 2007 JUNIOR SEASON:
A regular competitor on the rings and vault performed on rings at 12 meets earned his career-best rings score with a 9.500 against Wisconsin (3/3) vaulted at 13 meets, earning his career-high mark of 9.375 at the Big Ten Championship individual event finals competed on parallel bars at three meets, earning his best score against Wisconsin with an 8.650 (3/3) competed on pommel horse once, scoring 6.050 vs. William & Mary (1/27) had the team’s highest score on rings at seven meets during the season, and was the team leader on vault at five meets a letterwinner was named the team’s Most Improved Gymnast.
2006 SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Competed on the still rings and vault in the last eight meets of the season set a personal-best mark of 8.900 on the rings against Iowa (3/10) had a season average score of 8.516 on the rings had a career-best vault performance at the Big Ten Championships, where he earned a score of 9.050 averaged 8.763 on the vault for the season competed on the high bar in four meets, earning his best score of 8.350 against Wisconsin (3/4) performed on the floor against Wisconsin (3/4), where he earned a mark of 8.000 earned his second letter.
2005 FRESHMAN SEASON:
Floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings and vault specialist Posted career-best scores in his very first meet with marks of 8.55 on floor and 8.60 on pommel horse at the Windy City Invite (1/8) had a mark of 8.40 on pommel horse and a career-high score of 8.80 on rings at Iowa (2/19) registered a career high mark of 8.950 on vault at Nebraska competed on pommel horse at the Big Ten Championships (3/25) and on pommel horse and rings at NCAAs (4/7) earned first varsity letter.
HIGH SCHOOL:
2004 graduate of Hightower High School competed for Houston Gymnastics Center coached by Tim Erwin and Brian Kiser.
PERSONAL:
Majoring in computer science and Japanese son of Arthur and Jill Mays brother Clinton is a former Gopher gymnast most memorable sports thrill is landing his Tsukahara double back vault in competition born 5/26/86 has volunteered in many different activities which usually include helping the community large interest in Japanese culture and is currently enrolled in the first year of the language very interested in computers and future technology with a small interest in space curious of how everything around him works.
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Courtesy: University of Minnesota
