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Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 14.550
Pommel Horse: 14.700
Vault: 15.450
As a Junior in 2009: Helped Stanford to the NCAA title with a season best score of 14.700 on the pommel horse at the NCAA Finals ... competed in 10 meets, specializing in the pommel horse ... helped Stanford to the MPSF title with a season best 14.550 in the floor exercise ... competed on the vault three times in 2009 with a high score of 15.450 at the Stanford Open.
As a Sophomore in 2008: A second-team College Gymnastics Association (CGA) All-American Scholar Athlete ... competed in three meets and on three apparatuses ... posted his season-high on pommel horse (14.2) against Nebraska (2/16) ... competed on floor exercise, pommel horse, and vault at the Pacific Coast Classic (2/23).
As a Freshman in 2007: Competed on pommel horse and vault in his first season ... posted a career-high score of 8.0 on pommel horse and an 8.25 on vault at the Pacific Coast Classic.
High School: The 2006 Texas state all-around champion ... a four-time Junior Olympic Nationals all-around finalist ... also a four-time Region III team member ... a four-time USA Gymnastics Academic All-American.
Personal: Parents are Scott and Susan Hergenrader ... majoring in economics ... 2009 Academic All-MPSF selection
Getting To Know Eric Hergenrader
| Born in: | |
| Major: | Economics |
| Nickname: | Herg |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | The education |
| My favorite place on campus is: | Bookstore Cafe |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | Making more money than Hughes |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | Introduction to Financial Economics |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I can see and hear underwater (but everything is a little hazy) |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | London |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Eating breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just a snack (depending on the time of the meet and how hungry I am) |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | Goldman isn't in the vault lineup |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | Safely completing a full Magyar |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | Theodore Levitt |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | Way too much |
| The best book I have ever read is: | Outline of Pyrrhonism |
| Favorite food: | Bacon |
| Least favorite food: | Mushrooms |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Couscous |
| Favorite movie: | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Favorite TV show: | The Office |
| Favorite actor: | Gael Garcia Bernal |
| Favorite actress: | Audrey Tatou |
| My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: | Our team winning NCAAs |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | The Strokes/The Flaming Lips |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | Treat others with respect |
| I'd like to switch places for a day with: | Mac (I'd catch up on my sleep) |
| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: | Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, and Wes Anderson |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | The manners |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart |