Oklahoma Sooners

Men's Gymnastics

Jonathan Horton

	Class: Graduated
	Hometown: Houston, Texas
	High School: Cy-Fair

	Height: 5-1
	Event: AA
	Club: Cypress Academy

	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	AA
Career Highs	15.750	14.750	16.125	16.200	15.650	15.450	92.450

2008 NCAA Championships: Won sixth career NCAA individual title with a career-high and program-record 16.125... Named the 2008 Nissen-Emery Award winner, the sixth OU gymnast to be so honored ... Runner-up in the all-around (90.950) for the second consecutive season ... Earned All-America honors on rings (16.125), parallel bars (14.675) and in the all-around (90.950) ... Extended his own OU records for career NCAA titles (six) and career All-America honors (18) ... First on rings (16.100) and second on floor (career-high 15.750) and p-bars (15.200) in Team Finals.

2008: Won MPSF titles in the all-around (90.500) and on rings (16.000) ... One of five finalists for the 78th AAU James E. Sullivan Award presented to the nation's top amateur athlete ... Placed first on rings (15.550) at Penn State ... MPSF Gymnast of the Week for March 17 ... Won the all-around (92.450), rings (16.050), p-bars (15.650) and high bar (15.300) titles in Senior Night win over Minnesota ... Set personal bests on floor (15.700), rings and p-bars and in the all-around against the Golden Gophers ... Placed fifth (89.600) at the Tyson American Cup ... MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Feb. 25 ... Also named College Gymnastics Association National Gymnast of the Week for Feb. 25 ... Took the all-around (91.150) and vault (16.200) titles and finished second on rings (15.950) and fourth on pommel horse (14.750) at Pacific Coast Classic ... Set season highs on vault andpommel horse at the PCC... Won event titles on pommel horse (14.000) and high bar (15.450) in win at Iowa ... MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Feb. 11 ... Placed third on rings (31.150) and seventh on p-bars (30.150) at Winter Cup Challenge ... Set season high on p-bars (15.400) at Winter Cup ... Won event titles on rings (15.750) and high bar (14.700) in home win against Nebraska ... Won event titles on rings (15.600) and parallel bars (15.150) versus Michigan ... Also tied for third on pommel horse (13.550) against the Wolverines.

2007 NCAA Championships: NCAA national champion on floor (9.65) and high bar (9.675) ... Earned All-America honors in the all-around and on h-bar, floor, rings and vault ... Broke Bart Conner's OU records for career NCAA titles (five) and career All-America honors (15) ... Tied his own school record for All-America honors in a season (five) ... Finished in a tie for second in the all-around standings (55.00) ... Tied for second on rings (9.7), tied for fourth on vault (9.15) and finished third on h-bar (9.55) in the team finals.

2007: Won the all-around (55.5), floor (9.7), rings (9.8) and a share of the high bar (9.8) titles at the MPSF Championship ... Won the rings (9.75), vault (9.3) and p-bars (9.4) titles in win over Iowa ... Claimed his second straight Tyson American Cup title with a 92.75 all-around score ... Also placed first on floor (15.9) and p-bars (15.75) ... Became the first athlete to win back-to-back American Cup titles since the USA's Blaine Wilson won three in a row from 1997-99 ... Won his third all-around title of the season with a season-high 55.95 at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Also won the rings, tying his career high with a 9.85, and floor (9.8) ... Finished second on high bar (9.5) and tied for third on p-bars (9.3) and was named Aquafina Gymnast of the Meet at the PCC ... Took the floor title (9.35) against Texas and Washington ... Finished second on floor (29.8) and tied for fourth on p-bars (30.05) at the Winter Cup ... Also finished sixth on high bar with a 29.25 at the WCC ... Won back-to-back MPSF Gymnast of the Week awards on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 ... Took the all-around (54.6) pommel horse (8.8) and h-bar (9.6)titles at Nebraska ... Also shared first place on vault (8.9) and was second on p-bars (9.35) and floor (9.35) against the Huskers ... Won his first all-around title of the season against No. 1 Michigan with a 54.7 ... Set a career high with a 9.65 on p-bars against the Wolverines and won the vault (9.1) and p-bars and tied for first on the floor (9.8) ...Second on floor (9.6) and p-bars (9.3) against Nebraska and Air Force ... Missed the Rocky Mountain Open while training with the U.S. Senior National Team in Japan.

2006 NCAA Championships: Hit career highs on the parallel bars (9.525) and high bar (9.8) in the NCAA team finals ... Tied career high on the vault (9.5) during NCAA team finals ... Won the 2006 NCAA all-around title with a score of 56.0 ... Won his second NCAA individual title after scoring a 9.575 on the floor exercise ... Took third NCAA individual title on still rings with 9.637 ... Collected All-America honors on the parallel bars (9.087) and high bar (9.675).

2006: Won the all-around title (52.6) in season-opening Rocky Mountain Open ... Took floor exercise title (9.4) for second straight year at Rocky Mountain Open ... Also finished third on vault (8.95) and parallel bars (8.3) at RMO ... Took all-around title (54.5) versus Michigan ... Finished second on floor (9.2), pommel horse (8.4), still rings (9.3), parallel bars (9.2) and high bar (9.45) in Michigan meet ... Named to U.S. Senior National Team after finishing second in the all-around at 2006 Winter Cup ... Also finished third on the floor exercise, still rings and high bar at the prestigious event ... Named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week following Winter Cup performance ... Named College Gymnastics Association National Gymnast of the Week after Winter Cup weekend ... Took first on the floor exercise (9.55) and still rings (9.65) versus Iowa ... Also finished third on parallel bars (8.6) against Iowa ... Finished first on the still rings with a career-high 9.85 and first on the high bar with a 9.6 in Ohio State win ... Also finished second on the floor exercise with a 9.4 against OSU ... Named MPSF Gymnast of the Week for second time of 2006 season following performance at Ohio State ... Took first in the all-around with a season-high 55.55 and on still rings (9.75) at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Also finished second on the vault (9.2) and high bar (9.55) and third on the floor (9.45) at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Won the 2006 Tyson American Cup all-around championship with a 92.5 ... Also took first on the still rings with a score of 15.6 and second on the floor exercise (15.5) and vault (16.4) at the American Cup ... Took the all-around title (54.5) in win over Stanford and Nebraska ... Also finished second on the floor (9.25) and rings (9.65) and third on the parallel bars (9.0) and high bar (9.2) against Stanford and Nebraska ... Received third MPSF gymnast of the week honor following performance against Stanford ... Took MPSF individual titles on the floor exercise (9.6) and still rings (9.65) ... Finished second in the all-around (54.1) and on the parallel bars (9.5).

2005 NCAA Championships: Clinched NCAA team title with career-high 9.5 vault ... Took third in all-around (56.425) in NCAA championships ... Tied for third on high bar (9.475) in NCAA event finals.

2005: MPSF all-around champion ... Also won MPSF still rings title with a career-high tying 9.825 ... Took first place on the floor (9.675) and third on the parallel bars (9.325) in MPSF Team Finals ... Set OU individual record on the floor with a first place 9.825 in Iowa win ... Took first on floor (9.75) rings (9.825) and all-around (56.275) in Ohio State win ... Took first on the rings (9.8) and second on the floor (9.5), vault (9.3), parallel bars (9.2) and in the all-around (55.1) in win over Minnesota ... Won rings (9.625) against Nebraska on Feb. 20 ... Also won the high bar (9.55) and finished second on the parallel bars (9.25) against Nebraska ... Won the still rings (9.825) and finished second on the parallel bars (9.45) in Feb. 13 win over Nebraska ... Finished eighth in all-around in the 2005 Winter Cup and was selected to 2005 U.S. Senior National Team ... Won the floor exercise (9.5) and the parallel bars (9.45) versus Air Force ... Took first on the still rings (9.6), second in all-around (54.15) and tied for second on vault (9.3) against Michigan ... Took first on the floor exercise (9.4) and the parallel bars (9.05) in the Rocky Mountain Open.

Club/High School: Trained at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics ... Coached by Colby Vancleave, Tom Meadows and Mike Dutka ... U.S. Senior National Team member ... Competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships ... Two-time participant at 2003 and 2004 Winter Cup Challenge ... Member of the 2003 Pan American Games team that won a bronze medal ... Also took fourth in the all-around ... Placed first in the all-around (junior) at the 2003 U.S. Championships ... Placed second in the all-around, second on the floor exercise, first on the still rings and vault and tied for fifth on the high bar at the 2002 U.S. Championships ... Placed first in the all-around, second on the floor exercise, first on the still rings, vault and pommel horse and third on the high bars at the 2002 Junior Nationals ... 2002 U.S. National Qualifier ... Three-time national academic honoree, 2000-2004... Attended Cy-Fair High School.

Personal: Born December 31, 1985, in Houston, Texas ... Son of Margo and Robert Horton ... Has one sister, Margo Tolbert, 25 ... Also recruited by Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa and Penn State.

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