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**All-American**
Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 15.200
Pommel Horse: 14.800
Vault: 15.950
Parallel Bar: 13.850
High Bar: 15.100
Competed at the NCAA Finals in three events, with his scores in the pommel horse (14.050) and vault (15.950) contributing to Stanford's first-place finish ... also scored a season-best 15.000 in the floor exercise ... performed well at the MPSF Championships, finishing in a tie for 10th in the pommel horse (13.950) and a tie for seventh in the vault (15.950) ... the vault score was also a career-best ... MPSF All-Academic selection.
As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2010: Earned his first career All-America honor after placing seventh at the NCAA Event Finals on the horizontal bar with a score of 14.300 ... helped Stanford to second at the NCAA Finals by competing in three events, including a 14.650 on horizontal bar ... twice scored a season best of 15.750 on vault, including at the NCAA Prelims ... top scores of the season on the floor (15.200) and on the horizontal bar (15.100) came in the dual-meet victory over then No. 1 Michigan.
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2009: Competed in two meets for Stanford in 2009 ... top scores came at the Gold Country Invite with a 14.800 on vault and 14.450 in the floor exercise ... also competed against California in the horizontal bar.
As a Freshman in 2008: Redshirted.
High School: Took third in all-around, second on vault, second on parallel bars, and third on horizontal bar in Level 10 competition of the 2005 Visa U.S. National Championships ... graduated Summa Cum Laude from Westfield High School.
Personal: Parents are Ramani and Jayashree ... has one sister, Nithya ... majoring in mechanical engineering ... enjoys reading, playing the piano and 3D design ... 2010 MPSF All-Academic selection.
Getting To Know Abhinav Ramani
| Born in: | |
| Major: | Mechanical engineering |
| Nickname: | Abhi |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | The diversity |
| My favorite place on campus is: | Lake Lag on a clear night |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | A bioengineer |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | Medical Device Innovation |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I have one sibling, sixteen years younger! |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | Australia |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Sleep |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | We have a lot of depth within the team and that is going to make us tough to beat |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | Placing third in all-around at the 2005 Visa U.S. National Championships |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | Dan Gill |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | |
| The best book I have ever read is: | Deception Point |
| Favorite food: | Any |
| Least favorite food: | Okra |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Bagels and milk |
| Favorite movie: | Rush Hour 2 |
| Favorite TV show: | Scrubs or Burn Notice |
| Favorite actor: | |
| Favorite actress: | |
| My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: | Watching us win NCAAs |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | Dave Matthews or Death Cab |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | Nothing is impossible |
| I'd like to switch places for the day with: | Larry Page and Sergey Brin |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | My family |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | Incubus' "Morning View" |