Chris Harper

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Plano, TX
	High School: Spring Creek Academy

2007 Season (Junior): Competed in the pommel horse and parallel bars in his junior season ... Earned All-American honors after finishing third on the pommel horse (9.20) at the NCAA Individual Event Final ... Helped the Cardinal to a third-place team finish at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.30 on the pommel horse and 8.85 on the parallel bars ... Helped the Cardinal to as second place finish at the MPSF Championships with a first place finish on the pommel horse (9.30) ... Earned a season best score of 9.15 on the parallel and a team high score of 9.40 on the pommel horse at Nebraska ... 2007 College Gymnastics Association Academic All-American ... 2007 MPSF Academic All-Conference.

2006 Season (Sophomore): Participated on pommel horse and parallel bars for the Cardinal ... Helped Stanford to a third-place finish at the NCAA Team Final with performances on the pommel horse (8.0) and parallel bars (8.7) ... Posted a season-best 8.65 on the pommel horse at Oklahoma ... Also notched a career-high score of 9.0 on the parallel bars at Oklahoma, tying for third place ... 2006 MPSF Academic All-Conference.

2005 Season (Freshman): Competed in the pommel horse and vault at the 2005 NCAA Qualifier in New York, tying his season-best of 8.85 on the vault ... Scored a 9.5 on the pommel horse for a first-place finish versus Air Force ... Also finished second on the parallel bars at Air Force with a score of 8.975.

In High School: A four-time Academic All-American ... Member of the Junior National Team in 2004 ... Claimed the 2004 National Pommel Horse championship in Class 1.

Career Bests:
Pommel Horse - 9.5
Vault - 8.85
Parallel Bars - 915

Sho Nakamori - Albany, CA

Getting To Know Chris Harper

Born:
Parents:	Robin and Andrew
Major:	Communication
Nickname:	Harp, Harptown, Harpes
The best thing about Stanford is:	The campus
My favorite place on campus is:	KA
Ten years from now I hope to be:	Working for the FBI
My favorite class at Stanford:	Intro to American Law
Something people would be surprised to know about me:	I was born in England.
The place I would most like to visit:	London
My favorite pre-meet rituals are:	Don't have any.
Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because:	We are ranked #1.
My greatest athletic moment was:	All-American in 2007 (3^rd in NCAA on Pommel Horse)
The athlete I admire most:	Derek Jeter
The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform:	Joshua J. Goldman, M.D.
Since coming to Stanford, I have learned:	Way too much to list here.
Best book I have ever read:
Favorite food:	Anything Italian
Least favorite food:
If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on:
Favorite movie:	High Fidelity
Favorite TV show:	The Office
Favorite actor:	Bill Murray
Favorite actress:	Natalie Portman
My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be:	2008 NCAA Champions
My favorite musical group:	The Format
The best advice I ever received was:	Keep your head up.
If I could invite three people to dinner in history, they would be:
I'd like to switch places for a day with:
If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be:	A football team
If I had one CD to listen to it would be:	"Dog Problems" by The Format