22 | nebraska men’s Gymnastics | 2013-14
Eric
Schryver
Senior | 5-11 | 145 | Richardson, Texas (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy)
Pommel Horse | Parallel Bars | High Bar
Honors and Awards
• NCAA Individual Semifinalist (Parallel Bars,
2012)
• NCAA Team Qualifer Competitor
(2011, 2012, 2013)
• Big Ten Finals Competitor (Horse, 2012)
• Twelve Individual Event Titles
Pommel Horse-9, Parallel Bars-2, High Bar-1)
• First-Team CGA Academic All-American
(2013)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2012, 2013)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2012, 2013)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2010)
with a career-high 15.50 to win the event title in a
triangular with Minnesota and Iowa on March 19.
Schryver added an event title with a 15.20 at Iowa
on Feb. 19, after earning his first collegiate title on
horse with a 14.90 against Air Force on Jan. 30.
He added a 15.30 in the triangular with Oklahoma
and Illinois-Chicago to give him three scores of
15.00 or better on the event during the season.
Schryver closed his first season at Nebraska
with a solid showing at the 2011 NCAA
Championships. He unleashed a career-high 14.30
on still rings in the NCAA Qualifier, while matching
his second-best performance of the season with
a 14.20 on parallel bars. He also competed on
high bar (13.85) and pommel horse (13.55) at the
NCAA Championships as a freshman.
Schryver concluded his freshman season with
seven consecutive scores of 14.15 or better on
parallel bars. He also posted a season-high 14.60
on high bar against eventual national champion
Stanford on March 6.
Schryver earned a spot on the Big 12
Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall of 2010.
Before Nebraska
Schryver came to Nebraska after competing
for the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Level 10 men’s team. He competed in the VISA
Championships, Junior Olympic Nationals, Pacific
Coast Classics and the Texas State Championships.
He placed 11th at the 2009 VISA Championships.
Schryver graduated with honors from Lloyd V.
Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas.
Personal
Eric was born May 14, 1992 in Dallas, Texas,
and is the son of Wayne and Laura Schryver. Eric
has three siblings, an older sister, Amanda, and
two younger brothers, Ian and Michael. Eric is a
nutrition and health sciences major (pre-medicine)
at Nebraska. He was a Big Ten Distinguished
Scholar in 2012 and 2013, and an academic AllBig Ten pick both seasons. He earned spots on
the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall
and spring semesters of 2011-12 and 2012-13. He
was a Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection
in the fall of 2010. He also earned a prestigious
Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership award
in 2012.
He chose Nebraska over Iowa, Michigan and
Minnesota.
2013 (Junior)
Eric Schryver performed regularly on pommel
horse, parallel bars and high bar for the Huskers.
A leader on all three events, the junior set career
bests on parallel bars and high bar.
Schryver earned a 14.75 on high bar early on
at the Stanford Open. His immediate performance
set the tone on that event for the remainder of the
season.
He rounded out the regular season with a
personal best 14.75 on parallel bars against Illinois.
“Eric is all about the team,” Nebraska Coach Chuck
Chmelka. “It’s all for the team.”
2012 (Sophomore)
Schryver qualified for the NCAA Individual
semifinals on parallel bars, after capturing
Nebraska’s first-ever Big Ten medal in the even ]