Grant Breckenridge Season 2019

Career Accolades
• 2019 Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
• 2019 NCAA All-American in all-around
• Two-time NCAA All-American in high bar (2018, 2019)
• 2019 CGA First Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• 2018 CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 15, 2019)
• Two-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019)

As a Senior (2019) • National Champions
• Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
• NCAA All-American in all-around
• NCAA All-American in high bar
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (January 15)
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• CGA First Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• National runner-up in high bar at NCAA Championships (April 20) with a 14.200 - his second consecutive NCAA second-place finish in the event
• Posted an 81.460 in the all-around at NCAA Championships (April 20) to place eighth overall
• Claimed four individual event titles, including two each on parallel bars and in the all-around
• Won event title in parallel bars at Cal Benefit Cup (January 12) with a 14.650 en route to taking all-around crown (80.750)
• Won parallel bars (14.200) and finished second in high bar (13.400) and all-around (79.850) at Stanford Open (January 19)
• Bronze Medalist in parallel bars at Winter Cup (February 17) with a score of 14.100
• Registered a career-best 14.350 on floor exercise at the MPSF Championships (April 6)
• Hit for a 14.600 on vault at California (January 27) to claim second in the event
• Placed second at Pac-12 Invitational (February 2) in high bar with a score of 13.700
• Took third in high bar at International Collegiate Challenge (February 23) with a 14.050
• Claimed third in parallel bars (14.450) against California on March 30

As a Junior (2018) 
• NCAA All-American in high bar
• CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Claimed two individual event titles, both in high bar
• Produced season highs on pommel horse (12.350), still rings (14.150) and parallel bars (14.200) at MPSF Championships (April 7)
• Placed second in high bar at NCAA Championships (April 21) with a 14.600

As a Sophomore (2017) 
• Named to U.S. Senior Team after a seventh place finish in the all-around at the Winter Cup (Feb. 18)
• Claimed the high bar title (14.600) at Air Force (Feb. 4)
• Finished second on vault (14.600), second in the all-around (81.450), third on rings (13.500), tied for third on high bar (14.150) and tied for fourth on pommel horse (13.150) at the season opener against Cal (Jan. 15)

As a Freshman (2016) 
• Finished first in high bar with a 15.250 at the MPSF Championships
• Claimed two of the top-10 scores for the Cardinal in high bar
• Posted a career-best 14.900 in vault in first collegiate meet
• Competed in every meet for the Cardinal in addition to the Winter Cup and P&G Championships

Prior to Stanford
• A 2015 graduate of Libertyville High School in Libertyville, Ill.
• Trained at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center, including a third-place finish at 2014 National Championships
• Has participated in Team USA training camps at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (2014-15)
• Four-time national champion
• Junior Elite National All-Around Champion for 17-year-olds in 2015
• National vault champion for 17-year-olds in 2015
• Silver medalist in the all-around at the 2014 P&G Championships
• Parallel bars champion at the 2014 P&G Championships
• Competed on the U.S. Senior National Team (2017 Senior National Team, 2014-15 Junior National Team)

Personal
• Born in Highland Park, Ill.
• Son of Alexander and Elizabeth
• Has two siblings, Keith and Craig
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing nominee
• Illinois State Scholar
• Hobbies include playing Starcraft II, reading books or car magazines and working on cars
• Has traveled to four continents, 14 countries and 46 states