Eric Block

Class: Senior Hometown: Buffalo Grove, IL High School: Stevenson

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 150 Event: PB, PH

2004 -- Recorded 14 top-three finishes on pommel horse and parallel bars and was crowned event champion four times this season... Took third on PH at NCAA Qualifier with an Iowa season-best score of 9.625... Finished second on PB at Big Tens (8.925)... Tied for third on PB at Big Ten Team Championships with a season-best score of 9.1... Crowned champion on PH (9.35) and runner-up on PB (9.0) at Illinois-Chicago... Crowned champion on PH vs. Illinois (9.45) and Minnesota (9.375)...Crowned champion on PB vs. Michigan (9.05)... Placed second on PB with a score of 8.85 vs. Nebraska... Recipient of the N.R. Holzaepfel Most Valuable Team Member award... letterwinner.

2003 -- Finished third on PB at Big Ten Championships... Recorded season bests on PH (9.00) at NCAA Qualifier and PB (9.025) at Big Ten Championships in first event back from injury... Was out for six weeks following an ankle injury in February... Recorded season best on V (8.85) vs. Nebraska ... letterwinner and co-captain.

2002 - Placed first on PB at Minnesota with a season-best score of 9.0... also scored 9.0 at Ohio State... finished second on PB at the Windy City Invite (8.75) and at Oklahoma triangular (8.6)...placed third on PH at Illinois-Chicago with a score of 8.6... letterwinner.

2001 -- Placed first on PB vs. Illinois-Chicago (8.55)... placed second on PB at California with a personal best mark of 8.65... letterwinner.

High School -- Placed 19th at Junior Olympic nationals... was ranked first in the state in AA competition junior and senior years... was a regional team member for three years... set the highest AA score in school history (51.75)... also lettered in golf... high school coach was Dexter Victoria... was coached by Don Osborn at the Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.

Personal -- Born 6/15/82... son of Steve and Carol Block... economics major.