Career Accolades
- Three-time NCAA team champion (2021-23)
- Two-time MPSF team champion (2022-23)
- Two-time NCAA All-American (2023: pommel horse, horizontal bar)
- All-MPSF on parallel bars and horizontal bar (2023)
- Three-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020-22)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2021-23)
- Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)
As a Senior (2023) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- Two-time NCAA All-American (pommel horse, horizontal bar)
- All-MPSF (parallel bars and horizontal bar)
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Competed every meet on parallel bars and won a pair of event titles
- Won the event title on parallel bars in a tri-meet against Navy and Air Force with a career-best 14.850 (March 11)
- Managed a 14.833 on parallel bars to finish first at the NCAA Qualifier (April 14)
- Hit for a 14.350 on horizontal bar at MPSF Championships to finish second and earn All-MPSF honors (April 1)
- Placed third overall at the MPSF Championships on parallel bars with a 14.400 (April 1)
- Finished sixth on pommel horse (13.800) and eighth on horizontal bar (13.900) to earn All-America honors (April 15)
- Finished the season ranked sixth in the nation on parallel bars (14.113)
As a Junior (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Captured a pair of horizontal bar event titles at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 15) and Pac-12 Invite (Feb. 4)
- Registered a 13.900 on horizontal bar from Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 15)
- Competed in the all-around and scored a 78.650 at Stanford Open (Jan. 29)
- Managed a 14.250 on vault and 13.700 on horizontal bar at Pac-12 Invite (Feb. 4)
As a Sophomore (2021) • National Champions
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Competed in nine of Stanford's 10 meets - all on pommel horse
- Won a pair of pommel horse event titles
- Career-best 13.850 on pommel horse at MPSF Championships (April 3)
- Finished season ranked 15th in nation on pommel horse (13.554)
- 13.500 to win pommel horse title vs. California (Feb. 13)
- Won pommel horse title vs. Navy with a 13.400 (Feb. 17)
As a Freshman (2020)
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Appeared in one meet, posting a 13.000 on high bar at the Pac-12 Invitational (Feb. 2)
USA Gymnastics
- Member of USA Gymnastics National team camps (2016-19)
- 2019 International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany - 1st-Team, PH; 3rd-AA
- 2018 Junior Pan American Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st-Team, FX, PH; 4th-AA; 5th-VT
- 2018 Ricky Deci International Team Cup in Houston, Texas
Prior to Stanford
- 2019 graduate of Cypress Creek High School in Houston, Texas
- Competed for Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
- Won floor exercise title, took second on pommel horse and finished seventh overall in the all-around at 2019 Junior US Championships
- Four-time national champion while competing with Cypress Academy (2015-19)
- JO national champion (2018)
- Junior USA national champion on pommel horse and parallel bars (2017)
- USA national champion on floor (2018)
Personal
- Born in Mandeville, La.
- Son of Kristin and John Chou
- Has three siblings, Max, Lief and Jaden
- Aspires to work as an engineer
Career Scores
Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P-Bars | H-Bar | All-Around |
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2020 Season Highs | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13.000 | -- |
2021 Season Highs | -- | 13.850 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2022 Season Highs | 13.300 | 13.450 | 12.500 | 14.250 | 12.900 | 13.900 | 78.650 |
2023 Season Highs | -- | 13.800 | -- | -- | 14.850 | 14.350 | -- |
Career Highs | 13.300 | 13.850 | 12.500 | 14.250 | 14.850 | 14.350 | 78.650 |