Army West Point Athletics
2007 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Brandon Whitten
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Biddeford, Maine
- High School:
- Maine Academy of Gymnastics
Consistent all-around performer headed for explosive year ... looking to cap season with an ECAC title while putting the final touches on the campaign with All-America honors ... considered Army's best all-arounder since recent Army Sports Hall of Fame inductee Steve Marshall (USMA '96) performed in the mid-90s ... will compete at the Winter National Championships in February and has solid shot at being in the mix for a spot on the senior national team ... 2004 ECAC "Rookie of the Year" ... two-year letterwinner.
2005: Army's top all-around competitor after taking over lead role vacated by older brother Nate ... recorded career highs in five of six events and the all-around ... headed into the NCAAs tied for 11th in the nation in all-around with 51.875 average, while No. 2 in the East ... turned in a 52.525 during the NCAA competition ... set three career marks in all-around with highest score of 52.9 against Temple ... first in all-around four times ... 9.075 career mark on floor exercise posted in runner-up finish in first meet at Air Force ranked fifth-best on team ... highest score of 9.0 on pommel horse scored against MIT in final meet of season ... recorded career-high on still rings (8.9) against Temple, while personal best 8.85 mark on high bar earned share of first place in Springfield meet ... turned in strong performance at the ECAC Championships ... finished fourth in the all-around (52.025) and qualified for the individual finals in two events - pommel horse and vault ... earned a 9.1 mark on vault in prelims, then tied career best 9.2 in second place effort in finals ... qualified for pommel horse finals with an 8.8 in prelims ... headed into the NCAAs 40th on vault (9.095), 41st on floor exercise (8.905), tied for 44th on pommel horse (8.8), 61st on parallel bars (8.45) and 64th on still rings (8.65).
2004: ECAC "Rookie of the Year" following strong performance at the conference championships ... qualified for individual finals at ECACs in two events ... finished third on floor exercise in the preliminary round with a career-high 9.0 and equaled career mark on vault with a 9.2 to finish sixth ... turned in a fifth-place finish on vault in the event finals and was 10th on floor exercise ... 9.0 mark on floor exercise tied for the top individual mark on team ... double winner in final home meet versus William & Mary, sharing honors on vault (8.95) and high bar (8.55) with older brother Nate ... closed out first year ranked among the national leaders on vault and floor exercise ... headed into first NCAA meet ranked 30th on vault with a 9.145 average and 35th on floor exercise with an 8.9 average ...grabbed three Top 18 NCAA finishes, while placing no lower than 38th in the remaining four events competing as an all-arounder ... highest score of 9.1 recorded on vault, tying for 18th place in team session for Army's best mark in that event and just shy of equaling career mark ... top finish (16th place) recorded on parallel bars (8.55) ... copped Army's highest all-around placing, finishing eighth out of 14 in session with 50.35 ... added an 8.5 on floor (T34), 8.2 on rings (T36), 8.15 (T29) on high bar and 7.85 (T38) on pommel horse in rounding out all-around events ... appeared in the lineup in every meet ... scored a 9 or above 10 times on vault and just missed out in three others ... second-best mark of 9.175 recorded against Air Force ... scored a 9.15 in collegiate debut against top-ranked Penn State and Springfield ... recorded three career marks in Air Force win, scoring 8.55 on still rings, 8.7 parallel bars along with 52.1 all-around score ... best showing on pommel horse (8.9) and high bar (8.6) posted at James Madison meet ... equaled latter in final dual meet with UIC.
Club Gymnastics: Trained at Maine Academy of Gymnastics under Steve Randall ... state all-around champion several times ... multiple tri-state champion (to include Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) as well ... Junior Olympic regional team member and two-time Junior National qualifier ... Junior Olympic medalist several times ... finished 11th as an all-arounder at the 2000 USA Championships ... highest national ranking was sixth ... four-time Academic All-American.
Personal: Given name is Brandon Charles Whitten ... born April 22, 1985 ... parents' names are Lanny and Jeannine White ... older brother Nate (USMA '04) is captain of Army's gymnastics team ... first brother act under present coach Doug VanEveren ... majoring in Civil Engineering.
