Lais Najjar

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Oak Brook, Ill.
High School:
Lakeshore

International Bio

At Michigan
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
• CGA All-American Scholar-Athlete, First Team (2022)

National/International
• Olympic Qualifier, Syria (2024)
• FIG World Championships in Liverpool, England; placed 49th in the all-around (76.098). Also turned in top-65 finishes on floor exercise (13.266, 54th), and pommel horse (12.533, 63rd)
• FIG World Challenge Cup in Cairo, Egypt; placed seventh on floor exercise (13.666), and second on vault (13.716)

Senior (2025)
• Member of the 2025 NCAA Championship team
• Served as team captain for the second straight year

Junior (2024)
• Competed on parallel bars in three competitions for the Wolverines, complemented by two appearances on vault and one on floor exercise
• Set a new career-high score of 14.15 on vault against Oklahoma (March 2)
• Served as team captain

Sophomore (2023)
• Scored a season-best 14.50 on parallel bars at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 21), while also scoring a 14.20 at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 14)
• Had a high water mark of 14.20 on floor exercise against Ohio State (Jan. 28), following up with a 13.95 on Feb. 4 at Nebraska
• Started season with a 14.10 on vault to score a career-best on the event

Freshman (2022)
• Competed on floor exercise at NCAA's, scoring a 13.800 at team finals and a 13.500 at the team qualifier (April 15-16)
• Took home an event title on pommel horse against NIU with a 12.40
• Set personal bests on pommel horse (13.20) and parallel bars (14.00) against Army and William & Mary
• Set another career high on floor with a 14.050 against Illinois
• Earned an event title on pommel horse against NIU with a 12.40 (Jan. 8)

Prep
• 2021 Junior Olympic All-Around Champion
• 2021 World Cup Silver Medalist on Vault
• Also competed at the Mediterranean Championships, the Asian Games, and the first FIG Junior World Championships
• Dean's List; Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Personal
• Lais Najjar
• Hinsdale Central High School (2021), Hinsdale, Ill.
• Born October 8, 2002 in Chicago, Ill.
• Son of Chirin Chahkhachiro and Maher Najjar
• Has two sisters, Masa and Lian
• Computer Science major in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts