University of Minnesota Athletics
2014-15 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Ellis Mannon
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- North Central HS
2015 - Senior Season: NCAA/CGA Nissen-Emery Award recipient - Back-to-back Big Ten Champion on pommel horse - Winter Cup Champion on pommel horse - First Team All-Big Ten - earned third All-American honor - named Academic All-Big Ten honoree - received Gophers' Outstanding Career Award - M Club Pin Recipient - first gymnast to claim back-to-back Championships on a single apparatus in over two decades - tallied a 15.525 at the Big Ten finals on pommel horse - appeared in all eight regular-season meets plus the Big Ten, NCAA Championships and the Winter Cup Challenge and competed on all six events -  earned first event title of the season vs. Iowa/Neb with a 15.200 on pommel horse (2/14) - finished first on pommel horse vs. Stan/Cal with a 15.350 (2/28) - finished first at last regular-season home meet on pommel horse with a 15.530 (3/7) - tallied a career-high 15.800 on pommel horse at last regular-season meet of collegiate career (3/15) - earned fourth varsity letter.
2014 - Junior Season: NCAA Champion on pommel horse (15.425) - All-American honoree and CGA Second Team All-America Scholar-Athlete - All-Big Ten First Team honoree - Big Ten Champion on pommel horse (15.325) - Academic All-Big Ten honoree - received Gophers' Most Valuable Gymnast Award and Outstanding Accomplishment Award - competed in 11 meets, including the Winter Cup, appearing on all six events - set or tied his career high on every apparatus but still rings - finished 11th in the all-around at the NCAA championships (83.700) and advanced to the event finals on pommel horse after taking fifth (15.150) in the team finals (4/11) - scored a career-high 15.150 on parallel bars at the NCAA Qualifier (4/10) - finished sixth in the all-around (85.700) at the Big Ten championships and advanced to the event finals on pommel horse (15.000) after tying for fourth in the team finals (3/28) - scored a career-high 14.800 on vault at the Big Ten team finals (3/28) - won the all-around (87.05) and finished second in pommel horse (15.950, career high) at season-opening Windy City Invitational (1/18) - 15.950 on vault marked the third-highest NCAA men's gymnastics pommel horse score of all-time - scored 14.950 as pommel horse champion at Oklahoma meet (1/25) - scored 86.700 as all-around champion at Air Force (2/8) - set then-career highs on floor exercise (14.400) and parallel bars (14.750) and tied then-career high on vault (14.700) at Air Force meet (2/8) - tied then-career high on high bar with 14.550 at Iowa/Nebraska (2/15) - finished 19th in the all-around and was the pommel horse runner-up at Winter Cup (2/22) - finished as parallel bars champion (14.700) and set career-high 14.600 as co-champion on high bar against Iowa/Brockport (3/8) - earned third varsity letter.
2013 - Sophomore Season: Named All-American and All-Big Ten Second Team honoree - took second place on the pommel horse at the NCAA national championships - was the lone Gopher to compete in five events in season-opening Windy City Invitational (1/18), where he set a then-career high on rings (13.950) - tied then-career high on vault (14.700) en route to tying for fifth in the event at the Windy City Invitational (1/18) - also competed on pommel horse (14.350), high bar (14.200) and parallel bars (13.100) at the Windy City Invitational (1/18) - saw then-career high score on pommel horse (15.400) at Nebraska (3/16) - then-career high finish on bars with a score of 14.550 against Nebraska/Illinois Chicago (2/2) - finished second on pommel horse (14.850) and tied for 22nd on vault (14.600) at the Big Ten Championships (3/5) - earned second varsity letter.
2012 - Freshman Season: Competed in all meets, as well as both days of the Winter Cup - scored then-career highs on floor (12.850), rings (13.200) and pommel horse (14.900) at the Winter cup (2/2-2/4) - registered a season-high vault score of 14.700 against Oklahoma/Ohio State (3/24) - received a season-high score on parallel bars (14.250) in the Nebraska/Illinois meet (3/11) - scored then-career high of 14.500 on high bars at Windy City Invitational (1/21) - competed in the NCAA championships in parallel bars, scoring 14.450 - earned first varsity letter.
High School/Club: A 2011 graduate of North Central High School - state champion in 2009 and 2011 - national all-around finalist in 2009 - regional pommel horse champion in 2011 - pommel horse champion at 2011 Visa Championships - second-team academic all-American in 2007-10.
Personal: Born January 20, 1993 - major is chemical engineering - son of James and Stuart Mannon.
| Ellis Mannon's Career Highs (As of 3/9/15) | |||||||
| Event | Floor Exercise | Pommel Horse | Still Rings | Vault | Parallel Bars | High Bar | All-Around |
| Career Highs | 14.400 | 15.950 | 14.700 | 14.800 | 15.150 | 14.600 | 87.050 |
