John Martin

	Class: RS Junior
	Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.
	High School: Trilogy School

	Height: 6-0
	Experience: 2V
	Events: PH, PB, HB

04/21/2012

Penev Takes Pair of Individual Titles

Stanford junior is best in nation on floor exercise and vault

04/21/2012

Penev Takes Pair of Individual Titles

Stanford junior is best in nation on floor exercise and vault

04/20/2012

Cardinal Takes Fifth at NCAA's

Stanford falls short of second consecutive NCAA title

04/19/2012

Cardinal Advances to NCAA Team Finals

Stanford set to defend national title tomorrow

04/17/2012

Cardinal Off to Norman to Defend National Title

Stanford ranks in the top-five in all six events

**All-American**

Collegiate Bests:
Pommel Horse: 15.700
Parallel Bars: 15.200
High Bar: 14.850

As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2011: Posted Stanford's highest score of the year in the pommel horse, a 15.300 against California in a dominant early-season victory ... also scored well in the pommel horse at the NCAA qualifiers, posting a 14.900 to lead the Cardinal ... competed nine times in the pommel horse, five times in the horizontal bar, and twice in the parallel bars.

As a Redshirt Freshman in 2010: Earned his first career All-America honor after placing sixth with a score of 14.075 on the pommel horse at the NCAA Event Finals ... competed in three events at the NCAA Finals, helping Stanford to second place ... had a season best of 15.200 on the parallel bars in a dual meet win over UIC ... season best of 15.400 on the pommel horse came in Stanford's win over then No. 1 Michigan ... season best of 14.850 on the high bar came in Stanford's double-dual win over Nebraska and Oklahoma.

As a Freshman in 2009: Redshirted.

High School: Qualified for the Junior Olympic (JO) Nationals seven years in a row, twice making the Regional Team and advancing to the pommel horse finals once ... a four-time USA Gymnastics Academic All-American ... trained with the Sun Country Gymnastics Club with coach Mark Nelson.

Personal: Parents are Tom and Sally Martin ... majoring in biomechanical engineering.

Getting To Know John Martin

Born in:	Gainesville, Fla.
Major:	Biomechanical Engineering
Nickname:	J the G
The best thing about Stanford is:	The cultural diversity
My favorite place on campus is:	My dorm (Roble)
Ten years from now I hope to be:	Living in Costa Rica and fishing everyday
My favorite class at Stanford is:	Chemistry
Something people would be surprised to know about me:	I am a licensed alligator trapper
The place I would most like to visit is:	Tanzania
My favorite pre-meet rituals are:	Listening to hard rock
Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because:	We will dominate
The athlete I admire most:	Jason Shen
The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is:	Josh Dixon
Since coming to Stanford, I have learned:	You can always push yourself harder
The best book I have ever read is:	Wizard's First Rule
Favorite food:	Kung Pao Chicken
Least favorite food:	Okra
If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on:	Cereal and eggo waffles
Favorite movie:	Boondock Saints
Favorite TV show:	How I Met Your Mother
Favorite actor:	Pierce Brosnan
My favorite musical group/singer is:	Dierks Bentley
The best advice I've ever received was:	In twenty years, you will be more disappointed with the things you didn't do than the things you did.
If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be:	Brad Paisley, John McCain, and Will Ferrell
If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be:	The Itchnatucky River
If I had one CD to listen to it would be:	"Modern Day Drifter" by Dierks Bentley