The Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team represents the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Fighting Illini have been invited to 47 NCAA tournaments and have won 10 team NCAA championships, which is second most all-time only to Penn State Nittany Lions' 12 team titles. Additionally, the Fighting Illini have won an all-time record 53 individual NCAA titles.[3]
The Illini hold their competitions at George Huff Hall on the Champaign side of campus, and the team trains and holds practices at the Kenney Gym on the Urbana side of campus.[4]
The Nissen-Emery Award is annually awarded to the best overall male senior collegiate gymnast in the United States. The award recipient must not only excel athletically as a gymnast, but also must display outstanding sportsmanship and scholarship throughout his college career.[5] The award was created in 1966 and is men's gymnastics' equivalent to college football's Heisman Trophy.
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The Illinois Fighting Illini men s gymnastics team represents the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and competes in the Big Ten Conference The Fighting Illini have been invited to 47 NCAA tournaments and have won 10 team NCAA championships which is second most all time only to Penn State Nittany Lions 12 team titles Additionally the Fighting Illini have won an all time record 53 individual NCAA titles 3 Illinois Fighting Illini men s gymnasticsFounded1898UniversityUniversity of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignHead coachDaniel Ribeiro 1st season ConferenceBig TenLocationChampaign IllinoisHome arenaHuff Hall Capacity 3 800 NicknameFighting IlliniColorsOrange and blue 1 National championships1939 1940 1941 1942 1950 1955 1956 1958 1989 2012NCAA Tournament appearances1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1981 1984 1988 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2 Conference championships1935 1939 1941 1942 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1981 1983 1988 1989 2004 2009 2010 2011 2012 2018The Illini hold their competitions at George Huff Hall on the Champaign side of campus and the team trains and holds practices at the Kenney Gym on the Urbana side of campus 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 Coaching history 1 2 All time record against current NCAA teams 2 Players 2 1 NCAA individual event champions 2 2 Nissen Emery Award 2 3 Illinois Olympians 3 ReferencesHistory EditCoaching history Edit Illinois Coaches since 1930 Coach Years Record Conferencerecord Conferencetitles NCAA titlesHartley Price 1930 1948 150 41 62 31 4 4Charlie Pond 1949 1973 319 152 1 116 59 11 4Yoshi Hayasaki 1974 19931996 2009 762 444 2 132 80 6 1Don Osborne 1994 1996 47 58 7 9Justin Spring 2010 present 87 23 1 29 11 1 3 1Totals 1 365 728 4 378 239 1 24 10No competition from 1943 to 1946 due to World War II All time record against current NCAA teams Edit Opponent Won Lost Tied PercentageAir Force 11 1 0 917Army 12 0 0 1 000California 16 15 0 516Illinois Chicago 63 16 0 797Iowa 139 78 0 641Michigan 116 79 1 594Minnesota 143 91 0 611Navy 5 0 0 1 000Nebraska 28 23 0 549Ohio State 97 71 1 577Oklahoma 8 35 0 186Penn State 30 50 0 375Stanford 15 17 0 469Temple 19 2 0 905William amp Mary 3 0 0 1 000Totals 705 478 2 596Players EditNCAA individual event champions Edit Illinois has had gymnasts win a record 53 NCAA individual championships 3 1938 Joseph Giallombardo All Around 1938 Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling 1938 Joseph Giallombardo Flying Rings 1939 Joseph Giallombardo All Around 1939 Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling 1939 Marvin Forman Long Horse 1940 Paul Fina All Around 1940 Harry Koehnemann Side Horse 1940 Joseph Giallombardo Tumbling 1940 Joseph Giallombardo All Around 1941 Caton Cobb Side Horse 1941 Caton Cobb Parallel Bars 1941 Jack Adkins Tumbling 1942 Caton Cobb Side Horse 1948 Gay Hughes Trampoline 1948 Joe Calvetti High Bar 1950 Irving Bedard Tumbling 1952 Frank Bare Side Horse 1952 Bob Sullivan Tumbling 1953 Bob Sullivan Floor Exercise 1954 Dick Browning Tumbling 1956 Don Tonry All Around 1956 Dan Lirot Tumbling 1957 Frank Hailand Tumbling 1957 Abie Grossfeld High Bar 1957 John Davis Side Horse 1958 Abie Grossfeld High Bar 1958 Abie Grossfeld All Around 1958 Abie Grossfeld Floor Exercise 1958 Frank Hailand Tumbling 1959 Don Tonry Floor Exercise 1960 Alvin Barasch Tumbling 1960 Ray Hadley Floor Exercise 1962 Mike Aufrecht Side Horse 1963 Hal Holmes Tumbling 1969 John McCarthy Long Horse 1980 Dave Stoldt Pommel Horse 1984 Charles Lakes High Bar 1998 Travis Romagnoli All Around 1998 Travis Romagnoli Vault 2004 Bob Rogers Pommel Horse 2004 Justin Spring High Bar 2005 Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2006 Justin Spring Parallel Bars 2006 Justin Spring High Bar 2008 Paul Ruggeri High Bar 2009 Paul Ruggeri High Bar Parallel Bars 2009 Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2011 Tyler Mizoguchi Parallel Bars 2011 Daniel Ribeiro Pommel Horse 2012 C J Maestas Still Rings 2012 Paul Ruggeri Vault 2013 Fred Hartville Vault 2014 Jordan Valdez High Bar 2015 C J Maestas High Bar 2016 Brandon Ngai Pommel Horse Nissen Emery Award Edit The Nissen Emery Award is annually awarded to the best overall male senior collegiate gymnast in the United States The award recipient must not only excel athletically as a gymnast but also must display outstanding sportsmanship and scholarship throughout his college career 5 The award was created in 1966 and is men s gymnastics equivalent to college football s Heisman Trophy 1989 David Zeddies 2006 Justin Spring 2010 Luke Stannard 2012 Paul RuggeriNissen Emery Finalists 5 1980 Butch Zunich 1981 Steve Lechner 1986 Joe Ledvora 1988 Tigran Mkchyan 1989 David Zeddies 1993 Ricardo Cheriel 1995 Brian Kobylinski 1998 Jon Corbitt 1999 Kyle Zak 2000 Travis Romagnoli 2001 Leo Oka 2002 J G Ketchen 2004 Bob Rogers 2005 Ben Newman 2006 Justin Spring 2008 Wes Haagensen 2010 Luke Stannard 2011 Danial Ribeiro 2012 Paul Ruggeri 2013 Yoshi Mori 2016 Logan Bradley Illinois Olympians Edit 1940 Tokyo Paul Fina Olympics cancelled due to World War II 1956 Melbourne Abie Grossfeld 1960 Rome Abie Grossfeld 1960 Rome Don Tonry 1988 Seoul Dominick Minicucci 1988 Seoul Charles Lakes 1992 Barcelona Dominick Minicucci 2008 Beijing Justin Spring Bronze Medal Artistic Team All AroundReferences Edit University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Visual Identity Color Retrieved November 13 2022 All Time Championsship Records and Results PDF Press release NCAA December 16 2019 Retrieved December 16 2019 a b Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2013 11 09 Retrieved 2013 12 16 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link FIGHTINGILLINI COM Illinois Facilities Archived from the original on 2014 02 09 Retrieved 2013 12 18 a b College Gymnastics Nissen Emery Award Indianapolis IN USA Gymnastics 2013 Archived from the original on 2012 08 23 Retrieved 2013 12 18 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Illinois Fighting Illini men 27s gymnastics amp oldid 1120999531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
