18 | nebraska men’s Gymnastics | 2013-14
Donovan
Arndt
Senior | 5-7 | 155 | Waterford, Wis. (M&M Gymnastics)
Still Rings
Honors & Awards
• NCAA Individual Semifinals Competitor
(Still Rings, 2012)
• NCAA Team Qualifer Competitor
(2011, 2012, 2013)
• One Event Title (Still Rings, vs. Arizona State,
March 4, 2012)
• Second-Team NCAA Academic All-American
(2013)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2013)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2010)
2013 (Junior)
Donovan Arndt continued to hold his position
as the Huskers’ leading rings specialist, competing
in all eight regular season meets. The junior posted
a career-high 14.90 on rings on March 3, 2013 at
home against Oklahoma. He matched his personal
best at Nebraska’s last regular-season meet of the
year, ending the year with all eight scores above a
14.00.
The Waterford, Wis. native competed for the
Huskers at both the Big Ten Championships and
NCAA Team Qualifiers. In Minneapolis, Arndt
posted a 14.75 on rings. His score placed him at
13th overall at Big Ten Championships.
Arndt struggled to excel in State College, Penn.,
finishing his season with a 14.20 score. Continuing
to show strength in the classroom, Arndt earned
academic All-Big Ten honors for a second year
in a row. The junior specialist also earned a spot
as a second-team academic All-American. He
continued to excel academically, claiming spots on
the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for both
semesters of the 2012-13 school year.
2012 (Sophomore)
After a standout freshman campaign for
the Huskers, Arndt continued to perform at a
high level for NU, competing in the still rings
and pommel horse throughout the season and
reaching the NCAA Individual Semifinals in the still
rings competition.
The native of Waterford, Wis. excelled in the
still rings competition during the season, scoring
above 14.00 on 10 occasions. Arndt was at his best
against Iowa on March 24, as well as the Big Ten
Championships on April 6, when he scored 14.75
at both meets.
At season’s end, Arndt continued to perform
well for the Huskers, scoring a 14.10 in the still
rings, as well as a 13.70 on the pommel horse at
the NCAA Team Qualifier tournament.
Arndt went on to score a 14.20 at the NCAA
Individual Semifinals in his final competition of the
season.
Also a standout in the classroom, Arndt
was one of eight members of the Husker men’s
gymnastics team to earn academic All-Big Ten
honors. He also claimed a spot on the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2011.
2011 (Freshman)
Arndt produced a solid freshman campaign as
a still rings specialist for the Huskers in 2011. He
scored 12.70 or better on rings in all nine of his
competitions during the season, including a then
career-best 14.80 against Oklahoma and IllinoisChicago on Feb. 13.
Arndt received four scores of 14.00 or better,
and closed the regular season with a 14.50 on
rings in Nebraska’s triangular victory over Iowa
and Minnesota at the Devaney Center on March
19.
Arndt did not compete at the MPSF
Championships, but he did score a 13.30 for the
Huskers on rings at the 2011 NCAA Team Qualifier
in Columbus, Ohio, on April 14.
Although he only competed on still rings for
the Huskers as a freshman, he also trained on
pommel horse, vault and floor exercise.
In the classroom, Arndt earned a spot on the
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall of
2010.
Before Nebraska
Arndt graduated from Muskego (Wis.) High
School and was a four-year honor roll selection. As
a member of the high school gymnastics team, he
was coached by Brad LeClair.
Personal
The son of Jeff Arndt and Darlene Reinke,
Donavan was born March 2, 1992, in Waukesha,
Wis. Donovan has a twin brother, Taylor.
An accounting major, Arndt earned academic
All-Big Ten honors in 2012, while also claiming
spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
in the fall of 2011 and the fall and spring semesters
of 2012-13.
He was a Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
selection in the fall of 2010.
Career Highs
Event
Score (Opponent)
Still Rings
14.90 (vs Oklahoma)
Pommel Horse 13.70 (twice, most recently at NCAA Qualifier)
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Date
March 3, 2013
April 19, 2012