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Career HonorsÂ
- 2025 All-American on pommel horse (sixth)
- 2024 All-American on pommel horse (tied for seventh)
- 2024 & 2025 CGA regular season All-American (pommel horse)
- 2024 & 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team
- Big Ten Gymnast to Watch (2024)
- Big Ten Specialist of the Week (March 18 & April 1, 2024 / Jan. 14 & Feb. 4 & March 18, 2025)
- CGA Specialist of the Week (Jan. 31 & April 3, 2024 / March 19, 2025)
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2023, 24, 25)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 25)
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30, 2023)
- Pommel Horse: 15.250
- Parallel Bars: 13.300
- High Bar: 13.850
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): pommel horse (3rd – 14.569)
- Finished sixth on pommel horse (13.833) at the NCAA Championships
- Was the pommel horse runner-up (14.625) at the Big Ten Championships
- Captured six pommel horse titles this season – West Point Open (1/10), Greenville (1/17), Stanford Open (1/25), Oklahoma (2/2), Winter Cup (2/21), Michigan (3/15)
- Had the six highest pommel horse scores on the team this season – season-high 15.050 at Michigan (3/15), 14.650 against Greenville (1/17) and at the Big Ten Championships (4/5), 14.500 at the Big Ten Championships (4/4), against Oklahoma (2/2) and at the West Point Open (1/10)
- Had the third-highest pommel horse score (14.500) in the team finals at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished second on pommel horse (14.350) and third on high bar (13.250) against Illinois (3/25)
- Was the runner-up on high bar (13.850) against Penn State (2/9)
- Consistent member of the pommel horse and high bar lineups this season
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): pommel horse (5th – 14.506), high bar (22nd – 13.569)
- Was the Big Ten runner-up on pommel horse (14.525) and finished sixth on high bar (13.775), sticking his dismount
- Also competed on pommel horse (14.050) and high bar (13.650) in the Big Ten Team Championships
- Won the pommel horse competition against Illinois (14.700) and Nebraska (15.250, career-high)
- Was the runner-up on pommel horse at the Stanford Open (14.750)
- Recorded the two-highest Buckeye pommel horse scores of the season – 15.250 and 14.966 in the NCAA Qualifiers
- Competed on pommel horse (14.266) and high bar (13.300) in the NCAA Championships
- Finished third on pommel horse (14.966) in the NCAA Qualifiers, also competing on high bar (12.800)
- Also finished third on pommel horse (13.600) at the Navy Open and against Greenville (12.800)
- Was the runner-up on high bar (13.300) against Greenville
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): pommel horse (7th – 14.038)
- Earned the two-highest OSU pommel horse scores of the season – 14.333 at the NCAA Qualifiers (4/14) and 14.300 at Nebraska/vs. Greenville (3/17)
- Competed on pommel horse at the NCAA Championships (11.700) after earning a 14.333 in the NCAA Qualifiers
- In the Big Ten individual event finals: finished fifth on pommel horse (13.575)
- Earned a 13.850 on pommel horse at the Big Ten team championships
- Competed in every meet on pommel horse this season
- Three total pommel horse wins: against No. 1 Oklahoma/No. 4 Penn State (14.200), at No. 6 Michigan (14.100), his collegiate debut at the Windy City Invite (13.800)
- Other top-three pommel horse finishes: second against No. 6 Nebraska/No. 14 Greenville (14.300), second at the Navy Open (14.000)
- Totaled six pommel horse scores of at least 14.000
- Trained at Gym Land Arena Gymnastics from 2009-2022 under Coach Zuonko
- Won the 2021 national championship on pommel horse and finished fourth on high bar
- Was the runner-up on pommel horse at the 2022 national championships
- Son of Tom and Cindy Thackston
- Brother to Julia and Gabrielle
- Has cousins who play basketball at Franklin and NYU
- Majoring in biology
- Favorite pastime is reading and learning new things and also enjoys playing spike ball
- Greatest sports thrill is doing a new skill for the first time
