2018 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Yordan Aleksandrov

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Rosa, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Casa Grande HS

Biography

2018: Named to MPSF All-Academic list... Hit on a 13.966 high bar routine at the NCAA Championship Final to finish fourth and become an All-American... Recorded a season-best 81.400 in the all-around in the final home meet of his career against ASU and Washington, also posting season highs on floor (13.400) and parallel bar (14.400)... Tallied a season-high 14.400 on high bar and 13.900 on vault at MPSF Championships... Notched a pommel season-best 12.500 against defending national champion Oklahoma... Scored best score of the season on still rings (13.850) at Pac-12 Invitational.

2017: Got the season started on 1/16 at the Big Meet hosted in Berkeley, posting a 12.300 on pommel horse, a 13.200 on rings, a 13.750 on parallel bars, a 13.700 on the high bar, a 14.000 on floor, and a 14.250 on vault for a total of 81.200 score for the all around competition... recorded a 13.500 on floor, 14.100 on rings, 13.150 on parallel bars and 14.650 on the high bar vs. Temple University on 1/28 at the SC United ... Recorded a 13.400 on the floor, a 11.300 on pommel horse, 13.900 on rings, a 13.150 on the vault, 14.000 on parallel bars, and a 13.150 on the high bar for an all-around total of 78.900 in a meet on 2/6 against Iowa... On 2/11 competed in the All-Around at the Pac-12 invitational scoring a 13.800 on the floor, a 10.750 on the pommel horse, a 13.850 on rings, 13.950 on vault, a 14.550 on the parallel bars, and a 14.800 on the high bar for a total of 81.700 for the all-around... ...Earned a 13.350 on the floor, a 11.300 on the pommel horse, a 13.750 on rings, a 14.000 on vault, a 13.450 on the parallel bars and a 13.400 on the high bar for an all-around total of 79.250 in the meet at Michigan on 2/25 ...On 3/4 competed against Air Force and SC United in Berkeley scoring a 12.850 on the floor, a 10.850 in the pommel horse, a 13.500 on the rings, a 13.000 on the vault, a 14.000 on the parallel bars and a 14.150 on the high bar for an all-around score of 78.350 ...Finished the meet against Stanford on 4/1 with a 13.800 on the floor, a 11.800 on the pommel horse, a 13.550 on the rings, a 13.950 on the vault, a 13.900 on the parallel bars and a 13.800 on the high bar for an all-around score of 80.800 ...Competed in the MPSF Championship and recorded a 13.400 on the floor, a 12.250 on the pommel horse, a 14.300 on the rings, a 14.050 on the vault, a 14.250 on the parallel bars and a 14.100 on the high bar for an all-around score of 82.350 in Berkeley on 4/8.



2016: Opened the season on 1/16 at the Cal Benefit Cup and posted a 12.950 on pommel horse, a 13.000 on still rings, a 13.750 on parallel bars and a 14.550 on the high bar... Recorded a 14.350 on floor, 12.100 on pommel horse, 14.250 on rings, 14.600 on parallel bars and 14.650 on the high bar vs. Ohio State and Stanford on 1/24, finishing the all-around with a 84.200... Tallied a score of 13.650 on the floor, 14.250 on the still rings, 14.000 on vault , 14.550 on parallel bars and a 14.800 on the high bars at Oklahoma on 1/30... On 2/6 competed against Stanford and Michigan recording an all-around score of 84.000, also tallying 14.500 on floor, 13.800 on still rings, 14.400 on the vault, 13.800 on parallel bars and 14.700 on high bars... Notched an all-around score of 85.400 on 2/27 at the International Collegiate Challenge recording a 14.300 on floor, 12.800 on pommel horse, a 14.450 on still rings, a 14.600 on vault, a 14.950 on parallel bars and 14.300 on high bars... Finished at Air Force on 3/5 with scores of 14.600 on floor, a 14.500 on still rings, a 14.400 on parallel bars and 15.050 on the high bars... Tallied a 13.800 on still rings, 15.250 on parallel bars and 15.450 on high bar against vs Army on 3/11... Picked up an all-around score of 86.200 vs. Washington and Army on 3/13 including 13.800 on floor, 14.150 on still rings, 15.500 on parallel bars and a 14.950 on high bars... Earned a 14.600 on still rings, a 15.750 on parallel bars and 14.800 on the high bars at the MPSF Championships on 4/2... Recorded a 14.200 on floor, a 14.100 on still rings, a 14.600 on parallel bars and 14.850 on high bar at the NCAA Championships - Qualifier.

2015: Made his collegiate debut on 1/10 at home vs. Stanford, posting an all-around score of 83.700, highlighted by a 14.600 on parallel bars, a 14.400 on floor exercise and a 14.000 on vault ... Posted a 14.350 on still rings, 14.250 on vault, a 14.950 on parallel bars and a 14.300 on high bar on 1/17 at the Stanford Open ... Tallied a total all-around score of 83.550 at the quad meet on 1/24 at Stanford, posting a 14.600 on floor exercise, a 14.400 on high bar and a 14.350 on vault ... Helped the Bears to a program record team score of 438.300 on 1/30 at Arizona State with a score of 15.000 on parallel bars, a 14.850 on high bar, a 14.350 on vault and a 14.250 on still rings ... Tallied an all-around score of 79.000 on 2/7 at Washington, earning his best score on parallel bars (14.100) ... Scored two routines over 15.000 on 2/28 at Stanford against the Cardinal and Minnesota, posting a 15.150 on high bar and a 15.100 on parallel bars ... Notched a 14.900 on parallel bars, a 14.750 on high bar and a 14.050 on still rings on 3/8 vs. Oklahoma ... Scored a 14.700 on high bar, a 14.350 on parallel bars and a 13.850 on still rings in the home finale on 3/13 vs. Washington ... Tallied a 14.450 on parallel bars, a 14.400 on high bar and a 13.750 on rings at the MPSF Championships on 3/28 in Colorado Springs ... Posted a 14.450 on high bar, a 14.050 on rings and a 14.000 on parallel bars on 4/9 at day one of the NCAA Championships in Norman, Oklahoma ... Helped the Bears to a fifth place finish, nationally, after his 14.800 routine on parallel bars, 14.550 on high bar and 14.100 on rings on 4/10.

High School/Youth: Attended Casa Grande HS ... Competed at the men’s Junior Olympic National Championships in Portland, Ore. in May of this year ... Won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and a silver on the parallel bars in the 17-18 age group, while finishing eighth in the all-around competition ... Recently competed in the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium in September, representing the Bulgarian National Team.

Personal: A dual citizen of Bulgaria and the United States, Aleksandrov and his family moved stateside when he was just seven years old ... Has a goal of representing his home Bulgaria in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

ALEKSANDROV'S CAREER BESTS (FIG SCORING SYSTEM)
Floor 14.600
Pommel: 13.550
Still Rings: 14.350
Vault 14.350
P-Bars: 15.100
High Bar: 15.150
All-Around: 83.700

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2017Junior

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2018Senior

    All-Around
    5'8"