2009 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Rosso, Ralph
Ralph Rosso
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Morganville, N.J.
- High School:
- St. John Vianney
Bio
At Michigan ... 2009 Big Ten individual event finalist on floor exercise and rings ... 2007 Big Ten individual event finalist (rings, pommel horse) ... three-year letterwinner.
Senior (2009) ...competing in his fourth season of collegiate gymnastics ... 2009 Big Ten individual event finalist on floor exercise and rings ... scored 14.050 for third on pommel horse and 14.350 on p-bars for eighth at the Windy City Inviational (Jan. 17) in Chicago, Ill. ... scored a career-high 14.200 on pommel horse for fifth and tied for third on p-bars (14.400) at Penn State (Jan. 24) ... did not compete vs. Iowa (Jan. 30) ... totaled 25.550 on floor, 25.850 on pommel, 28.800 on rings, 28.800 on vault and 28.400 on p-bars at the Winter Cup Challenge (Feb. 5-7) ... registered a career-best 14.650 to take seventh on p-bars at the Pacific Coast Classic (Feb. 21) ... posted a season-best 15.100 on vault and tied season highs on pommel horse (14.200) and rings (14.500) in Oakland ... scored 13.950 on floor at the PCC ... recorded seaso bests on rings (14.750) and vault (15.400) vs. Illinois (March 14) ... scored 14.550 on floor, 12.100 on pommel and 14.100 on p-bars against the Fighting Illini ... tied a career best and U-M season best on vault (15.750) at Ohio State (March 21) ... registered season-high 14.900 on rings against the Buckeyes ... scored 14.450 on floor and 14.100 on p-bars in Columbus ... posted season bests on floor (15.050) and rings (14.900) to qualifty for the individual event finals in both events at the Big Ten team championships (April 3) ... scored 15.100 on vault and 13.850 on p-bars at the conference championships ... finished 10th on floor (13.625) and seventh on rings (14.750) at the Big Ten individual event finals (April 4) ... registered 14.950 on floor, 14.750 on rings and 15.250 on vault at the NCAA Qualifier (April 16) ... posted season-bests on floor (15.050) and rings (15.050) at the NCAA team finals (April 17) ... registered 15.700 on vault and 14.200 on p-bars en route to the squad's second place finish.
Junior (2008) ... at the NCAA Team Championships, earned 14.850 on floor, 14.400 on rings, 15.700 on vault (April 18) ... at the NCAA qualifier, scored 15.100 on floor, 13,800 on rings, 15.100 on vault, 13.950 on p-bars (April 17) ... at the Big Ten Team Championship, registered 14.550 on floor, 13.800 on rings, 14.950 on vault (April 4) ... recorded 13.700 on pommel, finished second on rings (15.050), tied for fifth on vault (15.650) against Ohio State (March 22) ... tied for fifth on rings (14.650), placed fifth on vault (15.550) at Illinois (March 8) ... finished fourth on floor (15.150), tied for fifth on rings (15.000), placed fifth on vault (15.750) at Stanford (March 2) ... Claimed second on pommel (13.600) at Oklahoma (Jan. 26.) ... placed fifth on floor (14.800), sixth on pommel (13.500), third on rings (15.200), tied for fifth on vault (15.450), fifth on p-bars (14.550) vs. Penn State (Jan. 19).
Sophomore (2007) ... tied for ninth on rings (9.450) at the NCAA Individual Finals (April 14) ... tied for second on rings with a career-best 9.700, scored 9.300 on floor,8.850 on pommel, 8.400 on p-bars at the NCAA Team Finals (April 13) ... earned 9.350 on rings, 8.600 on floor, 7.900 on pommel, 9.350 on rings, 8.850 on vault, 8.700 on p-bars at the NCAA Team Qualifier (April 12) ... placed fifth on rings (9.400), ninth on pommel (7.300) at the Big Ten Championship Individual Finals (March 31) ... tied for fifth on pommel (8.650), first on rings with a season-best 9.650, scored a career-best 8.900 on vault, 8.600 on p-bars, 9.400 on floor at the Big Ten Championship Team Finals (March 30) ... placed third on floor (8.950), scored 8.850 on pommel, 9.050 on rings, 8.800 on vault vs. No. 3 Ohio State (March 17) ... tied for third on floor with a career-high 9.550, placed fifth on pommel (8.600), third on rings (9.350), scored 8.650 on vault, 8.550 on p-bars against No. 6 Illinois (March 10) ... placed second on floor with a career-best score of 9.500, third on pommel (8.450), first on rings (9.600),vs. Minnesota (Feb. 17) ... finished second on rings (9.600), fifth on floor (9.300), fifth on vault (8.700), scored 7.100 on pommel against No. 2 Penn State (Feb. 3) ... earned a personal-best 9.350 to claim sixth on floor, posted a personal-best 8.350 to tie for seventh on pommel, recorded a personal-best 8.850 to earn seventh on vault, recorded 9.000 on rings against No. 3 Oklahoma (Jan. 27) ... won rings title with a personal-best 9.700, scored a personal-best average 9.300 on floor to tie for sixth, tied for fourth on pommel with a personal best 8.700, finished fifth on vault (8.650) against No. 7 Iowa (Jan. 20) ... tied for third on floor (9.200), earned a career-best 8.750 on vault, tied for fifth on rings (9.050) at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 13).
Freshman (2006) ... competed pommel (8.15), p-bars (8.15) at NCAA Team Finals (April 7) ... scored season-highs on pommel horse (8.45), p-bars (8.55) at NCAA Prelims (April 6) ... set season-high on floor (8.80) against Stanford (March 4) ... scored season-high on rings (9.05) against Minnesota (Feb. 11) ... set season-highs on vault (8.70), in all-around (49.65) at Pacific Coast Classic (Feb. 25) ... earned first varsity letter.
Prep ... New Jersey All-Around Champion in 2002, `04, `05 ... member of U.S. Junior National Team in 2003 and `05 ... at 2003 US-Canada-Germany competition, member of first place U.S. team and third individually on vault ... placed first in all-around, floor, first on vault at the 2003 USA Gymnastics Championships ... placed fourth in all-around and second on rings at the 2005 USA Gymnastics Championships ... placed second on floor, second on rings, second on p-bars at the 2004 USA Gymnastics Championships.
Personal ... born June 6, 1987 ... enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... general studies major.
Senior (2009) ...competing in his fourth season of collegiate gymnastics ... 2009 Big Ten individual event finalist on floor exercise and rings ... scored 14.050 for third on pommel horse and 14.350 on p-bars for eighth at the Windy City Inviational (Jan. 17) in Chicago, Ill. ... scored a career-high 14.200 on pommel horse for fifth and tied for third on p-bars (14.400) at Penn State (Jan. 24) ... did not compete vs. Iowa (Jan. 30) ... totaled 25.550 on floor, 25.850 on pommel, 28.800 on rings, 28.800 on vault and 28.400 on p-bars at the Winter Cup Challenge (Feb. 5-7) ... registered a career-best 14.650 to take seventh on p-bars at the Pacific Coast Classic (Feb. 21) ... posted a season-best 15.100 on vault and tied season highs on pommel horse (14.200) and rings (14.500) in Oakland ... scored 13.950 on floor at the PCC ... recorded seaso bests on rings (14.750) and vault (15.400) vs. Illinois (March 14) ... scored 14.550 on floor, 12.100 on pommel and 14.100 on p-bars against the Fighting Illini ... tied a career best and U-M season best on vault (15.750) at Ohio State (March 21) ... registered season-high 14.900 on rings against the Buckeyes ... scored 14.450 on floor and 14.100 on p-bars in Columbus ... posted season bests on floor (15.050) and rings (14.900) to qualifty for the individual event finals in both events at the Big Ten team championships (April 3) ... scored 15.100 on vault and 13.850 on p-bars at the conference championships ... finished 10th on floor (13.625) and seventh on rings (14.750) at the Big Ten individual event finals (April 4) ... registered 14.950 on floor, 14.750 on rings and 15.250 on vault at the NCAA Qualifier (April 16) ... posted season-bests on floor (15.050) and rings (15.050) at the NCAA team finals (April 17) ... registered 15.700 on vault and 14.200 on p-bars en route to the squad's second place finish.
Junior (2008) ... at the NCAA Team Championships, earned 14.850 on floor, 14.400 on rings, 15.700 on vault (April 18) ... at the NCAA qualifier, scored 15.100 on floor, 13,800 on rings, 15.100 on vault, 13.950 on p-bars (April 17) ... at the Big Ten Team Championship, registered 14.550 on floor, 13.800 on rings, 14.950 on vault (April 4) ... recorded 13.700 on pommel, finished second on rings (15.050), tied for fifth on vault (15.650) against Ohio State (March 22) ... tied for fifth on rings (14.650), placed fifth on vault (15.550) at Illinois (March 8) ... finished fourth on floor (15.150), tied for fifth on rings (15.000), placed fifth on vault (15.750) at Stanford (March 2) ... Claimed second on pommel (13.600) at Oklahoma (Jan. 26.) ... placed fifth on floor (14.800), sixth on pommel (13.500), third on rings (15.200), tied for fifth on vault (15.450), fifth on p-bars (14.550) vs. Penn State (Jan. 19).
Sophomore (2007) ... tied for ninth on rings (9.450) at the NCAA Individual Finals (April 14) ... tied for second on rings with a career-best 9.700, scored 9.300 on floor,8.850 on pommel, 8.400 on p-bars at the NCAA Team Finals (April 13) ... earned 9.350 on rings, 8.600 on floor, 7.900 on pommel, 9.350 on rings, 8.850 on vault, 8.700 on p-bars at the NCAA Team Qualifier (April 12) ... placed fifth on rings (9.400), ninth on pommel (7.300) at the Big Ten Championship Individual Finals (March 31) ... tied for fifth on pommel (8.650), first on rings with a season-best 9.650, scored a career-best 8.900 on vault, 8.600 on p-bars, 9.400 on floor at the Big Ten Championship Team Finals (March 30) ... placed third on floor (8.950), scored 8.850 on pommel, 9.050 on rings, 8.800 on vault vs. No. 3 Ohio State (March 17) ... tied for third on floor with a career-high 9.550, placed fifth on pommel (8.600), third on rings (9.350), scored 8.650 on vault, 8.550 on p-bars against No. 6 Illinois (March 10) ... placed second on floor with a career-best score of 9.500, third on pommel (8.450), first on rings (9.600),vs. Minnesota (Feb. 17) ... finished second on rings (9.600), fifth on floor (9.300), fifth on vault (8.700), scored 7.100 on pommel against No. 2 Penn State (Feb. 3) ... earned a personal-best 9.350 to claim sixth on floor, posted a personal-best 8.350 to tie for seventh on pommel, recorded a personal-best 8.850 to earn seventh on vault, recorded 9.000 on rings against No. 3 Oklahoma (Jan. 27) ... won rings title with a personal-best 9.700, scored a personal-best average 9.300 on floor to tie for sixth, tied for fourth on pommel with a personal best 8.700, finished fifth on vault (8.650) against No. 7 Iowa (Jan. 20) ... tied for third on floor (9.200), earned a career-best 8.750 on vault, tied for fifth on rings (9.050) at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 13).
Freshman (2006) ... competed pommel (8.15), p-bars (8.15) at NCAA Team Finals (April 7) ... scored season-highs on pommel horse (8.45), p-bars (8.55) at NCAA Prelims (April 6) ... set season-high on floor (8.80) against Stanford (March 4) ... scored season-high on rings (9.05) against Minnesota (Feb. 11) ... set season-highs on vault (8.70), in all-around (49.65) at Pacific Coast Classic (Feb. 25) ... earned first varsity letter.
Prep ... New Jersey All-Around Champion in 2002, `04, `05 ... member of U.S. Junior National Team in 2003 and `05 ... at 2003 US-Canada-Germany competition, member of first place U.S. team and third individually on vault ... placed first in all-around, floor, first on vault at the 2003 USA Gymnastics Championships ... placed fourth in all-around and second on rings at the 2005 USA Gymnastics Championships ... placed second on floor, second on rings, second on p-bars at the 2004 USA Gymnastics Championships.
Personal ... born June 6, 1987 ... enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... general studies major.
Career Bests
Event | Score | Date |
Floor Exercise | 15.150 | 3/2/08 |
Pommel Horse | 14.200 | 2/21/09 |
Still Rings | 15.200 | 1/1908 |
Vault | 15.750 | 3/2/08 |
Parallel Bars | 14.650 | 1/19/08 |
High Bar | -- | -- |
All-Around | -- | -- |
Event | Score | Date |
Floor Exercise | 9.550 | 3/10/07 |
Pommel Horse | 9.000 | 1/27/07 |
Still Rings | 9.700 | 4/13/07 |
Vault | 8.900 | 3/31/07 |
Parallel Bars | 8.650 | 1/13/07 |
High Bar | 7.300 | 2/25/06 |
All-Around | 49.650 | 2/25/06 |
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