J.R. Chou Season 2024

Career Accolades

• Three-time NCAA team champion (2021-23)
• Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
• Two-time NCAA All-American (2023: pommel horse, horizontal bar)
• All-MPSF on parallel bars and horizontal bar (2023)
• Three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020-22)
• Three-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2021-23)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Senior (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

• Two-time NCAA All-American (pommel horse, horizontal bar)
• All-MPSF (parallel bars and horizontal bar)
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Competed every meet on parallel bars and won a pair of event titles
• Won the event title on parallel bars in a tri-meet against Navy and Air Force with a career-best 14.850 (March 11)
• Managed a 14.833 on parallel bars to finish first at the NCAA Qualifier (April 14)
• Hit for a 14.350 on horizontal bar at MPSF Championships to finish second and earn All-MPSF honors (April 1)
• Placed third overall at the MPSF Championships on parallel bars with a 14.400 (April 1)
• Finished sixth on pommel horse (13.800) and eighth on horizontal bar (13.900) to earn All-America honors (April 15)
• Finished the season ranked sixth in the nation on parallel bars (14.113)

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

• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Captured a pair of horizontal bar event titles at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 15) and Pac-12 Invite (Feb. 4)
• Registered a 13.900 on horizontal bar from Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 15)
• Competed in the all-around and scored a 78.650 at Stanford Open (Jan. 29)
• Managed a 14.250 on vault and 13.700 on horizontal bar at Pac-12 Invite (Feb. 4)

As a Sophomore (2021) • National Champions

• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Competed in nine of Stanford's 10 meets - all on pommel horse
• Won a pair of pommel horse event titles
• Career-best 13.850 on pommel horse at MPSF Championships (April 3)
• Finished season ranked 15th in nation on pommel horse (13.554)
• 13.500 to win pommel horse title vs. California (Feb. 13)
• Won pommel horse title vs. Navy with a 13.400 (Feb. 17)

As a Freshman (2020)

• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Appeared in one meet, posting a 13.000 on high bar at the Pac-12 Invitational (Feb. 2)

USA Gymnastics

• Member of USA Gymnastics National team camps (2016-19)
• 2019 International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany - 1st-Team, PH; 3rd-AA
• 2018 Junior Pan American Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st-Team, FX, PH; 4th-AA; 5th-VT
• 2018 Ricky Deci International Team Cup in Houston, Texas

Prior to Stanford

• 2019 graduate of Cypress Creek High School in Houston, Texas
• Competed for Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
• Won floor exercise title, took second on pommel horse and finished seventh overall in the all-around at 2019 Junior US Championships
• Four-time national champion while competing with Cypress Academy (2015-19)
• JO national champion (2018)
• Junior USA national champion on pommel horse and parallel bars (2017)
• USA national champion on floor (2018)

Personal

• Born in Mandeville, La.
• Son of Kristin and John Chou
• Has three siblings, Max, Lief and Jaden
• Aspires to work as an engineer

Career Scores