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Josh
Ungar
Junior| 5-10 | 165 | Longmeadow, Mass. (Tim Daggett’s Gold Medal Gymnastics
Floor Exercise | Vault | Parallel Bars | High Bar
Honors & Awards
• NCAA Individual Semifinals Competitor
(High Bar, 2013)
• NCAA Team Qualifer Competitor (2013)
• One Individual Event Title (Vault)
• First-Team NCAA Academic All-American
(2013)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2013)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2013)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2012, 2013)
Before Nebraska
Ungar came to Nebraska from one of the top
gymnastics program in the nation - Tim Daggett’s
Gold Medal Gymnastics in Massachusetts.
A standout in and out of the gym, Ungar
finished 10th in the all-around (84.90) at the 2010
Junior Olympic National Championships, and was
a four-time first-team Scholastic All-American.
Ungar was one of five Huskers (Wyatt Aycock,
C.J. Schaaf, Eric Schryver, Andrew House) to finish
in the top 20 at 2010 JO Nationals in Knoxville,
Tenn. Ungar tied for eighth on high bar (14.05)
and tied for 10th on vault (15.90) at nationals.
He was a leader of the Region VI team that
finished fifth and was a member of the regional
team at nationals nine straight years.
Ungar placed 13th in the all-around and fifth
on rings at the 2010 VISA Championships. He also
won the all-around title at the 2010 New England
Regional Championships in April and finished
third on high bar in the senior men’s division at
the Maccabi Games in Israel in 2009. He’s been
invited to train at the USA Olympic Training Center
three times.
Ungar trained at Tim Daggett Gold Medal
Gymnastics in Agawam, Mass., one of the nation’s
best club programs. Ungar graduated from
Longmeadow High School, where he was a fourtime first-team USA Gymnastics Scholastic AllAmerican (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).
Personal
Ungar is the son of Jay and Elise Ungar, and has
one sister, Farra. He has not yet declared a major
at Nebraska. Ungar chose NU over Michigan,
Minnesota and Ohio State.
2013 (Sophomore)
Josh Ungar helped Nebraska on vault and
high bar for five meets during the season. The
sophomore set a new personal-best score on
vault when the Huskers hosted UIC on Jan. 27.
Ungar earned a 14.85, earning the first event title
of his collegiate career.
The Longmeadow, Mass., native also
competed as a part of NU’s high bar lineup at
both the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA
Championships. Ungar scored a 14.40 on high
bar at the NCAA Chamipionships team qualifiers,
placing him seventh. He earned a spot in the
individual semifinal on the event, where he
scored another 14.40.
Continuing to show strength in the classroom,
Ungar earned first-team Academic All-American
and Academic All-Big Ten honors. He also
received Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors,
which recognizes student-athletes in at least their
second year who have maintained a 3.7 or higher
GPA. The sophomore also continued to excel
within Nebraska’s student-athlete population,
claiming spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete
Honor Roll for both semesters of the 2012-2013
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