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Career HonorsÂ
- 2025 NCAA Vault Champion (14.633, stick)
- 2025 Nissen-Emery Award finalist
- 2025 NCAA All-American on floor (third) and vault (first)
- 2024 NCAA All-American on floor (seventh)
- Three-time 2023 NCAA All-American – floor (third, personal-best 14.766 and stuck the final pass), vault (fifth – tied his personal-best 14.800 and got the stick) and all-around (sixth, personal-best 81.665)
- 2024 CGA regular season All-American (floor)
- 2025 CGA regular season All-American (floor, vault)
- All-Big Ten First Team (2022, 25)
- All-Big Ten Second Team (2023, 24)
- 2022 Big Ten Vault Champion (14.800)
- 2025 Big Ten Vault Champion (14.850)
- Five-time OSU Scholar Athlete (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- CGA Scholar All-American First Team (2021)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 23, 24, 25)
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- Big Ten Gymnast to Watch (2023, 24, 25)
- Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (March 11, 2024 / Jan. 14 & Jan. 28, 2025)
- CGA Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 15, 2025)
- CGA Co-Specialist of the Week (March 1, 2023)
- Inside Gym Men’s Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 13, 2025)
- Competed at the 2023 Cairo World Cup for USA Gymnastics in April, qualifying for the finals on both vault (finished fifth) and floor (finished eighth)
- Became the first gymnast in the world to compete two triple backs in a single floor routine in Jan. 2025
- Floor: 14.800
- Pommel Horse: 12.266
- Rings: 14.200
- Vault: 15.050
- Parallel Bars: 13.900
- High Bar: 12.966
- All-Around: 81.665
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): floor (4th – 14.013), rings (17th – 13.425), vault (1st – 14.675)
- Won the NCAA Vault Championship with a score of 14.633 and a stuck landing – this was the first NCAA event title for a Buckeye since Alec Yoder in 2019 and the first vault title for a Buckeye since Pejman Ebrahimi in 2007
- Also at the NCAA Championships, finished third on floor (14.533, stick) and competed on rings (13.533)
- Won the second Big Ten Vault Championship of his career with a score of 14.850
- Earned five floor wins this season – West Point Open (1/10), Greenville (1/17), Stanford Open (1/25), Penn State (2/9), Illinois (3/25) – stick Â
- Earned eight vault wins this season – West Point Open (1/10), Greenville (1/17), Stanford Open (1/25), Penn State (2/9), Nebraska (3/8), Illinois (3/25), Big Ten Championships, NCAA Championships
- Won the all-around competition against Penn State (2/9)
- Had the three highest floor scores on the team this season – season-high 14.600 at the Stanford Open (1/25), 14.533 at the NCAA Championships and 14.500 against Illinois (3/25)
- Had the three highest vault scores on the team this season – season-high 14.850 at the Big Ten Championships (4/5), 14.750 at the Big Ten Championships (4/4), 14.633 at the NCAA Championships (4/19)
- Had two additional podium finishes on floor during the regular season – second against Nebraska (3/8) and third against Oklahoma (2/2)
- Had two additional podium finishes on vault during the regular season – second against Oklahoma (2/2) and second against Illinois (14.250)
- Finished third (13.100) on rings against Greenville (1/17)
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): floor (4th – 14.275), rings (10th – 13.888), vault (11th – 14.600)
- Tied for second on vault (14.700) at the Big Ten Championships, also finishing ninth on rings (13.725)
- Won three floor titles, all against Big Ten opponents – Penn State (14.400, stick), Michigan (14.800, stick) and Nebraska (14.800) … the 14.800’s were the Buckeyes’ highest two floor scores of the season
- Also won the rings competition against Penn State (14.200), tying for the Buckeyes’ highest rings score of the season and sticking his dismount
- Captured the vault title against Michigan (15.050, stick) – this was the highest vault score of the season for the Buckeyes
- Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Championships (78.732), finishing 12th … scores were 14.233 on floor, 11.100 on pommel horse, 12.933 on rings, 14.633 on vault, 13.400 on parallel bars, 12.433 on high bar
- Was the floor runner-up (14.633) at the NCAA Qualifiers, also competing on rings (13.166) and vault (14.266)
- Eight additional podium finishes during the regular season, second on floor (14.300) and vault (14.550) against Illinois, tied for second on vault (14.450) against Penn State, second on floor (14.400) and third on rings (13.500) against Oklahoma/Arizona State, third on rings (13.300) at the Navy Open, second on rings (13.900) and third on floor (13.400) against Greenville
- Also stuck his final pass on floor against Illinois and Nebraska
- Stuck his rings dismount against Nebraska
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): floor (7th – 14.138 NQA), vault (8th – 14.575 NQA), rings (24th – 13.475 NQA)
- Earned the two-highest OSU floor scores of the season – 17.766 at the NCAA Championships (4/15) and 14.566 at the NCAA Qualifiers (14.566)
- Earned the two-highest OSU vault scores of the season – 14.800 at both the NCAA Championships and NCAA Qualifiers, also tied for the third-highest with a 14.750 at Big Ten Championships (3/31)
- Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Championships: PR in all-around (81.665), PR/stuck final pass on floor (14.766), tied PR and stick on vault (14.800), PR and stick on high bar (12.966), stick on rings (13.600), also scored a 13.400 on parallel bars and a 12.133 on pommel horse
- In the Big Ten individual event finals: finished third on vault (14.625) and seventh on floor (13.925)
- Won the floor competition at No. 11 Army (14.400)
- Won the vault title against No. 4 Illinois (14.650)
- Top-three floor finishes: second against No. 6 Nebraska/No. 14 Greenville, third at No. 6 Michigan (14.200), third at the Navy Open (13.600)
- Top-three rings finishes: second with a stuck dismount (13.600) against No. 1 Oklahoma/No. 4 Penn State, third with a stuck dismount at No. 6 Michigan (career-high 13.850)
- Top-three vault finishes: second at the Navy Open (14.500), third at the Big Ten team championships (14.750)
- Top-three parallel bar finishes: third with a stuck dismount at the Navy Open (13.900), third at No. 11 Army (13.600)
- Stuck his rings (13.400) and parallel bars (13.450) dismounts at the Big Ten team championships
- Stuck his dismount on parallel bars (12.450) against No. 4 Illinois
- Ranked nationally on floor (ninth, 13.963 average)
- Tied for the best scoring Buckeyes’ vault of the season with his career-best 14.800 to earn the Big Ten Vault Championship
- Also finished seventh on rings (13.450) at the Big Ten Championships
- Won three meets on floor – Big Ten individual championships (14.800), New York Alliance (13.850) and against No. 6 Illinois (14.350, career-high)
- Had nine total top-three finishes, including five on vault, three on rings and one on floor
- Top-three vault finishes: New York Alliance (14.350), No. 6 Illinois (14.450), No. 10 Army/No. 12 William & Mary (14.300), No. 4 Nebraska (14.400), NCAA Qualifiers (14.600)
- Top-three rings finishes: New York Alliance (13.300), No. 4 Michigan (13.750, career-high), No. 4 Nebraska (13.700)
- Was also second on floor against No. 4 Michigan (14.250)
- Led the Buckeyes on vault at the NCAA Championships (14.333)
- Twice scored a season best on floor (14.250) against Navy and No. 8 Iowa
- Had a season best 13.350 on rings against No. 3 Penn State
- Scored a season best 14.300 on vault against Navy
- Competed on floor at the Big Ten Championships (13.500) and at NCAA Qualifiers (13.733)
- Trained at Avant Coeur Gymnastics
- Two-time U.S. National Championships competitor
- Five-time JO National Qualifier
- Three-time Regional Elite Team member
- Placed first on parallel bars and second on vault at 2019 Junior National Italia Invitational
- Son of Christy and Marvin Nelson
