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After moving into second place in our all-time high bar records while earning the bronze medal and becoming a USAG Collegiate All-American at last year’s championships, Michael will start this season as an elected co-captain of the Tribe gymnastics team…Last season, he also earned first team All-American Scholar-Athlete honors with a double major in psychology and kinesiology and health sciences...Michael’s presence truly makes the community and those around him better. For the second year in a row, he will be the director of the Williamsburg NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) fund-raising and awareness walk and also head up our team’s canned food drive which hopes to match last year’s 3000 pound total. In addition, Michael is a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee where chairs the service committee and has been elected by his fellow gymnastics competitors to serve as a student-athlete representative on the USA Gymnastics Men’s Collegiate Gymnastics Committee…At the 2014 Athletic Awards Banquet for William and Mary, Michael received the Bruce Davidson Scholarship given to an outstanding rising senior who excels in an Olympic sport and as a student plus the Comeback Athlete of the Year award after overcoming wrist injuries incurred during the fall training season…Michael’s hard work and attention to detail in the gym has paid off in consistency as he had the top hit percentage on last year’s record breaking squad and currently ranks second on high bar, fourth on vaulting and ninth on floor exercise in the all-time William and Mary records. When the going gets tough, the team can always count on Michael to come through like a champion…Michael trained at Apollo Gymnastics with Jason Furr and is the son of Tim and Jan Deitz.
2015 Highlights
Team captain … Honored as USA Gymnastics Co-Gymnast of the Year … Selected as the featured student-athlete speaker at the NCAA Championships Awards Banquet … Competed as an individual qualifier on floor, vault and high bar at the NCAA Championships … USA Gymnastics Collegiate national champion on high bar (14.6) … Placed second on high bar (14.25) at the ECAC Championships … Claimed high bar titles at the State Open, at Navy, at Springfield and versus Army on Senior Night … Honored as the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Division Gymnast of the Week following his effort at Navy … Posted season highs on floor (14.5) and high bar (14.7) at the State Open … Recorded season-best 14.6 on vault versus Army on Senior Night … ECAC All-Academic Team honoree … College Gymnastics Association first-team Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete ...
2014 Highlights
Earned USA Gymnastics Collegiate All-America honors on high bar by placing third at the national meet with a career-high 14.825 … The impressive score ranks second all-time at W&M … Silver medalist and All-ECAC on high bar… Moved into W&M’s all-time top 10 as he posted career highs on floor (14.6), and vault (14.65) in the home meet against Temple and Army … Finished the season with the Tribe’s best overall hit percentage ... College Gymnastics Association first-team Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete ...
2013 Highlights
Won the vault title at the State Open … Claimed the high bar title at the Navy dual meet on Jan. 27 … Also posted a career-high 14.4 on floor at the Navy dual meet … Earned a career-high 14.05 on high bar at the Navy dual meet on March 9 … College Gymnastics Association second-team Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete ...
2012 Highlights
Ranked 6th on vaulting and 10th on high bar in W&M's all-time records ... Honored as the ECAC Co-Rookie of the Week on March 15 after an outstanding performance against Brockport and Springfield ... Second-Team Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete ...
Career Highlights
• Team Captain (2015)
• USA Gymnastics Co-Gymnast of the Year (2015)
• Featured student-athlete speaker at the NCAA Championships Awards Banquet (2015)
• USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champion - high bar (2015)
• All-ECAC - high bar (2015)
• ECAC All-Academic Team (2015)
• Ranks second at W&M on high bar
• Ranks fourth at W&M on vaulting
• Ranks ninth at W&M on floor exercise
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (3/15/12)
• Second-Team All-American Scholar-Athlete (2012, 2013)
• First-Team All-American Scholar-Athlete (2014, 2015)
• Second-Team All-American Scholar-Athlete (2013)
Deitz's Career Highs • FE - 14.6 vs. Temple/Army (3/9/14)
• V - 14.65 vs. Temple/Army (3/9/14)
• HB - 14.825 at USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships (3/22/14)
