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2000-01: Redshirt 2001 season.
High School: Competed for World Stars Gymnastic Club under coach Tigran Mkchyan … Crowned Southern California State All-Around Champion for five years … Took the North Conference All-Around Championship for four years … Won first place on high bar, rings and parallel bars at regionals … Named to the Southern California All-Star team for seven years and Region I All-Star team for four years … Has Competed in the National Championship for five years … Received the most valuable gymnast award twice.
Personal: John Albert Cano IV was born on May 25, 1982 … The son of John and Lissa Cano … Is the oldest of four boys… Nicknamed “The Beaver” and “Juan” … Made the honor role all four years of high school … Lists the feeling of success and accomplishment when you’ve worked hard to reach your goal as his biggest thrill in sports … Lists coach Tico Mkychan as his Fighting Illini hero and most influential person in his athletic career … Would like to thank his dad for keeping him in line, his mom for her unconditional love and grammy for his loudest cheering section.
