Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 12.800
Still Rings: 14.050
As a Freshman in 2012: Competed once in floor and six times on still rings...posted a 12.800 on floor exercise at UI-Chicago...had season-best 14.050 on still rings at Ohio State...posted scores of 13.700 and 12.950 on still rings at NCAA Qualifiers and Team Finals, respectively.
High School: Competed at Junior Olympic nationals for many years...has been competing in gymnastics since the age of 5...wrestled in high school.
Personal: Parents are Larry and Loretta Levy...has a brother, David.
Getting To Know Michael Levy
| Born in: | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Major: | Undecided |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | The people. It seems like everyone has done something amazing and people are very unique. |
| My favorite place on campus is: | White Plaza. It is really nice to sit there and watch everything that is going on. |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | I just hope I'm happy. |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | IHUM - Humans and Machines |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I have dual citizenship in the U.S. and U.K. because my dad was born in London. |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | Spain |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals: | Pre-meet nap |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | As defending national champions we are going to work our hardest to retain the title. We have a bunch of really dedicated guys that are working to give us the opportunity to claim another national title. |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | I really enjoy watching all the seniors from the 2011 team; their performace won Stanford a national title. |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | A lot in just about every aspect of life. |
| The best book I have ever read is: | Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut or The Once and Future King by T.H. White |
| Favorite food: | Stuffed sopapillas or chicken picatta |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Turkey sandwiches |
| Favorite TV show: | Scrubs |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | Mumford and Sons |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | Hakuna Matata |
| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: | Plato, Ulysses S. Grant, Friedrich Nietzsche |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | Green chile and my dogs |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | I don't use CD's anymore. |