Taylor Burkhart

Career Accolades

  • Three-time NCAA team champion (2022-24)
  • Three-time MPSF team champion (2022-24)
  • Five-time NCAA All-American (2022: pommel horse; 2023: vault, high bar; 2025: floor exercise, vault)
  • Nissen-Emery Award Finalist (2025)
  • CGA MVP of the Year (2025)
  • MPSF Gymnast of the Year (2025)
  • MPSF Floor Exercise Champion (2025)
  • Four-time All-MPSF (2023: vault; 2025: floor exercise, vault, high bar)
  • Three-time CGA Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 22, 2025, Jan. 29, 2025, March 19, 2025)
  • Four-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023, Jan. 21, 2025, Jan. 28, 2025, Feb. 26, 2025)
  • Two-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024-25)
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2024)

As a Senior (2025)

  • Two-time NCAA All-American (floor exercise, vault)
  • Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
  • CGA MVP of the Year
  • MPSF Gymnast of the Year
  • MPSF Champion (floor exercise)
  • All-MPSF (floor exercise, vault, high bar)
  • CGA Regular Season All-American (floor exercise, vault, all-around)
  • Three-time CGA Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 22, Jan. 29, March 19)
  • Three-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 26)
  • All-MPSF Academic Team
  • Earned All-America honors on floor exercise (4th) and vault (8th) at the NCAA Championships (April 19)
  • Posted two new career-highs on floor exercise (14.430) and pommel horse (14.300) during the year
  • Tallied six event titles for the Cardinal this season on floor (3), vault (1), and all-around (2)
  • Finished the regular season as the top-ranked all-arounder in the country with an 80.183 4Score average

As a Junior (2024) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • MPSF All-Academic Team
  • Earned his lone event title on vault with a 14.500 at the Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 13)
  • Posted career-high on floor exercise (14.400) and all-around (83.950) against Team USA on Feb. 10
  • Tallied a career high 14.466 parallel bars routine at the NCAA Qualifier (April 19)
  • Finished ranked 2nd in the nation in the all-around (80.450) and 7th on vault (14.650) based on 4Score average. 

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

  • Two-time NCAA All-American (vault, horizontal bar)
  • MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 24)
  • All-MPSF on vault
  • National runner-up on vault with a season-best 15.000 and finished fifth overall on horizontal bar (14.000) to earn All-America honors at NCAA Championship meet (April 15)
  • Matched the meet-high on vault with a 14.800 at the MPSF Championships (April 1)
  • Managed a 14.300 on floor at Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 14) and the NCAA Championship meet (April 15)
  • Hit for a 14.000 on horizontal bar at both the NCAA Qualifier (April 14) and Championship meet (April 15)
  • Posted an 82.050, including a Stanford-best 14.500 on horizontal bar, to finish second in the all-around at the Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 21) en route to earning MPSF Gymnast of the Week

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

  • NCAA All-American (pommel horse)
  • Placed seventh overall on pommel horse (13.700) to earn All-America honors at National Championships meet (April 16)
  • Third-best all-around score of the year for Stanford (83.750) at MPSF Championships (April 2)
  • 14.850 on vault to earn a share of the top score at MPSF Championships (April 2)
  • Registered season-highs on pommel horse (13.833) and still rings (14.100) at NCAA Championships Qualifier (April 16)
  • Season-best 14.233 on floor at NCAA Championship Final (April 17)

International Competition

  • Multiple-time USA Senior National Team selection (2022-25)
  • 2025 Antalya World Cup, Antalya, Turkey - 1st-FX; 4th-HB; 5th-VT
  • 2022 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team (alt.)
  • 2022 Koper World Challenge Cup, Koper, Slovenia - 3rd-FX, VT; 4th-SR; 8th-HB
  • 2022 Varna World Challenge Cup, Varna, Bulgaria - 2nd-FX, VT; 5th-HB
  • 2018 Junior Pan American Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st-Team; 4th-HB; 5th-AA; 7th-PB

National Competition

  • 2025 Winter Cup, Louisville, Ky. - 4th-AA, SR, PB; 8th-PH
  • 2024 Winter Cup, Louisville, Ky. - 5th-HB
  • 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, San Jose, Calif. - 2nd-FX; 8th-HB
  • 2022 OOFOS U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Tampa, Fla. - 5th-VT; 6th-FX; 8th-AA
  • 2022 U.S. Classic, Salt Lake City, Utah - 3rd-FX; 6th-HB; 7th-SR; 9th-AA
  • 2022 Winter Cup, Frisco, Texas - 6th-AA; 7th-VT; 8th-PH

Prior to Stanford

  • 2021 graduate of Two Roads Charter in Arvada, Colo.
  • Competed for 5280 Gymnastics
  • 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
  • 2021 Winter Cup
  • 2020 Winter Cup Challenge
  • 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - 1st-AA, VT, PB; 3rd-HB; 4th-PH; 5th-FX; 8th-SR (15-16)
  • 2019 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships - 2nd-FX(T); 5th-SR(T) (JE L10 Age 16)
  • 2019 Elite Team Cup - 4th-Team
  • 2019 Winter Cup Challenge - 1st-HB(T); 4th-PB(T); 6th-AA; 7th-PH; 8th-FX (Jr. Div.)
  • 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - 1st-HB; 4th-AA, PB(T); 8th-PH (15-16)
  • 2018 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships - 1st-FX, VT; 2nd-PB; 3rd-AA, SR(T); 8th-PH, HB (JE L10 Age 15)
  • 2018 Elite Team Cup - 6th-Team
  • 2018 Winter Cup Challenge - (Jr. Div.)
  • 2017 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships - 4th-AA (JE L9 Age 14)
  • 2017 Mens' Junior Olympic National Championships - 1st-FX, 1st-VT, 1st-HB
  • 2015 J. O. Championships - 1st-FX, 1st- VT

Personal

  • Born in Boca Raton, Fla.
  • Son of Dale and Robin Burkhart

Career Scores

Year Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars H-Bar All-Around
2022 Season Highs 14.233 13.833 14.100 14.850 14.400 13.550 83.750
2023 Season Highs 14.300 12.300 14.000 15.000 14.150 14.500 82.400
2024 Season Highs 14.400 13.950 14.000 14.950 14.466 13.333 83.950
2025 Season Highs 14.430 14.300 13.850 14.750 13.800 13.850 83.900
Career Highs 14.400 13.950 14.100 15.000 14.466 14.500 83.950



Burkhart
2022
All Around
5-6 / 145 lbs
Taylor_Burkhart
2023
All Around
5-6 / 145 lbs
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2024
All Around
5-6 / 145 lbs