bars Champion 2006 Big Ten All-Around Champion 2005 U.S. National High Bar Champion 2005 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion 2004 NCAA High Bar Champion 2004 Big Ten Floor Exercise Champion 12-time All-American Three-time All-Big Ten Team Member Six-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Three-time Inside Gymnastics NCAA Gymnast of the Week Two-time UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year (2004, 2006) Illinois School Record Holder (FX, VT, PB, HB) Two-Year Team Captain Along with his national recognition, Spring earned 2006 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year accolades after winning the all-around crown at Big Ten Championships. In all, Spring finished his illustrious career with three All-Big Ten first team honors, six Big Ten Gymnast of the Week laurels and three Inside Gymnastics NCAA Gymnast of the Week honors. During his four-year career, Spring garnered three Big Ten Championships with titles on parallel bars and all-around in 2006 and on the floor exercise in Spring is a twotime recipient of the Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year award (2004, 2006), which goes to Illinois top male and female athlete. A face and name that will forever be remembered in Illini record books, Spring left the Fighting Illini a 12-time All-American, the most since Abie Grossfeld earned 13 from , and holds Illinois records on floor exercise, vault, parallel bars and high bar. Spring s success has extended far beyond his honors in collegiate competition, as he won the national title on parallel bars at the 2008 Visa Championships, his third overall honor. In 2005, Spring became the first Illini gymnast to win a National Title at the Visa Championships, winning the gold on high bar. With his two-day combined high bar score of , Spring took home the title on the event. He competed at the 2007 World Cup meet in Moscow, taking home second on high bar at the event. The Illini great was chosen to the 2007 U.S. Pan American Games team, bringing home the United States first gold medal at the games in 16 years when he claimed the crown on parallel bars. He also helped lead the U.S. team to a bronze medal finish at the Games hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spring then followed the performance with a stellar outing at the 2007 Visa U.S. Championships, where he collected his second U.S. title on high bar - first since and was a silver medalist on floor exercise. Spring is a five-time U.S. Senior National Team member after his fifth straight selection in Spring also represented the U.S. at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, on floor exercise, parallel bars and high bar. At the 2005 World Championships, Spring finished 10th to qualify as a reserve on high bar and finished 12th on parallel bars. At the 2005 American Cup, Spring scored a on high bar and brought home the silver medal behind only Olympic champion Paul Hamm. INTERNATIONAL CAREER 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist - Team 2008 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - Parallel Bars Five-time U.S. Senior National Team Member 2007 Pan American Games Team Member - Bronze Medal 2007 Pan American Gold Medalist - Parallel Bars 2007 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - High Bar 2007 Visa U.S. Championships Silver Medalist - Floor Exercise 2007 Moscow World Cup Silver Medalist - High Bar 2005 World Championships U.S. Team Member 2005 Visa U.S. Championships Gold Medalist - High Bar 2005 Winter Cup Champion - High Bar 2005 American Cup Silver Medalist - High Bar 2003 World University Games Team Member COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-present: Head Coach, University of Illinois : Associate Head Coach, University of Illinois 2010 Central Region Coach of the Year 2010 Big Ten Coach of the Year 2010 Central Region Coach of the Year 2010 Big Ten Coach of the Year : Assistant Coach, University of Illinois 2009 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year The Illini gymnast finished fourth on the high bar at the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships and competed for Team USA at the 2003 World University Games in Daegu, South Korea, advancing to the finals on floor. Spring graduated from the University of Illinois in 2006 with a bachelor s degree in speech communication and is currently pursuing his master s in recreation, sport and tourism. Spring and his wife, Tori, reside in Champaign, Ill ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 4

5 COACHING STAFF IVAN IVANKOV ASSISTANT COACH // FOURTH SEASON Ivan Ivankov is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for Illini men s gymnastics. Last season, Ivankov helped Illinois to its third straight Big Ten title and a thirdplace finish at NCAAs, where four Illini earned All-America status and two were crowned champion on individual events. For his efforts, he garnered his third straight Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honor. In 2010, he earned his second Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year accolade for his role in helping the Illini to an 11-1 regular season mark and a second consecutive Big Ten title. Following his stint as a visiting assistant in 2009, he was promoted to assistant coach after helping Illinois to a Big Ten title, fifth-place finish at the NCAAs and three individual NCAA crowns to earn Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors along with Justin Spring. The 1994 and 1997 World All-Around Champion and two-time Olympian, Ivankov spent five years as a men s team coach at the Bart Connor Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Okla. During his time there he was coach to Rohan Sebastian, a Level 10 gymnast representing Ireland at the 2007 Junior European championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. One of the most decorated gymnasts in the world, Ivankov won 10 World Championship medals, including three gold. The Misk, Belarus, native competed at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics. He retired from international competition in 2006 after competing at the World Championships. Ivankov achieved the highest athletic level Master of Sport in his native land. DANIEL RIBEIRO ASSISTANT COACH // FIRST SEASON those years as well. Daniel Ribeiro begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Illini after finishing his own impressive collegiate career at Illinois. As a member of the Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team from , Ribeiro won two NCAA titles on pommel horse (2009, 2011) and was a three-time captain, starting his sophomore year. The Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., native is also a three-time Big Ten pommel horse champion, taking the conference crown in his freshman (2008), junior (2010) and senior (2011) seasons while earning first-team All-Big Ten accolades in each of Ribeiro s success was not limited to the collegiate stage, however, as the former All-American captured pommel horse gold at the 2010 U.S. Visa Championships between his junior and senior seasons. Ribeiro also garnered academic honors during his time at Illinois, earning a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten list in 2010 and 2011 and achieving College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete status in THE IVANKOV FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2009-present: Assistant Coach, University of Illinois 2011 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2010 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year 2009 Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS 2004, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece - Parallel Bars, 4th 2004, European Championships - Team, 3rd 2003, European Championships - Team, 2nd 2002, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - High bar, 2nd 2001, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Team, 1st; All-Around, 2nd; Parallel Bars, 3rd 2000, Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia - All-Around, 4th; Parallel Bars, 5th; Rings, 5th 1998, Goodwill Games - All-Around, 1st 1997, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - All-Around, 1st; Team, 2nd; Still Rings, 3rd 1996, European Championships - All-Around, 1st 1994, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - All-Around, 1st; High Bar, 3rd 1994, European Championships - Team 1st; All-Around, 1st 1993, World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Still Rings, 3rd THE RIBEIRO FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2011-present: Assistant Coach, University of Illinois COLLEGIATE CAREER 2011 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion 2011 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion 2010 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion 2009 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion 2008 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion Three-time All-American Three-time All-Big Ten Team Member Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week INTERNATIONAL CAREER 2010 U.S. Visa Championships Gold Medalist - Pommel Horse U.S. Winter Cup (6th on Pommel Horse, 2010) 2009 Alternate for U.S. World Gymnastics Team Visa Championships (T-4th on Pommel Horse, T-6th on Floor, 2009) 2007 Junior Olympics National Champion - Pommel Horse 2006 Junior Olympics National Runner-Up - Pommel Horse Junior Olympics Finalist-Top 36 (All-Around, ) 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 5

6 COACHING STAFF DAVID SENDER VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH // FIRST SEASON David Sender joins the Illini this year as a volunteer assistant coach after a stellar collegiate career of his own. Sender continues to train and is a current member of the U.S. senior national team. Sender, who was a two-time NCAA champion on vault at Stanford, has had success at the both the national and international levels. The Arlington Heights, Ill., native was crowned champion in the all-around and on vault at the 2008 U.S. Visa Championships. He also won on vault at the 2006 U.S. Visa Championships and the 2007 and 2005 U.S. Winter Cup Challenges. Sender, an 11-time U.S. senior national team member, competed for Team USA at the 2006 World Championships and took fourth on vault less than two years later at the 2008 World Cup. Sender will continue to train in an effort to make the 2012 Olympic team and is currently enrolled in the veterinary program at the University of Illinois. SUPPORT STAFF THE SENDER FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE 2011-present: Volunteer Assistant Coach, University of Illinois COLLEGIATE CAREER 2007 NCAA Championships (1st on Vault, 3rd in Team, 4th in All-Around) INTERNATIONAL CAREER 2008 U.S. Visa Championships (1st in All-Around, 1st on Vault, 4th on Floor, 4th on High Bar, 5th on Rings) 2008 U.S. Winter Cup (2nd on Floor, 6th in All-Around) 2008 World Cup (4th on Vault) 2007 U.S. Visa Championships (3rd on Rings, 4th on Vault, 5th in All- Around, 5th on Parallel Bars) 2007 U.S. Winter Cup (1st on Vault, 2nd in All-Around, 6th on rings) 2006 World Championships (Team) 2006 U.S. Visa Championships (1st on Vault, 2nd on Floor, 4th in All- Around) 2006 U.S. Winter Cup (4th in All-Around) 2005 U.S. Visa Championships (2nd in All-Around, Floor, Vault) 2005 U.S. Winter Cup (1st on Vault) 2004 U.S. Visa Championships (1st on Vault) Kathy Hug Assistant Athletic Director John Birdsell Equipment Manager Troy Collier Academic Counselor Shanna Diller Marketing & Promotions Mary Gallagher Office Manager Weston Carter Illini Productions 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 6

7 THE FIGHTING ILLINI 2012 SEASON PREVIEW C.J. Padera, 2010 Big Ten champion on parallel bars, garnered his first-career All- America accolade last season and recorded two first-place and 12 top-five finishes in Tri-captain Kyle Moe, who specializes on rings, and high bar technician Devin Regan round out the skilled group of seniors. The junior class, featuring Yoshi Mori, Austin Phillips, Malcolm Brown and recent transfer Vince Smurro, will look to contribute in multiple events as well. Yoshi brings a huge component to this team, Spring said. He will be doing allaround for us this year. He was not on his game last year due to a shoulder surgery, but he is back and stronger than ever. I expect big things from him this year. Smurro has come in and really exceeded my expectations. He has stepped it up and has the highest hit percentage of anyone right now. Front (L-R): Paul Ruggeri, (former Illini) Maxwell Portocarrero, Tyler Mizoguchi, Devin Regan Back (L-R): C.J. Padera, Kyle Moe, Austin Phillips, Anthony Sacramento Head coach Justin Spring returns for his third season at the helm for the Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team, which starts the season ranked No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten. Spring will look to guide the 2012 Illini to the program s fourth consecutive Big Ten championship and first national title since 1989 after a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships last season. I think we have the most talented team we ve had in 20-plus years, Spring said. We re pushing early in the year to have huge start values. I m not expecting anything huge from this team early. We re going to be a team that slowly grows and is a heavy hitter by the end of the year. The Illini return a talented senior class, boasting two U.S. national team members, two NCAA champions, a combined four national titles and 13 All-America accolades. A lot of our depth comes from the senior class, especially with Paul (Ruggeri) in his fifth year, now wrapped in this giant mass of talented individuals, Spring said. They ll certainly be the backbone with all of their experience. They set the tone for the program. They ve been to meets before, so they know how to role through a competition, remain calm and compete well. Everyone is looking up to the them to do that. Redshirt senior Paul Ruggeri, a seven-time All-American, three-time NCAA champion and current senior national team member, will return for a fifth year after missing most of the 2011 campaign due to injury. The Manlius, N.Y., native has already posted a solid comeback, capturing gold on high bar and silver on parallel bars last fall at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he also helped Team USA take home the bronze medal. Mori, 2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, recorded 15 top-five finishes last season. The Irvine, Calif., native will vie for the top all-around spot along with Ruggeri, Mizoguchi and freshman C.J. Maestas. Phillips posted a strong comeback in 2011 after coming off a season-ending injury in Last season, the Mahwah, N.J., native won two event titles, recorded eight top-five finishes and clinched Illinois third straight conference title by hitting his high bar routine at the Big Ten Championships. Phillips will vie for a spot in the lineup in multiple events and will serve as tri-captain for the Illini. Smurro, who transferred from William & Mary following the 2011 season, will look to make an impact on floor as well as push the lineup on parallel bars and high bar, while Brown will specialize on pommel horse. Jordan Valdez and Cameron Rogers lead a talented sophomore class, which also features Alex Varga, Andrew Margolis, Cole Smith and Chad Mason. These guys are the very much needed first countable scorers, Spring said. They are not necessarily the first routine that we re going to count, but as a whole, they will contribute a lot to what the team could be putting up this year. Valdez is coming off an impressive freshman campaign, highlighted by finals appearances on both parallel bars and high bar at the Big Ten Championships. The Louisville, Colo., native will look to contribute on vault as well. Rogers competed on every apparatus last season and was a solid performer on Fellow national team member Tyler Mizoguchi, a three-time All-American and reigning NCAA champion on parallel bars, had a stellar 2011 campaign, winning a career-high 10 individual titles and posting 26 top-three finishes. The Houston, Texas, native ended the season on a high note, capturing the title on parallel bars and finishing runner-up in the all-around at the NCAA Championships after placing third in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships. Anthony Sacramento was solid in 2011 as well, earning his second straight All- America honor on still rings. The Libertyville, Ill., native also placed first twice on rings and in the top three 10 times throughout the season and was tabbed one of three team captains for the 2012 Illini. L-R: Vince Smurro, Yoshi Mori, Malcolm Brown 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 7

8 THE FIGHTING ILLINI pommel horse, still rings and parallel bars. After a strong debut season, the Charlotte, N.C., native will vie for a lineup spot on pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and floor. Varga showed consistency throughout 2011, competing on floor and vault in every meet while recording eight top-five finishes throughout the season. Pommel horse specialists Smith and Mason and rings technician Margolis will strive to make lineup on their respective events. A skilled group of newcomers, including freshmen C.J. Maestas, Josh Wilson, Michael Wilner, Nick Sacramento and Jacob Tilsley will join the Illini for the 2012 campaign. Wilner was the junior national champion on rings last year, and I think he s going to walk right into our lineup and compete, Spring said. He s another factor of this being one of the strongest ring teams I ve seen in my entire life. Another huge component of that is C.J. Maestas. He is a genetic specimen as far as strength goes, and that plays into his other events by allowing him to do big starts and big routines on everything. Maestas, a standout all-around gymnast and current senior national team member, will lead the talented group of freshmen and look to contribute on every individual event and in the all-around. The Corrales, N.M., native recently joined Ruggeri and Mizoguchi at the Pan Am Games, where he came home with two bronze medals (rings and team) and just missed a third trip to the podium with a fourth-place finish in the all-around. Wilson, a former junior national team member, will look to crack the lineup on floor, vault and high bar, while Wilner and Nick Sacramento, younger brother of Anthony Sacramento, will look to compete on rings and Tilsley on floor, vault and pommel horse. Spring also made two additions to his coaching staff in the offseason. Daniel Ribeiro, a former Illini All-American and reigning NCAA and Big Ten pommel horse champion, will remain involved with the program as a student assistant coach, while David Sender will aid the squad as an assistant coach. The pair will join Spring and assistant coach Ivan Ivankov for the 2012 campaign. The Orange and Blue will open the season on the road on Jan. 14 at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago. The Illini will host three home meets this season, as they welcome No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 3 Michigan to Huff Hall on Jan. 28 for a showdown of the nation s top three teams. The Illini will also host No. 12 Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 11 and No. 7 Ohio State on March 2 for Senior Day. L-R: Josh Wilson, C.J. Maestas, Nick Sacramento, Michael Wilner Illinois will look to capture its fourth straight conference title at the Big Ten Championships, April 6-7 in Iowa City, Iowa. Two weeks later, the Orange and Blue will head to the NCAA Championships, hosted by Oklahoma, April Coach Spring s Event Breakdown Pommel Horse: I think pommel horse is the only event that took a dive this year. It s an event where consistency is always a problem. We ve got a lot of specialists, but we re going to be fighting on this event. We re still going to be in the mix. Rings: I think we have one of the most impressive ring teams in Illinois history. These guys are absolutely incredible and are unlike anything I ve ever seen before. They have an amazing balance of strength and the ability to swing and do a good dismount, which is difficult for some of the stronger guys sometimes. I m really excited about rings. It s going to be a very consistent event for us this year. Vault: This is an event where we could go big or really struggle as far as finding our place. Vault is one skill rather than a 10-skill routine. We have guys that can possibly do this big upgraded vault, but they have to do it consistently. It could be a big event for us, or we might have to back off a little bit. Parallel bars: We are a very strong team on parallel bars. We have anchors who are NCAA champions, and I think that our team could have a battle for the top three spots at the Big Ten Championships this year. High bar: High bar is anchored by Paul (Ruggeri), who could probably put up a score with a fall that could still win an NCAA title. It s a bold statement, but he is truly one of the greatest in the world on high bar. Having him as an anchor is fantastic. He is complemented by a bunch of other guys who might not have his start value but are close. We have a really strong high bar team. We just need to focus on keeping these start values and hitting consistently. If we can do that, we ll be one of the strongest high bar teams in the country. Floor: We ve got an unbelievable lineup doing start values in the mid-16s. In the past, we ve had one or two guys who are in that range. We have five guys now doing NCAA championship-winning sets as far as starts, but to win NCAAs, you have to be able to do the routine very well. We re not quite there yet, but we re doing high-value starts already. It s very exciting to see how this floor team is going to progress. L-R: Alex Varga, Chad Mason, Cameron Rogers, Cole Smith, Jordan Valdez, Andrew Margolis 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 8

9 THE FIGHTING ILLINI PAUL RUGGERI RS SENIOR // 5-8 // 140 MANLIUS, N.Y. FAYETTEVILLE MANLIUS ALL-AROUND Represented Team USA at 2011 Pan Am Games in October, winning gold on high bar (15.650), silver on parallel bars (14.825) and bronze in the team competition... Tied for bronze on high bar with a two-day total of and took eighth on floor (29.900) and 10th on vault (31.000) to finish 20th in the all-around ( ) at the 2011 Visa Championships in August... Selected by committee to the U.S. senior national team following Visas Led team with seven individual event titles before being sidelined for the year with an ankle injury during Winter Cup... Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Captured Big Ten titles on vault and high bar First-team All-Big Ten Was named to the U.S. Senior National team for the first time in his career following his performance at the 2010 Winter Cup in early February Led team with career-best 20 individual titles Owns four school records under the FIG open ended code including vault (16.350), parallel bars (15.550), high bar (16.150) and all-around (90.450) Set new career highs on rings (14.600), vault (16.350), parallel bars (15.550) and high bar (16.150) Secured 29 top-three finishes Three-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Two-time NCAA Gymnast of the Week Dike Eddleman Male Athlete of the Year finalist CGA All-America Scholar- Athlete... Academic All-Big Ten honoree Competed at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships in August... Placed 17th overall in the all-around with a two-day combined score of and on the vault to finish in 12th place NCAA National Champion on the high bar and parallel bars... Big Ten Champion on the floor exercise and parallel bars... Earned All-America honors in the allaround, floor, high bar and parallel bars... All-Big Ten First Team selection... U.S. National Champion on the high bar at the Winter Cup Challenge... Co-Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 9)... Captured 13 event titles overall for the season... Academic All-Big Ten... UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year NCAA high bar national champion... First national champion for Illinois since Earned three NCAA All-America honors, capturing a tie for fifth on the floor (15.375), fifth on vault (15.950) and first on high bar (15.00)... Became first Illini Gymnast to win a national title in his first year of competition since Second-Team All-Big Ten selection... Set career highs in back-to-back matches against Ohio State and Penn State... Against Ohio State, Ruggeri had a career best on rings (13.850) and on high bar (15.500), taking two event titles on the floor and high bar... Had a career best on the floor (15.700) and a season- high on the pommel horse (13.750), as well as capturing three individual titles on the floor, vault (16.050), and the high bar (14.750) in the meet against then-no. 1 Penn State... Also achieved his season high in the all-around against Penn State (88.100)... Garnered Big Ten and National Gymnast of the Week honors after the meet against Ohio State... Competed in every meet for the Illini in HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Fayetteville Manlius High School... Coached by Jim Luttinger at CNY Gymnastics Club... At 2006 Visa Championships, took home the gold on the floor and high bar and the bronze on vault and in the all-around in the junior competition... Junior U.S. National Team Member in At the 2007 Winter Cup competition, tied for second place on the floor and finished 12th in the all-around... At the 2005 Junior Olympics Nationals, placed third on the floor... Followed up the effort with a third-place finish on high bar and vault and a seventh-place outing on the floor at the 2006 JO Nationals... A three-time all-around finalist at JO Nationals from RUGGERI S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: vs. Penn State, 2/16/08 Pommel Horse: vs. Ohio State, 1/24/09 Still Rings: at Windy City Invitational, 1/16/10 Vault: at Big Ten Championships, 4/3/10 Parallel Bars: at Penn State, 2/20/10 High Bar: vs. UIC, 3/20/10 All-Around: at NCAA Team Qualifying, 4/16/09 RUGGERI S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Gold Medal at Pan American Games (High Bar, 2011) Silver Medal at Pan American Games (Parallel Bars, 2011) Bronze Medal at Pan American Games (Team USA, 2011) U.S. Senior National Team Member (2011) Visa Championships (20th in All-Around, Eighth on Floor, 12th on Vault, 2011) Bronze Medal at Japan Cup (Team USA, 2010) Bronze Medal at Moscow World Stars (High Bar, 2010) Big Ten Champion (Vault, High Bar 2010) First-Team All-Big Ten (2010) U.S. Senior National Team Member (2010) U.S. Winter Cup (5th overall, 2010) UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year Finalist (2010) Academic All-Big Ten (2010) Visa Championships (17th in All-Around, 12th on Vault, 2009) U.S. National Champion (High Bar, 2009) NCAA Champion (Parallel Bars, High Bar, 2009) UI Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year (2009) Big Ten Champion (Floor, Parallel Bars, 2009) Academic All-Big Ten (2009) NCAA Champion (High Bar, 2008) All-American (Floor, Vault, High Bar, 2008) Junior U.S. National Team Member ( ) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (Floor, High Bar, 2006) Junior Visa Championships Bronze Medalist (Vault, All-Around, 2006) Three-time finalist at Junior Olympics Nationals (All-Around, ) Born Paul Ruggeri III on Nov. 12, Son of Paul II and Kathryn Ruggeri... Has a sister, Morgan, and a brother, Chris... Hobbies include painting, drawing, waterskiing, wakeboarding and jet skiing... His biggest thrill in sports is achieving a new goal... Past summer jobs include coaching at CNY gymnastics... Two-time Academic All-American at Junior Olympic Nationals... Member of the National and Science Honor Societies... In art, has received the Silver Key and Gold Key awards and three honorable mentions for his portfolio from the Central New York Scholastic Art Association... Plans to attend medical school after graduation... The most influential person in his life is his grandfather, Paul Sr., because he came to the U.S. from Italy and created a whole new life for his family ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 9

10 THE FIGHTING ILLINI TYLER MIZOGUCHI SENIOR // 5-2 HOUSTON, TEXAS TAYLOR ALL-AROUND Helped Team USA to the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American games in October... U.S. senior national team member... Finished 12th in the all-around ( ), ninth on vault (31.050) and 10th on rings (28.400) at the 2011 Visa Championships in August... Captured gold on parallel bars (15.225) and bronze on pommel horse (14.050) and in the team competition at the 2011 Puerto Rico Cup in July Won first-career NCAA title on parallel bars and finished runner-up in the allaround at the NCAA Championships... Earned All-America honors on parallel bars and all-around... Garnered first-team All-Big Ten accolades after placing third in the all-around at the Big Ten Championships... Was named to the U.S. Senior National team for the second time in his career following his performance at Winter Cup... Won a career-high 10 individual event titles... Set school records in the all-around and parallel bars... Voted Most Outstanding by his teammates... Three-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week... Posted 26 top-three finishes... In international competition, took gold on parallel bars and secured silver medals on rings and in the all-around at the Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival in Calgary, Canada Earned his first-career All-America honor with a sixth-place finish in the allaround (87.300) Was named to the U.S. Senior National team for the first time in his career following his performance at the 2010 Winter Cup in early February Won a career-high seven individual titles Set new career highs on every event including all-around Posted 21 top-three finishes His on rings against UIC was a team best for the year Tallied an in the all-around against Iowa, good for fourth all-time at Illinois under the FIG open ended code Placed first on the parallel bars (15.050) at the Big Ten Team Championships... Finished in sixth place on the floor exercise at the Big Ten Individual Event Finals with a score of Placed second on the pommel horse (14.650) and in the all-around (84.800) against Penn State. HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Graduate of Taylor High School... Member of the Houston Gymnastics Academy... Coached by Kevin Mazeika, the 2004 and 2008 USA Olympic head coach... Finished 18th in the all-around at the 2008 Visa Championships Texas state high school champion on the pommel horse and all-around... Notched a first-place finish at the 2007 USA Jr. Elite Championships on the high bar... Also finished in third place on the parallel bars at the 2007 USA Jr. Elite Championships Texas state high school champion on still rings and runner-up on the floor. Born Tyler Hideo Mizoguchi on Nov. 14, Son of Hideo and Kellie Mizoguchi... Has one stepbrother, Kyle Kavanagh, and one stepsister, Krista Kavanagh... Lists Sean Golden as the most influential person in his life because he has taught me many life lessons... Favorite athlete is Jordan Jotchev because no matter how old he gets, he never gives up and now holds the record for attending the most Olympics... Biggest thrill in sports is seeing something that has never been done before. MIZOGUCHI S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 Pommel Horse: vs. Iowa, 1/29/11 Still Rings: vs. UIC, 3/20/10 Vault: x, last at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 High Bar: at Oklahoma w/ Penn State, 3/19/11 All-Around: at Oklahoma w/ Penn State, 3/19/11 MIZOGUCHI S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Bronze Medal at Pan American Games (Team USA, 2011) Gold Medal at Puerto Rico Cup (Parallel Bars, 2011) Bronze Medal at Puerto Rico Cup (Pommel Horse, Team USA, 2011) U.S. Senior National Team Member (2011-Visas) Visa Championships (12th in All-Around, ninth on Vault, 10th on rings, 2011) NCAA Champion (Parallel Bars, 2011) All-American (Parallel Bars, All-Around, 2011) First-Team All-Big Ten (2011) Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival (Gold Medal on PB, Silver Medal on SR, AA, 2011) U.S. Senior National Team Member (2011-Winter Cup) U.S. Winter Cup (7th overall, 2011) All-American (All-Around, 2010) U.S. Senior National Team Member (2010) U.S. Winter Cup (9th overall, 2010) Visa Championships (18th in All-Around, 2008) USA Jr. Elite Championships (1st on High Bar, 3rd on Parallel Bars, 2007) Junior Olympics Championships Participant (2007) Texas State Champion (Pommel Horse, All-Around, 2007) Texas State Champion (Still Rings, 2006) Texas State Runner-Up (Floor, 2006) 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 10

11 THE FIGHTING ILLINI KYLE MOE SENIOR // 5-8 // 140 CHAMPAIGN, ILL. CHAMPAIGN CENTRAL RINGS MOE S CAREER HIGHS Still Rings: at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11 Parallel Bars: at Michigan, 2/12/11 MOE S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Academic All-Big Ten (2011) Three-time High School Academic All-American Eighth place at state championship (All-Around, 2007) Four-time Junior Olympics Nationals Participant Three-time High School Academic All-American 2011 Advanced to the Big Ten individual event finals on rings for the first time in his career... Set a new career high on rings (14.900) at the NCAA qualifying session... Earned a top-five finish on rings (14.750) in a tri-meet with Ohio State and Nebraska... Made collegiate debut on parallel bars (13.400) at Michigan... Academic All-Big Ten... Selected as a team captain for the season Competed in seven meets on rings Made his collegiate debut at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 16 Set a new career high on rings with a score of at UIC Did not compete Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Champaign Central High School... Coached by Jonas Contakos... Three-year varsity letterwinner in golf at Champaign Central... Three-time Academic All-American... Four-time Junior Olympic Nationals participant... Notched an eighth-place individual finish in the all-around at the 2007 state competition as the only representative from his club team. Born Kyle S. Moe on Nov. 7, Son of Scott and Cathy Moe... Has two sisters, Sarah and Ellen... Hobbies include playing the guitar... Biggest thrill in sports is fighting through fear and trying a new skill... Favorite athlete is Tiger Woods... Major is undecided... Four-year member of National Honor Society in high school... The most influential person in his life is his father because of how hard he works for everything... The most influential people in his athletic career are Jonas Contakos and Kurt Hettinger because they are excellent coaches. C.J. PADERA SENIOR // 5-9 // 132 WINFIELD, ILL. WHEATON NORTH FLOOR, POMMEL HORSE, VAULT, PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR PADERA S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 Pommel Horse: at Big Ten Championships, 4/2/10 Vault: vs. UIC, 3/7/09 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Championships, 4/15/10 High Bar: vs. UIC, 3/20/10 PADERA S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS All-American (Parallel Bars, 2011) Big Ten Champion (Parallel Bars, 2010) First-Team All-Big Ten (2010) U.S. Winter Cup (12th on High Bar, 2010) Junior Olympics National Championship (7th in All-Around, 2008) Illinois State Champion (Team, Pommel Horse, 2005) 2011 Earned first-career All-America honor on parallel bars... Won two event titles, both on parallel bars... Recorded 12 top-five finishes... Set new career highs on floor and parallel bars... Competed on every event but rings Big Ten Parallel Bars Champion First-team All-Big Ten Set new career highs on floor exercise (14.800), parallel bars (15.200) and high bar (15.350) Recorded 13 top-three finishes Won a career-best five individual titles Tallied the third-best parallel bars score of the season with a at the NCAA Qualifying Session Score also ranks fourth in school history under the FIG open ended code Competed in every meet... Placed in the top three nine times on the season in five different meets... Captured titles on the parallel bars (14.950) versus Ohio State and on the high bar (14.900) against UIC... Set a new career high on the pommel horse with a score of to finish in third place at the Big Ten Individual Event Finals. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Wheaton North High School... Coached by Chris Mckee... One-year varsity letterwinner in gymnastics at Wheaton North... Was crowned pommel horse state champion his freshman year with a score of Member of the 2005 state champion Wheaton North gymnastics team... Finished in seventh place in the all-around at the Junior Olympics National Championships in Born Craig Henry Padera Jr. on June 7, Son of Craig Sr. and Ellen Padera... Brother, Kyle, is a senior on the Illinois gymnastics team... Goes by C.J... Nickname is Cranberry Juice... Hobbies include playing guitar, baseball, movies, riding the unicycle and ping pong... Names coach Chris McKee as both the most influential person in his career and his Fighting Illini hero... Favorite athlete is Ken Griffey Jr., because of his style ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 11

12 THE FIGHTING ILLINI DEVIN REGAN SENIOR // 5-8 // 150 LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. LIBERTYVILLE PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR REGAN S CAREER HIGHS Still Rings: at Iowa, 3/7/10 High Bar: vs. UIC, 3/20/10 REGAN S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Junior Olympics Participant (2008) 2011 Competed in 10 meets on high bar... Placed fourth on the event against Iowa Made six appearances on rings and seven on high bar Competed on rings and high bar in his collegiate debut at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 16 Set new career-high scores on rings (14.200) at Iowa and on high bar (14.250) against UIC Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Libertyville High School... At the 2008 Junior Olympic Level 10 Championships, finished 20th in the all-around. Born Devin J. Regan on May 2, Son of Thomas and Patty Regan... Older brother, Sean, is a gymnast at Ohio State... Majoring in kinesiology... Hobbies include wakeboarding, snowboarding, and playing the guitar... Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes... Names his family as most influential in his career because they pushed him for his best. ANTHONY SACRAMENTO SENIOR // 5-7 // 160 LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. CARMEL CATHOLIC RINGS, HIGH BAR SACRAMENTO S CAREER HIGHS Still Rings: at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/411 High Bar: vs. Ohio State, 1/24/09 Vault: at Ohio State w/ Nebraska, 3/12/11 SACRAMENTO S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS All-American (Still Rings, 2011) Academic All-Big Ten (2011) All-American (Still Rings, 2010) Academic All-Big Ten (2010) CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2009) Junior Olympics Runner-Up (Still Rings, 2008) 2011 All-American on rings... Recorded two first-place finishes on rings and 10 topthree finishes... Set a new career high on rings at the quad meet at UIC... Made collegiate debut on vault (14.100) at tri-meet at Ohio State... Academic All-Big Ten... Selected as a team captain for the season... Competed at the 2011 Visa Championships Earned his first-career All-America honor with an eighth-place finish on rings (14.850) Tied for second place on rings with a career-high score of at the Big Ten Team Finals Won his first-career event title on rings (14.650) against Minnesota Tallied a trio of top-three finishes CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete... Academic All-Big Ten honoree Competed in 10 meets on the still rings and high bar... Tied for second on the rings (14.650) at Minnesota... Recorded a season-high score of on the rings at the NCAA Team Championships... Competed on the high bar at five meets... Posted a season-high mark (13.700) on the high bar versus Ohio State... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Finished second on rings at the 2008 Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships... Coached by Kelly Crumley and Don Osborn at Carmel Catholic High School. Born Anthony Alexander Sacramento on Dec. 2, Son of Tony and Lynn Sacramento... Uncle, Tom Pomierski, wrestled at LSU... Majoring in kinesiology... Hobbies include listening to music, wakeboarding, and snowboarding... Favorite athlete is Justin Spring because he s an Illinois alum and 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 12

13 THE FIGHTING ILLINI MALCOLM BROWN JUNIOR // 5-8 // 155 CHICAGO, ILL. WALTER PAYTON COLLEGE PREP POMMEL HORSE, VAULT BROWN S CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: at UIC, 2/28/10 Vault: at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/4/ Made lone appearance of the season at the UIC quad meet, recording a in collegiate debut on vault Competed in two meets on pommel horse Scored a in his collegiate debut at UIC on Feb. 28 Posted a score of the following weekend at Iowa. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Walter Payton College Prep... Coached by Arkadi Andreushenko... Competed at regionals in Participated at the Junior Olympics Nationals in 2005 and Born Malcolm Clayton Brown on April 22, Son of Tony Brown and Delores Wheeler... Hobbies include gymnastics, photography and biking... Biggest thrill in sports is the adrenaline rush from big skills on floor or hitting a nice set on horse... Favorite athlete is former Illini gymnast Ted Brown, because he is a great example of a gymnast who really appreciated the sport and exemplified determination and a fiery will to continue despite life-changing circumstances... Honor roll student. YOSHI MORI JUNIOR // 5-6 // 122 IRVINE, CALIF. IRVINE HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND MORI S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 Pommel Horse: vs. Michigan, 3/13/10 Still Rings: at Ohio State, 1/30/10 Vault: x, last vs. Iowa, 1/29/11 Parallel Bars: vs. UIC, 3/26/11 High Bar: at Ohio State, 1/30/10 All-Around: at Ohio State, 1/30/10 MORI S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Academic All-Big Ten (2011) Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year (2010) Fighting Illini Male Newcomer of the Year Finalist (2010) 2011 Recorded 15 top-five finishes... Won on vault and matched his career-best score of against Iowa... Also set new career highs on floor and parallel bars... Academic All-Big Ten Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year In his collegiate debut, won his first-career event title on vault (15.900) at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 16 Won five individual titles on the year Posted 12 top-three finishes Four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week Fighting Illini Male Newcomer of the Year finalist... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Irvine High School... Coached by Guonian Wu... Member of the U.S. Junior National team from Has made the all-star team at every level he has competed in... Team won the 2009 state championship... Club team, New Hope Gymnastics, won the Iron Man Championships in 2006 and Born Masayoshi Mori on December 14, Son of Tetsuya and Tomoko Mori... Hobbies include soccer and tennis... Biggest thrill in sports is fighting for the gold... Favorite athlete is Kohei Uchimura from Japan, because he displays the most beautiful, phenomenal performances... Lists Bryan del Castillo as the most influential on his athletic career, because he has won many national titles and knows that he is good, but never shows it and always keeps his cool... Has two older siblings, Ayumi, who competed on the women s gymnastics team at Cal State Fullerton, and Shohei ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 13

14 THE FIGHTING ILLINI AUSTIN PHILLIPS JUNIOR // 5-4 // 145 MAHWAH, N.J. ST. JOSEPH REGIONAL ALL-AROUND PHILLIPS CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: vs. Iowa, 2/28/09 Pommel Horse: vs. Penn State, 2/14/09 Still Rings: vs. Iowa, 1/29/11 Vault: vs. Penn State, 2/14/09 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Session I Qualifier High Bar: vs. UIC, 3/26/11 All-Around: vs. Ohio State, 1/24/09 PHILLIPS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Visa Championships (13th on High Bar, 2011) New Jersey State Champion (All-Around, ) Regional Champion (All-Around, 2008) Junior Olympics National Championships (11th in All-Around, 2008) 2011 Competed in 11 meets after missing all of the 2010 season with a knee injury... Won event titles on rings and high bar against UIC... Recorded eight top-five finishes... Set new career highs on rings, parallel bars and high bar... Earned his first-career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor for the week of March Voted Most Improved and a team captain by his teammates... Finished 13th on high bar (28.400) at the 2011 Visa Championships in August Sat out season as a redshirt due to injury Competed in the all-around in four meets... Scored on the high bar for second-place finishes against Iowa and Minnesota... Finished in third place twice in the all-around versus Ohio State and Penn State... Missed the Big Ten Championships due to injury. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB At the 2008 Junior Olympic National Championships, finished 11th place in the All-Around... Graduate of St. Joseph Regional High School... Three-time New Jersey state champion... Regional champion in the all-around. Born Austin Phillips on April 10, Son of Austin and Gidget Phillips... Hobbies include listening to music and playing soccer... Favorite athlete is Nikolai Kryukov because he s very technically, original, and graceful... Names his parents as most influential in his career because of their encouragement to strive for his best. VINCE SMURRO JUNIOR // 6-0 // 165 MANASQUAN, N.J. WILLIAM & MARY FLOOR, VAULT, PARALLEL BARS, HIGH BAR SMURRO S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at Navy, 3/21/10 Pommel Horse: at Navy Open, 1/23/10 Parallel Bars: at Navy, 2/27/2011 High Bar: at Temple, 2/18/2011 Vault: at USAG Collegiate Championships, 3/25/11 SMURRO S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships (All-American, Silver Medalist on HB, 2010) Third All-Time for William and Mary on FX Eighth All-Time for William and Mary on HB Ninth All-Time for William and Mary on PB WILLIAM & MARY Two-year letterwinner at William & Mary... Third all-time on floor, eighth all-time on high bar, ninth all-time on parallel bars. HIGH SCHOOL Graduate of Christian Brothers Academy... Lettered in soccer. Born Vincent Andrew Smurro on Jan. 17, Son of Vito and Frances Smurro... Has three siblings, Gina, Vito and Francesca... Brother, Vito, and sister, Francesca, play soccer at St. Joseph s... Hobbies include basketball and card games... Lists favorite athlete as soccer star Lionel Messi... Hopes to attend medical school ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 14

15 THE FIGHTING ILLINI ANDREW MARGOLIS SOPHOMORE // 5-6 // 156 SOLON, OHIO SOLON STILL RINGS MARGOLIS CAREER HIGHS Still Rings: at NCAA Team Finals, 4/15/11 MARGOLIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 18th World Maccabiah Games (2009) Five-time USAG JO National Qualifier ( , ) Two-time USAG JO National Event Semifinalist ( ) Three-time USAG State Champion (Still Rings, , 2010) 2011 Competed in nine meets on rings... Set a career high on the event at the NCAA team finals with a Placed third with a against UIC.... Would like to design roller coasters as a mechanical engineer at a major roller coaster manufacturing company. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Solon High School... Competed for Team USA at the th World Maccabiah Games... Five-time USAG Junior Olympic national qualifier... Two-time USAG JO National event semifinalist... Three-time USAG state champion on rings. Born Andrew David Margolis on November 22, Son of Jeffrey and Robyn Margolis... Has one older sister, Erin... Majoring in mechanical engineering... Hobbies include sports, especially football... Past summer job includes working as a recreation camp counselor... Lists Jim Brown as his favorite athlete because he is one of the greatest running backs of all time and played for the Cleveland Browns... Names his parents as most influencing his athletic career because they were always supportive of everything I did or wanted to do, no matter what CHAD MASON SOPHOMORE // 5-8 // 140 LAKE BALBOA, CALIF. HOMESCHOOLED ALL-AROUND MASON CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: vs. Penn State, 2/19/11 MASON S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Competed in seven Junior Olympics National Championships Five-time event finalist at JO Nationals (Pommel Horse) 2011 Competed in 11 meets on pommel horse... Won his first-career event title on pommel horse with a career-high score of against Penn State. he is very motivating... Names his parents as most influencing his athletic career because they drove me to the gym everyday for 14 years and were always there for me... Would like to open a stunt school after graduation. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Seven-time qualifier to Junior Olympics National Championships... Five-time event finalist on pommel horse at JO National Championships... Won numerous state and regional championships in the all-around. Born Chad Thomas Mason on March 23, Son of Tom and Lisa Mason... Has one older sister, Katie... Enrolled in general curriculum... Hobbies include working as a part-time ice curler, surfing, wakeboarding, motocross and snowboarding... Past summer job includes working as a stuntman... Biggest thrill in sports is learning a new skill... Lists Justin Spring as his favorite athlete because 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 15

16 THE FIGHTING ILLINI CAMERON ROGERS SOPHOMORE // 5-5 // 150 CHARLOTTE, N.C. BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND 2011 Competed in 11 meets... Recorded five top-five finishes, including four on parallel bars... Saw action on all six events... Set career highs on pommel horse, rings and parallel bars at the NCAA qualifying session. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of David W. Butler High School... Placed first in the all-around, rings and parallel bars and second on floor in the junior division of the 2009 Visa Championships... Placed fourth on pommel horse and fifth in the all-around in the junior division of the 2008 Visa Championships... Three-time U.S. Junior National team member... Finished in the top 15 in the all-around four times at Junior Olympics Nationals... Club team, Zenith Gymnastics, has won seven Junior Olympics national championships. ROGERS CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at Michigan, 2/12/11 Pommel Horse: at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11 Still Rings: at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11 Vault: at Big Ten Team Finals, 4/1/11 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11 High Bar: at Michigan, 2/12/11 All-Around: at Michigan, 2/12/11 ROGERS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (All-Around, Rings, Parallel Bars, 2009) Junior Visa Championships Silver Medalist (Floor, 2009) Junior Visa Championships (4th-Pommel Horse, 5th-All-Around, 2008) Three-time U.S. Junior National Team Member ( ) Competed in five Junior Olympics National Championships ( , ) Born Cameron Daniel Rogers on April 13, Son of Danny and Maria Rogers... Has one younger sister, Micah... Majoring in bioengineering... Hobbies include wakeboarding, swimming, water skiing and tennis... Biggest thrill in sports is competing in an important competition... Lists his dad as the most influential in his athletic career because he has always encouraged him and believed in his success... Member of the National Honor Society and National French Honor Society National Merit Scholarship recipient School Citizenship Award winner... Received 2008 Sewanee Award for Excellence in Writing... Plans on attending grad school after graduation. COLE SMITH SOPHOMORE // 5-10 // 145 SANTA ROSA, CALIF. CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL FLOOR, POMMEL HORSE, VAULT SMITH S CAREER HIGHS Pommel Horse: at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/4/11 SMITH S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Northern California State Championships (1st in All-Around, 2008) Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics Regional Championships (3rd-Team, 4th-Pommel Horse, 2008) Four-time USMAG First-Team Academic All-American ( ) 2011 Competed in nine meets on pommel horse... Recorded a season-high score of at the quad meet at UIC. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Cardinal Newman High School... Placed first in the all-around at the 2008 Northern California State Championships... Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics... All-star team came in third at the 2008 regional championships... Placed fourth at the regional championships on pommel horse... Earned the Coaches Award in 2007 from his club team, Redwood Empire Gymnastics... Four-time USMAG first-team Academic All-American... John Henry Cardinal Newman Christian Gentleman Award recipient... Earned Cardinal Newman first honors for overall academics in 2009 and Received 2010 Cardinal Newman honor medal... Garnered the Bank of America Achievement Award for theology in Born Cole Stevenson Smith on January 11, Son of Clifford and Sandy Smith... Has one younger sister, Sydney... Majoring in psychology... Hobbies include golfing, playing basketball and football and hanging out with friends... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as making a skill for the first time after numerous attempts at trying to make it... Favorite athlete is Xiao Qin because I looked up to him every time I saw his pommel horse performance at the Olympics and I was always amazed... Names club teammate Aj Schottstaedt as the most influential on his athletic career because we always challenged each other on pommel horse and were very competitive with everything we did... Plans to go to a police academy after graduation and become a police officer and later pursue other fields of law enforcement ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 16

17 THE FIGHTING ILLINI THE FIGHTING ILLINI JORDAN VALDEZ SOPHOMORE // 5-6 // 137 LOUISVILLE, COLO. CINCO RANCH HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AROUND 2011 Competed in every meet, primarily on parallel bars and high bar... Recorded 19 top-five finishes and individual titles on high bar and all-around... Reached the individual event finals on parallel bars and high bar at the Big Ten Championships... Earned the team s Fighting Illini Attitude Award... Illinois Newcomer of the Year finalist... Garnered Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the week of Jan Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Cinco Ranch High School... Two-time U.S. Junior National team member... Gold medalist on parallel bars at 2010 Junior Visa Championships... Also placed third on pommel horse and fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise at 2010 Visas... Placed fourth on parallel bars at 2010 Junior Olympics National Championships... Gold medalist on high bar at 2009 Junior Visa Championships... Also placed fifth on parallel bars, sixth in the all-around and seventh on vault... Claimed first place in the all-around at the 2009 national qualifier... Was member of Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics ( ) and Champion Gymnastics Academy ( )... Earned 2010 Team Captain award. VALDEZ S CAREER HIGHS Floor Exercise: at Michigan, 2/12/11 Pommel Horse: at Michigan, 2/12/11 Still Rings: at Windy City Invitational, 1/15/11 Vault: at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/4/11 Parallel Bars: at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11 High Bar: x, last at Ohio State w/ Nebraska, 3/12/11 All-Around: at Michigan, 2/12/11 VALDEZ S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS U.S. Junior National Team Member (2010) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (Parallel Bars, 2010) Junior Visa Championships (3rd-Pommel Horse, 4th-Floor Exercise, All-Around, 2010) Junior Olympics National Championships (4th-Parallel Bars, 2010) U.S. Junior National Team Member (2009) Junior Visa Championships Gold Medalist (High Bar, 2009) Junior Visa Championships (5th-Parallel Bars, 6th-All-Around, 7th-Vault, 2009) National Qualifier (1st-All-Around, 2009) Born Jordan Crawford Valdez on May 1, Son of John Valdez and Amy Teetzel... Has three siblings, Marc, Ian and Erin... Majoring in kinesiology... Hobbies include watching tv, seeing movies, hanging out with friends, relaxing outside and riding his bike... His biggest thrill in sports is sticking his dismount after a great routine... Favorite athlete is Rob Dyrdek because he is a great skateboarder and I love his show on MTV... Lists his club coach, Rob, as most influencing his athletic career because no matter what mood I was in or how well I felt, he always believed in me and pushed me to become the gymnast I am today... Would possibly like to go to physical therapy or massage therapy school after graduation. ALEX VARGA SOPHOMORE // 5-7 // 140 GLEN ELLYN, ILL. WHEATON ACADEMY FLOOR, VAULT VARGA S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Floor Exercise: at Oklahoma w/ Penn State, 3/19/11 Vault: vs. UIC, 3/26/11 VARGA S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Junior Olympics National Qualifier Junior Olympics National Semifinalist (17th-Vault, 22nd-Floor Exercise) Two-time Region V Bronze Medalist (Vault) Four-time First-Team USAG Academic All-American ( ) 2011 Recorded eight top-five finishes... Secured his first-career event title on vault with a career-high score of against UIC... Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the week of March 28. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Wheaton Academy... Junior Olympics national qualifier... Junior Olympics national semifinalist on floor exercise (22nd) and vault (17th)... Twotime Region V bronze medalist on vault... Was a member of Aerial Gymnastics Club... Three-year varsity letterwinner and all-conference in soccer... Was captain of the team his senior year... Member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society... Four-time first-team USAG Academic All-American AP Scholar and Illinois State Scholar. Born Alex Morgan Varga on May 27, Son of Steven and Barbara Dill-Varga... Majoring in business... Hobbies include playing guitar, soccer, photography, golf and snowboarding... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as hitting on vault in a competition... Favorite athlete is Ronaldinho because he is the definition of Jogo Bonito... Names club coaches Tim O Connell and Rich Larsen as most influencing his athletic career because they never set a limit on what they believed I could do... Illini heroes growing up were current men s gymnastics coach Justin Spring and former men s basketball player Dee Brown... Plans to attend grad school after graduation ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 17

18 THE FIGHTING ILLINI C.J. MAESTAS FRESHMAN // 5-4 // 139 CORRALES, N.M. CIBOLA ALL-AROUND NICK SACRAMENTO FRESHMAN // 5-7 // 165 LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. CARMEL CATHOLIC STILL RINGS Brought home two bronze medals from the 2011 Pan American Games in October with third-place finishes on rings (15.550) and in the team competition... Finished fourth in the all-around (85.300) at Pan Ams... Earned an automatic spot on the U.S. senior national team after his performance at the 2011 U.S. Visa Championships, where he earned silver on rings (30.850), placed fifth on floor (30.300) and 10th on pommel horse (27.200) to finish eighth in the all-around with a two-day score of HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Became a senior national team member after finishing third in the all-around, 10th on floor, first on rings and 10th on parallel bars at the 2011 Winter Cup Challenge... Competed on an international assignment at the Cottbus Challenge Cup in Germany and took fourth place on rings with a HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Carmel Catholic High School... Selected as an Academic All-American for gymnastics ( )... Trained at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center. Born Nicolas Joseph Sacramento on May 28, Son of Anthony R. and Lynn Sacramento... Has three siblings, Joe, Carli and fellow Illini gymnast Anthony... Majoring in aerospace engineering... Senior class president... Member of National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta... Illinois State Scholar... Hopes to get a pilot s license and sky diving certification and start a company that sells personal airplanes. Born Christopher Maestas... Goes by C.J.... Hopes to open a restaurant someday. JACOB TILSLEY FRESHMAN LONDONBERRY, N.H. SOUHEGAN POMMEL HORSE, FLOOR, VAULT HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Graduate of Souhegan High School... Originally, participated on the Illinois club gymnastics team. Joined the Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team in December, moving up from the Illinois club gymnastics team ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 18

19 THE FIGHTING ILLINI MICHAEL WILNER FRESHMAN // 5-4 // 150 BUFFALO GROVE, ILL ADLAI E. STEVENSON STILL RINGS JOSH WILSON FRESHMAN ALLEN, TEXAS ALLEN ALL-AROUND 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 Trained at The Gymnastics Spot. Born Michael Loren Wilner on April 2, 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. HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB Three-time U.S. National team member... Four-time Region 3 all-around champion... Two-time Texas all-around state champion... Placed in the top four in the allaround on three different occasions at Junior Olympic Nationals, including a firstplace finish in Captured the national title on vault in Took third in the all-around at the 2010 Houston National Invitational. Offers commentary for the streamed videos of gymnastics meets ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 19

20 2011 SEASON REVIEW 2011 SEASON REVIEW The accolades and accomplishments were plentiful for the 2011 Illinois men s gymnastics team, as the Orange and Blue captured its third straight Big Ten team title and placed third at the NCAA Championships to secure its highest finish since Individually, two NCAA and Big Ten champions were crowned, four Illini earned All-America honors and the coaching staff swept the Central Region awards for the third year in a row. Illinois entered the season ranked fourth in the first national rankings of the year and were picked to finish second in the Big Ten behind defending national champion Michigan. Similar to last season s start, the Illini immediately set the tone at their first meet of the year, the Windy City Invitational in Chicago. Taking on Big Ten foes Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Iowa and host UIC, Illinois secured its second straight team title at the event, and the winning score of vaulted the squad into the top spot in the following week s national rankings. The Illini continued the momentum into the next two weeks of competition, as they were victorious over Minnesota and Nebraska in the first tri-meet of the season before defeating Iowa in their home debut at Huff Hall. The Illini took the following weekend off from team competition. Six members of the squad, including seniors Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri and Chad Wiest, junior Tyler Mizoguchi, redshirt sophomore Austin Phillips and freshman Jordan Valdez, as well as former Illini Luke Stannard and Wes Haagensen, traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the 2011 U.S. Winter Cup Challenge for a chance to earn a spot on the 15-member U.S. men s senior national team. Seven Illini advanced to the finals of the two-day event, led by solid performances from Mizoguchi and Ribeiro. Mizoguchi was named to the national team for the second time in his career after placing seventh in the points program and ninth in the all-around, while Ribeiro successfully defended his national title on pommel horse. Unfortunately, the weekend was not without a low point, as senior Paul Ruggeri suffered an ankle injury on vault that forced him to miss the remainder of the season. Ruggeri was able to retain his spot on the national team after serving as an alternate for the 2010 World Championships Team and was deemed eligible to redshirt and will return to the Illinois lineup next season. With little time to adjust to significant changes in the rotation, the Illini dropped consecutive meets to Michigan and Penn State, before recording three straight runner-up finishes on the road in two tri-meets and a quad meet that included eventual national champion Stanford and perennial powerhouse Oklahoma. The Illini rebounded with a win at home against UIC in the final meet of the regular season before hosting the Big Ten Championships at Huff Hall for the first time since Illinois had remained atop the conference rankings in nearly every event all season long and solidified its dominance with its third straight Big Ten title and 26th in program history, the most among any Big Ten school. Illinois also became the first school to win three consecutive titles since Ohio State, which accomplished the feat from Of the nine Illini that qualified for the individual event finals the following night, two took tome Big Ten titles. Ribeiro claimed his second straight and third overall on pommel horse, and Wiest collected the first of his career on floor. Each earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, as did Mizoguchi for his third-place finish in the all-around, while head coach Justin Spring earned his second straight Big Ten Coach of the Year honor Team Results 1/15 at Windy City Invitational 1st of 6, /22 at Minnesota w/ Nebraska 1st of 3, /29 vs. Iowa W, /12 at Michigan L, /19 vs. Penn State L, /4 at UIC w/ Air Force and Stanford 2nd of 4, /12 at Ohio State w/ Nebraska 2nd of 3, /19 at Oklahoma w/ Penn State 2nd of 3, /26 vs. UIC W, /1 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 6, /14 at NCAA Championships (Team Qualifying) 2nd of 6, /15 at NCAA Championships (Team Finals) 3rd of 6, Following a week off from competition, the Illini traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for the NCAA Championships hosted by Ohio State. At the College Gymnastics Association/NCAA awards banquet held the night before the start of competition, the Illinois coaching staff was recognized for the third straight year, as Justin Spring was named Central Region Coach of the Year, and Ivan Ivankov and Luke Stannard garnered Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year accolades. Ranked fourth in the country with a national qualifying average of heading into the championships, Illinois competed in the afternoon qualifying session along with top-ranked Oklahoma, Penn State, Minnesota, Air Force and UIC. Despite a shaky start to the meet, the Illini battled through to earn a spot in the Super Six team final for the ninth straight year. In the team finals, the Illini put together their best overall performance of the season and tallied a season-high score of to take third behind Stanford ( ) and Oklahoma ( ). Mizoguchi led the way with a runner-up finish in the all-around to secure his second All-America honor and was one of five Illini to qualify for the individual event finals. Mizoguchi added some hardware the following night, as he claimed the first NCAA title of his career on parallel bars, while Ribeiro concluded his collegiate career with his second NCAA title on pommel horse. The wins marked the second time in three years Illinois produced at least two national champions. In addition to Mizoguchi and Ribeiro, juniors Anthony Sacramento and C.J. Padera also collected All-America honors, as Sacramento tied for second on rings and Padera tied for eighth on parallel bars. The season was capped off with the team s annual awards banquet, where Ribeiro captured Most Valuable honors, as well as the Yoshi Hayasaki Award for consistency after leading the team with a career-high 12 individual titles. He also never placed lower than second on pommel horse and finished runner-up only twice all season. Mizoguchi, who was named Most Outstanding, won a career-best nine individual event titles, posted 26 top-three finishes and set school records in the all-around and parallel bars. Phillips, who was forced to miss the 2010 season due to a knee injury, received the team s Most Improved Award after returning to the lineup for 11 meets this season and won event titles on rings and high bar. Along with Phillips, Sacramento and Kyle Moe were voted team captains for the season, while Wiest earned the team s Scholar-Athlete Award for the second consecutive year, and freshman Jordan Valdez took home the Fighting Illini Attitude Award ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 20

21 2011 SEASON REVIEW TOP SCORES OF 2011 // BIG TEN REVIEW Team Top Scores of 2011 Total at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14) Floor Exercise at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) at Windy City Invitational (1/15) at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) Pommel Horse vs. Iowa (1/29) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1) at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14) Still Rings at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14) x, last at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1) Vault at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1) x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Parallel Bars at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) at Windy City Invitational (1/15) High Bar at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22) vs. UIC (3/26) x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Individual All-Around Tyler Mizoguchi at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) Tyler Mizoguchi at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Tyler Mizoguchi vs. Iowa (1/29) Floor Exercise Chad Wiest at Windy City Invitational (1/15) Chad Wiest at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) Paul Ruggeri vs. Iowa (1/29) Chad Wiest vs. Penn State (2/19) Pommel Horse Daniel Ribeiro at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) Daniel Ribeiro 3x, last at Big Ten Individual Event Finals (4/2) Daniel Ribeiro at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1) Still Rings Anthony Sacramento at UIC w/ Air Force and Stanford (3/4) Anthony Sacramento 2x, last at NCAA Individual Event Finals (4/16) Anthony Sacramento vs. Iowa (1/29) Vault Tyler Mizoguchi 2x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Tyler Mizoguchi at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) Paul Ruggeri at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22) Parallel Bars Tyler Mizoguchi at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Tyler Mizoguchi at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14) Tyler Mizoguchi at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19) High Bar Paul Ruggeri at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22) Austin Phillips 2x, last vs. UIC (3/26) Austin Phillips at Big Ten Team Finals (4/1) 2011 BIG TEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDINGS TEAM TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB ILLINOIS * * Michigan * Ohio State * * Penn State * Minnesota Iowa * Indicates Team Event Winners Individual Champions All-Around Sam Mikulak, MICH Floor Exercise Chad Wiest, ILL Pommel Horse Daniel Ribeiro, ILL Still Rings Brandon Wynn, OSU Vault Zack Chase, MINN Parallel Bars Syque Caesar, MICH High Bar Ian Makowske, MICH First Team All-Big Ten Tyler Mizoguchi, ILL Daniel Ribeiro, ILL Chad Wiest, ILL Syque Caesar, MICH Thomas Kelley, MICH Ian Makowske, MICH Sam Mikulak, MICH Rohan Sebastian, MICH Zach Chase, MINN D.J. Repp, MINN Mike Behles, OSU Kris Done, OSU Brandon Wynn, OSU Second Team All-Big Ten Russell Dabritz, MINN Scott Rosenthal, PSU Ty Echard, OSU Jeff Treleaven, OSU Freshman of the Year Sam Mikulak, MICH Gymnast of the Year Sam Mikulak, MICH Coach of the Year Justin Spring, ILL Illini Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Jan. 17 Paul Ruggeri Jan. 24 Paul Ruggeri Jan. 31 Tyler Mizoguchi Feb. 7 Daniel Ribeiro Feb. 21 Tyler Mizoguchi March 21 Tyler Mizoguchi March 28 Austin Phillips Illini Big Ten Freshman of the Week Jan. 31 Jordan Valdez March 28 Alex Varga BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE HISTORY SCHOOL TEAM / LAST INDIVIDUAL EVENT ALL-AROUND ILLINOIS 26 / Minnesota 21 / *Chicago 15 / Michigan 15 / Ohio State 12 / Wisconsin 8 / Iowa 7 / Penn State 2 / Michigan St. 1 / *Indiana *Purdue *Northwestern *Chicago left the Big Ten Conference in Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan State each have discontinued their men s gymnastics programs. The Hoosiers ended their program in 1983, the Boilermakers left the field in 1932, while the Wildcats last competed in 1959 and Michigan State in ILLINOIS BIG TEN HISTORY The Illinois men s gymnastics program has been one of the most decorated in Big Ten history, claiming a league-best 26 team championships, 146 individual crowns and 127 event titles. Illinois has hosted the Big Ten Championships 16 times and most recently served as host for the 2011 season. In 2011, Illinois Tyler Mizoguchi, Daniel Ribeiro and Chad Wiest took home first-team All-Big Ten honors. Wiest and Ribeiro also took home titles on floor and pommel horse, respectively. Head coach Justin Spring was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second straight season ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 21

22 2011 SEASON REVIEW NCAA REVIEW 2011 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS SESSION I TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB Oklahoma ILLINOIS Penn State Minnesota Air Force UIC SESSION II TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB Stanford California Michigan Ohio State Iowa Nebraska * Top three teams from each session advanced to the team finals. FINALS TOTAL FX PH SR V PB HB Stanford Oklahoma ILLINOIS California Michigan Penn State ILLINOIS ALL-AMERICANS Tyler Mizoguchi... All-Around, Parallel Bars C.J. Padera... Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro... Pommel Horse Anthony Sacramento... Still Rings NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE HISTORY SCHOOL TEAM / LAST INDIVIDUAL Penn State 12 / ILLINOIS... 9 / Nebraska 8 / Oklahoma 7 / Stanford 5 / California 4 / Southern Illinois 4 / Michigan 4 / Ohio State 3 / Iowa State3 / Florida State 2 / UCLA 2 / NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS All-Around... Sam Mikulak, Michigan Floor Exercise... Jacob Dalton, Oklahoma Pommel Horse Alex Naddour, Oklahoma/Daniel Ribeiro, Illinois Still Rings... Brandon Wynn, Ohio State Vault... Jacob Dalton, Oklahoma Parallel Bars Tyler Mizoguchi, Illinois High Bar Alex Buscaglia, Stanford Fighting Illini with third-place team trophy at 2011 NCAA Championships NCAA individual champions Tyler Mizoguchi and Daniel Ribeiro ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 22

23 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS DR. HARTLEY PRICE (19 YEARS) DUAL: (.798) // OVERALL: (.794) 4 BIG TEN TITLES // FOUR NCAA TITLES YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA nd rd rd rd rd st rd rd nd ! st -- 1st nd -- 1st 1941! st -- 1st 1942! st -- 1st World War II No Competition 1947! nd nd -- 3rd CHARLIE POND (25 YEARS) DUAL: (.658) // OVERALL: (.677) 11 BIG TEN TITLES // FOUR NCAA TITLES YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA nd -- 3rd st -- 1st st -- T-2nd st -- 3rd st -- 2nd 1954! st -- 2nd st -- 1st st -- 1st st -- 2nd st -- T-1st st -- 2nd st -- 3rd nd -- 5th rd -- 4th 1963! th -- * th -- * 1965@ th * rd 4th * th 4th * 1968$ th -- * rd -- * 1970$ rd -- * rd th -- * th DON OSBORN (3 YEARS) DUAL: (.423) // OVERALL: (.447) YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA th 6th * th * * th * * * Indicates years in which Illinois did not advance as a team and only sent individuals to Regionals or NCAAs. # Indicates years where Illinois championships finish was a NCAA statistical ranking.! Indicates years where records are incomplete for some In 1965, there was no Big Ten Championship. Instead, the conference champion was determined by each school s regular season conference dual match record. $ In 1968 and 1970, the Big Ten champion was determined by combining championship points earned at the season-ending meet, added to the amount of regular season conference dual match wins each team had. YOSHI HAYASAKI (33 YEARS) DUAL: (.661) // OVERALL: (.632) 6 BIG TEN TITLES // ONE NCAA TITLE YEAR OVERALL DUALS BIG TEN BIG TEN REGIONAL NCAA th th rd nd -- * nd -- * th th -- * st -- 8th nd -- * T-1st -- 6th th -- 9th th -- * rd -- * th -- * st -- 2nd st -- 1st th 5th * th 9th * rd 8th * th 3rd 6th th 4th * th 2nd 3rd th 4th * rd -- 8th# th -- 8th# th -- 9th# th -- 5th st -- 3rd nd -- 3rd nd -- 2nd th -- 5th nd -- 3rd T-1st -- 5th JUSTIN SPRING (2 YEARS) OVERALL: (.783) 2 BIG TEN TITLES YEAR OVERALL BIG TEN BIG TEN FINISH NCAA st 4th st 3rd ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS COACH SEASONS YEARS OVERALL RECORD PCT. Yoshi Hayasaki , Charlie Pond Dr. Hartley Price Justin Spring 2010-present Don Osborn R.C. Heidloff *.643 Leo Hana 1905, J.C. Wagner R.N. Fargo A.J. Schuettner S.C. Staley Adolph Kreikenbaum 1889, NA NA *Dual record 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 23

24 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS (SINCE 1972) All-Time results begin in 1971, starting with the first year the modern events of floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar and the all-around became the seven NCAA recognized events. Before 1971, the NCAA recognized championships in flying rings until 1961, rope climb (1962), tumbling (1964) and trampoline until *Note: Illinois did not compete as a team at the NCAA Championships and only sent individuals during the following seasons: , 80, 82, 85-87, 90-92, 94-97, 99, HEAD COACH: CHARLIE POND 8-18 BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 12/4 at Big Ten Invitational 7th/11, /8 Indiana State L, /15 at Minnesota L, /28 Eastern Illinois L, /29 Ohio State W, /5 at Indiana L, /12 Wisconsin W, /18 at Illinois State L, /19 Iowa L, /26 at Michigan L, /2-4 Big Ten Championships 6th/8, HEAD COACH: CHARLIE POND 4-17 BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/12 at Eastern Illinois L, /13 Minnesota L, /26 Eastern Illinois W, /27 at Iowa 3rd/4, /2 at Southern Illinois L, /9 Illinois State L, /10 at Wisconsin L, /15 at Indiana State L, /17 Iowa and Indiana 3rd/3, /24 at Michigan State L, /3 Southern Illinois L, /22-24 Big Ten Championships 6th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/24-25 Midwest Open NA 11/30-12/1 Big Ten Invitational NA 1/18 Eastern Illinois W, /19 Eastern Illinois W, /25 Indiana State L, /26 at Iowa, Northern Illinois 3rd/3, /1-2 at Michigan, Indiana 3rd/3, /8 at Illinois State L, /9 at Ohio State, Boise State 2nd/4, /15 Wisconsin, Wheaton 1st/3, /16 Indiana, Wheaton, Wisconsin 2nd/4, /23 at Minnesota L, /2 Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/28-30 at Midwest Open (Chicago) NA 12/2-7 at Big Ten Invitational 10th/18 12/21 Louisiana State L, /10 Oregon, Wheaton 2nd/3, /17 Illinois State L, /24 Eastern Illinois W, /25 Oklahoma, Northern Illinois 2nd/3, /31 Michigan State W, /7 Michigan, Indiana 3rd/3, /14 Wisconsin W, /15 Wisconsin W, /21 Indiana State L, /22 Kansas W, /28 Iowa, Minnesota 1st/3, /1 Iowa, Minnesota 2nd/3, /28-29 Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 11/21-22 at Big Ten Invitational 5th/12 12/5-6 at Ball State Invitational 6th/13 1/9 at Wheaton, Oregon, LSU 3rd/4, /10 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /17 at Michigan State L, /23 Oklahoma L, /30 at Illinois State, Southern Ill. 3rd/3, /31 at Iowa W, /7 Indiana W, /13 at Minnesota L, /21 Wisconsin W, /27 Northern Illinois W, /26-27 Big Ten Championships 3rd/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 32-9 BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/6 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/13 at Windy City Invitational NA 11/26-27 at Midwest Open NA 12/3 at Indiana W, /4 at Ball State All-Around Classic 4th/14, /7 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/4, /15 at Northern Illinois L, /21 Indiana State L, /2 Indiana State W, /5 UI-Chicago Circle W, /11-12 at Titon International Invite 1st/11, /25-26 Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State 2nd/4, /10-12 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /30-4/1 at NCAA Championships NA (Steve Yasukawa, 15th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/5 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/18-19 at Windy City Invitational 4th/14, /25-26 at Midwest Open NA 12/2-3 at Ball State All-Around Classic 4th/15, /6 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/4, /13 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /20 at Wisconsin W, /21 at Minnesota L, /28 Ohio State W, /3-4 at Titon International Invite 3rd/6, /10-11 at Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin 1st/4, /17-18 at Michigan State L, /21 Southern Illinois W, /25 at Illinois State, Michigan State 1st/3, /10-11 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /6-8 at NCAA Championships NA (Dave Stoldt, 2nd-PH; Butch Zunich, 10th-PH; John Davis, 21st-SR; Carl Antoniolli, 21st-Overall; Steve Yasukawa, 23rd-Overall) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/11 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/17-18 at Windy City Invitational 8th/14, /24-25 at Midwest Open NA 12/1-2 at Ball State All-Around Classic 13th/16, /5 Southern Illinois L, /9 Indiana W, /5 at Wheaton Invitational 3rd/5, /19-20 Wisconsin W, /2-3 at Titon International Invitational 2nd/3, /9 at Ohio State, Minnesota 1st/3, /16 Illinois State, Michigan State, Iowa 2nd/4, /20 Northern Illinois L, /24 Indiana State W, /9-11 at Big Ten Championships 4th/8, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 20-7 BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/10 at Big Ten Classic NA 11/16-17 at Windy City Invitational NA 11/19 Houston Baptist L, /23-24 at Midwest Open NA 12/1 at Northern Illinois W, /7 at Wheaton, Oregon 1st/3, /19 at Michigan State W, /20 at Michigan L, /25 Ohio State, Iowa 1st/3, /27 Wisconsin W, /2 Illinois Intercollegiate Champ. 2nd/6, /16 at Illinois State, UW-Stout 1st/3, /23 at Indiana W, /24 UI-Chicago Circle L, /2 at Indiana State, Southern Illinois 1st/3, /6-8 at Big Ten Championships 4th /8, /3-6 at NCAA Championships NA (Dave Stoldt, 1st-PH; Butch Zunich, 4th-PH; Kevin McMurchie, 5th-SR, 9th-HB; Jeff Mitchell, DNQ for finals in vault) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: EIGHTH 11/8 at Indiana College Classic NA 11/14-15 at Buckeye Invitational 1st/5, /21-22 at Windy City Invitational 4th/12, /28-29 at Midwest Open NA 12/4 Japanese All-Stars L, /5 Triangular Meet Memphis State W, Indiana W, /12 at Houston Baptist L, /18 Michigan W, /23 Indiana State W, /25 at Wisconsin W, /30 Northern Illinois L, /6-2/7 Illinois Intercollegiate Champ. 1st/6, /20 Michigan State W, /27 at UI-Chicago Circle L, /7 Southern Illinois W, /13-14 at Big Ten Championships 1st/8, /2-4 at NCAA Championships 8th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: NA 11/7-8 at Wisconsin Open NA 11/20-21 at Buckeye Invitational 3rd/6, /27-28 at Midwest Open NA 12/4-5 at Windy City Invitational 7th/12, /11 Brazilian National Team W, /7 at Cal State-Fullerton, UCLA 2nd/3, /9 at San Jose, Oklahoma 2nd/3, /13 at California L, /16 at Michigan L, /24 Iowa W, /28 at Northern Illinois L, /13 at Indiana, Indiana State 1st/3, /18 Southern Illinois W, /28 UI-Chicago Circle, Wisconsin 1st/3, /7 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/8, /19-20 Illinois Intercollegiate NA 4/1-3 at NCAA Championships NA (Kari Samstem, 4th-HB) *Note: Beginning in 1982, UI-Chicago Circle became known as Illinois-Chicago when its medical campus and its main campus combined to form one institution ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 24

25 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: T-FIRST NCAA: SIXTH 11/5 at Buckeye Invitational 2nd/6, /12 at Bronco Classic NA at Wisconsin Open NA 11/19 at Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /26 at Midwest Open NA 12/3 Soviets L, /15 at Iowa W, /22 Michigan L, /27 Houston Baptist W, /4 Northern Illinois W, /10 at Southern Illinois W, /12 at Memphis State W, /17 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 Michigan State W, /25 at Indiana State, Western Michigan 1st/3, /4-5 at Big Ten Championships T-1st/8, /7-9 at NCAA Championships 6th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NINTH 11/4-5 at Buckeye Invitational NA 11/18-19 at Windy City Invitational 10th/12, /25-26 at Midwest Open NA 12/4 Japanese All-Stars L, /13 at Michigan State W, /14 at Michigan, Kent State 1st/3, /21 Iowa L, /28 Indiana State, Memphis State 1st/3, /3 at Northern Illinois W, /10 at UCLA Invitational 3rd/7, /17 Illinois-Chicago W, /25 at Wisconsin, Minnesota 2nd/3, /3 Southern Illinois L, /9-10 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /17 at Chicagoland Invitational 1st/7, /24-25 Illini Open 1st/4, /12-14 at NCAA Championships 9th/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 11/2-13 Big Eight Invitational 4th/7, /16-17 Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /18 at Iowa, Ohio State 3rd/3, /31 at Indiana State L, /2 Wisconsin, Michigan 1st/ /7 Northern Illinois W, /9 New Mexico L, /17 at Southern Illinois L, /20 Cal. State-Fullerton Invite 5th/6, /22 UCLA Invitational 6Th/6, /2 Michigan State, BYU 1st/3, /10 Illinois Open 2nd/7, /23-24 Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /12-13 at NCAA Championships NA (Charles Lakes, 14th-AA, 1st-VT, 1st-PB) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 11/22-23 Windy City Invitational 9th/11, /31 Kamehameha Invite 2nd/3, /3 Kamehameha Invite 2nd/3, /11 Japan Jr. All-Stars Team L, /17 Michigan State W, /18 at Michigan, Minnesota 2nd/3, /25 at Wisconsin W, /1 Iowa W, /6 Northern Illinois W, /15 Southern Illinois, Illinois-Chicago 1st/3, /21 at Brigham Young, Montana 1st/3, /22 at New Mexico, California State 2nd/3, /1 Ohio State, Indiana State 2nd/3, /14-15 Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /4-5 at NCAA Championships NA (David Romero, 34th-PH; David Zeddies, 9th-HB; Joe Ledvora, 9th-PH; Tigran Mkchyan 44th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 12/7 Japan All Stars L, 279, /9-10 Windy City Invite 4th/11, /24 Michigan State W, /31 Michigan W, /6 UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /8 UCLA Invitational 2nd/6, /15 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 UCLA L, /27 New Mexico W, /28 Wisconsin W, /7 at Southern Illinois L, /14 at Michigan, Western Michigan 1st/3, /20 at Iowa L, /28 Northern Illinois W, /3-4 Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /23-25 at NCAA Championships NA (David Romero, 22nd-AA; David Zeddies, 50th-HB; Chris McKee, 38th-FX; Tigran Mkchyan, 14th-PH) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 46-2 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: SECOND 11/14 Intrasquad Meet NA 12/5-6 at Wisconsin Open NA 1/15-16 at Windy City Invitational 1st/11, /23 at Michigan W, /24 at Michigan State W, /30 Wisconsin W, /5 Houston Baptist W, /12 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/7, /13 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/7, /19 at Northern Illinois, Iowa State 1st/3, /26 Iowa W, /5 at New Mexico, 1st/4, Penn State, Western Michigan 3/12 Southern Illinois W, /25-26 at Big Ten Championships 1st/7, /14-15 at NCAA Championships 2nd/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 41-3 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: FIRST 1/14 at Iowa W, /20-21 at Windy City Invite 3rd/11, /27 Michigan State W, /4 Michigan and Northern Illinois 1st/3, /10 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/7, /11 at UCLA Invitational 1st/6, /18 at Houston Baptist L, /25 New Mexico W, /11 at Oklahoma W, /17 at Southern Illinois W, /24-25 at Big Ten Championships 1st/7, /7 at NCAA Championships 1st/10, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: NA 1/19-20 at Windy City Invite 8th/11, /3 Houston Baptist W, /8 at Titan Invite-Santa Barbara 4th/5, /10 at UCLA Invitational 5th/5, /24 Iowa L, /2-3 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /16 at Oklahoma L, /18 at New Mexico L, /7 at NCAA East Regionals 5th/10, /19-20 at NCAA Championships NA (Dan Petritis, 12th-FX) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/18-19 at Windy City Invite 7th/12, /25 at Michigan State L, /27 at Michigan L, /2 Oklahoma L, /8 at Iowa L, /16 New Mexico W, /23 at Houston Baptist W, /2-3 at UCLA Invite 6th/6, /9 Illinois-Chicago, Army 1st/3, /22-23 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /6 at NCAA East Regionals 9th/10, /18-20 at NCAA Championships NA (Lee Wolochuk, T-4th-PH; Ricardo Cheriel, 9th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: NA 1/11 at Spartan Invitational 3rd/5, /18 at Windy City Invite 4th/10, /25 Michigan, Michigan State 2nd/3, /22 Penn State L, /28 at UC-Santa Barbara 1st/4, /29 at UCLA Invite 4th/6, /7 at Illinois-Chicago, Army 1st/3, /14 at New Mexico, Air Force 2nd/3, /28 Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /11 at NCAA East Regionals 8th/10, /23-24 at NCAA Championships NA (Emilio Marrero, Sean Henderson, Matt White, Vutnik Chhay and Brian Kobylinski all competed but did not qualify for their respective individual event finals) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: SIXTH 1/15-16 at Windy City Invite 4th/12, /23 New Mexico W, /29 at Michigan State W, /30 at Michigan W, /13 Illinois-Chicago, Iowa 1st/3, /19 at UC-Santa Barbara, Michigan 1st/3, /20 at UCLA Invite 4th/6, /26 Western Michigan W, /7 at Oklahoma L, /12 at Arizona State W, /19-20 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /3 at NCAA East Regionals 3rd/6, /16-17 at NCAA Championships 6th/6, HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/14-15 at Windy City Invitational 6th/12, /22 Michigan State W, /29 Michigan W, /4 at Winter Nationals NA 2/11 at Iowa, UW-Oshkosh 2nd/3, /19 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/6, /25 Oklahoma L, /4 at Illinois-Chicago L, /6 at New Mexico L, /12 at Michigan Invitational 3rd/8, /26-27 at Big Ten Championships 6th/7, /9 at NCAA East Regionals 6th/6, /22-23 at NCAA Championships NA (Goncalo Macedo, 19th-AA, 16th-PH; Greg McGlaun, 12th-HB) 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 25

26 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN 9-14 BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/13-14 Windy City Invitational 6th/9, /22 Illinois-Chicago W, /3 at Michigan State W, /4 at Michigan State, Ohio State 1st/3, /10 Iowa L, /18 at Minnesota L, /25 Ohio State L, /4 Oklahoma L, /11 Stanford L, /25-26 Big Ten Championship 5th/7, /8 at NCAA East Regionals NA (Jeremiah Landry, Qualified for NCAAs-PH) 4/20-22 at NCAA Championships NA (Jeremiah Landry, 2nd-PH) HEAD COACH: DON OSBORN BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/19-20 at Windy City Invitational 5th/12, /27 Michigan State W, /10 Penn State L, /17 at Iowa L, /24 Oklahoma, New Mexico 2nd/3, /2 at Illinois-Chicago W, /9 at Stanford, California 4th/5, Oklahoma, UCLA 3/15 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 4th/8, /23 at Michigan Invitational 5th/8, /30-31 at Big Ten Championships 6th/7, /13 at NCAA East Regionals NA (Yuval Ayalon, 8th-AA; Greg McGlaun, 1st- HB; Matt Redman, DNP-HB) 4/25-27 at NCAA Championships NA (Greg McGlaun, 9th-HB; Yuval Ayalon, 12th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NA 1/18 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/9, /25 at Michigan State L, /26 Michigan W, /1 Illinois-Chicago W, /8 at Penn State L, /22 Iowa L, /27 at UCLA Invitational 2nd/5, /1 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/9, /8 Ohio State L, /22 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /5 at NCAA East Regionals 4th/6, /17-19 at NCAA Championships NA (Travis Romagnoli, 3rd-AA, 7th-FX, 3rd-VT; Greg McGlaun, 5th-HB) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: THIRD 1/17 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /24 at Ohio State L, /31 Penn State and Michigan 1st/3, /7 at Minnesota L, /21 Michigan State W, /28 Illinois-Chicago W, /7 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /14 Iowa L, /20 at Big Ten Championships 5th/7, /4 at NCAA East Regionals 2nd/6, /8-9 at NCAA Championships 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: NA 1/16 at Windy City Invitational 4th/7, /29 at Michigan, Ohio State 3rd/3, /31 at Michigan State L, /6 Iowa L, /14 at Illinois-Chicago W, /20 at Penn State L, /27 Minnesota W, /6 Ohio State W, /12 at California W, /18 at UC-Santa Barbara, Army 1st/3, /26-27 Big Ten Championship 6th/7, /10 NCAA East Regionals 4th/7, /22-24 at NCAA Championships NA (Kyle Zak, 24th-FX; Leo Oka, 11th-PH, 7th- SR, 12th-VT, 12th-PB, 9th-HB, 7th-AA) HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: THIRD NCAA: EIGHTH* 1/8 at Illinois-Chicago W, /15 at Windy City Invitational 3rd/7, /22 at Minnesota W, /29 Michigan State W, /5 at Ohio State, Michigan 3rd/3, /19 Penn State L, /26 Michigan L, /3 at Iowa, Michigan State 2nd/3, /11 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3rd/6, /17-18 at Big Ten Championships 3rd/7, /30 NCAA Team Qualifier 4th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FOURTH NCAA: EIGHTH* 1/13 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /20 Minnesota W, /26 at Michigan L, /27 at Michigan State, Illinois-Chicago 1st/3, /3 Ohio State L, /16 Illinois-Chicago W, /22 at UCLA Invitational 1st/5, /24 at Stanford, Arizona State 1st/3, /3 Iowa W, /10 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 2nd/5, /23-3/24 at Big Ten Championships 4th/7, /5-4/7 at NCAA Team Qualifier 4th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: NINTH* 1/12 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /19 Nebraska W, /26 Minnesota W, /2 at Penn State L, /10 at Illinois-Chicago W, /15 at Ohio State W, /21 at UCLA Invitational 1st/6, /23 at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 1st/4, /2 at Iowa W, /9 Illinois-Chicago W, /22-23 at Big Ten Championships 5th/6, /4-6 at NCAA Team Qualifier 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SIXTH NCAA: FIFTH 1/11 at Windy City Invitational 4th/6, /25 at Minnesota L, /1 Ohio State L, /15 at Temple, Penn State 2nd/3, /22 at Illinois-Chicago W, /1 Penn State, Iowa 2nd/3, /6 at Peter Vidmar Invite 2nd/5, /8 at Southwest Cup 2nd/5, /15 Oklahoma L, /28-29 at Big Ten Championships 6th/6, /11 NCAA Team Qualifier 3rd/6, /12 NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 19-8 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: THIRD 1/10 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /17 at Penn State L, /25 Minnesota W, /31 at Ohio State L, /6-7 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/14 Illinois-Chicago W, /21 at Iowa W, /27 Temple W, /6 at Oklahoma L, /19 at Big Ten Championships 1st/6, /2 NCAA Team Qualifier 3rd/6, /3 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: THIRD 1/8 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /22 at Minnesota W, /29 Ohio State T, /4-5 at Winter Cup Challenge NA 2/12 Penn State W, /19 at Pacific Coast Classic 2nd/4, /26 at Temple W, /5 Iowa W, /12 Illinois-Chicago W, /25 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /6 NCAA Team Qualifier 1st/6, /7 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI 23-5 BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: SECOND 1/14 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /21 Minnesota W, /28 at Ohio State L, /3-4 at Winter Cup Challenge NA 2/11 Temple W, /18 at Iowa, Michigan 1st/3, /25 at UIC W, /5 at Iowa W, /11 Army W, /24 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /6 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /7 NCAA Team Finals 2nd/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: FIFTH NCAA: FIFTH 1/13 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /20 at Minnesota L, /27 Ohio State L, /9-10 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/17 at Penn State L, /24 Pacific Coast Classic 5th/6, /3 Iowa W, /10 at Michigan L, /17 Illinois-Chicago W, /30 at Big Ten Championships 5th/6, /12 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /13 NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: SECOND NCAA: THIRD 1/12 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/7, /19 Minnesota L, /26 at Ohio State W, /8-9 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/16 Penn State L, /23 Pacific Coast Classic 5th/6, /1 at Iowa W, /8 Michigan W, /15 at Illinois-Chicago W, /21 at Minnesota/Iowa 1st/3, /30 at Big Ten Championships 2nd/6, /12 NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /13 NCAA Team Finals 3rd/6, ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 26

27 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME RESULTS HEAD COACH: YOSHI HAYASAKI BIG TEN: T-FIRST NCAA: FIFTH 1/17 at Windy City Invitational 2nd/6, /24 Ohio State W, /5-2/7 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/14 Penn State W, /21 at Pacific Coast Classic 5th/7, /28 Iowa W, /7 UIC W, /14 at Michigan W, /21 at Minnesota W, /3 at Big Ten Championships T-1st/6, /16 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /17 at NCAA Team Finals 5th/6, HEAD COACH: JUSTIN SPRING 22-5 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: FOURTH 1/16 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /30 at Ohio State W, /4-2/6 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/13 Minnesota W, /20 at Penn State W, /28 at UIC W, /7 at Iowa W, /13 Michigan L, /20 UIC W, /2 at Big Ten Championships 1st/6, /15 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd/6, /16 at NCAA Team Finals 4th/6, HEAD COACH: JUSTIN SPRING 25-8 BIG TEN: FIRST NCAA: THIRD 1/15 at Windy City Invitational 1st/6, /22 at Minnesota w/ Nebraska 1st of 3, /29 Iowa W, /4-2/6 at Winter Cup Challenge NTS 2/12 at Michigan L, /19 Penn State L, /4 at UIC w/ Air Force and Stanford 2nd of 4, /12 at Ohio State w/ Nebraska 2nd of 3, /19 at Oklahoma w/ Penn State 2nd of 3, /26 UIC W, /1 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 6, /14 at NCAA Team Qualifier 2nd of 6, /15 at NCAA Team Finals 3rd of 6, All-Time Results Key NA: Not Applicable; either there were insufficient results and records kept for the specific season or the event was not a team scoring event. DNA: Did Not Advance; at NCAAs after 1968, a select number of teams had to qualify before advancing to the final round where the national champion was decided. In 1968, four teams advanced to the final round. From , three teams advanced, while in 2000, the format changed to the present day system of six teams advancing to the final round to contend for the team national title. *Note: Starting in 1982, UI-Chicago Circle became known as Illinois-Chicago after its medical campus and main campus joined to form one institution. *BOLD indicates active DI men s gymnastics programs. * All-Time records against include invitational and postseason competitions (Big Tens, Regionals, NCAAs) as well as duals. *According to Illinois records, the first year of organized men s gymnastics was in All-time results are as accurate as Illinois sports archives have allowed. For some seasons, accurate records of opponents and tournament fields were unavailable. ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS AA All-Stars 2-0 Air Force Arizona State 21-5 Army Ball State 9-0 Berwyn Sokol 1-0 Brazilian National Team 1-0 Brigham Young 3-1 California California-Fullerton 6-3 California- Santa Barbara 15-1 Central Michigan 1-0 Central Missouri State 1-0 Chicago Chicago Sokol 2-0 Chicago Turners 1-0 Chicago YMCA 3-0 Cincinnati 2-0 Cleveland 0-1 Colorado 2-1 Colorado State 1-0 Columbus YMCA 1-0 Denison 1-0 Denver 0-3 Detroit 0-1 Eastern Illinois 6-2 Eastern Montana 1-0 Florida 1-0 Florida State 5-2 George Williams 6-1 Germania-Turner 2-0 Houston Baptist 6-3 Illinois-Chicago Illinois State 13-8 Indiana Indiana State Iowa Iowa State 6-10 Japanese All-Stars 0-5 Kansas 0-1 Kansas State 1-0 Kent State 10-2 Louisiana State 3-5 Maryland 1-0 Massachusetts 5-0 Memphis State 3-0 *BOLD indicates active DI men s gymnastics programs. Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Morton Junior College 3-0 Navy Nebraska New Mexico 12-8 Northern Illinois Northern Iowa 1-0 Northwestern 9-0 Ohio 7-1 Ohio State Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 Oklahoma Oregon 0-7 Pennsylvania 0-2 Penn State Pittsburgh 2-0 Purdue 11-8 Purdue Club 1-0 San Jose State 3-0 Slippery Rock 1-0 Stanford St. Cloud State 1-0 St. Louis YMCA 2-0 Southern Illinois-Carbondale Southern Illinois-Normal 7-0 Soviets 0-1 Swedish Olympic Team 0-2 Swiss Club 0-2 Syracuse Temple Triangular American Gym Union 1-0 Turner-Normal 3-1 UCLA 8-16 USC 4-4 Washington 8-0 Western Illinois 3-0 Western Michigan 21-0 Wheaton 10-0 William and Mary Wisconsin Wisconsin- LaCrosse 1-0 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5-0 Wisconsin-Stout 2-0 * All-Time records against include invitational and postseason competitions (Big Tens, Regionals, NCAAs) as well as duals. *According to Illinois records, the first year of organized men s gymnastics was in All-time results are as accurate as Illinois sports archives have allowed. For some seasons, accurate records of opponents and tournament fields were unavailable ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 27

28 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME TITLES LEADERS TOP-10 ALL-TIME TITLES COMPETITORS FX PH SR VT PB HB AA TOTAL 1. Chalie Lakes Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies Justin Spring PAUL RUGGERI Dave Romero Chris McKee Daniel Ribeiro Kevin McMurchie Kari Samsten TOP-10 SINGLE-SEASON TITLES COMPETITORS... YR... TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Charlie Lakes Travis Romagnoli Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies David Zeddies Justin Spring Charlie Lakes PAUL RUGGERI Chris McKee ALL-TIME FLOOR SINGLE-SEASON FLOOR ALL-TIME POMMEL HORSE SINGLE-SEASON POMMEL HORSE COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Chris McKee Chad Wiest Justin Spring Charlie Lakes PAUL RUGGERI Adam Pummer Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies 7 9. Sean-Paul Crawford Daniel Petritus 5 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Chris McKee 12/ Chris McKee 10/ Justin Spring 8/ Chad Wiest 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ PAUL RUGGERI 5/ Chad Wiest 5/ Adam Pummer 5/ Sean-Paul Crawford 5/ Travis Romagnoli 5/ Chris McKee 5/ Charlie Lakes 5/1984 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Daniel Ribeiro Joe Ledvora Kevin Oltendorf Ben Newman Butch Zunich Dominick Minicucci 9 6. Tigran Mkchyan 9 8. Dave Romero 8 9. Jeremiah Landry 7 9. Dave Stolt 7 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Daniel Ribeiro 14/ Daniel Ribeiro 10/ Butch Zunich 10/ Daniel Ribeiro 9/ Daniel Ribeiro 9/ Dominick Minicucci 9/ Joe Ledvora 9/ Kevin Oltendorf 9/ Ben Newman 8/ Joe Ledvora 8/1984 ALL-TIME STILL RINGS SINGLE-SEASON STILL RINGS ALL-TIME VAULT SINGLE-SEASON VAULT COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Dave Romero Kevin McMurchie Tyler Yamauchi Brian Kobylinski David Zeddies Leo Oka 8 7. Frank Rosch 7 8. Linh Hoang 5 8. Kari Samsten JG Ketchen 4 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Brian Kobylinski 8/ Dave Romero 8/ Kevin McMurchie 8/ Dave Romero 7/ David Zeddies 7/ Brian Kobylinski 6/ Dave Romero 6/ Frank Rosch 6/ Kevin McMurchie 6/ Tyler Yamauchi 5/ Tyler Yamauchi 5/ Tyler Yamauchi 5/2005 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Travis Romagnoli Charlie Lakes Gilberto Albuquerque Chris McKee Adam Pummer David Zeddies Gilmarcio Sanches Justin Spring 8 9. PAUL RUGGERI 6 9. Tyler Yamauchi 6 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Travis Romagnoli 10/ Charlie Lakes 8/ Gilberto Albuquerque 7/ Travis Romagnoli 6/ Chris McKee 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ Gilmarcio Sanches 6/ Charlie Lakes 6/ Adam Pummer 5/ David Zeddies 5/ Gilberto Albuquerque 5/1982 ALL-TIME PARALLEL BARS SINGLE-SEASON PARALLEL BARS ALL-TIME HIGH BAR SINGLE-SEASON HIGH BAR COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Justin Spring Charlie Lakes Travis Romagnoli Kari Samsten PAUL RUGGERI 9 6. Adam Pummer 8 6. Dave Romero 8 8. C.J. PADERA 7 8. TYLER MIZOGUCHI 7 8. Steve Lechner 7 8. Tigran Mkchyan 7 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Charlie Lakes 9/ Justin Spring 8/ Justin Spring 7/ Charlie Lakes 7/ Travis Romagnoli 6/ TYLER MIZOGUCHI 5/ Adam Pummer 5/ Travis Romagnoli 5/ Steve Lechner 5/ C.J. PADERA 4/ PAUL RUGGERI 4/ Brian Liscovitz 4/ Wes Haagensen 4/ Dave Romero 4/ Tigran Mkchyan 4/1988 COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes David Zeddies PAUL RUGGERI Travis Romagnoli Greg McGlaun Justin Spring Kari Samsten Ricardo Cheriel 9 9. Scott Wetterling Wes Haagensen 6 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Charlie Lakes 12/ Charlie Lakes 10/ PAUL RUGGERI 9/ Charlie Lakes 9/ Justin Spring 8/ Travis Romagnoli 7/ Greg McGlaun 7/ Greg McGlaun 7/ David Zeddies 7/ David Zeddies 7/1986 ALL-TIME ALL-AROUND SINGLE-SEASON ALL-AROUND COMPETITORS TITLES 1. Charlie Lakes Travis Romagnoli David Zeddies Wes Haagensen PAUL RUGGERI 9 5. Ricardo Cheriel 9 7. Kari Samsten 8 8. Dave Romero 7 8. Jeff Mitchell TYLER MIZOGUCHI Leo Oka Yuval Ayalon 5 COMPETITORS TITLES/YR 1. Charlie Lakes 11/ Travis Romagnoli 9/ Charlie Lakes 9/ Travis Romagnoli 7/ David Zeddies 7/ David Zeddies 6/ Wes Haagensen 5/ Travis Romagnoli 5/ Dominick Minicucci 5/ PAUL RUGGERI 4/ Charlie Lakes 4/ Jeff Mitchell 4/1982 Current gymnasts are in BOLD CAPS. Current coaches are in BOLD. Includes titles from every regular and postseason meet (three Big Ten Championships sessions and three NCAA Championships sessions). Includes both days of the U.S. Winter Cup Challenge since 2004 due to a shortened schedule ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 28

29 AWARDS / RECORDS INTERNATIONAL // NCAA HONORS ILLINOIS OLYMPIANS COMPETITOR YEAR *Paul Fina 1940 Abie Grossfeld 1956 Abie Grossfeld 1960 Don Tonry 1960 Dominick Minicucci 1988 Charles Lakes 1988 Dominick Minicucci 1992 Justin Spring 2008 (Bronze Medal-team) *Fina made the Olympic team, but because of WWII, the Olympics were canceled. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS NAME COMPETITIONS Gilberto Albuquerque 1980 World Championships Pan American Games Yuval Ayalon 1994, 96 European Championships , 96, 97 World Championships European Championships World University Games Victor Feinstein 1978 World Championships European Championships Wes Haagensen 2009 World Championships (London) Pan American Championships Steve Juengart 1984 South African Cup Charles Lakes 1985 Chunichi Cup Goodwill Games Hungarian International Invite World Championships Summer Olympics Goncalo Macedo 1993, 94 World Championships , 95 World University Games European Championships Emilio Marrero 1989 World Sports Fair Golden Sands Invitational Dominick Minicucci 1988 China Cup International , 92 Summer Olympics Tigran Mkchyan 1985 Canada International Inv Moncado Cup Ben Newman 2005 Maccabiah Games Leo Oka 1999 China International Motor Cup David Pearlstein 1993 Maccabiah Games Adam Pummer 2004 Taipai International Invitational Raul Rodriguez 1983 Pan American Games Travis Romagnoli 1997 World Championships David Romero 1982 Central American Games World Championships Pan American Games Paul Ruggeri Moscow World Stars Japan Cup Kari Samsten 1978 European Championships World Championships Scandinavian Championships World Championships Gilmarcio Sanches 1981 Pan American Games World Championships Central American Games Andres Saavedra 2004 World Cup Bolivarian Games , 06 South American Games Pan American Games World Championships Chris Silcox 2007 World University Games Justin Spring 2003 World University Games American Cup World Championships Ghent World Cup (Belgium) Moscow World Cup (Russia) Pan American Games Olympic Games Tyler Yamauchi 2007 World University Games Kyle Zak 1999 China International Motor Cup David Zeddies 1988 World Sports Fair ILLINI NISSEN-EMERY AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS (The Nissen-Emery Award is given annually, since 1966, to the nation s top senior male gymnast) GYMNAST YEAR Butch Zunich 1980 Steve Lechner 1981 Joe Ledvora 1986 Tigran Mkchyan 1988 David Zeddies Ricardo Cheriel 1993 Brian Kobylinski 1995 Jon Corbitt 1998 Kyle Zak 1999 Travis Romagnoli 2000 Leo Oka 2001 J.G. Ketchen 2002 Bob Rogers 2004 Ben Newman 2005 Justin Spring Wes Haagensen 2008 Luke Stannard Daniel Ribeiro 2011 * Bold indicates award winners NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Since 1938) *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1938 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Flying Rings 1939 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Marvin Forman Long Horse 1940 Paul Fina All-Around Harry KoehnemannSide Horse Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo All-Around 1941 Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Jack Adkins Tumbling 1942 Caton Cobb Side Horse 1948 Gay Hughes Trampoline Joe Calvetti High Bar 1950 Irving BedardTumbling 1952 Frank Bare Side Horse Bob SullivanTumbling 1953 Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise 1954 Dick Browning Tumbling 1956 Don TonryAll-Around Dan Lirot Tumbling 1957 Frank Hailand Tumbling Abie Grossfeld High Bar John Davis Side Horse 1958 Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Frank Hailand Tumbling 1959 Don TonryFloor Exercise 1960 Alvin BaraschTumbling Ray HadleyFloor Exercise 1962 Mike AufrechtSide Horse 1963 Hal HolmesTumbling 1969 John McCarthy Long Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1984 Charles Lakes High Bar 1998 Travis RomagnoliAll-Around Travis RomagnoliVault 2004 Bob RogersPommel Horse Justin Spring High Bar 2005 Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2006 Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar 2008 Paul Ruggeri...High Bar 2009 Paul Ruggeri... High Bar, Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro... Pommel Horse 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi.... Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse ALL-AMERICANS (Since 1938) *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1938 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Flying Rings Joseph Giallombardo Rope Climb Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse 1939 Joseph Giallombardo All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse Joseph Giallombardo Parallel Bars Paul Fina All-Around Paul Fina Parallel Bars Marvin Forman Long Horse John Dallenbach Rope Climb 1940 John Cress Rope Climb John Cress High Bar John Cress Tumbling Louis Fina Long Horse Louis Fina Flying Rings Paul Fina All-Around Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling Joseph Giallombardo Side Horse Joseph Giallombardo Parallel Bars Joseph Giallombardo Long Horse Bill Goldie Tumbling Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Harry Koehnemann Rope Climb Ray Weiss Tumbling Ray Weiss Flying Rings 1941 Jack Adkins Tumbling Jim Baley Long Horse Harold Brown Rope Climb Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Caton Cobb All-Around Caton Cobb Floor Exercise Louis Fina All-Around Louis Fina Tumbling Louis Fina High Bar Louis Fina Flying Rings Louis Fina Floor Exercise Louis Fina Side Horse Louis Fina Long Horse Paul Fina All-Around Paul Fina Flying Rings Paul Fina Parallel Bars Harry Koehnemann Side Horse 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 29

30 AWARDS / RECORDS NCAA HONORS 1942 Jack Adkins Long Horse Jack Adkins Tumbling Jack Adkins All-Around Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb Long Horse Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Caton Cobb All-Around Louis Fina Long Horse Louis Fina Flying Rings Louis Fina All-Around Ollie Phillips Tumbling 1948 Joe Calvettie High Bar Joe Fina Tumbling Gay Hughes Trampoline Don Von Ebers Trampoline Vito Zinzi Side Horse Vito Zinzi Long Horse 1949 Frank Dolan All-Around Frank Dolan Parallel Bars Joe Fina Tumbling Gay Hughes Trampoline Jack Sharp Flying Rings 1950 William Barnes Tumbling Irving Bedard Tumbling Irving Bedard Tumbling Frank Dolan High Bar Frank Dolan Parallel Bars Joe Fina Tumbling 1951 Edwin Houser Rope Climb Bruce Sidlinger Trampoline Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Long Horse 1952 Frank Bare Side Horse Wally Cryer Trampoline Edwin Houser Rope Climb Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Flying Rings 1953 Jeff Austin Trampoline Frank Bare Side Horse Frank Bare Parallel Bars Frank Bare All-Around Gil Brinkmeyer All-Around Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise 1954 Jeff Austin Tumbling Dick Browning Tumbling Tom Gardner Side Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Tom Gardner Still Rings Tom Gardner Long Horse Tom Gardner All-Around 1955 Jeff Austin Floor Exercise Jeff Austin Trampoline Jeff Austin Tumbling Jon Culbertson Side Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Tom Gardner Side Horse Tom Gardner All-Around Tony Hlinka High Bar Tony Hlinka All-Around Richard Jirus Parallel Bars Don Lirot Tumbling Eric Statten Rope Climb 1956 Gavin Blair All-Around Gavin Blair Side Horse Gavin Blair High Bar Jon Culbertson Side Horse Jon Culbertson High Bar Frank Hailand Tumbling Frank Hailand Trampoline Mike Karon Trampoline Dan Lirot Tumbling Eric Statton Rope Climb Don Tonry Parallel Bars Don Tonry All-Around Don Tonry High Bar 1957 John Davis Side Horse Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Frank Hailand Tumbling Allan Harvey Tumbling Mike Karon Tumbling 1958 John Davis Side Horse Abie Grossfeld High Bar Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Frank Hailand Tumbling Allan Harvey Tumbling 1959 Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld Still Rings Abie Grossfeld All-Around Don Tonry Floor Exercise Don Tonry Side Horse Don Tonry High Bar Don Tonry Parallel Bars Don Tonry Still Rings 1960 Alvin Barasch Tumbling Pat Bird Still Rings Ray Hadley Floor Exercise Ray Hadley Side Horse Ray Hadley Parallel Bars Bill Lawler Side Horse 1961 Dale Grace Free Exercise Bob Cason Tumbling John Salter Long Horse 1962 Mike Aufrecht Side Horse Bob Clomb Tumbling Ray Hadley All-Around Ray Hadley Long Horse Ray Hadley Free Exercise Ray Hadley Side Horse Hal Holmes Tumbling 1963 Hal Holmes Tumbling 1969 John McCarthy Long Horse 1970 Ken Barr Side Horse Gene Kalin Parallel Bars 1978 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1979 John Davis Still Rings Butch Zunich Pommel Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse Butch Zunich Pommel Horse Kevin McMurchie Still Rings 1982 Kari Samsten High Bar 1983 Kevin McMurchie Still Rings 1984 Charles Lakes High Bar Charles Lakes All-Around Joe Levdora Pommel Horse 1985 Charles Lakes Parallel Bars 1987 David Romero Still Rings 1988 David Zeddies All-Around Dominick Minicucci Pommel Horse Chris McKee Floor Exercise 1989 David Zeddies Floor Exercise David Zeddies Still Rings David Zeddies High Bar Chris McKee Floor Exercise Chris McKee Vault 1991 Lee Wolochuk Pommel Horse 1993 Brian Kobylinski Still Rings 1995 Jeremiah Landry Pommel Horse 1997 Greg McGlaun High Bar Travis Romagnoli All-Around Travis Romagnoli Vault 1998 Travis Romagnoli All-Around Travis Romagnoli Vault Travis Romagnoli High Bar Travis Romagnoli Parallel Bars Travis Romagnoli Floor Exercise Kyle Zak Floor Exercise 2000 Travis Romagnoli All Around Travis Romagnoli High Bar Leo Oka All-Around 2001 Leo Oka All-Around Linh Hoang Still Rings 2002 J.G. Ketchen Still Rings Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse 2003 Bob Rogers Floor Exercise Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Justin Spring Floor Exercise Justin Spring Parallel Bars Scott Wetterling High Bar 2004 Ben Newman Pommel Horse Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Vault Bob Rogers Pommel Horse Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar 2005 Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Vault Adam Pummer Parallel Bars Adam Pummer High Bar Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar Justin Spring All-Around Peter Shostchuk Pommel Horse Tyler Yamauchi Still Rings 2006 Ross Bradley High Bar Ted Brown Pommel Horse Wes Haagensen All-Around Wes Haagensen Floor Exercise Wes Haagensen Parallel Bars Chris Lung Pommel Horse Adam Pummer Floor Exercise Adam Pummer Pommel Horse Justin Spring All-Around Justin Spring Floor Exercise Justin Spring Vault Justin Spring Parallel Bars Justin Spring High Bar Tyler Yamauchi Still Rings 2007 Wes Haagensen All-Around Wes Haagensen High Bar Chris Silcox High Bar Chad Wiest Floor Exercise Tyler Yamauchi Floor Exercise 2008 Jon Drollinger Still Rings Ross Bradley High Bar Wes Haagensen Parallel Bars Brian Liscovitz Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri...Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri... High Bar Paul Ruggeri... Vault Tyler Yamauchi Vault 2009 Roger Pasek Floor Exercise Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri...Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri... Parallel Bars Paul Ruggeri... High Bar Paul Ruggeri... All-Around 2010 Tyler Mizoguchi.... All-Around Anthony Sacramento.... Still Rings Luke Stannard Pommel Horse Chad Wiest Floor Exercise Tyler Williamson Still Rings 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi.... All-Around Tyler Mizoguchi.... Parallel Bars C.J. Padera... Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Anthony Sacramento.... Still Rings 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 30

31 AWARDS / RECORDS NCAA HONORS // BIG TEN HONORS NCAA GYMNAST OF THE WEEK by College Gymnastics Association by Inside Gymnastics Magazine until Justin Spring 3/1/04 Justin Spring 2/17/04 Justin Spring 2/3/ Wes Haagensen 1/24/ Wes Haagensen 1/17/ Paul Ruggeri.... 1/18/10 Paul Ruggeri.... 2/15/10 Paul Ruggeri.... December Tyler Mizoguchi 1/31/11 NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR 2004 Jon Valdez CENTRAL REGION COACH OF THE YEAR 2010 Justin Spring 2011 Justin Spring CENTRAL REGION ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR 2009 Justin Spring, Ivan Ivankov 2010 Ivan Ivankov 2011 Ivan Ivankov, Luke Stannard BIG TEN CHAMPIONS *Side horse is the modern day pommel horse, with the official name change coming in 1972, while long horse became known as vault in Still Rings took the place of flying rings ( ) officially in 1958, while free exercise became known as floor exercise in YEAR NAME EVENT 1910 E.B. Styles All-Around 1911 E.B. Styles All-Around 1912 E.B. Styles All-Around 1920 A.W. Ziegler All-Around 1928 W.J. Fulton Tumbling 1929 Richard C. Oeler Pommel Horse 1930 E.L. Reiter Parallel Bars 1931 W. Cherry Tumbling 1932 Jospeh Rehor Jr.High Bar E. Zitzler Pommel Horse R. Cadle Tumbling 1933 R. Cadle Tumbling 1935 Joseph Rehor Jr.High Bar Leonard WaymanParallel Bars Arthur Fisher Tumbling 1936 Arthur Fisher Tumbling 1938 Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoAll-Around 1939 Paul Fina High Bar Paul FinaParallel Bars Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoAll-Around Harry Koehnemann Side Horse 1940 Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Joe Giallombardo Tumbling Joe GiallombardoParallel Bar John Cress Jr. High Bar 1941 Earl ShankenLong Horse Caton Cobb High Bar Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Harry Koehnemann Side Horse Paul FinaFlying Rings Jack Adkins Tumbling 1942 Caton Cobb Side Horse Caton Cobb High Bar Caton Cobb Parallel Bars Jack Adkins Tumbling Paul FinaLong Horse 1947 Vito Zinzi Side Horse J. O Heron Long Horse 1948 Joe Calvetti High Bar Vito Zinzi Side Horse Vito Zinzi Long Horse Joe Fina Floor Exercise 1949 Irvin Bedard Tumbling Joe Calvetti High Bar Jack SharpFlying Rings 1950 Frank DolanPommel Horse Frank Dolan All-Around Frank DolanHigh Bar Irv Bedard Tumbling Richard Palmer Flying Rings 1951 Bob Sullivan Long Horse Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bruce Sidlinger Trampoline Frank Dolan Pommel Horse 1952 Bob Sullivan Tumbling Bob Sullivan All-Around Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise Frank BarePommel Horse 1953 Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise Bob Sullivan Long Horse Tom Gardner Still Rings Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Jeff Austin Floor Exercise 1954 Frank BarePommel Horse Tom Gardner Parallel Bars Jeff Austin Floor Exercise 1955 Jeff Austin Tumbling Jeff Austin Floor Exercise Tom Gardner Parallel Bars 1956 Dan Lirot Tumbling Don Tonry All-Around Gavin Blair Pommel Horse 1957 Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise Abie Grossfeld High Bar Frank Hailand Tumbling 1958 Abie Grossfeld Parallel Bars Abie Grossfeld All-Around Frank Hailand Tumbling 1959 Abie Grossfeld All-Around Abie Grossfeld Still Rings Don Tonry Floor Exercise 1960 Ray HadleyAll-Around Ray Hadley Floor Exercise Al Barasch Tumbling Pat Bird Still Rings 1961 Ray HadleyFloor Exercise Hal Holmes Tumbling Bill Lawler Pommel Horse 1962 Ray Hadley All-Around Ray HadleyHigh Bar Hal Holmes Tumbling Bill Lawler Pommel Horse 1963 Hal Holmes Tumbling 1965 Tom Hurt Long Horse 1966 Hal ShawLong Horse 1967 Hal ShawLong Horse 1969 Jack McCarthy Long Horse 1970 Ken Barr Pommel Horse 1971 Ken Barr Pommel Horse Paul Hunt Floor Exercise 1972 Ken Barr Pommel Horse Gregg Fenske Parallel Bars 1973 Gregg Fenske Parallel Bars 1975 Howard Beck Pommel Horse 1978 Steve Yasukawa High Bar Butch ZunichPommel Horse John Davis Still Rings 1979 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1982 Gilberto Albuquerque Vault Kevin Oltendorf Pommel Horse 1983 Kevin Oltendorf Pommel Horse Frank RoschStill Rings 1984 Charles Lakes All-Around Charles Lakes Vault Joe Ledvora Pommel Horse 1985 Charles Lakes All-Around Charles Lakes Parallel Bars Charles Lakes Vault Charles Lakes High Bar 1986 Joe Ledvora Pommel Horse Steve JuengertStill Rings David Zeddies High Bar 1988 Dominick Minicucci All-Around Dominick Minicucci Pommel Horse David Zeddies Still Rings 1989 David Zeddies Parallel Bars 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 31 Mike Mingle High Bar Chris McKee Vault Chris McKee Floor Exercise David Romero Still Rings 1992 Ricardo Cheriel High Bar (tie) 1994 Brian Kobylinski Still Rings 1995 Jeremiah Landry Pommel Horse 1997 Travis Romagnoli Vault 1998 Travis Romagnoli High Bar 2003 Ben Newman Pommel Horse 2004 Ben Newman Pommel Horse Justin Spring Floor Exercise 2005 Ted Brown Pommel Horse Ben Newman Pommel Horse 2006 Justin Spring All-Around Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2007 Wes Haagensen All-Around Tyler Yamauchi Vault 2008 Wes Haagensen High Bar Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2009 Luke Stannard Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri....Floor Exercise Paul Ruggeri....Parallel Bars 2010 C.J. Padera Parallel Bars Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Paul Ruggeri.... Vault Paul Ruggeri.... High Bar 2011 Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse Chad Wiest Floor Exercise BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE YEAR Since David Zeddies 1998 Travis Romagnoli 2006 Justin Spring 2007 Wes Haagensen BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR Since Yoshi Hayasaki 1989 Yoshi Hayasaki 2004 Yoshi Hayasaki 2009 Yoshi Hayasaki 2010 Justin Spring 2011 Justin Spring BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Since Dominick Minicucci 1995 Yuval Ayalon 2005 Wes Haagensen 2010 Yoshi Mori ALL-BIG TEN Since Joe Ledvora, Gilmarcio Sanchez, Charles Lakes 1985 Charles Lakes 1986 Steve Juengert, David Romero David Zeddies 1987 (David Romero, Chris McKee) 1988 David Zeddies,Dominick Minicucci, (Tigran Mkchyan, Chris McKee) 1989 David Romero, David Zeddies, Chris McKee, Mike Mingle 1990 (David Romero) 1991 (Ricardo Cheriel) 1992 Ricardo Cheriel 1993 (Ricardo Cheriel) 1994 Brian Kobylinski 1995 Jeremiah Landry, (Yuval Ayalon) 1996 (Yuval Ayalon) 1997 Travis Romagnoli, (Yuval Ayalon) 1998 Travis Romagnoli 1999 Leo Oka 2001 Linh Hoang, Leo Oka 2003 Ben Newman

32 AWARDS / RECORDS BIG TEN // ACADEMIC HONORS 2004 Ben Newman, Justin Spring 2005 Ted Brown, Ben Newman, (Justin Spring) 2006 Justin Spring, Wes Haagensen 2007 Wes Haagensen, Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Wes Haagensen, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri, Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Luke Stannard, Paul Ruggeri 2010 Brian Liscovitz, C.J. Padera, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi, Daniel Ribeiro, Chad Wiest BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE WEEK Since Brian Kubylinski 1/1994 Brian Kubylinski 2/ Travis Romagnoli 1/1998 Travis Romagnoli 2/ Leo Oka /17/99 Travis Romagnoli 3/9/99 Travis Romagnoli 2/17/99 Travis Romagnoli 2/10/ Leo Oka /12/ Leo Oka /17/ Bob Rogers 2/11/ Justin Spring 3/8/04 Justin Spring 3/1/04 Justin Spring 2/18/04 Justin Spring 2/4/04 Justin Spring 1/28/ Ben Newman 2/16/05 Tyler Yamauchi 3/8/ Justin Spring 3/1/06 Wes Haagensen 3/8/06 Adam Pummer 3/15/ Wes Haagensen 1/17/07 Tyler Yamauchi 3/17/ Paul Ruggeri.... 2/12/08 Paul Ruggeri.... 2/19/08 Wes Haagensen 3/11/ Paul Ruggeri.... 2/9/ Paul Ruggeri.... 1/18/10 Paul Ruggeri.... 2/15/10 Daniel Ribeiro.... 2/22/10 Paul Ruggeri.... 3/8/ Paul Ruggeri.... 1/17/11 Paul Ruggeri.... 1/24/11 Tyler Mizoguchi... 1/31/11 Daniel Ribeiro 2/7/11 Tyler Mizoguchi... 2/21/11 Tyler Mizoguchi... 3/21/11 Austin Phillips.... 3/28/11 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK 2010 Yoshi Mori.... 1/18/10 Yoshi Mori.... 2/1/10 Yoshi Mori.... 2/22/10 Yoshi Mori.... 3/15/ Jordan Valdez... 1/31/11 Alex Varga.... 3/28/11 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 1999 Travis Romagnoli (GTE/CoSIDA) 2000 Travis Romagnoli (GTE/CoSIDA) Leo Oka (GTE/CoSIDA) 2004 Bob Rogers (First Team CoSIDA) COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2004 Bob Rogers (First Team) Ben Newman (Second Team) 2005 Ben Newman (Second Team) CGA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (Began in 1990) 1990 Mark Wolochuk, Lee Wolochuk 1991 George Linhart, Mark Wolochuk, Lee Wolochuk 1992 William Zopf 1993 Sean Henderson 1994 David Elkin 1995 Jeremiah Landry, Greg McGlaun, Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone 1996 Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone, Brad Panozzo, Greg McGlaun 1997 Jon Corbitt, Chris McGlone, Greg McGlaun, Brandon Tucker, Travis Romagnoli, Brad Panozzo 1998 Jon Corbitt, Brad Panozzo, Brandon Tucker, Travis Romagnoli, Greg Cook 1999 Travis Romagnoli, Greg Cook 2000 Travis Romagnoli, Leo Oka, Forest Flodin 2001 Leo Oka 2002 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Bob Spelic 2003 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Bob Spelic, Anthony Russo, Casey Hayasaki 2004 Erik Garnett, Ben Newman, Bob Rogers, Anthony Russo 2005 Jon Drollinger, Ben Newman, Anthony Russo 2006 Michael Boyer, Anthony Russo, Jon Drollinger, Chris Silcox, Kyle Padera, Chris Lung, Tyer Yamauchi 2007 Michael Boyer, Jon Drollinger, Chris Lung, Kyle Padera, Luke Stannard, Nick Stango, Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Ross Bradley, Michael Boyer, Jon Drollinger, Chris Lung, Luke Stannard, Chris Silcox, Kyle Padera, Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Chris Lung, Daniel Ribeiro, Paul Ruggeri, Anthony Sacramento, Nick Stango, Luke Stannard 2010 Yoshi Mori, Luke Stannard, Paul Ruggeri, Daniel Ribeiro, Anthony Sacramento, Chad Wiest 2011 BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 1930 Richard C. Oeler 1936 Arthur Fishe 1959 Abie Grossfeld 1968 Paul Gary Shapin 1974 Howard Beck 1975 Howard Beck 1978 Steve Yasukawa 1979 John Davis 1980 Dave Stoldt 2000 Travis Romagnoli UI DIKE EDDLEMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD (Awarded to the top male and female UI Athlete each year) 1959 Abie Grossfeld 1963 Harold Holmes 1985 Charles Lakes 1989 David Zeddies 2004 Justin Spring 2006 Justin Spring 2009 Paul Ruggeri FIGHTING ILLINI SPIRIT AWARD (Awarded annually at the UI Scholar-Athlete Banquet) 2004 Erik Garnett 2010 Luke Stannard 2011 Chad Wiest ILLINOIS OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD (Awarded to a UI athlete with the highest GPA in each class) 2002 Erik Garnett - Sophomore Award 2003 Erik Garnett - Junior Award 2004 Erik Garnett - Senior Award 1987 Gary Anderson Andrew Dillon 1990 Lee Wolochuk 1991 Alan Hirsch Jeff Hoppe George Linhart Lee Wolochuk Matt Wolochuk 1992 David Elkin Bill Zopf 1993 David Elkin Kenneth Su 1994 David Elkin 1995 David Elkin Greg McGlaun Kenneth Su 1996 Jon Corbitt Yuval Ayalon Greg McGlaun Brad Panozzo 1997 Jon Corbitt Phillip Jones Greg McGlaun Chris McGlone Brad Panozzo Brandon Tucker 1998 Yuval Ayalon Cory Block Jon Corbitt Linh Hoang Phillip Jones Brad Panozzo Travis Romagnoli Brandon Tucker Eric Wills 1999 Greg Cook Matt Gill Paul Linnenburger Eric Nishimoto Leo Oka Travis Romagnoli Eric Wills 2000 Greg Cook Matt Gill Paul Linnenburger Eric Nishimoto Leo Oka 2001 Greg Cook Forest Flodin Paul Linnenburger Leo Oka Bob Spelic Travis Romagnoli ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN 2002 Erik Garnett Johnathon Plante Bob Rogers Bob Spelic 2003 Erik Garnett Casey Hayasaki Ben Newman Bob Rogers Bob Spelic 2004 Erik Garnett Casey Hayasaki Ben Newman Adam Pummer Bob Rogers Anthony Russo 2005 Ben Newman Anthony Russo 2006 Michael Boyer Jon Drollinger Wes Haagensen Anthony Russo Chris Silcox Tyler Yamauchi 2007 Michael Boyer Jon Drollinger Chris Lung Kyle Padera Chris Silcox Nick Stango Tyler Yamauchi 2008 Michael Boyer Ross Bradley Jon Drollinger Chris Lung Chris Silcox Luke Stannard Tyler Yamauchi 2009 Ross Bradley Nate Luketin Chris Lung Kyle Padera Paul Ruggeri Andres Saavedra Nick Stango Luke Stannard 2010 Daniel Ribeiro Paul Ruggeri Anthony Sacramento Luke Stannard Chad Wiest 2011 Kyle Moe Yoshi Mori Max Portocarrero Daniel Ribeiro Anthony Sacramento Chad Wiest 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 32

33 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS (THROUGH 2000) (Under College Code Scoring System) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALL-AROUND Charles Lakes UCLA Invitational, 2/22/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/PSU, 1/31/ Travis Romagnoli Big Ten Championships, 3/20/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ David Zeddies Big Ten Championships, 3/26/88 FLOOR EXERCISE Chris McKee Big Ten Champships, 3/24/ Chris McKee UCLA Invitational, 2/13/ David Zeddies Houston Baptist, 2/5/ David Zeddies Windy City Invitational, 1/16/ Chris McKee Oklahoma, 3/11/ Chris McKee Northern Illinois, 2/19/ Chris McKee UC-Santa Barbara Invite, 2/12/88 POMMEL HORSE Jeremiah Landry Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Jeremiah Landry Big Ten Championships, 3/24/ Dominick Minicucci at Michigan, 1/23/ Jeremiah Landry NCAA Regionals, 4/8/ Jeremiah Landry at Stanford, 3/11/ Ricardo Cheriel at Illinois-Chicago, 3/7/ Dominick Minicucci Quad Meet, 3/5/ Dave Stoldt Big Ten Championships, 3/7/80 STILL RINGS Brian Kobylinski at Minnesota, 2/18/ Brian Kobylinski at Michigan, 2/4/ Brian Kobylinski at Michigan, 3/12/ Brian Kobylinski at New Mexico, 3/6/ Brian Kobylinski at Illinois-Chicago, 3/4/ David Romero Big Ten Championships, 3/24/89 VAULT Linh Hoang at Ohio State, 2/5/ Travis Romagnoli NCAA East Regionals, 4/4/ Travis Romagnoli Big Ten Championships, 3/20/ Travis Romagnoli at UC-Santa Barbara Invite, 3/7/ Travis Romagnoli Illinois-Chicago, 2/28/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/Penn State, 1/ Travis Romagnoli Iowa, 2/22/ Charles Lakes Nebraska Invitational, 11/3/84 PARALLEL BARS Greg Cook Michigan State, 1/29/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ Leo Oka NCAA East Regionals, 4/10/ Travis Romagnoli at California, 3/6/ Travis Romagnoli at Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan/Penn State, 1/31/ Dominick Minicucci Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Travis Romagnoli Ohio State, 1/24/ Charles Lakes Illinois Open, 3/10/85 HIGH BAR Charles Lakes UCLA Invitational, 2/22/ Charles Lakes Wisconsin, 2/2/ David Zeddies Iowa, 2/26/ Travis Romagnoli Windy City Invitational, 1/15/ Travis Romagnoli Ohio State, 3/16/ Travis Romagnoli at Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Travis Romagnoli Michigan State, 2/21/ Travis Romagnoli NCAA East Regionals, 4/4/ Travis Romagnoli Illinois-Chicago, 2/1/ Greg McGlaun at Michigan, 2/4/ Greg McGlaun at Michigan, 3/12/ David Zeddies Southern Illinois, 3/12/ Charles Lakes Southern Illinois, 2/17/ Charles Lakes Northern Illinois, 2/7/ Charles Lakes at Indiana State, 1/31/ Charles Lakes Midwest Open, 11/24/84 TEAM RECORDS TEAM TOTAL vs. Ohio State 3/6/ vs. Michigan State 2/21/ vs. Ohio State 3/8/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 4/16/ at Big Ten Championships 3/17/00 FLOOR EXERCISE vs. Ohio State 3/8/ vs. Iowa 2/22/ at Windy City Invite 1/15/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Ohio State 3/6/95 POMMEL HORSE at NCAA East Regional 4/10/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 3/30/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ at Michigan State 1/25/ Michigan 2/26/00 STILL RINGS at Minnesota 2/18/ at Michigan, Ohio State 2/4/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/7/ Michigan 2/26/00 VAULT Illinois-Chicago /28/ at NCAA East Regional 4/4/ at Big Ten Championships 3/20/ at California 3/12/ at NCAA Championship Finals 4/17/98 PARALLEL BARS at Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ Michigan State 2/21/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/11/ at Big Ten Championships 3/17/ Ohio State 3/6/99 HIGH BAR Illinois-Chicago /1/ at Michigan, Ohio State 2/4/ at NCAA Championship Finals 4/17/ at Windy City Invitational 1/18/ at UC-Santa Barbara Invite 3/1/ at NCAA Championships Qualifying 4/16/ ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 33

34 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS ( ) (Under Federation de Internationale Gymnastics Code Scoring System System) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS ALL-AROUND TEAM TOTAL Wes Haagensen at Minnesota, 1/22/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/12/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Final, 4/7/ Wes Haagensen at Temple, 2/26/ Justin Spring at Big Ten Championships, 3/19/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/7/06 FLOOR EXERCISE Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/27/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/7/ Justin Spring at Iowa, 2/21/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/ Chad Wiest... at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/07 POMMEL HORSE Ben Newman at Big Ten Event Finals, 3/20/ Ben Newman vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Ben Newman vs. Minnesota, 1/25/ Ben Newman at Windy City Invite, 1/10/ Ben Newman at Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Ben Newman at Windy City Invite, 1/8/ Bob Rogers at NCAA Event Finals, 4/4/ Ben Newman at NCAA Team Finals, 4/3/04 STILL RINGS Wes Haagensen at Big Ten Championships, 3/25/ Tyler Yamauchi vs. Iowa, 3/5/ Tyler Yamauchi at Pacific Coast Invite, 2/19/ Ben Newman at NCAA Qualifying Round, 4/7/ Tyler Yamauchi at Minnesota, 1/22/ Tyler Yamauchi at Windy City Invite, 1/29/05 VAULT Adam Pummervs. Iowa, 3/5/ Adam Pummerat Temple, 2/26/ Adam PummerNCAA Team Finals, 4/3/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/ Adam PummerNCAA Event Finals, 4/4/04 PARALLEL BARS Justin Spring at NCAA Event Finals 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/11/ Adam Pummer at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Adam Pummer vs. Ohio State, 1/29/ Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/12/05 HIGH BAR Justin Spring at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Temple, 2/27/ Justin Spring vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2/14/ Justin Spring NCAA Event Finals, 4/4/ Adam Pummervs. Army, 3/11/ Adam Pummer at NCAA Team Finals, 4/8/ Justin Spring vs. Iowa, 3/5/ Justin Spring at Ohio State, 1/31/04 Bold indicates current Illini at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/7/ at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Ohio State 1/29/ NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ Big Ten Championships3/19/ at Oklahoma 3/6/ vs. Penn State 2/12/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ vs. Temple 2/27/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/7/06 FLOOR EXERCISE at NCAA Finals 4/13/ at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/ at at Big Ten Championships 3/30/ Big Ten Championships 3/19/ at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/2/04 POMMEL HORSE NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ Big Ten Championshps 3/19/ at NCAA Qualifying 4/7/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ vs. Minnesota 1/25/04 STILL RINGS at Big Ten Championships 3/25/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 3/12/ at NCAA Qualifying Round 4/7/ at NCAA Qualifiers 4/12/07 VAULT NCAA Team Finals 4/3/ at Big Ten Championships 3/24/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ Big Ten Championships 3/19/04 PARALLEL BARS at NCAA Team Finals 4/7/ at Windy City Invite 1/8/ at Oklahoma 3/6/ vs. Iowa 3/5/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/05 HIGH BAR vs. Temple 2/27/ at NCAA Team Finals 4/8/ vs. Army 3/11/ at NCAA Team Qualifier 4/6/ vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/14/ ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 34

35 AWARDS / RECORDS ILLINI RECORDS (2008-CURRENT) (Under the International Gymnastics Federation s (FIG) Open Ended Code of Points ) ALL-AROUND Tyler Mizoguchi.... at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) Paul Ruggeri at NCAA Session II Qual. (4/16/09) Tyler Mizoguchi.... vs. Iowa (1/29/11) Paul Ruggeri vs. UIC (3/20/10) Wes Haagensen vs. Michigan (3/8/08) FLOOR EXERCISE Chad Wiestvs. UIC (3/20/10) Chad Wiestat Windy City Invitational (1/15/11) Chad Wiestat Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) Chad Wiestat NCAA Individual Finals (4/17/10) Paul Ruggeri vs. Penn State (2/16/08) POMMEL HORSE Daniel Ribeiroat NCAA Session II Qual. (4/16/09) Daniel Ribeiro2x, last at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) Daniel Ribeiro 3x, last at Big Ten Indiv. Event Finals (4/2/11) Daniel Ribeiroat Big Ten Team Finals (4/1/11) Luke Stannard vs. Michigan (3/13/10) Daniel Ribeiro at Penn State (2/20/10) STILL RINGS Tyler Yamauchiat NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) Tyler Yamauchivs. Michigan (3/8/08) Tyler Yamauchi at Big Ten Championships (4/4/08) Anthony Sacramento at UIC w/ Air Force & Stanford (3/4/11) Jon Drollinger at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) Tyler Yamauchi at NCAA Session II Qual. (4/17/08) VAULT Paul Ruggeri at Big Ten Indiv. Event Finals (4/3/10) Tyler Mizoguchi.... 2x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) Paul Ruggeri at Winter Cup (2/4/10) Paul Ruggeri x, last at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22/11) Daniel Ribeiro at Penn State (2/20/10) PARALLEL BARS Tyler Mizoguchi.... at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) Tyler Mizoguchi.... 2x, last at NCAA Session I Qual. (4/14/11) Paul Ruggeri at Penn State (2/20/10) Paul Ruggeri at Iowa (3/7/10) Tyler Mizoguchi.... vs. Iowa (1/29/11) HIGH BAR Paul Ruggeri vs. UIC (3/20/10) Paul Ruggeri x, last at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22/11) Paul Ruggeri at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) Paul Ruggeri at Windy City Invitational (1/15/11) Paul Ruggeri at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/09) Bold indicates current Illini INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS TEAM TOTAL vs. UIC (3/20/10) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) x, last at NCAA Team Finals (4/17/09) at Oklahoma w/ Penn State (3/19/11) vs. Michigan (3/13/10) vs. UIC (3/7/09) at Iowa (3/7/10) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/4/08) FLOOR EXERCISE vs. UIC (3/20/10) at Ohio State (1/26/08) at NCAA Team Finals (4/17/09) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at NCAA Session II Qualifying (4/16/09) POMMEL HORSE at Big Ten Championships (4/3/09) vs. Michigan (3/13/10) vs. UIC (3/7/09) at NCAA Session II Qualifying (4/16/09) vs. Iowa (2/28/09) STILL RINGS at Big Ten Championships (4/4/08) at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) vs. Michigan (3/8/08) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) vs. UIC (3/7/09) VAULT at NCAA Team Finals (4/18/08) x, last at Iowa (3/7/10) at Penn State (2/20/10) at Ohio State (1/26/08) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) PARALLEL BARS at NCAA Session I Qualifier (4/14/11) at NCAA Team Finals (4/15/11) at Penn State (2/20/10) at Iowa (3/7/10) x, last vs. UIC (3/20/10) HIGH BAR vs. UIC (3/20/10) at Big Ten Team Finals (4/2/10) at Minnesota w/ Nebraska (1/22/11) at NCAA Team Finals (4/17/09) x, last vs. Michigan (3/13/10) 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 35

36 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS A Adamson, Steve , 83, 84, 85 Adkins, John , 42 Adler, Leon Adler, Maurice A , 23 Albuquerque, Gilberto , 82, 84, 85 Almy, W.H Antoniolli, Carl Aufrecht, Michael , 61, 62 Austin, Jeffrey , 53, 54, 55 Ayalon, Yuval , 96, 97, 98 B Baker, Nicholas , 91, 92, 93 Baley, James Ballou, Donald , 64 Barasch, Alvin Bare, Frank , 53, 54 Barmes, William Barr, Ken , 71, 72 Barrett, Brad Bauer, Ronald Beck, Howard , 73, 74, 75 Bedard, Irvin , 51 Bennett, Austin H Bird, Patrick , 59, 60 Black, William Blair, Gavin , 63 Blazek, Frank Blazek, James ,58, 59 Bohaty, Zdenek Boyer, Michael- 2006, 07, 08 Bradley, Ross , 06, 08, 09 Bralower, Leonard Bredfeldt, Charles Brinkmeyer, Gilbert , 53 Brockman, Robert Broome, Robert , 68 Brown, Harold Brown, Malcolm , 11 Brown, Randall , 67 Brown, Ted , 05, 06 Browning, Richard , 54 Bucher, E.G , 14 Buck, P.E , 14 Buck, Steve Burgeson, Lennart Butler, Paul Butts, Larry , 69, 70 C Cadel, Robert W , 33 Calhoun, Dean , 67 Calvetti, Joseph , 48, 49 Cannon, James Cason, Robert Chance, Watts W Chapple, Steve , 68, 69 Cheriel, Ricardo , 91, 92, 93 Cherry, William L , 31 Chhay, Vuthik , 92, 93 Christian, William A , 31 Claycomb, Gordon Cleary, James Clow, Robert Coats, Wayne , 69 Cobb, Charles C , 42 Cook, Greg , 99, 00, 01 Corbitt, Jon , 96, 97, 98 Crawford, Sean-Paul , 00, 01, 02 Cress Jr., John , 40 Cryer, Walter , 52 Culbertson, Jon , 55, 56 D Dallenbach, John Danzer, John Davis, John , 57, 58 Davis, John , 69 Davis, John , 78, 79 Deutschman, F.J Dewey, Carter Diamond, Robert Diamond, Scott Dillon, Andrew , 88, 89 Dixon, Arthur G Dolan, Frank , 50, 51 Dooley, Justin, , 86 Draper, E.L Drollinger, Jon , 06, 07, 08 E Echols, Holly Edwards, Robert , 38 Eliason, John , 65, 66 Elkin, David , 94, 95 Ensalaco, Robert Erwin, Frank , 74, 75, 76 F Feinstein, Victor , 77, 78, 79 Fenske, Greg , 72, 73 Field, David , 40 Filla, Michael , 02, 03, 04 Fina, John , 49 Fina, Joseph , 48, 49, 50 Fina, Louis , 41, 42 Fina, Paul , 40, 41 Fina, Paul Jr Fisher, Arthur , 36 Flodin, Forest Flood, William , 63 Forman, Marvin Fulton, William J , 28, 29 G Gardner, Thomas , 54, 55 Garnett, Erik , 03, 04 Geist, Harry F Giallombardo, Joseph , 39, 40 Gill, Matt , 99, 00 Glasser, Julian , 32, 33 Glomb, Robert , 62 Goldstein, William , 39, 40 Gombos, Edward , 58, 59 Goodrich, John Goone, David , 82, 83 Goren, Zach Gossett, William P Grace, Dale , 62 Grace, Sterling Grant, Kimp , 92, 93 Gray, James N , 32, 33 Grieb, Donald , 75 Grimes, Michael , 72, 73, 74 Grossfeld, Abie , 58, 59, 60 Grossi, George H Haagensen, Wes , 06, 07, 08 Hackleman, Michael Hadley, Raymond , 61, 62 Hailand, Frank , 57, 58 Hale, Clarence Halkin, Daniel Ham, Jonathan , 99, 00, 01 Hamman, James Hand, Nick , 03, 04, ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 36 Harrington, Peter , 48 Harvey, Allan , 58, 59 Hayasaki, Casey , 04 Heil, Robert Heimovics, I Henderson, Sean , 91, 92 Hettinger, Kurt , 97, 98, 99 Highsmith, Charles Hirsch, Alan , 91 Hlinka, Anthony Hlinka, Charles Hoang, Linh , 99, 00, 01 Hochhauser, Daniel , 71, 72 Hois, William Hollman, Edward E Holmes, Harold , 62, 63 Holveck, Gary Horimura, Hirosh , 17 Hosfield, Mark , 77, 78 Hoskins, Robert N Houser, Edwin Howorth, Ronald Hudachek, Lawrence Hughes, Edgar , 38 Hughes, Gaylord , 49, 50 Hunt, Paul , 72, 73 Hutchings, Steven I Iffland, Llewellyn , 64, 65 Illingworth, Michael Im, Oscar , 86 J Jenkinson, Hugh R , 29, 30 Jennings, Alpha Jirus, Richard , 55, 56 Joudakin, Al Juengert, Steve , 84, 85, 86 K Kalin, Gene , 71, 72 Kamm, Rufus M Kaplan, Mark , 68, 69 Karon, Michael , 57 Karpen, William , 73, 74, 75 Katzman, Jesse Ketchen, John G , 00, 01, 02 Kimball, Jason Kingsbury, Franklin L Kirby, Eugene , 61 Klausman, Henry , 61, 62 Kobylinski, Brian , 93, 94, 95 Koehnemann, Harry , 40, 41 Komm, Joseph Komm, Rudolph Koperski, Kevin , 1997 Kostick, Andrew Kowalski, Charles , 93, 94 Kraft, Michael , 81 Kratz, A.P Kring, Charles W , 32 Kushner, Terry L Lakes, Charles , 84, 85 Landon, R.H , 28 Landry, Jeremiah , 93, 94, 95 Lane, Randy , 87, 88 Lat, Paul , 76, 77, 78 Lawler, William , 61, 62 Lechner, Steven , 79, 80, 81 Ledvora, Joseph , 84, 86 Lenke, E.H Levitt, David

37 AWARDS / RECORDS ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Lifvendahl, Richard Linder, Raymond , 48, 50 Lindner, Paul , 88 Linhart, George , 91 Linnenburger, Paul , 00, 01 Lirot, Daniel , 55, 56 Liscovitz, Brian , 08, 09, 10 Luketin, Nate Lung, Chris , 07, 08, 09 Lundien, Edwin Luyando, David M Macedo, Goncalo , 94, 95, 96 Maher, Steve , 85 Mann, A.S Margolis, Andrew Marrero, Emilio , 89, 92 Marshall, Douglas Mason, Chad Matson, George McCarthy, John , 68, 69 McDonald, B.A , 26 McFarland, P.E McGlaun, Greg , 95, 96, 97 McGlone, Chris , 97 McKee, Christopher , 87, 88, 89 McMurchie, Kevin , 81, 82, 83 Michalek, Matt Mierzwa, Fred , 68 Mingle, David , 85, 87, 88 Mingle, Michael Minicucci, Dominick , 89 Mitchell, Jeffrey , 80, 81, 82 Mizoguchi, Tyler , 10, 11 Mkchyan, Tigran , 86, 87, 88 Moe, Kyle , 11 Monk, Marvin Morf, F.P Mori, Yoshi , 11 Murchison, R.R Murray, Robert Murray, William N Nagel, Richard , 72 Newman, Ben , 03, 04, 05 Nilsen, P.J , 15 Nishimoto, Eric , 99, 00, 01 Norwood, E.E , 24, 25 O O Hare, John O Heron, John Oeler, Richard C , 29, 30 Oka, Leo , 99, 00, 01 Olson, Carlton , 78, 79, 80 Oltendorf, Kevin , 82,83 Orr, R.V P Padera, C.J , 10, 11 Padera, Kyle , 10 Palmer, Richard , 51 Palmer, William Pangrle, Brian , 82, 83 Panozzo, Brad , 96, 97, 98 Pasek, Roger , 09 Pearlstein, David , 91, 92, 93 Peltzer, A , 30 Perlman, S.L , 24 Peterson, David , 82 Petritis, Daniel , 91 Phillips, Austin , 11 Phillips, Oliver Phillips, R.J Plante, Jonathan Pletta, D.H , 26, 27 Polaski, Kenneth Portocarrero, Maxwell Posey, Douglas Potter, Richard Prather, Paul , 37 Prochaska, Brad , 72 Pummer, Adam , 04, 05, 06 Q Quade, Chip , 80 R Rafaloski, Dennis Raymond, Edward , 69, 70 Reali, Craig , 78, 79, 80 Redman, Matt , 95, 96, 97 Redmond, John Reed, Robert , 66 Regan, Devin , 11 Rehor Jr., Joseph , 35 Reiter, E.L , 29, 30 Ribeiro, Daniel , 09, 10, 11 Rodriguez, Paul , 81, 82, 83 Roemer, John , 71, 72 Rogers, Bob , 02, 03, 04 Rogers, Cameron Rollo, Cook , 67, 68 Romagnoli, Travis , 98, 99, 00 Romero, David , 87, 89, 90 Rosch, Frank , 81, 82, 83 Ross, H.A Ruggeri, Paul , 09, 10 Ruppert, Thomas Russo, Anthony , 04, 05, 06 S Sacramento, Anthony , 10, 11 Sader, Melvin Salemo, Charles Salemo, Lloyd Salter, John , 62 Samsten, Kari , 82, 83, 84 Sanches, Gilmarcio , 82, 83, 84 Sanchez, Victor , 65, 66 Saavedra, Andres , 08, 09, 10 Scanlan, John , 84 Schmeissing, Roy Schmidt, Michael , 78, 79 Schreier, Marc Schroeder, John Schutt, Steve , 74 Schwitzer, G.B , 23 Sepke, Arnold , 69 Seward, Ed Shapin, Paul , 67, 68 Sharp, John Shaw, Harold , 67, 68 Shostchuk, Peter , 03, 04, 05 Sidlinger, Bruce Silcox, Chris , 06, 07, 08 Silhan, William , 66, 67 Silverman, David Sims, C.E Singer, R.B , 24 Smidl, E Smith, Cole Spelic, Bob , 01, 02, 03 Sperry, L.B Spring, Justin , 04, 05, 06 Spurney, Robert , 76, 77, 78 Stahl, Archie , 23 Stahl, Cecil ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 37 Stango, Nick , 07, 09 Stannard, Luke , 08, 09, 10 Stoldt, David , 78, 79, 80 Stone, Kenneth , 55, 56 Stuebe, Louis Stuermer, Raymond Styles, Edward , 11, 12 Su, Kenneth , 95 Sullivan, Robert , 52, 53 Swonick, Robert , 71 T Taylor, Jonathan Temple, Harry Thompson, M Ticknor, Anthony , 86 Tolmie, T.W Tonry, Donald , 57, 59 Torres, Nathan , 01, 02 Torres, R Trabert, M.L Trujillo, Oscar Tucker, Brandon , 97, 98 Tucker, Joel , 87, 88, 89 Turnbull, Jeffrey V Valdez, Jordan Valentino, John Van Etten, Gary Varga, Alex Von Ebers, Donald , 48, 49 W Wagner, Wayne , 64, 65 Wagstaff, C.D Wakerlin, Warren , 62, 63 Wasik, Jon , 95 Wayman, Leonard , 35 Weber, Charles , 66, 67 Weintraub, Edward Weirsma, H.A Weiss, Raymond , 39, 40 Wetterling, Scott , 02, 03, 04 Whipple, G.B White, Matthew , 93, 94 Whitney, E.M Williamson, Tyler , 08, 09, 10 Wills, Eric , 99, 00 Wiest, Chad , 08, 10, 11 Wolochuk, Lee , 90, 91 Wolochuk, Mark , 91 Y Yahiro, Mark Yamauchi, Tyler , 06, 07,08 Yasukawa, Steven , 76, 77, 78 Yeaton, F.D Yi, Theodore , 78 Z Zak, Kyle , 97, 98, 99 Zander, Anthony , 76, 77 Zavell, Howard , 88, 89 Zeddies, David , 87, 88, 89 Ziegler, A.W , 21 Zinzi, Vito , 48 Zitzewitz, A.F Zitzler, E , 32 Zopf, William

38 2012 FIGHTING ILLINI TV ROSTER Malcolm Brown, Jr. C.J. Maestas, Fr. Andrew Margolis, So. Chad Mason, So. Tyler Mizoguchi, Sr. Kyle Moe, Sr. Yoshi Mori, Jr. C.J. Padera, Sr. Austin Phillips, Jr. Devin Regan, Sr. Cameron Rogers, So. Paul Ruggeri, RS Sr. Anthony Sacramento, Sr. Nick Sacramento, Fr. Cole Smith, So. Vince Smurro, Jr. Jacob Tilsley, Fr. Jordan Valdez, So. Alex Varga, So. Michael Wilner, Fr. Josh Wilson, Fr. Justin Spring Head Coach Ivan Ivankov Assistant Coach Daniel Ribeiro Assistant Coach 2012 ILLINOIS MEN S GYMNASTICS // 38