**All-American**
Collegiate Bests:
Pommel Horse: 15.700
Parallel Bars: 15.200
High Bar: 14.850
As a Redshirt Junior in 2012: Competed on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar...had career-high 15.700 on pommel horse at UI-Chicago in last meet of season...also posted pommel scores of 15.300 (Cal), 15.250 (at Oklahoma) and 15.150 (Stanford Showdown)...had season-high 14.350 on parallel bars at Ohio State...posted season-high 14.600 on high bar in first meet of season at Cal...posted 15.050 on pommel horse at NCAA Team Finals along with scores of 14.600 on parallel bars and 14.500 on high bar.
As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2011: Posted Stanford's highest score of the year in the pommel horse, a 15.300 against California in a dominant early-season victory ... also scored well in the pommel horse at the NCAA qualifiers, posting a 14.900 to lead the Cardinal ... competed nine times in the pommel horse, five times in the horizontal bar, and twice in the parallel bars.
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2010: Earned his first career All-America honor after placing sixth with a score of 14.075 on the pommel horse at the NCAA Event Finals ... competed in three events at the NCAA Finals, helping Stanford to second place ... had a season best of 15.200 on the parallel bars in a dual meet win over UIC ... season best of 15.400 on the pommel horse came in Stanford's win over then No. 1 Michigan ... season best of 14.850 on the high bar came in Stanford's double-dual win over Nebraska and Oklahoma.
As a Freshman in 2009: Redshirted.
High School: Qualified for the Junior Olympic (JO) Nationals seven years in a row, twice making the Regional Team and advancing to the pommel horse finals once ... a four-time USA Gymnastics Academic All-American ... trained with the Sun Country Gymnastics Club with coach Mark Nelson.
Personal: Parents are Tom and Sally Martin ... majoring in biomechanical engineering.
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Getting To Know John Martin
| Born in: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Major: | Biomechanical Engineering |
| Nickname: | J the G |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | The cultural diversity |
| My favorite place on campus is: | My dorm (Roble) |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | Living in Costa Rica and fishing everyday |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | Chemistry |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I am a licensed alligator trapper |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | Tanzania |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Listening to hard rock |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | We will dominate |
| The athlete I admire most: | Jason Shen |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | Josh Dixon |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | You can always push yourself harder |
| The best book I have ever read is: | Wizard's First Rule |
| Favorite food: | Kung Pao Chicken |
| Least favorite food: | Okra |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Cereal and eggo waffles |
| Favorite movie: | Boondock Saints |
| Favorite TV show: | How I Met Your Mother |
| Favorite actor: | Pierce Brosnan |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | Dierks Bentley |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | In twenty years, you will be more disappointed with the things you didn't do than the things you did. |
| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: | Brad Paisley, John McCain, and Will Ferrell |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | The Itchnatucky River |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | "Modern Day Drifter" by Dierks Bentley |