Ian Gunther Season 2023

Career Accolades

• Four-time NCAA team champion (2019, 2021-23)
• Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
• 10-time NCAA All-American (2019: still rings; 2020: all-around, parallel bars, pommel horse, still rings; 2021: parallel bars, pommel horse, still rings; 2022: parallel bars, still rings)
• Three-time MPSF Individual Champion (2021: pommel horse, still rings; 2022: still rings)
• All-MPSF on still rings (2023)
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (March 10, 2020)
• Three-time CGA Specialist of the Week (March 3, 2020; March 30, 2021, April 6, 2021)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America third team (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
• Four-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2019-22)
• Four-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2020-23)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Graduate Student (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

• All-MPSF (still rings)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America third team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Won the event title on horizontal bar at the Stanford Open with a 13.750 (Jan. 28)
• Career-high 14.300 on parallel bars and 14.150 on horizontal bar at the MPSF Championships (April 1)
• Finished second on still rings and earned All-MPSF honors after registering a 14.450 at the MPSF Championships (April 1)
• Finished the season ranked fifth in the nation on rings (14.200), 15th on parallel bars (13.750) and 20th on horizontal bar (13.450)

As a Senior (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

• Two-time NCAA All-American (parallel bars, still rings)
• MPSF Individual Champion (still rings)
• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Finished the year ranked No. 1 nationally on still rings (14.325) and 13th on horizontal bar (13.583)
• Earned All-America honors on still rings by posting a 14.200 to place sixth overall at NCAA Championship meet (April 16)
• Tied for fifth overall (14.233) to earn All-American honors on parallel bars at NCAA Championship meet (April 16)
• Won two event titles, including one on still rings and horizontal bar
• MPSF Champion on still rings after posting a career-best 14.700 at the Championship meet (April 2)
• Won horizontal bar event title at California with a score of 13.450 (March 12)
• Matched a career best with a 14.300 on parallel bars against Air Force and California (March 5)

As a Junior (2021) • National Champions

• Three-time NCAA All-American (parallel bars, pommel horse, still rings)
• Two-time MPSF Individual Champion (pommel horse, still rings)
• Two-time CGA Specialist of the Week (March 30, April 6)
• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Competed in the final seven meets of the season
• Matched a career best with a 14.300 on parallel bars vs. California (March 7)
• Finished the season ranked third nationally on still rings (14.104)
• Finished the season ranked seventh in the nation on pommel horse (13.721)
• Fourth overall on still rings (14.066), fifth on pommel horse (13.633) and seventh on parallel bars (13.833) at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors (April 17)
• Won five event titles, including three on still rings and two on pommel horse
• Won pommel horse (13.900) and still rings (14.350) event titles at MPSF Championships (April 3)
• Captured still rings title with a 13.850 vs. Springfield (March 5)
• Won still rings event title vs. California with a 14.100 (March 7)
• Posted a 13.850 on pommel horse to win event title vs. Oklahoma (March 13)

As a Sophomore (2020)

• Four-time NCAA All-American (all-around, parallel bars, pommel horse, still rings)
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (March 10)
• CGA Specialist of the Week (March 3)
• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Stanford men's gymnastics Clutch Performer Award recipient
• Finished the season ranked fourth in the nation on still rings (14.100) and fifth on parallel bars (14.050) and in the all-around (80.667)
• Won six event titles overall, including two apiece on pommel horse and still rings, and one on parallel bars and high bar
• Set new career highs in every event outside of still rings at the Stanford International Collegiate Open (Feb. 29)
• Qualified for the USA Gymnastics Winter Cup at the Stanford Open (Feb. 29) with a score of 83.750 - placing second overall at the competition
• 13.850 on pommel horse trailed only national team members from Japan and USA at the Stanford Open (Feb. 29), while his 13.800 on rings claimed a share of the event title
• Triple-event winner at No. 16 Air Force (March 7), taking first-place on the parallel bars (13.900), still rings (14.400), and pommel horse (13.800)

As a Freshman (2019) • National Champions

• NCAA All-American on still rings
• CGA Second-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Claimed three individual event titles, including two on still rings and one on pommel horse
• Earned a share of fourth on still rings (14.360) at NCAA National Final to earn All-America honors
• Won still rings title (14.050) and took third on pommel horse (12.950), parallel bars (14.050) and high bar (13.100) at Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 12)
• Won pommel horse (13.650) and still rings (14.300) titles at California (Jan. 27)
• Finished second on still rings at California with a 14.100 (Feb. 9)
• Placed second on still rings (14.050) and third on pommel horse (season-best 13.700) at International Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 23)
• Runner-up on still rings vs. Air Force with a season-best 14.400 (March 8)
• Helped Stanford to a 1-2 finish by claiming second on still rings (14.230) at NCAA Qualifier (April 19)

USA Gymnastics

• Member of USA Senior National Team

Prior to Stanford

• 2018 graduate of Westside High School in Houston, Texas
• Competed for Cypress Academy national championship club team (2014-18), which placed first at 2018 Houston National Invitational and San Antonio Invitational (2016, 2018)
• Two-time JO National Champion on parallel bars (2017-18)
• Two-time JO National Champion on pommel horse (2016, 2018)
• Texas all-around state champion (2018)
• Third in the all-around at JO National Championship (2018)
• Third on still rings at JO National Championship (2018)
• Fifth on high bar at JO National Championship (2018)
• Second on high bar at Winter Cup (2018)
• JO National Champion on still rings (2017)
• Third on parallel bars at P&G Championships (2017)
• Fourth on still rings at P&G Championships (2017)
• Fifth on high bar at P&G Championships (2017)
• 10th in the all-around at P&G Championships (2017)
• JO National High bar champion (2016)

Personal

• Born in Houston, Texas
• Son of David and Dawn Gunther
• Has two brothers, Cameron and Landon

Career Scores