STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford sophomore Akash Modi was named the #GoStanford Student-Athlete of the Week for his standout performance this past weekend at the MPSF Championships.
It is Modi’s second #GoStanford Student-Athlete of the Week honor this year.
Akash Modi became the first Stanford gymnast since Jon Louis in 1986 to win the NCAA title in the all-around. Modi tallied a season-high 90.450 to claim top marks in the all-around. He is the first Cardinal gymnast to claim an NCAA individual title since 2012 when Eddie Penev earned victories on floor and vault.
Modi has earned 23 individual event victories against NCAA teams this season: parallel bars (7), all-around (6), floor (4), pommel horse (3), rings (2) and high bar (1).
Modi led the team with five All-America honors, earning national recognition in the all-around (1st, 90.450), floor (T-8th, 15.350), pommel horse (3rd, 14.750), parallel bars (2nd, 15.100) and high bar (2nd, 15.100). His five honors is the most of any Cardinal gymnast since Dan Gill earned five awards in 2004.
Modi earned three awards in 2014 and is now an eight-time All-American.
Modi led the nation with four College Gymnastics Association Gymnast of the Week honors and paced the MPSF with four Gymnast of the Week awards. He finished the regular season ranked first in the nation in the all-around (89.683) and parallel bars (15.533).