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Career Honors & Awards 

  • 2022 Nissen-Emery Finalist

  • All-American (Pommel Horse, 2021) 
  • CGA Regular-Season All-American (Pommel Horse, 2021)
  • NCAA Team Finals Competitor
    • 2019 (Pommel Horse)
    • 2021 (Pommel Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars) 
    • 2022 (Pommel Horse)
  • NCAA Team Qualifier Competitor 
    • 2019 (Pommel Horse) 
    • 2021 (Pommel Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars) 
    • 2022 (Pommel Horse) 
  • Individual Titles
    • Pommel Horse
      • 2/19/22
      • 1/29/22
      • 3/20/21
      • 2/13/21
    • All-Around
      • 2/29/20
      • 2/15/20
    • Vault
      • 2/15/20
  • Winter Cup Prelims Participant (2019) 
  • Nebraska Bronze Academic Medallion (2022) 
  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2020, 2021; Spring 2021, 2022)

Career & Season Highs 

FX PH SR V PB HB AA
Career Highs 13.85 14.50 13.15 14.60 13.70 13.50 81.10
2022  -- 14.50  -- 13.70 13.60 13.50  --
2021  -- 14.10  -- 14.60 13.70 12.85  --
2020 13.85 13.85 13.15 14.55 13.30 13.25 81.10
2019 13.65 14.10 12.85 13.75 12.60 13.00 78.50

2022 (Senior)
Evan Kriley competed regularly for the Huskers, helping NU to a second-place conference finish and fourth-place national finish. Kriley was named a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award, the most prestigious men's gymnastics individual award in the NCAA. Kriley earned two individual titles during the season, both on pommel horse. He notched a personal best 14.50 on pommel horse while setting a career-high of 13.50 on high bar. 

Outside of the gym, Kriley earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters. 

2021 (Junior)
Kriley helped the Huskers to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships competing regularly throughout the 2021 season. Kriley earned two individual event titles on pommel horse and was named a College Gymnastics Association regular-season All-American on the event. During his junior campaign, Kriley notched two career-high scores, one on vault and one on parallel bars, which came during the NCAA Finals. Kriley finished third on pommel horse earning All-America honors at the NCAA Championships. 

2020 (Sophomore)
Kriley competed in all five meets before the season ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kriley earned his first three individual titles during the 2020 season. Despite the early ending, Kriley produced career-high scores across four events and in the all-around. 

2019 (Freshman)
Kriley competed on pommel horse to help the Huskers to a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Kriley also excelled in the classroom earning a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2018. 

Before Nebraska
Kriley competed for LaFleur’s Training Center in Tampa, Fla. Kriley competed in the 2017 P&G Championships, where he placed sixth in the all-around. He also placed sixth on rings and third on pommel horse at Nationals. He went to high school at Florida Virtual School in Orlando, Fla., and earned scholastic All-America honors in 2016 and 2017.

Personal
The son of Donna and Eric Kriley, Evan was born July 30, 2000. He has two sisters, Julie and Alayna, and a brother Andrew. A marketing major, Evan earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in August of 2022. He was a five-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll.

Outside of the gym, Evan enjoys playing video games.