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2025 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Debbie Latta
Dean Le
Tim Shahan

Vishal Mandava

  • Class Senior
  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Cypress, Texas
  • High School Cypress Woods

Biography

Career Accolades:
• All-ECAC (2023: PB)
• ECAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
• College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023 & 2024 - 1st Team)
• ECAC Co-Specialist of the Week (Feb. 13, 2024)

Career Highs:
PH: 12.85 (William & Mary, 2023)
R: 13.2 (at West Point Open, 2022)
PB: 13.75 (ECAC Championship, 2023)
HB: 13.45 (at USAG Championship - Team Final, 2024)

2025 (Senior):
• Elected to serve as the team captain

2024 (Junior):

FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- --- --- 12.0
21st
12.25
t-14th
---
Navy Open --- --- --- --- 13.1
t-15th
--- ---
William & Mary --- --- --- --- 13.3
4th
13.0
4th
---
Army - Star Meet --- --- --- --- 13.0
6th
12.7
4th
---
at All-Academy --- --- --- --- --- 13.15
1st
---
at Oklahoma --- --- 12.6
t-8th
--- 13.55
3rd
13.0
t-7th
---
at William & Mary --- --- 13.0
5th
--- 13.7
4th
--- ---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team Final
--- --- 12.4
t-17th
--- 12.6
t-19th
13.45
4th
---
USAG Coll. Champs
    Event Finals
--- --- ---
---
--- --- 11.25
7th
---
at ECAC Championship --- --- --- --- 13.45
t-8th
13.0
t-7th
---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 1
--- --- 12.9
27th
--- 13.166
29th
12.833
t-21st
---

2023 (Sophomore):

FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- 11.5
27th
--- --- 12.8
19th
--- ---
Navy Open --- 11.85
t-13th
--- --- 13.1
9th
12.3
17th
---
William & Mary --- 12.85
1st
--- --- 13.35
t-2nd
--- ---
at Army - Star Meet --- 11.1
10th
--- --- 13.45
t-3rd
--- ---
at All-Academy --- 11.7
14th
--- --- 13.5
4th
--- ---
William & Mary --- 11.55
8th
--- --- 13.35
4th
--- ---
Stanford/Air Force --- 12.65
t-11th
--- --- 12.8
11th
--- ---
at Simpson --- 11.65
t-5th
--- --- 13.25
1st
--- ---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team/AA
--- 12.05
16th
--- --- 13.35
t-10th
--- ---
ECAC Championship --- 11.2
t-20th
--- --- 13.75
2nd
--- ---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 1
--- --- --- --- 13.333
t-20th
--- ---

2022 (Freshman):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- 13.2
6th
--- 12.2
t-16th
--- ---
at West Point Open
    Event Finals
--- --- 13.1
6th
--- --- --- ---
Navy Open --- --- 12.85
15th
--- 12.55
11th
--- ---
William & Mary --- --- 12.85
4th
--- 12.85
4th
--- ---
Army - Star Meet --- --- 12.8
6th
--- 11.1
10th
--- ---
at All-Academy --- --- 12.95
7th
--- 12.35
13th
--- ---
at Springfield --- --- 13.15
1st
--- 12.6
3rd
--- ---
at William & Mary --- --- 12.85
6th
--- 13.0
t-3rd
12.0
7th
---
at Air Force Quad Meet --- --- 13.05
t-10th
--- 11.2
19th
--- ---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team/AA
--- --- --- --- 13.2
t-9th
--- ---
at ECAC Championship --- --- --- --- 12.3
t-20th
--- ---

Prior to Navy:
• Trained at the Cypress Academy of Gymnastics under the direction of Tom Meadows and Igor Vernyi; same club as current Navy teammates Josh Williams ('22), John Wendeborn ('24)
• Competed with the U.S. Junior National Team in 2017 and 2018
• Overcame fractures to his tibia and ulna to round out his club career on one of the highest stages the 2021 U.S. Championship ... At the national championship, he placed second on the floor exercise and third on the rings.
• 2021 U.S. Development Program National Champion on the high bar; finished second on the rings and third in the all-around
• Collected 13 top-five results combined over the 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Junior Olympic National Championships; won the pommel horse competition at the 2018 meet
• Garnered USA Gymnastics Academic All-American (3.5+ GPA) accolades in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
• Member of the National Honor Society and Key Club organizations at Cypress Woods High School

General:
• Son of Suneel and Asha
• Younger brother Kiran is a freshman ('28) on the Stanford gymnastics team and previously competed with the U.S. Junior National Team
• Born in New York City, grew up in Cypress, Texas

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    All-Around
    5'9"
  • 2023Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'9"
  • 2024Junior

    All-Around
    5'9"
  • 2025Senior

    All-Around
    5'9"