**National Champion**
**Three-Time All-American**
Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 15.000
Pommel Horse: 14.350
Still Rings: 15.100
Vault: 16.000
Parallel Bars: 15.650
High Bar: 15.300
All-Around: 89.250
As a Senior in 2011: Became a three-time All-American after a seventh-place finish all-around at the NCAA Finals (88.950) that helped Stanford win the national title ... also placed tenth in defense of his parallel bars title (14.100), and tied for ninth in the horizontal bar (14.400) ... had three career bests in the NCAA Qualifiers alone, namely, a 16.000 in the vault, a 15.650 in the parallel bars, and an 89.250 all-around ... posted the team's highest scores of the season in two categories, again the parallel bars and all-around ... competed all-around on four occasions, including all three postseason meets ... set a new career mark in the still rings early in the season, with a 15.100 against California ... MPSF All-Academic selection.
As a Junior in 2010: Won the individual national title on parallel bars with a score of 15.100 at the NCAA Event Finals ... helped Stanford to its second-place national finish by competing in four events at the NCAA Finals ... earned a season best on parallel bars at the NCAA Prelims with a score of 15.500 ... scored a career best in the all-around with an 87.100 in the season-opening dual with California ... had season bests of 14.350 on the pommel horse and 15.700 on vault in Stanford's dual-meet defeat of then No. 1 Michigan ... earned a season best of 15.000 on rings against UIC.
As a Sophomore in 2009: Earned the first All-America honor of his career with a fifth-place finish on parallel bars (14.575) ... played a key role in the Cardinal winning the NCAA title with season bests on rings (14.850), vault (15.700) and parallel bars (14.750) ... competed in 12 events for Stanford in 2009 ... season best in the all-around came at the Winter Cup Finals with a score of 84.200.
As a Freshman in 2008: A second-team College Gymnastics Association (CGA) All-American Scholar Athlete ... competed in all 10 meets ... named the MPSF Gymnast of the Week for recording a season-best 15.5 in parallel bars to take the event title and boost Stanford over Michigan ... also posted his best still rings score of the season (15.0) at Michigan ... took first on parallel bars (15.15) against California ... finished 14th in all-around at the Winter Classic ... earned a season high on floor exercise (15.0) in his best all-around performance of the year (87.05) against Nebraska ... set two season bests, 13.9 on pommel horse and 15.65 on vault, at the Pacific Coast Classic ... finished 17th in all-around at the 2008 Visa U.S. Championships.
High School: Finished fourth in all-around at the 2007 Winter Cup ... earned a sixth-place all-around finish at the 2007 Visa U.S. Championships (Level 10) ... captured the all-around title at the 2006 Pan American Junior Championships, as well as medals on the pommel horse, parallel bar and horizontal bar ... a three-time member of the U.S. Junior National Team ... a three-time USA Gymnastics first-team Academic All-American ... earned a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Games ... was first at the 2005 USA-Germany dual meet ... graduated from Lake Forest High School cum laude and received the Business Education Award.
Personal: Parents are Al and Mary Lieberman ... has two sisters, Katie and Kristen ... majoring in economics ... enjoys making music and playing the drums ... 2009 and 2010 MPSF All-Academic selection.
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High School: Finished fourth in all-around at the 2007 Winter Cup ... earned a sixth-place all-around finish at the 2007 Visa U.S. Championships (Level 10) ... captured the all-around title at the 2006 Pan American Junior Championships, as well as medals on the pommel horse, parallel bar and horizontal bar ... a three-time member of the U.S. Junior National Team ... a three-time USA Gymnastics first-team Academic All-American ... earned a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Games ... was first at the 2005 USA-Germany Dual Meet ... graduated from Lake Forest High School cum laude and received the Business Education Award.
Personal: Parents are Al and Mary Lieberman ... has two sisters, Katie and Kristen ... majoring in economics ... enjoys making music and playing the drums.
Getting To Know Ryan Lieberman
| Born in: | |
| Major: | Economics |
| Nickname: | Bubba |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | Everything |
| My favorite place on campus is: | Everywhere |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | In the business aspect of the music industry |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | Introduction to Accounting |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I love magic |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | Egypt |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Listening to rap/hip-hop music |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | Every gymnast has a unique style of gymnastics |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | First place all-around at the Junior Pan Am Games |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | Women's Volleyball |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | That I don't like cold weather and snow |
| The best book I have ever read is: | The Client by John Grisham |
| Favorite food: | Chinese |
| Least favorite food: | Mushrooms |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Eggs |
| Favorite movie: | Rush Hour |
| Favorite TV show: | That 70's Show |
| Favorite actor: | Shia Labeouf |
| Favorite actress: | Kristen Bell |
| My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: | Stanford Men's Gymnastics |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | Goo Goo Dolls |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | Relax and have fun |
| I'd like to switch places for a day with: | Timbaland |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | Potbelly's Sandwiches |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | T.I.'s "Paper Trail" |