2018-19 Men's Gymnastics
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U NIVERSITY OF I LLINOIS 2018-19 MEN’S GYMNASTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2018-19 Fighting Illini Roster/Schedule 5 Head Coach Justin Spring6-7 Associate Head Coach Daniel Ribeiro 8 Assistant Coach Don Osborn9 Volunteer Assistant Coach Joey Peters 8 Director of Operations Sara Rhodes 9 Support Staff 9 Facilities 10-11 Senior Alex Diab 12 Senior Blake Martin13 Senior Johnny Jacobson14 Senior Ross Thompson 15 Junior Danny Graham 16 Junior Satchel Hudson17 Junior Jordan Kovach18 Junior Jacob Light 19 FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS Junior Michael Paradise 20 Junior Sebastian Quiana21 UNIVERSITY MEN’S GYMNASTICS OFFICE Sophomore Max Diab22 Location Urbana-Champaign Office Manager Mary Gallagher Sophomore Joel Diaz 23 Enrollment 44,942 Gymnastics Office Phone ����������������� 217-265-8034 Sophomore Justin Jepsen 24 Nickname ��������������������������������������������� Fighting Illini Gymnastics Office Fax 217-244-9758 RS-Sophomore Tommy Mistretta 24 Colors ����������������������������������������������Orange and Blue RS-Sophomore Zach Treadway 25 Conference Big Ten 2018 RECAP Freshman Clay Mason Stephens 25 President Timothy Killeen 2018 Overall Record �����������������������������������������������24-9 Freshman Hamish Carter 26 Chancellor ������������������������������������������� Robert J Jones 2018 Big Ten Finish First Freshman Michael Fletcher26 Athletic Director Josh Whitman 2018 NCAA Finish Third Freshman Daniel Lasenbby27 Home Facility (Capacity) Huff Hall (3,800) 2018 High Score 413900 (at B1G Champs, 4/6) Freshman Emanuele Muehlhauser 27 COACHING STAFF 2019 Preview Freshman Ian Skirkey 27 Head Coach .................... Justin Spring 2019 Preseason Ranking ��������������������������������������Third 2018 National Champions Returning/Lost �������������1/0 Alma Mater...................... Illinois, ‘06 2017-18 Season Review 28 2018 All-Americans Returning/Lost 4/4 Overall Record/Season ........ 197-79-1/Tenth 2018 Big Ten Championships Review29 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/7 2018 NCAA Championships Review 30 Big Ten Record/Season ............. 73-33/Tenth Newcomers 7 2017-18 Meet-by-Meet Results31-35 Assoc. Head Coach/Season Daniel Ribeiro/Seventh First Year of Men’s Gymnastics 1898 Assistant Coach/Season .......Don Osborn/Fourth Years at NCAA Team Championships/Last 49/2018 All-Time Coaching Records36-37 Director of Operations/Season ������ Sara Rhodes/First NCAA Titles �������10 (’39, ’40, ’41, ’42, ’50, ’55, ’56, ’58, ’89, ‘12) All-Time Results . .38-41 Volunteer Assistant/Season Joey Peters/Second All-Time Series Records42 All-Time Titles Leaders 43 International Honors 44 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION NCAA Honors 44-46 Big Ten Honors 46-48 Men’s Gymnastics Contact Kevin Cole Academic Honors . 48-49 E-mail Address��������������������������������������������kpcole2@illinoisedu Individual & Team Records 50-54 All-Time Letterwinners . 55-56 Office Phone��������������������������������������������������� 217-300-1503 2019 Fighting Illini TV Roster 57 Cell Phone������������������������������������������������������� 847-644-2928 Sports Information Director ���������������������������������������Kent Brown Associate Director ����������������������������������������������� Derrick Burson CREDITS: The 2018-19 Illinois men’s gymnastics record book is a publication Assistant Directors � Derek Neal, Jenny Dewar, Brett Moore, Libby Knight of the University of Illinois Athletics Communications Office Intern Diana Ly Graduate Assistants Kevin Cole, Michael Girot Photos by Mark Jones, Della Perrone, Brad Leeb, Monica Wilner and Getty Images Creative Design/New Media ��������� Adam Marantz, Mike Glasgow Office Manager �������������������������������������������������������������Jen Fisher Office Phone/Fax 217-333-1391/217-333-5540 Web Site wwwFIGHTINGILLINIcom Facebook...................................................... wwwfacebookcom/Illinimgym Twitter wwwtwittercom/Illinimgym Instagram ................................................... wwwinstagramcom/Illinimgym Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building 1700 South Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820 2019 ILLINOIS MEN’S GYMNASTICS // 1 2012 The Fighting Illini men’s gymnastics team climbed back from a two-point deficit in the final two rotations of the night to win the 2012 NCAA Championship at Oklahoma’s Lloyd Noble Center The Orange and Blue posted a season-high score of 358850, including a school record-break- ing 60750 on pommel horse, to edge host and top-ranked Oklahoma (357450) and win the national title NATIONAL 10CHAMPIONSHIPS 1989 Legendary coach Yoshi Hayasaki got his lone national championship in 1989, guiding Illinois to the first NCAA title of any Illini sport since 1958 Illinois finished first with a score of 283400, defending national champion Nebraska took second (282300) and Minnesota third 1958 1956 With Charley Pond at the helm, Illinois Men’s Gymnastics tied (79-79) The Fighting Illini won their second-consecutive NCAA title over with the host, Michigan State, for first place at the national champi- Penn State, handedly beating the Nittany Lions 1235 to 675, onship, the first instance of a draw in NCAA tournament history under Charley Pond The event was held at North Carolina NATIONAL 10CHAMPIONSHIPS 1955 1950 Two-time champion Penn State is defeated by Charley Pond’s Charley Pond coached the Illini to his first NCAA Championship, nar- repeat runner-up Illini, 82-69, at UCLA rowly beating out Temple 26-25 The event was hosted by Army 1942 1941 Hartley Price’s fourth and final NCAA Championship with the Fight- Illinois defeats the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, ing Illini Illinois defeated Penn State, 39-30, with the event hosted 69-525, for its third-consecutive NCAA title Chicago hosted the by Navy event NATIONAL 10CHAMPIONSHIPS 1940 1939 Coach Price and the men’s gymnastics team bring home their After placing second in the first NCAA title meet, Coach Hartley second NCAA Championship, winning over both Navy and Temple, Price and the Fighting Illini beat Army 21-17 to win the school’s 20-17, in Chicago first men’s gymnastics title Chicago hosted the event Fighting Illini Gymnastics // 10 National Championships // Most All-Americans in the Nation FIGHTING ILLINI MEN’S GYMNASTICS 5 THE 2017-18 FIGHTING ILLINI Top row (L-R): Jordan Kovach, Connor Jones, Sebastian Quiana, Tommy Mistretta, Justin Jepsen, Blake Martin, Brandon Ngai Middle row (L-R): Danny Graham, Dennis Minton, Andreas Silbermann, Chandler Eggleston, Ross Thompson, Tyson Bull, Michael Paradise Bottom row (L-R): Harry McLellan, Alex Diab, Max Diab, Joel Diaz, Jacob Light, Cobey Pava, Zach Treadway, Johnny Jacobson, Bobby Baker ILLINOIS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 2019 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME No. NAME YR. EVENT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL DEC. 12 ORANGE & BLUE EXHIBITION 7 P.M. Jan. 12 UIC 4 P.M. Hamish Carter Fr AA West Midlands, UK/Bishop Vesey’s Jan 19 Windy City Invitation 7 pm 34 Alex Diab Sr FX,SR,VT,HB Glen Ellyn, Ill/Glenbard West JAN. 26 IOWA$ 6 P.M. 45 Max Diab So FX,SR,VT Glen Ellyn, Ill/Glenbard West Feb 2 Oklahoma & Nebraska 6 pm 1 Joel Diaz So AA Cypress, Texas/Cypress Woods Feb 14-16 Winter Cup (Las Vegas, Nev) TBA 12 Michael Fletcher Fr AA Nashua, NH/Bishop Guertin March 2 Minnesota & Stanford 2 pm 21 Danny Graham Jr FX,PB,SR Clarendon Hills, Ill/Hinsdale Central March 3 Stanford Invite 6 pm Satchel Hudson Jr FX,PH,SR,VT East Dundee, Ill/UIC March 9 Oklahoma 4 pm 15 Johnny Jacobson Sr AA Syracuse, Utah/Syracuse March 16 Penn State & Michigan 3 pm March 24 Ohio State# 4 pm 30 Justin Jepsen So PH Pleasant Grove, Utah/American Fork April 5-6 Big Ten Championships (Iowa City, Iowa)# TBA 97 Jordan Kovach So AA Chickasha, Okla APRIL 19-20 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (STATE FARM CENTER) TBA 8 Daniel Lasenbby Fr AA Las Vegas, Nev/Odyssey Charter 4 Jacob Light Jr FX, SR, VT Macungie, Pa/Emmaus • All times Central and subject to change 2 Blake Martin Sr FX,PH,VT,HB Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Academy • All home meets in BOLD CAPS and held at Huff Hall 0 Clay Stephens Fr AA Adelaide, Australia/Immanuel College # Denotes meets aired on BTN 16 Tommy Mistretta R-So PH,PB,HB Easton, Pa/Livermore $ Denotes meets aired on BTN+ 13 Emanuele Muehlhauser Fr PH Honolulu, Hawaii, Damien Memorial 88 Michael Paradise Jr PH Bartlett, Ill/Bartlett 32 Sebastian Quiana Jr FX,VT,PB,HB Oradell, NJ/River Dell 42 Ian Skirkey Fr FX,PH, VT Pepperell, Mass/Francis W Parker Pronunciation Guide 6 Ross Thompson Sr FX,SR,VT,PB,HB Kansas City, Mo/UMKC Alex Diab............................................ DEE-ab 3 Zach Treadway R-So FX,PH,VT,PB Norman, Okla/Connections Academy Max Diab............................................ DEE-ab Jordan Kovach Ko-vock Head Coach: Justin Spring (10th season) Daniel Lasenbby Laze-en-Bee Associate Head Coach: Daniel Ribeiro (7th season) Emanuele Muehlhauser . Mule-houzer Assistant Coach: Don Osborn (4th season) Sebastian Quiana Key-ah-nuh Director of Operations: Sara Rhodes (1st season) Daniel Ribeiro. .Rih-BEAR-oh . Volunteer Assistant Coach: Joey Peters (2nd season) Fighting Illini Gymnastics // 10 National Championships // Most All-Americans in the Nation JUSTIN SPRING HEAD COACH // 10TH SEASON (13TH ON ILLINOIS STAFF) Justin Spring