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American artistic gymnast

Not to be confused with [Justin Spring (writer)](/source/Justin_Spring_(writer)).

Justin Spring Spring in 2008 Personal information Full name Justin Edward Spring Born (1984-03-11) March 11, 1984 (age 42) Houston, Texas, U.S. Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Gymnastics career Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics Country represented United States (2005–2009) College team Illinois Fighting Illini Gym Team Chevron Capital Gymnastics Head coach Yoshi Hayasaki Assistant coach Jon Valdez Retired 2009 Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 Pan American Games 1 0 1 Total 1 0 2 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Parallel bars 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Awards Nissen-Emery Award (2006)

Current position Title Associate head coach Team Alabama Crimson Tide Conference SEC Biographical details Alma mater University of Illinois Coaching career (HC unless noted) 2007–2010 Illinois (Asst.) 2011–2022 Illinois 2022–2023 Alabama (Asst.) 2024–present Alabama (Associate HC)

**Justin Edward Spring** (born March 11, 1984) is a retired [American](/source/Americans) [gymnast](/source/Gymnast) and current gymnastics coach. He was a member of the [United States men's national artistic gymnastics team](/source/United_States_men's_national_artistic_gymnastics_team) and won an Olympic bronze medal at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics). He was also a top gymnast in [NCAA competition](/source/NCAA_Men's_Gymnastics_championship), where he represented the [University of Illinois](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_gymnastics).

## Early life and education

Spring was born in [Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/Texas), and raised in [Burke, Virginia](/source/Burke%2C_Virginia). His father, [Sherwood C. Spring](/source/Sherwood_C._Spring), was a [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) [colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_States)) and former [NASA](/source/NASA) [astronaut](/source/Astronaut). His sister, Sarah, was also a highly decorated collegiate gymnast at Ohio State University from 2000 to 2004.

Spring graduated from [Lake Braddock Secondary School](/source/Lake_Braddock_Secondary_School) in 2002 and went on to attend the [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign).

## Gymnastics career

Overall, the Burke, Va., native is a four-time NCAA Champion, winning a pair of titles on the horizontal bar in 2004 and 2006 and back-to-back crowns on parallel bars in 2005 and 2006. Along with his national recognition, Spring earned 2006 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year accolades after winning the all-around crown at the Big Ten Championships. Spring finished his career being named to the All-Big Ten first team three times, grabbed Big Ten Gymnast of the Week laurels six times, and earned Inside Gymnastics' NCAA Gymnast of the Week honors three times.

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 2004. Spring is a two-time recipient of the [Dike Eddleman](/source/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 12 from 1957–59, and holds the Illinois record on the floor exercise, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

In 2006, Spring strung together one of the best seasons in Illinois gymnastics' history, earning the 2006 [Nissen-Emery Award](/source/Nissen-Emery_Award), an honor that goes to the top senior male gymnast in the nation.[1] A double titlist at the 2006 NCAAs, Spring took home the crown in the horizontal bar and defended his title in parallel bars. In addition, he carded five total All-America honors with a second-place finish in 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 half a point shy of team-champion Oklahoma, and just short of the Orange and Blue's 10th national title.

Overall in his collegiate career, he is

- 2006 Nissen-Emery Award winner

- 2006 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion

- 2006 NCAA Horizontal 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 Horizontal Bar Champion

- 2005 NCAA Parallel Bars Champion

- 2004 NCAA Horizontal Bar Champion

- 2004 Big Ten Floor Exercise Champion

- 12-time [All-American](/source/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

### International career

Spring has also competed internationally representing the United States.

He represented the U.S. at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia on floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar as a member of the 2005 U.S. National Team. At the 2005 World Championships, Spring finished 10th to qualify as a reserve on horizontal bar and finished 12th on parallel bars. In 2005, Spring became the first Illini to ever win a U.S. National title with his two-day combined horizontal bar score of 18.750, while also scoring a 9.500 on the horizontal bar at the 2005 American Cup to take home the silver medal behind Olympic champion Paul Hamm.

The Illini gymnast finished fourth on the horizontal bar at the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships with scores of 9.600 and 9.650 in the two-day format, and competed for Team USA at the 2003 [World University Games](/source/World_University_Games) in Daegu, South Korea, advancing to the finals on floor. In 2006, Spring garnered a selection to the 2006 Men's World Championships team, but had to withdraw due to injury. Spring graduated from the University of Illinois in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication.

He is a three-time U.S. Senior National Team Member, a 2005 U.S. World Championships Team Member, the 2005 Visa U.S. Championships Horizontal Bar Champion, the 2005 Winter Cup Horizontal Bar Champion, the 2005 American Cup Horizontal Bar Silver Medalist, the 2003 World University Games Team Member

Spring tore his [anterior cruciate ligament](/source/Anterior_cruciate_ligament) at the 2007 Visa Championships.[2]

Spring was named to the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics team on June 22, 2008. He performed very well at the Olympics, and was a key part of the United States Team's bronze medal victory, posting high scores on the vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar, and the floor exercise. His high-flying horizontal bar routine in team finals was particularly impressive and included a stuck triple-back dismount and scored 15.675.

Spring's resemblance to [Prince Harry](/source/Prince_Harry) has earned him the nickname *Prince*.[3]

### Retirement

In 2010 Spring was named Head Coach of the [Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_gymnastics). He indicated that the new position required him to retire from the sport.[4]

## Coaching career

Spring began his coaching career in 2010 with the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois) men's gymnastics program. Spring, one of the Illinois's most talented gymnasts, finished his competitive career in 2006, and since then he has led the Orange and Blue to [Big Ten](/source/Big_Ten) and NCAA Championship titles in his role as head coach.

Following the 2009–10 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 and 2010 graduate [Luke Stannard](/source/Luke_Stannard).

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.

In 2012, Spring helped the University of Illinois Fighting Illini win the NCAA national championship in Gymnastics. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120430011148/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-gym/recaps/042012aaj.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20120430011148/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-gym/recaps/042012aaj.html) [5]

## Personal life

On May 29, 2010, Spring married fellow [Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign) alumna Tori Tanney. Justin and Tori welcomed their first child, Cody, in July 2012.

Spring has been a spokesperson for the skincare line [Proactiv](/source/Proactiv).

## Head coaching record

Record table Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Illinois (Big Ten Conference) (2010–present) 2010 Illinois 22–5 1st NCAA Fourth Place 2011 Illinois 25–8 1st NCAA Third Place 2012 Illinois 28–2 1st NCAA Champions 2013 Illinois 12–18–1 5–5–1 5th 2014 Illinois 19-12-1 4th NCAA Fourth Place 2015 Illinois 18-7 2nd 2016 Illinois 23-10 2nd NCAA Fourth Place 2017 Illinois 2nd NCAA Third Place 2018 Illinois 1st NCAA Third Place Illinois: 87–23–1 29–11–1 Total: 87–23–1 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Men's Gymnastics Illinois Fighting Illini :: The official athletic site"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061219043131/http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-gym/spec-rel/061406aab.html). Archived from [the original](http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-gym/spec-rel/061406aab.html) on December 19, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [For Star Gymnast Spring, It Really Hurts to Get Better](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/07/AR2007110702629.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Justin Spring, Prince Harry, separated at birth?](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/justin-spring-p.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["FIGHTINGILLINI.COM - Justin Spring Bio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221607/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/justin_spring_126883.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/justin_spring_126883.html) on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Player Bio, Justin Spring"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180813112540/https://fightingillini.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1019&path=mgym). Archived from [the original](https://fightingillini.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1019&path=mgym) on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

- ["Former Illini Spring Tears ACL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080618082952/http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/08/23/Sports/Former.Illini.Spring.Tears.Acl-2935088.shtml). dailyIllini.com. 2007. Archived from [the original](https://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/08/23/Sports/Former.Illini.Spring.Tears.Acl-2935088.shtml) on June 18, 2008.

- ["Justin Spring, Prince Harry, Separated at birth?"](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/justin-spring-p.html). *Los Angeles Times*. August 12, 2008.

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v t e 2008 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team Men's artistic gymnastics athletes Team Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joseph Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan Alternates David Durante Women's artistic gymnastics athletes Team Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan Alternates Jana Bieger Ivana Hong Corrie Lothrop Rhythmic gymnastics athletes Did not qualify Trampoline athletes Individuals Erin Blanchard Chris Estrada Alternates Logan Dooley Alaina Hebert Coaches Men's Kevin Mazeika (Head coach) Miles Avery (Asst. coach) Norimasa Iwai Randy Jepson Vitaly Marinich Jon Valdez Mark Williams Women's Liang Chow (Head coach) Márta Károlyi (Asst. coach) Mihai Brestyan Valeri Liukin Andy Memmel Marvin Sharp XueYi Zhao Trampoline Dmitri Poliaroush

v t e Pan American Games Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars Summary 1951: Pedro Lonchibuco (ARG) 1955: Dick Beckner (USA) 1955 Jack Beckner (USA) 1959: Jack Beckner (USA) 1963: Don Tonry (USA) 1967: Richard Lloyd (USA) 1967 Fred Roethlisberger (USA) 1971: John Ellas (USA) 1975: Roberto Richards (CUB) 1979: Roberto Richards (CUB) 1983: Roberto Richards (CUB) 1987: Scott Johnson (USA) 1991: Erick López (CUB) 1991 Dominick Minicucci (USA) 1995: Erick López (CUB) 1999: Erick López (CUB) 2003: Erick López (CUB) 2007: Justin Spring (USA) 2011: Daniel Corral (MEX) 2015: Jossimar Calvo (COL) 2019: Isaac Núñez (MEX) 2023: Curran Phillips (USA)

United States National Championships for Justin Spring v t e United States Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars 1963: Tom Seward 1964: Rusty Mitchell 1965: Glen Gailis 1966: Ray Hadley 1967: Katsu Kanzaki 1968: Yoshi Hayasaki 1969: Steve Hug 1970: Makoto Sakamoto 1971: Brent Simmons 1972: Yoshi Takei 1973: Marshall Avener 1974: Jim Ivicek 1975: Bart Conner 1976: 1977: Kurt Thomas 1978: Bart Conner 1979: Bart Conner 1980: Phil Cahoy 1980 Larry Gerard 1981: Bart Conner 1982: Peter Vidmar 1983: Mitch Gaylord 1984: Tim Daggett 1984 Mitch Gaylord 1984 Peter Vidmar 1985: Tim Daggett 1986: Tim Daggett 1987: Scott Johnson 1988: Kevin Davis 1988 Dan Hayden 1989: Conrad Voorsanger 1990: Trent Dimas 1991: Scott Keswick 1992: Jair Lynch 1993: Chainey Umphrey 1994: Stephen McCain 1995: John Roethlisberger 1996: Jair Lynch 1997: Blaine Wilson 1998: Blaine Wilson 1999: Jason Gatson 2000: Trent Wells 2001: Sean Townsend 2002: Sean Townsend 2003: Jason Gatson 2004: Alexander Artemev 2005: DJ Bucher 2006: Alexander Artemev 2007: David Durante 2008: Justin Spring 2009: Tim McNeill 2010: Danell Leyva 2011: Danell Leyva 2012: Danell Leyva 2013: Sam Mikulak 2014: Danell Leyva 2015: Sam Mikulak 2016: Chris Brooks 2017: Akash Modi 2018: Sam Mikulak 2019: Sam Mikulak 2020: No competition 2021: Yul Moldauer 2022: Curran Phillips 2023: Yul Moldauer 2024: Yul Moldauer 2025: Brody Malone v t e United States Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar 1963: Art Shurlock 1964: Glen Gailis 1965: Rusty Mitchell 1966: Katsu Kanzaki 1967: Katsu Kanzaki 1968: Yoshi Hayasaki 1969: Rich Grigsby 1970: Makoto Sakamoto 1971: Yoshi Takei 1972: Tom Lindner 1973: John Crosby Jr. 1974: Brent Simmons 1975: Tom Beach 1976: 1977: Kurt Thomas 1978: Kurt Thomas 1979: Yoichi Tomita 1980: Jim Hartung 1981: Bart Conner 1982: Mitch Gaylord 1983: Mario McCutcheon 1984: Tim Daggett 1984 Mitch Gaylord 1984 Peter Vidmar 1985: Dan Hayden 1986: Dan Hayden 1986 David Moriel 1987: David Moriel 1988: Dan Hayden 1989: Tim Ryan 1990: Trent Dimas 1990 Lance Ringnald 1991: Lance Ringnald 1992: Jair Lynch 1993: Stephen McCain 1994: Scott Keswick 1995: John Roethlisberger 1996: Bill Roth 1997: Doug Stibel 1998: Jason Gatson 1999: Jamie Natalie 2000: Jamie Natalie 2000 Trent Wells 2001: Daniel Diaz-Luong 2002: Blaine Wilson 2003: Paul Hamm 2004: Paul Hamm 2005: Justin Spring 2006: Chris Brooks 2007: Justin Spring 2008: Joseph Hagerty 2009: Jonathan Horton 2009 Danell Leyva 2010: Chris Brooks 2011: Danell Leyva 2012: Danell Leyva 2013: Sam Mikulak 2014: John Orozco 2015: Chris Brooks 2016: Paul Ruggeri 2017: Marvin Kimble 2018: Sam Mikulak 2019: Sam Mikulak 2020: No competition 2021: Sam Mikulak 2022: Brody Malone 2023: Fred Richard 2024: Brody Malone 2025: Taylor Burkhart

v t e Nissen-Emery Award 1966: James Curzi 1967: Steve Cohen 1968: Dave Thor 1969: Robert Emery 1970: Pete Difurio 1971: Brent Simmons 1972: Tom Lindner 1973: John Crosby Jr. 1974: Steve Hug 1975: Jay Whelan 1976: Gene Whelan 1977: Peter Kormann 1978: Tim LaFleur 1979: Kurt Thomas 1980: Mario McCutcheon 1981: Bart Conner 1982: Jim Hartung 1983: Peter Vidmar 1984: Roy Palassou 1985: Matt Arnot 1986: Wes Suter 1987: Spider Maxwell 1988: Tom Schlesinger 1989: David Zeddies 1990: Mike Racanelli 1991: Jarrod Hanks 1992: Scott Keswick 1993: John Roethlisberger 1994: Kip Simons 1995: Josh Stein 1996: Darren Elg 1997: Blaine Wilson 1998: Dan Fink 1999: Todd Bishop 2000: Jeff LaVallee 2001: Jamie Natalie 2002: Justin Toman 2003: Daniel Furney 2004: Dan Gill 2005: Guillermo Alvarez 2006: Justin Spring 2007: Matt Cohen 2008: Jonathan Horton 2009: Casey Sandy 2010: Luke Stannard 2011: Steven Legendre 2012: Paul Ruggeri 2013: Eddie Penev 2014: Sam Mikulak 2015: Ellis Mannon 2016: Jesse Glenn 2017: Akash Modi 2018: Sean Melton 2019: Yul Moldauer 2020: Stephen Nedoroscik 2021: Shane Wiskus 2022: Brody Malone 2023: Paul Juda 2024: Colt Walker 2025: Taylor Christopulos 2026: Fred Richard

NCAA Championships for Justin Spring v t e NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Men's Parallel Bars 1938: Erwin Beyer (Chicago) 1939: Erwin Beyer (Chicago) 1940: Bob Hanning (Minnesota) 1941: Caton Cobb (Illinois) 1942: Hal Zimmerman (Penn State) 1948: Ray Sorensen (Penn State) 1949: Joe Kotys (Kent State) 1949 Mel Stout (Michigan State) 1950: Joe Kotys (Kent State) 1951: Jack Beckner (USC) 1952: Jack Beckner (USC) 1953: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State) 1954: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State) 1955: Carlton Rintz (Michigan State) 1956: Armando Vega (Penn State) 1957: Armando Vega (Penn State) 1958: Ted Muzyczko (Michigan State) 1959: Armando Vega (Penn State) 1960: Robert Lynn (USC) 1961: Jeff Cardinalli (Springfield) 1961 Fred Tijerina (S. Illinois) 1962: Robert Lynn (USC) 1963: Arno Lascari (Michigan) 1964: Ronald Barak (USC) 1965: Jim Curzi (Michigan State) 1966: Jim Curzi (Michigan State) 1967: Makoto Sakamoto (USC) 1968: Makoto Sakamoto (USC) 1969: Ron Rapper (Michigan) 1970: Ron Rapper (Michigan) 1971: Tom Dunn (Penn State) 1971 Brent Simmons (Iowa State) 1972: Dennis Mazur (Iowa State) 1973: Steve Hug (Stanford) 1974: Steve Hug (Stanford) 1975: Yoichi Tomita (Long Beach State) 1976: Gene Whelan (Penn State) 1977: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State) 1978: John Corritore (Michigan) 1979: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State) 1980: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska) 1981: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska) 1981 Jim Hartung (Nebraska) 1981 Peter Vidmar (UCLA) 1982: Jim Hartung (Nebraska) 1983: Scott Johnson (Nebraska) 1984: Tim Daggett (UCLA) 1985: Dan Hayden (Arizona State) 1985 Noah Riskin (Ohio State) 1985 Seth Riskin (Ohio State) 1986: Dan Hayden (Arizona State) 1987: Kevin Davis (Nebraska) 1988 Tom Schlesinger (Nebraska) 1988: Kevin Davis (Nebraska) 1989: Vacated 1990: Patrick Kirksey (Nebraska) 1991: Scott Keswick (UCLA) 1991 John Roethlisberger (Minnesota) 1992: Dominick Minicucci (Temple) 1993: Jair Lynch (Stanford) 1994: Richard Grace (Nebraska) 1995: Richard Grace (Nebraska) 1996: Jamie Ellis (Stanford) 1996 Blaine Wilson (Ohio State) 1997: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska) 1998: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska) 1999: Justin Toman (Michigan) 2000: Justin Toman (Michigan) 2000 Kris Zimmerman (Michigan) 2001: Raj Bhavsar (Ohio State) 2002: Cody Moore (California) 2003: Daniel Furney (Oklahoma) 2004: Ramon Jackson (William & Mary) 2005: Justin Spring (Illinois) 2006: Dylan Carney (Stanford) 2006 Justin Spring (Illinois) 2007: Tim McNeill (California) 2008: Tim McNeill (California) 2009: Paul Ruggeri (Illinois) 2010: Ryan Lieberman (Stanford) 2011: Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois) 2012: Jake Dalton (Oklahoma) 2013: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 2014: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 2015: Brian Knott (Stanford) 2016: Akash Modi (Stanford) 2017: Akash Modi (Stanford) 2018: Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma) 2019: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota) 2021: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota) 2022: Curran Phillips (Stanford) 2023: Fred Richard (Michigan) 2024: Asher Hong (Stanford) 2025: Paul Juda (Michigan) 2026: Nathan Roman (Oklahoma) v t e NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Men's Horizontal Bar 1938: Robert Sears (Army) 1939: Adam Walters (Temple) 1940: Norm Boardman (Temple) 1941: Newt Loken (Minnesota) 1942: Norm Boardman (Temple) 1948: Joe Calvetti (Illinois) 1949: Bob Stout (Temple) 1950: Joe Kotys (Kent State) 1951: Bill Roetzheim (Florida State) 1952: Charles Simms (USC) 1953: Hal Lewis (Navy) 1954: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State) 1955: Carlton Rintz (Michigan State) 1956: Ronnie Amster (Florida State) 1957: Abie Grossfeld (Illinois) 1958: Abie Grossfeld (Illinois) 1959: Stanley Tarshis (Michigan State) 1960: Stanley Tarshis (Michigan State) 1961: Bruno Klaus (S. Illinois) 1962: Robert Lynn (USC) 1963: Gil Larose (Michigan) 1964: Ronald Barak (USC) 1965: Jim Curzi (Michigan State) 1965 Mike Jacobsen (Penn State) 1966: Rusty Rock (CSUN) 1967: Rich Grigsby (CSUN) 1968: Makoto Sakamoto (USC) 1969: Bob Manna (New Mexico) 1970: Yoshi Hayasaki (Washington) 1971: Brent Simmons (Iowa State) 1972: Tom Lindner (S. Illinois) 1973: Jon Aitken (New Mexico) 1974: Rick Danley (Indiana State) 1975: Rich Larsen (Iowa State) 1976: Tom Beach (California) 1977: John Hart (UCLA) 1978: Mel Cooley (Washington) 1979: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State) 1980: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska) 1980 Darrell Kerbe (LSU) 1981: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska) 1982: Peter Vidmar (UCLA) 1983: Scott Johnson (Nebraska) 1984: Charles Lakes (Illinois) 1985: Dan Hayden (Arizona State) 1985 Wes Suter (Nebraska) 1986: Dan Hayden (Arizona State) 1987: David Moriel (UCLA) 1988: Vacated 1989: Vacated 1990: Chris Waller (UCLA) 1991: Luis López (New Mexico) 1992: Jair Lynch (Stanford) 1993: Steve McCain (UCLA) 1994: Jim Foody (UCLA) 1995: Rick Kieffer (Nebraska) 1996: Carl Imhauser (Temple) 1997: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska) 1998: Todd Bishop (Oklahoma) 1999: Todd Bishop (Oklahoma) 2000: Michael Ashe (California) 2001: Michael Ashe (California) 2002: Daniel Diaz-Luong (Michigan) 2003: Linas Gaveika (Iowa) 2004: Justin Spring (Illinois) 2005: Ronald Ferris (Ohio State) 2006: Dylan Carney (Stanford) 2004 Justin Spring (Illinois) 2007: Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) 2008: Paul Ruggeri (Illinois) 2009: Paul Ruggeri (Illinois) 2010: Ryan McCarthy (Michigan) 2011: Alex Buscaglia (Stanford) 2012: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 2013: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 2014: Jordan Valdez (Illinois) 2015: C. J. Maestas (Illinois) 2016: Alex Johnson (Ohio State) 2016 Akash Modi (Stanford) 2017: Robert Neff (Stanford) 2018: Robert Neff (Stanford) 2019: Brody Malone (Stanford) 2021: Brody Malone (Stanford) 2022: Brody Malone (Stanford) 2023: Fred Richard (Michigan) 2024: Tate Costa (Illinois) 2025: Emre Dodanlı (Oklahoma) 2026: Kelton Christiansen (Oklahoma)

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