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2026 Nissen-Emery Award Finalist

FRED RICHARD

Michigan

Major: General Studies, Film, & Media   |   GPA: 3.461

Career Highlights

  • 2x NCAA All Around Champion (2023 & 2025)

  • First ever 7x All American in a single season (2025)

  • 2025 CGA First Team Academic All-American

  • 2024 Olympic Bronze Medalist for Team USA

  • 2024 University of Michigan Athlete of the Year

  • 2024 NCAA Team National Champion

  • 2024 Academic All–Big Ten

  • 2x 2023 World Championship Bronze Medalist
    (Team & All Around), 1st & youngest since 2010

  • 2x 2023 NCAA Event Champion (PB & HB)

  • 2024 B1G TEN Gymnast of the Year

  • 2023 B1G Freshman of the Year

  • 14x  NCAA All-American (2023 - 2025)

  • 4x B1G TEN Champion (3x AA, HB) (2023 - 2025)

  • Guinness World Record to benefit African gymnasts, generating over $70,000 in donations to provide gymnastics equipment for children in Africa

  • Named to the TIME100 Next 2024 list, honoring the most influential rising stars of the year

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The Official Record of Excellence
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