Asher Hong Season 2023

Career Accolades

• NCAA team champion (2023)
• MPSF team champion (2023)
• NCAA National Champion (2023: vault)
• Three-time NCAA All-American (2023: still rings, vault, all-around)
• CGA Rookie of the Year (2023)
• MPSF Gymnast of the Year (2023)
• MPSF Freshman of the Year (2023)
• Two-time MPSF Individual Champion (2023: parallel bars, all-around)
• All-MPSF on parallel bars and all-around (2023)
• All-around U.S. Champion (2023)
• Helped guide the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany
• 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge individual bronze medal (pommel horse)
• CGA National Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 15, 2023)
• Six-time CGA National Rookie of the Week (Jan. 18, 2023, Jan. 25, 2023, Feb. 15, 2023, March 1, 2023, March 8, 2023, March 15, 2023)
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 14, 2023)
• Four-time MPSF Freshman of the Week (Jan. 17, 2023, Jan. 24, 2023, Feb. 28, 2023, March 7, 2023)

As a Freshman (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

• NCAA National Champion (vault)
• Three-time NCAA All-American (still rings, vault, all-around)
• CGA Rookie of the Year
• MPSF Gymnast of the Year
• MPSF Freshman of the Year
• Two-time MPSF Individual Champion (parallel bars, all-around)
• All-MPSF (parallel bars, all-around)
• CGA National Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 15)
• Six-time CGA National Rookie of the Week (Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 15, March 1, March 8, March 15)
• MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 14)
• Four-time MPSF Freshman of the Week (Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Feb. 28, March 7)
• First NCAA gymnast to compete the Ri Se Gwang on vault when he debuted it with a 15.000 at the Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 21)
• Won the vault national title with a national-best 15.333 at the NCAA Championships (April 15)
• Finished third in the all-around (83.932) and sixth on still rings (14.266) to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Championship meet (April 15)
• Won individual event titles on parallel bars (14.800) and in the all-around (83.700) at MPSF Championships (April 1)
• Won 11 event titles, including four on parallel bars, two each on rings, vault and in the all-around, and one on floor exercise
• Won event titles on floor (14.350) and parallel bars (14.550) in his collegiate debut at the Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 14)
• Won event titles on still rings (14.800) and parallel bars (national-best 15.250) at the Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 21)
• Won the all-around (85.600), vault (15.150) and parallel bars (14.650) titles in a tri-meet against No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 11 William & Mary (Feb. 11)
• Placed third overall in the all-around competition (81.948) on day one from the 2023 Winter Cup ... turned in the second-highest score on vault on day one (14.755), was third overall on horizontal bar (13.650), and fourth on still rings (14.133) and parallel bars (14.700)
• Won the event title on still rings in a tri-meet against Navy and Air Force with a 14.650 (March 11)
• Finished the season ranked first in the nation on rings (14.575) and parallel bars (14.675), fifth on vault (14.638) and eighth on floor (14.138)
• Among freshman gymnasts, ranked first nationally on rings, parallel bars, floor and vault

USA Gymnastics

• Member of USA Senior National Team
• Helped lead Team USA to a bronze medal in the 2023 World Championships team final in October 2023 (252.428)
• Won U.S. Championships national title in August 2023, finishing atop the podium with a 170.930 from SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
• All-around (85.305), vault (15.705) and still rings (14.749) champion while finishing second on floor (14.749) at 2023 U.S. Classic
• Helped guide the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart, Germany
• 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge individual bronze medal on pommel horse (14.133)
• Competed at 2022 World Championships and finished sixth in the all-around final while helping the U.S. finish fifth as a team
• Placed third overall in the all-around competition (81.948) on day one from the 2023 Winter Cup ... turned in the second-highest score on vault on day one (14.755), was third overall on horizontal bar (13.650), and fourth on still rings (14.133) and parallel bars (14.700)
• 2022 U.S. vault champion, floor exercise silver medalist and all-around & still rings bronze medalist
• 2022 Winter Cup vault champion, floor exercise & still rings silver medalist and all-around & parallel bars bronze medalist
• 2022 World Championships, Liverpool, England - 5th-Team; 6th-AA
• 2022 DTB Pokal Cup, Stuttgart, Germany - 1st-Team, SR; 2nd-FX; 4th-PB
• 2020 RD761 Gymnastics Invitational, Katy, Texas - 2nd-Team; 3rd-HB; 8th-PB
• 2018 Pacific Rim Championships, Medellin, Colombia - 1st-Team, PH; 2nd-AA, FX; 3rd-SR, PB (Jr. Div.)
• 2018 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, Katy, Texas - 3rd-Team; 6th-FX
• 2017 International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany - 1st-SR, PB; 2nd-Team (Under 14)

Prior to Stanford

• 2022 graduate of Edgenuity Virtual Academy
• Three-time Academic All-American (2019-21)
• Competed for Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
• Guided his club team to a pair of Level 10 national titles (2017-18)
• Three-time junior National Champion (2015, 2017-18)

Personal

• Born in Plano, Texas
• Son of Karen Hosanna and Rick Hong
• Has two siblings, Xander and Kiefer

Career Scores