Golden Gopher Honors and Awards
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM
2nd - 1941, 1949, 1990
3rd - 1989
4th - 1991, 1992
5th - 1993
6th - 2007
8th - 2008, 2009
ALL-AROUND CHAMPION
Newt Loken - 1942
John Roethlisberger - 1991, 1992, 1993
VAULT CHAMPION
Jim Peterson - 1948
PARALLEL BARS CHAMPION
Bob Hanning - 1940
John Roethlisberger - 1991
HORIZONTAL BAR CHAMPION
Newt Loken - 1941
STILL RINGS CHAMPION
(Flying Rings until 1958)
Delver Daly - 1941
Ken Bartlett - 1953
POMMEL HORSE CHAMPION
John Roethlisberger - 1993
Clay Strother- 2001, 2002
FLOOR EXERCISE CHAMPION
Clay Strother - 2001, 2002
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM CHAMPIONS (20)
1903, 1907, 1910, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995
TEAM RUNNER-UP (16)
1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993
ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONS
J.W. Dye - 1903
J.C. West - 1915
Earnest Carlson - 1916, '21, '22
Julius Pearlt - 1926
George Matison - 1936
Delver Daly - 1940
Newt Loken - 1941, '42
James Peterson - 1947, '48, '49
Ken Bartlett - 1953
Tim LaFleur - 1976, '77, '78
Kevin Prady - 1979
Dan Price - 1980
Brian Meeker - 1981, '82
Joey Ray - 1983
Collin Godkin - 1987
Mark McKiernan - 1989
John Roethlisberger - 1990, '91, '92, '93
HORIZONTAL BAR
J.W Dye - 1903
Roy Calloway - 1910
John West - 1913
Ernest Carlson - 1916, '22
Julius Perlt - 1925
George Matison - 1936
Howard Stuart - 1938
Howard Swanson - 1947
Jim Peterson - 1947, '48
James Jackson - 1956
Tim LaFleur - 1977
Brian Meeker - 1982
Robert Brown - 1983
Collin Godkin - 1987
John Roethlisberger - 1990
Brian Ottenhoff - 1991
POMMEL HORSE
(side horse until 1972)
Russell Baker - 1910
Julius Perlt - 1924, '25
Paul Johnson - 1938
Herb Loken - 1949
Russ Fystrom - 1973
Dan Jarosch - 1976
Joey Ray - 1981
David DeVries - 1988
Mark McKiernan - 1989, '90
John Roethlisberger - 1991
Kit Beikmann - 2007
PARALLEL BARS
Elmer Haeberle - 1910
Ernest Carlson - 1921
Margne Skurdalsvold - 1924
Julius Perlt - 1923, '25
Dean Shawbold - 1936, '37
Bob Hanning - 1940
Newt Loken - 1941
Don Hedstrom - 1947
Howard Swanson - 1948
Ken Bartlett - 1953
Duane Hoecherl - 1960
Jeff LaFleur - 1976
Dan Price - 1980
Joey Ray - 1981, '82, '83, '84
Collin Godkin - 1987
Jay Caputo - 1990
John Roethlisberger - 1991, '92
STILL RINGS
(flying rings until 1958)
Jess Hawley - 1907
Roy Calloway - 1910
Delver Daly - 1939
James Hafey - 1940
Newt Loken - 1942
Jim Peterson - 1947
Don Hedstrom - 1948
Ken Bartlett - 1952
Mike Wilber - 1976
Tim LaFleur - 1977
VAULT
(long horse until 1971)
Brian Meeker - 1982
Mark McKiernan - 1988
John Roethlisberger - 1992
Brian Yee - 1995
Colby Van Cleave - 1995
Eric Steele - 2001, 2002
Guillermo Alvarez - 2005
Mitchell Mays - 2008
FLOOR EXERCISE
(free exercise until 1964)
Craig Carlson - 1973
Kurt Adams - 1977
Brian Meeker - 1980, 1982
Dan Zimpfer - 1990
Clay Strother - 2003
TUMBLING
John West - 1915
Margne Skurdalsvold - 1925
John Wald - 1927
Horace Greenberg - 1930
Philip Kreidt - 1934
Jim Peterson - 1947, '48
INDIAN CLUBS
Leroy Labbitt - 1907
Herbert Nelson - 1908, '09, '10
Clarence Peterson - 1913
BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR
The Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor is awarded annually at each institution to the student-athlete that demonstrates excellence in both scholarship and athletics. A total of nine Golden Gopher gymnasts have won the award, including seven during Fred Roethlisberger's 31-year tenure.
1949 - James Peterson
1961 - Bob Schwarzkopf
1976 - Jeff LaFleur
1978 - Tim LaFleur
1982 - Brian Meeker
1984 - Joey Ray
1986 - Collin Godkin
1993 - John Roethlisberger
1995 - Brian Yee
2005 - Guillermo Alvarez
ALL-BIG TEN
(awarded to a top six All-American or event champion)
1984 - Rob Brown, Joey Ray
1985 - Steve Braun, Rob Brown, Collin Godkin
1986 - Rob Brown
1987 - Steve Braun, Collin Godkin, Mark McKiernan
1988 - David DeVries, Mark McKiernan
1989 - Mike Farina, Mark McKiernan, Mike Miller, Brad Pries
1990 - Jay Caputo, Mark McKiernan, John Roethlisberger, Dan Zimpfer
1991 - Jay Caputo, Mike Farina, Brian Ottenhoff, John Roethlisberger
1992 - Kerry Huston, John Roethlisberger
1993 - Kerry Huston, John Roethlisberger, Brian Yee
1995 - Brian Yee, Colby Van Cleave, Andrew Weaver
2001 - Eric Steele
2002 - Guillermo Alvarez, Eric Steele, Clay Strother
2003 - Guillermo Alvarez, Clay Strother
2004 - Guillermo Alvarez
2005 - Guillermo Alvarez
2006 - Jake Lee
2007 - Kit Beikmann, Andre Berry, Jake Lee
2008 - Mitchell Mays, Kit Beikmann
2009 - Aaron Fortunato, Kit Beikmann, Russell Dabritz
2010 - Aaron Fortunato
NISSEN-EMERY AWARD
In 2005, Guillermo Alvarez became the third Gopher gymnast in school history to earn the Nissen-Emery Award, which is given annually to the nation's outstanding senior gymnast and is the most coveted award in collegiate gymnastics. The award is named in honor of George Nissen, a three-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa, for his contributions to the sport and Dr. Bob Emery, the 1969 recipient of the Nissen Award. In 1978, Tim LaFleur became Minnesota's first winner and in 1993, John Roethlisberger became the second Gopher to win the award.
