Blake Collins

Position:
AA
Height:
5-4
Weight:
120
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Columbia, MD
High School:
Wilde Lake

2012: .Were among six gymnasts in the nation to be designated Academic All-American Scholar Athletes based on all four years of eligibility...Member of a team that placed as the runner-up for the National Academic Team Championship…Served as a team captain…Selected to Temple Athletics’ Trustee Ten…Male recipient of the Enterprise Spirit and Sportsmanship Award for demonstrating a devotion to the essence of sport through their acts of sportsmanship…Earned the bronze medal on horizontal bars at the ECAC Championship Individual Finals (4/7)…Helped the Owls to the ECAC title and to the program’s highest-ever team score (4/6)…Opened the season at Navy (1/21) with a score of 13.600 on the floor…In the team’s win at Army (3/2), placed second with a score of 13.700 on horizontal bars before earning sixth place the next day in the individual finals with his score of 13.800…At Navy (3/10), had the team’s second-best score on rings, earning a score of 14.000…Against William & Mary (3/18) tied for third and for second-best team score with a tally of 13.800 on rings.

2011: On high bar against Springfield, led all competitors with a meet-high score of 14.200...Scored 13.900 on pommel at Illinois-Chicago Quad-Meet to take 10th place...Ranked first on the rings, scoring 14.300 against Navy in the team's home meet...Led Temple on rings at EIGL-ECAC Championships, posting a score of 14.200..Qualified for nationals...Honored as one of Temple's Trustee Ten, a recognition given to the top student-athletes in terms of grade point average

2010: Was solid on rings for the Owls, placing first five times…Placed third on rings (13.700) and high bar (13.700) at the West Point Open…Won the title on rings at the Navy Open with a score of 14.650, compiling a score of 84.050 all-around for third…Took first on rings against Springfield with a score of 14.150…Won on rings and high bar against Army, posting scores of 14.050 and 13.950, respectively…Placed first on rings at the New England Invitational with a score of 14.550, earning third all-around with a total of 82.150…Placed second all-around against no.6 Penn State and no.7 Minnesota with a total of 83.30…Placed second on high bar (14.550) and rings (13.950) against Navy…Placed second all-around (82.750) and won on rings (14.250) against William & Mary…Named EIGL Gymnast of the Week for the week ending March 29…Earned All-East honors at the ECAC Championships with a fifth place finish all-around (84.650)…Named EIGL’s Most Improved Gymnast of the Year after finishing third on rings at the ECAC Championships…Named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area team…Honored by the College Gymnastics Association as a first team All-America Scholar Athlete.

2009: Finished 5th on rings at Navy Open with a 13.90...Recorded a 13.65 in rings and 12.50 in high bar at Penn State...Named a first-team All-American Scholar Athlete
PRIOR TRAINING: Third place State Championships in 2005 and 2007... Five time Junior Olympic National qualifier...Trained under Dmitry Gavrilyulk at Top Flight.

CAREER BESTS: FE: 15.00, PH: 13.70, V: 15.15, PB: 14.20, R: 14.550, AA: 84.05

PERSONAL: Majoring in Public Relations.