2006 Season (Sophomore): Competed on all six events for the Cardinal ... Helped Stanford to a third-place finish at the NCAA Team Final by tying for 19th on the high bar with a mark of 9.275 and 12th on the parallel bars with a score of 9.2 ... Participated on the floor (8.8), vault (8.55), parallel bars (9.125) and high bar (9.15) at the NCAA Qualifier ... Posted a season-high 8.75 on the floor at the MPSF Championship as Stanford finished second as a team, also finishing fifth on the parallel bars with a score of 9.15 ... Earned season-highs of 8.3 on the pommel and 52.3 all-around against Michigan, as well as a career-high 9.15 on the high bar ... Nabbed a career-best of 9.25 on the parallel bars at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Performed career-bests of 9.25 on the vault and 8.8 on the still rings at Penn State ... 2006 MPSF Academic All-Conference.
2005 Season (Freshman): Advanced to the NCAA individual qualifier on the pommel horse, earning a score of 9.175 for 18th place ... Tallied an all-around score of 52.2 during the NCAA team qualifier, including a 9.1 on the pommel horse to tie for eighth ... Competed in 60 individual events throughout the season ... Recorded season bests in the still rings (8.5), parallel bars (9.025) and high bar (8.9) at the Cardinal Invite ... Notched a 9.0 in the floor exercise at the Peter Vidmar Invitational ... Earned a season-best 9.25 on the vault to help the Cardinal beat Cal at home ... Posted a season-best 52.85 in the all-around at the MPSF Championships, including 8.95 on the floor exercise and pommel horse, as well as 9.1 on the vault.
In High School: A seven-time Junior Olympic National competitor and finished fourth overall in 2004 ... A three-time competitor in the U.S. Championships, placing ninth in 2003 and 12th in 2004 ... Named the Boston Globe's Gymnast of the Year three times (2002-04) ... Also earned Junior Olympic National Academic All-American Honorable Mention accolades ... Valedictorian of his high school class.
Career Bests:
Floor Exercise - 9.0
Pommel Horse - 9.175
Still Rings - 8.8
Vault - 9.25
Parallel Bars - 9.25
High Bar - 9.15
All-Around - 52.85
Getting To Know Jason Shen
Getting To Know Jason
Shen
Born:
Parents:
Anping and Shixin
Major:
Biological Sciences
Nickname:
Shen
The best thing about
Stanford is:
The talented people and
the opportunities to do cool stuff
My favorite place on
campus is:
The new Old Union
Ten years from now I
hope to be:
Revolutionizing
health-care through entrepreneurship
My favorite class at
Stanford:
Human Behavioral Biology
Something people would
be surprised to know about me:
That they know me as I
really am -- what you see is what you get.
The place I would most
like to visit:
Tanzania
My favorite pre-meet
rituals are:
Good night sleep
Stanford Men's
Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because:
The seniors have put 3 of
their best years into this program and we are hungry for our last chance at
an NCAA title.
My greatest athletic
moment was:
When I stuck on Parallel
Bars for 9.25 at the Pacific Coast Classic in 2006
The athlete I admire
most:
Roger Federer
The current or former
Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform:
Sho Nakamori
Since coming to
Stanford, I have learned:
Much of the social
attitudes that we attribute to "the media" and "society" are actually
evolutionarily driven
Best book I have ever
read:
The Game: Penetrating
the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Favorite food:
Sushi
Least favorite food:
If I had to cook all
of my meals, I'd probably survive on:
Eggs and Rice-a-roni
Favorite movie:
Favorite TV show:
Scrubs
Favorite actor:
Favorite actress:
My ultimate
SportsCenter highlight would be:
Watching us win NCAAs
My favorite musical
group:
The best advice I ever
received was:
Major in a hard science
If I could invite
three people to dinner in history, they would be:
Benjamin Franklin,
Richard Branson, Socrates
I'd like to switch
places for a day with:
Steve Jobs
If I could bring
anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be:
