Luke Aldrich

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Amherst, Mass.
High School:
Amherst Regional HS

2018 | SENIOR SEASON
Competed on floor and pommel horse • earned first career All-American honor on floor • had a 14.166 to help him reach that mark • started season with a 13.450 on floor in Windy City Invitational • had a season-best 14.300 on floor at Air Force • notched a score of 13.350 on pommel horse at Air Force • had a 14.100 on floor against California • notched a season-high 14.600 on floor at Nebraska • had a 14.166 on floor at NCAA Championships to finish seventh.

2017 | Junior Season
Named most improved competitor • competed on floor and pommel horse during finals at the NCAA Championships • competed on floor and pommel horse at the NCAA Qualifying Session • competed on floor and pommel horse at the B1G Championships • competed on floor and pommel horse at Nebraska • earned a career-best on pommel horse with a 13.500 against UIC • competed on floor and pommel horse vs. Iowa and ASU • Sscored a 13.400 on pommel horse at Arnold Challenge • tied for eighth on floor with a 14.300 at Stanford International Collegiate Challenge • earned a 13.200 on pommel horse vs. Iowa/Oklahoma • recorded a 12.900 to place fifth on floor against Nebraska/UMN Club • competed on pommel horse and floor vs. Illinois • earned a 13.850 on floor and a 12.700 on pommel horse vs. Air Force.

2016 | Sophomore Season
Earned Academic All-Big Ten and CGA All-America Scholar honors • tallied a 14.700 on floor and 13.400 on pommel horse vs. UIC • notched a 12.550 on floor at Air Force • competed on floor at the Windy City Invitational.

2015 | Freshman Season
Received Gophers Academic Excellence Award • earned first varsity letter • appeared in four regular-season meets and competed on pommel horse and floor exercise • tallied a 13.70 on floor exercise and a 13.35 on pommel horse vs. UIC/Neb • made collegiate debut on pommel horse vs. Air Force with a 12.90.

High School/Club
Competed for coaches Tim Daggett, Darren Morace and RJ Heflin at Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics, where he competed with former Gopher Danny DiBenedetto • 2014 Massachusetts state champion in all-around, pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars and high bar and vault runner-up • 2013 Massachusetts state champion in high bar and still rings and all-around runner-up • 2012 Massachusetts state champion in parallel bars • two-time All-American second team honoree • won pommel horse and finished second on vault and fifth in the all-around at 2014 Region 6 Championships • finished third on high bar, fifth on floor and seventh in the all-around at 2013 Region 6 Championships • finished as runner-up on floor exercise and high bar and took eighth in the all-around at 2013 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships • took 19th in the all-around at 2014 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships.

Personal
Born Nov. 2, 1995 • son of Bruce and Sandra Aldrich • has an older brother (Corey) • enjoys hiking, fishing and playing beanbag toss • majoring in biology, plans to become an athletic trainer.

Aldrich's Season High Scores
Event	Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	High Bar	All-Around
2018	14.600	13.350
2017	14.300	13.900*	--	--	--	--	--
2016	14.700*	13.400	--	--	--	--	--
2015	13.700	13.350	--	--	--	--	--