2025 Men's Gymnastics Roster
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Syam Buradagunta
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Westborough, Mass.
- High School:
- MEGA
Bio
Graduate Student (2025)
• Made his Wolverine debut in the season opener against Greenville and Simpson
• Saw a season-high 13.300 on floor at Springfield College
Before Michigan (At Navy)
• 2023 NCAA Championship All-American (8th Place on Floor Exercise)
• NCAA Championship Event Final Participant: 2022-PH, VT, HB; 2023-FX
• 2022 USAG Collegiate Floor Exercise Champion
• All-ECAC: 2022-HB, 3rd place; 2023-FX, PH, 2nd place
• All-USAG: 2023-FX, 3rd place; 2022-FX, 1st place
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 2, 2021 & Feb. 16, 2021)
• Competed at 2023 U.S. Classic (9th-FX)
• ECAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
• College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022 & 2023 - 1st Team)
Prep
• Honed his skills at the club level at Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics (MEGA) under the coaching of Levon Karakhanyan and Cal Booker; the same gym as Navy teammate Dan Clark ‘22
• Qualified for the U.S. JO Nationals 2014-2020
• Champion on the pommel horse at the 2015 JO Nationals – JE Finals
• Finished third in the all-around at the 2019 JO Nationals; second on the floor; third on pommel and sixth on vault
• Helped MEGA finish runner-up in the club standings at the 2019 JO Nationals
• Placed second in the all-around at the 2019 Massachusetts State Championship; was first on the floor and third on the pommel, vault and high bar ... ranked third at the 2018 Massachusetts State Championship on the floor and pommel; fourth overall in all-around
• USAG Academic All-American in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Teammate of Penn State’s Matt Cormier (’24) and Illinois’ Yan Inhaber (’25) at MEGA
• Graduated from Westborough High School with the Class of 2020
Personal
• Son of Syam and Patricia
• Both parents competed in college athletics as his father played football at Williams College, while his mother suited up with the women’s soccer team at Salem State
• Enjoys playing basketball and editing videos
• Made his Wolverine debut in the season opener against Greenville and Simpson
• Saw a season-high 13.300 on floor at Springfield College
Before Michigan (At Navy)
• 2023 NCAA Championship All-American (8th Place on Floor Exercise)
• NCAA Championship Event Final Participant: 2022-PH, VT, HB; 2023-FX
• 2022 USAG Collegiate Floor Exercise Champion
• All-ECAC: 2022-HB, 3rd place; 2023-FX, PH, 2nd place
• All-USAG: 2023-FX, 3rd place; 2022-FX, 1st place
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 2, 2021 & Feb. 16, 2021)
• Competed at 2023 U.S. Classic (9th-FX)
• ECAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
• College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022 & 2023 - 1st Team)
Prep
• Honed his skills at the club level at Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics (MEGA) under the coaching of Levon Karakhanyan and Cal Booker; the same gym as Navy teammate Dan Clark ‘22
• Qualified for the U.S. JO Nationals 2014-2020
• Champion on the pommel horse at the 2015 JO Nationals – JE Finals
• Finished third in the all-around at the 2019 JO Nationals; second on the floor; third on pommel and sixth on vault
• Helped MEGA finish runner-up in the club standings at the 2019 JO Nationals
• Placed second in the all-around at the 2019 Massachusetts State Championship; was first on the floor and third on the pommel, vault and high bar ... ranked third at the 2018 Massachusetts State Championship on the floor and pommel; fourth overall in all-around
• USAG Academic All-American in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Teammate of Penn State’s Matt Cormier (’24) and Illinois’ Yan Inhaber (’25) at MEGA
• Graduated from Westborough High School with the Class of 2020
Personal
• Son of Syam and Patricia
• Both parents competed in college athletics as his father played football at Williams College, while his mother suited up with the women’s soccer team at Salem State
• Enjoys playing basketball and editing videos
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