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Honors & Awards
- NCAA Team Finals Competitor (2025: Vault)
- NCAA Team Qualifier Competitor (2025: Vault)
- Individual Titles (Vault: 2/3/24; Parallel Bars: 1/31/25)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023, 2024)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
Career & Season Highs
| FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | AA | |
| Career Highs | 13.45 | 11.30 | 12.45 | 14.50 | 13.90 | 13.45 | 77.60 |
| 2025* | 13.45 | 11.30 | 12.45 | 14.50 | 13.90 | 13.45 | 77.60 |
| Career Best (2021-2024)** | -- | -- | -- | 14.85 | 12.85 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | -- | -- | -- | 14.85 | 12.85 | -- | -- |
*Indicates new NCAA Gymnastics scoring code
2025 (Sophomore)
Alex Nitache was the only Husker to compete in the all-around at the Rocky Mountain Open. Nitache placed second with a 77.60 and hit career-bests on floor exercise (13.45), pommel horse (11.30), still rings (12.45) and high bar (13.45). He also had a high score of 14.10 on parallel bars at the Ohio State meet. The sophomore didn’t compete again until the NCAA Championships, where he scored a season high of 14.50 on vault on the first day of competition.
At the Winter Cup, Nitache snagged a silver medal on vault and eighth place in the all-around. His performance earned him a spot on the 2025 Senior U.S. Men’s National Team. Nitache was one of four new additions to the team. He was selected to represent the U.S. at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup, where the team won gold. There, Nitache finished second on floor, silver on vault, sixth on p-bars and fourth on high bar.
In the classroom, he was added to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team Member and the Academic All-Big Ten list.
2024 (Freshman)
In his first season with the Huskers, Nitache competed in three events for Nebraska, managing to take home an individual title on vault in NU’s victory over Penn State as Nitache put up his career bests on vault with a 14.85 and parallel bars with a 12.85.
Outside of the gym, Nitache was named to the Nebraska Scholar Athlete Honor Roll and Tom Osborne Citizenship team.
Before Nebraska
Nitache competed for Gymtek Academy under Head Coach Matt Henry. The Knoxville, Tenn. native qualified for the 2022 National U.S. Championships, where he prevailed to finish second in the all-around, and finished in first on vault in the competition. Nitache is also a two-time national team member, along with a 2021 U.S. National Champion.