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Men's Gymnastics Senior Class of 2008 Photo Gallery
Noted as an incredibly driven person by the coaches...provided depth for the Bears on several events...best event was rings...attended Cal's Boalt Hall Law School during his final year of collegiate eligibility.
2009: Earned All-America status at NCAA Championships with a 15.125 on rings and a 15.075 on parallel bars...hit two final bests in his last meets as a Golden Bear with a 15.300 on rings in the team championships for a season best and scored a 15.075 on parallel bars in the NCAA Individual Championships for a new career high and second place.
2008: Had his season and career high on still rings at the NCAA Team Qualifier on April 17 with a 15.550...tied for second (15.000) with two other teammates on parallel bars to help the Bears win the event and extend their lead in the eventual win over the Nittany Lions on March 15...member of the MPSF All-Academic team...set his career high on parallel bars of 15.050 at the MPSF Championships on April 5.
2007: Key contributor on still rings...notched a new career best on rings (9.450) at the MPSF Championships, helping the Bears take second in that event...earned Academic All-MPSF honors for the second time...led the Bears on rings in Cal's sweep over Air Force with a then-career high of 9.400...one of three Bears to score over a 9.0 on rings at MPSFs.
2006: Competed in every meet of the season, posting high marks in numerous events...second among the Bears on still rings at the Peter Vidmar Invitational (9.350)...posted a 9.050 on the vault at the Oklahoma/Ohio meet...led the Bears with Tyler Block on the parallel bars against Stanford (Feb. 11) with a score of 9.000...named an Academic All-MPSF's scholar-athlete.
2005: Did not compete.
Personal: Competed for Rising Star and Top Flight Gymnastics...recipient of the Golden Bear Achievement Award in 2006 for the highest GPA on the men's gymnastics team...grandfather, Matt Brady, also attended Cal...has four siblings, Kelly (UC Davis), Tyler, Jayden and Casey...parents are Kathleen Brady and Mark Nettesheim.
BRADY'S 2009 BESTS
(FIG SCORING SYSTEM)
Rings 13.300
Vault 15.075
BRADY'S CAREER BESTS
(FIG SCORING SYSTEM)
Rings 15.550
Vault 14.950
P-Bars 15.075
BRADY'S CAREER BESTS
(PRIOR TO FIG SCORING)
Rings 9.450
Vault 9.050
P-Bars 9.000
Q&A with Brady, posted Feb. 17, 2009:
CalBears.com: When and why did you decide you wanted to go to law school?
Kyle Brady: "I've toyed around with the idea of law school since I was a little kid. I was a brat as a young child, and used to argue with my parents daily. Also, I used to (try to) argue my way out of everything, from going to school to eating my vegetables. Adults would always tell me that I should be a lawyer because I was good at stretching the truth. I must have thought that they were praising me for a "positive" quality, so I went along with them and told everyone that I was going to be a lawyer one day. I guess it stuck."
CalBears.com: Is it any different/more difficult to balance law school and gymnastics than it was to balance your undergrad work with gymnastics?
KB: "Yes. I am studying about three times more than I ever have before. Also, Boalt selects my schedule for me, just like freshman year of high school. It was hard to get used to that, since I have been able to schedule classes around practice for the last four years as an undergrad."
CalBears.com: What are your thoughts about law school thus far into your first year?
KB: "I absolutely love it. The work is really hard, but I'm learning a lot."
CalBears.com: What is on your iPod right now?
KB: "System of a Down is my all-time favorite band. But they went on a hiatus a few years ago. The lead singer and backup guitar, Serj Tankian started a band under his own name, and the band is really awesome. Serj has an incredible vocal range. Also, I think his music encompasses its own genre, and his melodies are innovative. When I play it in the gym, my coach calls it "Theatrical Rock.'"
CalBears.com: What superpower would you most like to have?
KB: "I would like Batman superpowers."
CalBears.com: If you could snap your fingers and appear somewhere else, where would it be?
KB: "On the first-place spot of the awards podium at NCAA championships with the rest of my team."
CalBears.com: Did you apply anywhere else for law school? What is it about Boalt that drew you?
KB: "Apart from the fact that Boalt is one of the top law schools in the country, I had incentive to apply there because it gave me another year of competitive gymnastics. Also, my favorite part of college gymnastics is the team environment. Gymnastics is normally an individual sport, but here, everyone is competing towards the greater good of contributing to the team. In the same way, most law schools are really individual-focused and highly competitive in a negative way. Boalt, on the other hand, is a relatively relaxed environment and there aren't "real" grades, so everyone is willing to work together and help each other. It's more similar to the team atmosphere that I love than any other law school."
CalBears.com: What has been your favorite trip/meet with the men's gymnastics team?
KB: "NCAAs, hands down. The energy level is really exciting. I can't wait until this year's freshmen get to experience it, too."
CalBears.com: In the last men's gymnastics Q&A, Justin Franklin wanted the next men's gymnastics student-athlete to answer, what is your most memorable moment in the gym?
KB: "Last year, when we were training for NCAA's, we made this little game with the whole team where we had to get 10 hit routines in a row. A "hit" is when you perform your set without any errors. We figured that if we could get 10 hits in a row, three times in a row at NCAAs, then we had a good chance of winning. We worked at our goal for over a month or two without success. Finally, the week before NCAA's last year, we got the 10 hits in a row. It was awesome. The energy of the team was really high that day, since we proved that we had the potential to perform really well at NCAAs the following week."
CalBears.com: What question would you ask the next men's gymnastics teammate who is interviewed?
KB: "What motivates you?"
