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As a RS Junior in 2008: An All-American in all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars ... named to the USA Senior Men's National Team ... a second-team College Gymnastics Association (CGA) All-American Scholar Athlete ... an Academic All-MPSF selection ... competed in six meets ... earned two season-bests at the Stanford Open (1/26) on parallel bars (15.6) and horizontal bar (14.95) ... finished 21st at the Winter Classic (2/9) ... hit two more season-highs at the Pacific Coast Classic (2/23) on floor exercise (15.35) and still rings (15.35) ... turned in his best all-around (90.35) and pommel horse (14.85) performances of the year at the NCAA Qualifier, where he took first in all-around and parallel bars (15.05) ...took third in all-around (90.15) and hit 15.4 on both the still rings and vault for season-bests in the NCAA Final ... took fifth place on parallel bars with a 15.25 at a World Cup event in Slovenia as the only USA Gymnastics representative in the competition ... took 12th place with an 87.6 and tied for seventh on floor with a 15.05 at the 2008 Visa U.S. Championships.
As a Junior in 2007: Redshirted the collegiate season ... selected to the USA Senior National Team after finishing third in the all-around at the 2007 Visa U.S. National Championships ... a member of the 2007 USA World Championship Team.
As a Sophomore in 2006: A two-time All-American ... an MPSF Academic All-Conference selection ... finished second on floor exercise at the NCAA Individual Event Finals with a score of 9.5, as well as seventh in all-around with a total of 53.3 ... helped Stanford to a third-place finish at the NCAA Team Final by finishing fourth on floor exercise (9.45) and posting season-bests of 9.125 on parallel bars for 16th place and 9.4 on horizontal bar for 12th place ... finished first on floor exercise (9.5), pommel horse (9.3) and in all-around (54.025) at the NCAA Qualifier, with season bests on floor and pommel ... posted a season-best 9.2 on still rings at the MPSF Championships to finish ninth, also tying for seventh on floor exercise (9.1) ... earned a season-high 9.1 on vault at the Pacific Coast Classic.
As a Freshman in 2005: Competed at the 2005 Visa U.S. Championships, finishing eighth with a two-day all-around total of 102.325 ... advanced to the NCAA Individual Qualifier in floor exercise and vault ... tallied a 51.9 in all-around during the NCAA Team Qualifying round ... notched a 9.65 on horizontal bar during the first meet of the season versus California ... at Michigan, earned season-bests of 9.55 on parallel bars and 9.3 on vault ...recorded a season-best 9.45 on pommel horse versus Cal en route to a personal best all-around score of 56.05 ... took second place at the MPSF Championships in floor exercise with a 9.5 ... posted a season-best 9.6 in floor exercise and a 9.45 on horizontal bar during team competition at the MPSF Championships.
High School: A five-time competitor at the Junior Olympic (JO) Nationals (1998-2001, 2003) ... won the JO National all-around title in 2000 and 2001 ... captured seven individual event titles at the JO Nationals from 1999-2001 ... also a four-time competitor at the Visa U.S. Championships, winning the all-around title in 2002 and placing second in 2003 ... also won the vault title in the 2001 Visa U.S. Championships ... experienced in international competition, helping the U.S. to a team title in the 2000 Pan American Junior Championships in Brazil and a third-place finish at the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic.
Personal: Parents are Kazuki and Tamae Nakamori ... father Kazuki was also an accomplished gymnast ... has one sister, Arisa ... majoring in international relations and Japanese.
Getting To Know Sho Nakamori
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Oakland, Calif. |
| Major: |
International Relations and Japanese
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| Nickname: |
Sho-Nuff |
| The best thing about Stanford is: |
It's in California
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| My favorite place on campus is: |
The gym
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| Ten years from now I hope to be: |
Happy |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: |
Sleep and Dreams
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| Something people would be surprised to know about me: |
I like Japanese food
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| The place I would most like to visit is: |
England or Australia
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| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: |
Clear my mind, relax, and hang out
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| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: |
We are going to do exciting gymnastics
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| My greatest athletic moment was: |
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| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: |
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| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: |
School is hard
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| The best book I have ever read is: |
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| Favorite food: |
Japanese food
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| Least favorite food: |
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| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: |
I'm a pretty good cook, so a lot of things
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| Favorite movie: |
Too many to list
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My advice to youngsters:
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Work hard, play hard
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The person who has had the greatest influence in my life:
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My dad
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| My favorite musical group/singer is: |
Too many to list
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| The best advice I've ever received was: |
It's not over until it's over
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| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: |
My grandfather, my dad, and Buddha
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| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: |
Food
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I'd like to switch places for a day with:
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A dog
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