**Two-Time All-American**
Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 14.850
Parallel Bars: 15.250
Still Rings: 14.500
High Bar: 15.200
Vault: 14.300
As a Redshirt Junior in 2012: Competed in every event but pommel horse...posted season-high 14.850 on floor exercise at Oklahoma...recorded 14.500 on still rings at Illinois in last meet of season...had three vaults of 13.900 (Cal, Stanford Showdown, at UI-Chicago)...posted career-highs on parallel bars (15.200) and high bar (15.200) at UI-Chicago and Ohio State, respectively...posted season-high on vault (14.300) at NCAA Qualifiers...tied season-high on parallel bars with a 15.250 at NCAA Finals...scored 14.550 on parallel bars to earn All-America honors...also competed on high bar at NCAA Individual Finals, posting a 13.900...MPSF All-Academic selection.
As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2011: Became an All-American after finishing third in the parallel bars at the NCAA Event Finals with a score of 14.800 ... set personal bests in the parallel bars (15.200) and horizontal bar (15.100) during the postseason, during the NCAA Finals and MPSF Championships, respectively ... competed eight times on the horizontal bars and four times in the parallel bars for the Cardinal ... MPSF All-Academic selection.
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2010: Helped Stanford to its national runner-up finish by competing in the floor exercise and horizontal bar at the NCAA Championships ... earned a season best on the floor at the Stanford Open with a score of 14.700 ... helped Stanford defeat No. 1 Oklahoma and Nebraska in the double-dual meet with a season best of 14.750 on the horizontal bar ... earned a season best on the parallel bars with a score of 14.950 in wins over Air Force and UIC.
As a Freshman in 2009: Redshirted.
High School: A five-time Junior Olympic National qualifier ... the 2007 Region IV all-around champion and a JO Nationals all-around finalist ... qualified for the 2007 Visa U.S. Championships ... the 2008 Iowa state champion in all-around, and took second place in the Region IV all-around championship ... a two-time member of the JO Regional Team in 2007 and 2008 ... trained with the Iowa Gym-Nest club with coach Brad Virkler ... twice named the Iowa Gymnast of the Year (2007, 2008) ... at City High School, was a member of the National Honor Society and the National Science Honor Society ... a member of Iowa Scholars.
Personal: Parents are Blair and Daphne Foreman ... majoring in psychology ... 2010 MPSF All-Academic selection.
Getting To Know Cameron Foreman
Born in: | Iowa City, Iowa |
Major: | Psychology |
Nickname: | Cam |
The best thing about Stanford is: | The opportunities |
My favorite place on campus is: | The grass field outside my dorm |
Ten years from now I hope to be: | Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of being asked this question |
My favorite class at Stanford is: | Perception |
Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I didn't get all As in high school |
The place I would most like to visit is: | China |
My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Visualization |
Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | The outstanding freshmen class |
My greatest athletic moment was: | Qualifying for the VISA U.S. Championships |
The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | David Durante |
Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | To appreciate free time |
The best book I have ever read is: | Harry Potter |
Favorite food: | Mashed potatoes |
Least favorite food: | Olives |
If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Frozen pizza and salad |
Favorite movie: | Shawshank Redemption, American History X, and The Matrix |
Favorite TV show: | Scrubs and Smallville |
Favorite actor: | Edward Norton |
Favorite actress: | Helena Bonham Carter, Natalie Portman, and Emma Watson |
My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: | Contributing to a Stanford NCAA Championship victory my freshman year |
My favorite musical group/singer is: | Atmosphere |
The best advice I've ever received was: | Find your center |
I'd like to switch places for a day with: | Thom Glielmi |
If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: | Shazam, JK Rowling, and Sean Daley |
If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | My loved ones |
If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | Lucy Ford by Atmosphere |