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2023-24 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Alek Kuzmenchuk

  • Position PH, SR, PB, HB
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bowie, Md.
  • High School Sidwell Friends School
  • Club Paragon

Biography

2024 Highlights
Phi Beta Kappa Society initiate … Selected as the NCAA Championships Awards Banquet Student-Athlete Speaker … Competed primarily as a member of the rings and parallel bars lineups … Posted a career-high 13.45 on parallel bars during the senior day dual meet against Navy … Recorded a season-best 12.75 on rings at Navy … Also competed as a member of the pommel horse lineup during two meets and on high bar at the ECAC Championship … Garnered W&M's Provost Award for academic excellence … Earned CSC At-Large Academic All-District honors … Selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State Team … Earned first-team All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction by the College Gymnastics Association … 

2023 Highlights
Competed as a member of the rings, parallel bars and high bar lineups … NCAA Championships Individual Qualifier on parallel bars and high bar … Won the parallel bars title in the dual meet versus Simpson with a career-high 13.2 … Posted a season-high 12.65 on rings at Springfield … Recorded a season-high 12.7 twice, at Penn State and at Cal … Garnered W&M’s Provost Award for academic excellence … Earned ECAC All-Academic Team distinction … Earned first-team All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction by the College Gymnastics Association … 

2022 Highlights
Earned the NCAA Elite 90 Award for achieving the highest grade-point average among the participants at the NCAA Championships … Individual qualifier on rings, parallel bars and high bar at the NCAA Championships … Earned a career-high 12.75 on vault at the Ohio State tri-meet … Recorded a career-best 12.9 on parallel bars in the home dual meet against Navy … Posted season highs on rings (12.85) and high bar (12.85) at the ECAC Championship … ECAC All-Academic Team … Garnered W&M’s Provost Award for academic excellence … CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team … Earned first-team All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction by the College Gymnastics Association … 

2021 Highlights
Earned All-ECAC honors on high bar after placing among the top six in the conference during the regular season based on NQA … Garnered All-ECAC honors on rings (13.1, career high) and high bar (12.85) at the championship meet after placing sixth in both events … Won the rings title in the win against Springfield with a 12.8 … Posted a career-high 12.95 on high bar in the virtual meet against Air Force … Earned W&M’s Provost Award … Earned first-team All-America Scholar-Athlete distinction by the College Gymnastics Association …

Prep and Personal
Competed as an all-arounder at Paragon National Training Center … Placed 16th in all-around at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships … Finished 14th in all-around at the 2019 Junior Olympic National Championships … Finished among the top 14 in all-around at the Championships from 2014-19 … Also placed among the top three in all-around in Region 7 from 2013-19 … Nine-time Maryland state champion in all-around … Three-time Future Stars National Development Team member (2013-15) … Helped his team place fifth at the 2019 Regional Elite Team Cup … 2016 Inaugural John Pancott Memorial Award winner … Earned the 2018 Austin Zalik Team Spirit Award … National Merit Scholar … Served as graphics editor of his high school satirical paper … Foreign Policy Club conference representative … Plays piano and briefly sang with an a capella group … Son of Sergei Kuzmenchuk and Amisha Pandya.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    AA
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    AA
  • 2022-23Junior

    AA
  • 2023-24Senior

    PH, SR, PB, HB