Brandon Briones Season 2023

Career Accolades

• Three-time NCAA team champion (2021-23)
• Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
• Nissen-Emery Award Finalist (2023)
• CGA Rookie of the Year (2020)
• Five-time NCAA All-American (2020: all-around, vault; 2021: all-around, vault; 2023: still rings)
• MPSF Specialist of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023)
• Two-time CGA Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 14, 2020; Feb. 11, 2020)
• Three-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 14, 2020; Jan. 28, 2020; Feb. 11, 2020)
• Four-time CGA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 14, 2020; Jan. 21, 2020; Jan. 28, 2020; Feb. 11, 2020)
• Block S Outstanding Freshman Award Winner (2020)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)
• Two-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020-21)
• Two-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2023)

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

• Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
• NCAA All-American (still rings)
• MPSF Specialist of the Week (Jan. 24)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Second-place on the still rings (14.200) at the Rocky Mountain Open to earn MPSF Specialist of the Week (Jan. 21)
• Season-best 14.733 on still rings at the NCAA Championship to finish as NCAA runner-up and earn All-America honors (April 15)
• Finished the season ranked 14th in the nation on vault (14.475)

As a Junior (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Did not compete due to injury

As a Sophomore (2021) • National Champions

• Two-time NCAA All-American (all-around, vault)
• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Won three event titles, including two on vault and one on high bar
• Finished third in the all-around (82.165) and fifth on vault (14.666) to capture All-American honors from the NCAA Championship Final (April 17)
• Matched a career-best of 14.800 on vault to win event title vs. California (March 7)
• 13.750 to win high bar title vs. Springfield (March 5)
• Won vault event title with a 14.700 vs. Army (March 27)
• Finished season ranked fourth in the nation on vault (14.667)
• Finished season ranked ninth in the nation on floor (14.338)
• 14.200 or better in all but one floor routine
• 14.733 on floor at NCAA Qualifier was second-best score of the year for Stanford (April 16)

As a Freshman (2020)

• CGA Rookie of the Year
• Two-time NCAA All-American (all-around, vault)
• Two-time CGA Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 14; Feb. 11)
• Three-time MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 14; Jan. 28; Feb. 11)
• Four-time CGA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 14; Jan. 21; Jan. 28; Feb. 11)
• Block S Outstanding Freshman Award Winner
• Stanford men's gymnastics Most Valuable Award recipient
• Stanford men's gymnastics Stick Award recipient
• Stanford men's gymnastics Hardest Worker Award recipient
• CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Ranked third in the nation in the all-around with a score of 82.633
• Won 10 event titles overall, including three all-around crowns, three on still rings, two on floor exercise and one each on vault and high bar
• Won the all-around title (82.400) in his collegiate debut at the Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 11)
• Won the all-around and qualified for the USA Gymnastics Winter Cup at the Stanford Open with a score of 84.450 - the second-highest score in the nation to that point (Jan. 25)
• Turned in the third-highest floor score in the nation (15.000) at the Stanford Open (Jan. 25)
• Hit for a 14.400 on high bar - the second-highest score in the nation - at the Stanford Open (Jan. 25)
• Posted top all-around score in the nation (85.300) at Southwest Cup - helping lead Stanford to a 420.400 (Feb. 8)
• Won the still rings event title with a national-best 14.900, went second on vault (14.800) and third on floor (13.950) at Southwest Cup (Feb. 8)

USA Gymnastics

• Member of USA Senior National Team
• 2020 Team USA Tokyo Olympics Reserve Athlete
• Finished second on horizontal bar (14.062) at 2023 U.S. Classic
• Fifth in all-around at 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in St. Louis, Mo
• Fourth in all-around at 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas
• 2018 Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st-VT; 3rd-Team; 4th-AA, SR, HB; 5th-FX, PH
• 2018 Junior Pan American Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st-Team, AA; 2nd-SR, HB; 3rd-VT; 6th-FX, PH, PB
• 2017 International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany - 1st-FX, PH; 2nd-TEam, SR, VT, HB; 3rd-AA, PB (15-16)
• 2017 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, Katy, Texas - 2nd-AA, FX(T), PH, SR; 3rd-Team, PB, HB

Prior to Stanford

• 2019 graduate of Gilbert High School in Gilbert, Ariz.
• Competed for USA Flairs and Aspire Junior Sun Devils
• Two-time Junior Olympic National Champion (2017-18)
• US National Champion (2018)

Personal

• Born in Park Ridge, Ill.
• Son of Laurie and Deo Briones
• Has one sister, Natalie, and one brother, Dylan

Career Scores