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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Huron
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- Experience:
- Infinity Gymnastics Academy
Bio
Honors & Awards
- National Qualifier, all-around (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Three-time ECAC All-Academic (2023, 24, 25)
- Team Most Improved (2024)
- Three-time Team Hardest Worker (2023, 24, 25)
- Three-time letterwinner (2023, 24, 25)
2025 | junior
- Earned ECAC All-Academic accolades
- Voted the team’s Hardest Worker for the third straight year
- Competed in the all-around twice, winning one title and placing third in the other
- Averaged a 12.200 on floor, 11.093 on pommel, 11.875 on rings, 13.143 on vault, 11.275 on parallel bars, and 11.775 on high bar
- Consistently made the varsity lineup on pommel and vault
2024 | sophomore
- Qualified for the National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championship as an all-around competitor
- Won the all-around competition in Simpson's home meet against Greenville on Feb. 3
- Finished runner-up in the all-around at Illinois and Greenville
- Posted season averages of 11.579 (floor), 11.769 (pommel), 11.892 (rings), 13.406 (vault), 11.240 (parallel bars), 11.000 (high bar)
- Averaged an all-around score of 71.760
- Achieved his first score of at least 14 points on March 22 on vault (14.100)
- Earned the team's Hardest Worker and Most Improved awards
- Named to CSC Academic All-District Team and earned ECAC All-Academic accolades
2023 | freshman
- Earned the team's first Hardest Worker award
- Achieved ECAC All-Academic recognition
- Won his first all-around title with a 66.750 at the Navy Dual on March 16
- Placed third in the all-around at the William & Mary Dual on Jan. 15
- Recorded the Storm's highest pommel horse score of the season with a 13.300 on Feb. 17
- Averaged a 11.900 on floor, 10.805 on pommel horse, 9.850 on rings, 12.819 on vault, 11.133 on parallel bars and 10.910 on high bar
Before Simpson
- A 2022 graduate of Huron High School
- 2x national qualifier
- 2022 national finalist
- 2022 medalist in pommel and vault
Personal
- Parents are Wendy Johnson and Matt Staley
- Has one sibling, Kiah
- Majoring in kinesiology
Season Highs
| Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P Bars | High Bar | All-Around |
| 2023 | 12.800 | 13.300 | 11.750 | 13.250 | 12.100 | 11.850 | 72.050 |
| 2024 | 12.500 | 12.950 | 12.700 | 14.100 | 12.000 | 11.766 | 73.650 |
| 2025 | 12.400 | 12.150 | 11.950 | 13.550 | 11.850 | 12.000 | 71.750 |
News Mentions
Simpson ranks fourth nationally in 2025 CGA Academic Awards
Simpson has been recognized among the nation’s best in the classroom, earning a No. 4 national ranking in the CGA Academic Awards list.
August 19, 2025
Simpson places 18 on ECAC All-Academic Team
For the second year in a row, eighteen men's gymnasts earned a spot on the ECAC All-Academic Team.
May 16, 2025
Four gymnasts earn All-ECAC honors
Alex Campbell, Braxton Jones, Brian Rollison and Jake Smith became the first Simpson gymnasts to earn All-ECAC honors.
April 5, 2025
Rollison wins rings, Simpson tallies four All-America medals at USAG Championships
Brian Rollison (rings, all-around), Alex Catchpole (pommel horse) and Braxton Jones (vault) all secured USAG All-America honors this weekend.
March 29, 2025
Jones raises vault record at Springfield
Braxton Jones rewrote the record books once again, scoring a 14.450 on vault to shatter his own school record.
March 16, 2025
Simpson battles William & Mary in Indianola
Three individuals won events and Simpson posted its second-highest score of the season in a home dual against William & Mary.
March 2, 2025
Storm return to action in Oklahoma
Simpson returned to competition on Saturday night against Oklahoma and Michigan.
February 15, 2025
Four gymnasts win events, Jones breaks vault record
Four individuals won event titles, Braxton Jones broke the school record on vault, and Simpson put forth its best performance of the young season...
January 24, 2025
Storm claim fifth at Rocky Mountain Open
Simpson finished fifth at the Rocky Mountain Open on Saturday, defeating Arizona State and the Rocky Mountain Mavericks.
January 18, 2025
Smith, Catchpole earn podium finishes at Michigan
Jake Smith and Alex Catchpole both secured podium finishes to lead Simpson in its 2025 season opener at Michigan.
January 11, 2025
Men’s gymnastics set for 2025 season opener
With a strong core of returning athletes and promising new talent, the Storm look to build on their success and make waves in the 2025 season.
January 6, 2025




