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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Lake Forest, Ill.
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 | High School: Lake Forest HS
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 | Height: 5-8
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 | Event: All-Around
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 | Club: Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center
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AA
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Career Highs
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12.600
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14.350
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14.400
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15.150
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14.500
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2012: Became OU's first freshman All-American on parallel bars since Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons in 2005 with a 14.950 and a third-place finish at the NCAA Championship's event finals ... claimed his first collegiate p-bars title with a 14.950 against Iowa on Feb. 25 ... scored over a 15 on parallel bars in the MPSF Championship, NCAA Team Qualifier and NCAA Team Finals ... earned a career-best 15.150 on p-bars in the team qualifier of the NCAA Championship on April 19 ... competed in all 12 of OU's meets in 2012 ... collected a career-best 14.500 on high bar on March 10 against Michigan ... scored a career-high 14.350 on rings on Feb. 25 against Iowa ... earned career-best scores on floor (12.600) and vault (14.400) on Jan. 14 at the Rocky Mountain Open.
Club/High School: Competed at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center ... coached by Kelly Crumley, the father of OU gymnast Chad Crumley ... attended Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Ill. ... claimed fourth place on still rings in the junior division of the 2011 Visa Championships ... finished in fourth place on high bar, fifth place on still rings and 11th place in all-around in the junior division of the 2009 Visa Championships ... took 11th place in all-around and fifth place on parallel bars and still rings at the 2009 Junior Olympic National Championships.
Personal: Full name is Daniel James Berardini ... born in Lake Forest, Ill. ... son of Don and Terri Berardini... has three older brothers: Mike, Nick and Kevin ... older brother Nick played basketball for the University of Missouri ... older brother Kevin is a junior on the University of Illinois men's basketball team ... majoring in Accounting.