Kazuki Hayashi

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Career Honors

2024 All-American on vault (finished sixth with a career-high 14.833 and a stuck landing)
OSU Scholar Athlete (20, 21, 23, 24)
Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 24)
Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Jan. 28

Personal Bests

As a Fifth-Year (2024)

Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): high bar (8^th – 13.850), floor (24^th – 13.775), parallel bars (24^th – 13.688)
Finished fifth on high bar (14.000, stick) and eighth on vault (14.350) at the Big Ten Championships
Stuck both his vault (14.866, career-high) and high bar (13.466) dismounts at the NCAA Championships, also competing on floor (14.066)
At the NCAA Qualifiers, earned a 14.466 on vault, 13.933 on floor, 13.700 on high bar and 13.266 on parallel bars
Stuck his parallel bars dismount against Penn State, Nebraska, at the Big Ten Championships
Stuck his high bar dismounts against Penn State, Illinois, at the Big Ten Championships and at the NCAA Championships
At the Big Ten Championships, competed on floor (13.700), vault (14.600), parallel bars (13.800) and high bar (13.700)
Was the runner-up on both parallel bars (14.200, career-high) and high bar (14.250, career-high) against Nebraska
Finished second on floor (13.600) and third on high bar (13.400) at the Navy Open
Was the floor runner-up (14.400, career-high) against Michigan
Finished third on high bar (13.950) against Illinois
Was third on floor (13.900) against Oklahoma/Arizona State

As a Senior (2023)

Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): floor (17^th – 13.850), high bar (14^th – 13.769), vault (24^th – 14.325)
In the Big Ten individual event finals: finished sixth on floor (14.100) and eighth on high bar (13.925)
Competed on both floor (12.566) and high bar (12.666) at the NCAA Championships
Was in the lineup for floor, vault and high bar all but one meet during the season
Stuck his high bar dismount (13.600) and led the team on vault (14.500) in the season-opening Windy City Invite
Tied for the win on floor (13.650) and finished third on high bar (13.600) at the Navy Open
Finished second on high bar (13.650) and third with a stick on vault (14.450) against NO. 4 Illinois
Other top-three finishes on high bar: second (13.750) at No. 11 Army, third (14.000) at No. 6 Michigan
Stuck his dismount on high bar at the NCAA Qualifiers (13.833) and against No. 1 Oklahoma/No. 4 Penn State (12.250)

As a Junior (2022)

Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships on floor (13.675)
Earned a career-high 14.600 on the vault at Winter Cup
Posted career-highs in the all-around (78.650), pommel horse (13.050) and on rings (12.650) in the win against No. 4 Michigan
Won the high bar competition against No. 7 Penn State with a career-best 13.800
Totaled seven other top-three finishes this season
Three top-three floor finishes: New York Alliance (13.300), No. 10 Army/No. 12 William & Mary (13.500), No. 4 Nebraska (13.900)
Two top-three high bar finishes: New York Alliance (12.850), No. 4 Nebraska (13.650)
Finished third on parallel bar against New York Alliance (13.400)
Finished third in the all-around against No. 4 Michigan (78.650)

As A Sophomore (2021)

Opened the season with his season bests on vault (14.200) and parallel bars (11.450) at No. 3 Illinois
Had a season best on high bar (12.900) against Navy
Recorded his season best on floor (14.300) at the Big Ten Championships, also competing on vault (13.850)
Competed at NCAA Qualifiers on floor (13.866) and vault (13.966)

As A Freshman (2020)

Had a season best on floor (14.400) against Navy
Recorded a 14.350 on vault, his season best score, against Michigan
Had a season best on parallel bars (13.850) against ASU/Cal/Stanford
Twice recorded his season best on high bar (13.350) - at Penn State and against Navy
Season ended early due to COVID-19 pandemic

Prior to Ohio State