STANFORD, Calif. - After guiding Stanford to its sixth national championship in program history on Saturday in Champaign, Ill., freshman Brody Malone has been awarded the final College Gymnastics Association National Gymnast and Rookie of the Week selections of the year.
Malone, the CGA Rookie of the Year and MPSF Gymnast of the Year, saved his best performance of the year for the national stage, capturing the all-around crown with a career-best 85.832. He also claimed the national title on floor (career-high 14.800) and high bar (14.633) to become the first Cardinal in program history to win three titles in one season. He also becomes only the third freshman to win the NCAA all-around title, joining Sam Mikulak (2011) and Yul Moldauer (2016).
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Malone finished the championship run with five All-American selections, capturing the honor on parallel bars (14.100) and rings (14.266) in addition to his three national titles. Malone joins Jair Lynch ('92), Dan Gill ('04) and Akash Modi ('15 & '17) as the only Cardinal gymnasts to ever record five All-American honors in one Championship meet.
The native of Summerville, Ga. completes his freshman campaign as a three-time CGA National Gymnast of the Week, a three-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week, and a six-time CGA National Rookie of the Week.