| Title: | Head Men's Gymnastics Coach |
| Phone: | 618-664-7042 |
| Email: | zach.peters@greenville.edu |
Zach Peters comes to Greenville after a successful career at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. A competitive standout, he participated in the NCAA team finals two years - in 2018 in the vault and in 2019 in the floor and vault.
Twice a team captain, he was a College Gymnastics Association (CGA) All-America scholar-athlete three times, a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2021, and Academic All-Big Ten for three years.
He earned the Nebraska Bronze Academic Medallion in 2020, and the Big Ten Sportsmanship award in 2021.
Each year, he was selected to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll and four times to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
He scored career highs of 14.40 in the floor exercise and 14.60 in the vault.
Peters competed on the floor and vault rotations to help the Huskers to a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2019.
Before Nebraska, Peters competed for Gene Watson at Indy School of Gymnastics and Interactive Academy from 2008-16. He was under the guidance of Chad Ford at DeVeaus School of Gymnastics for his final season in 2017. Peters claimed the vault and floor junior national championship titles in 2016. He also took the title on vault at juniors in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and a floor exercise win in 2017.
Peters attended Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Ind. At Nebraska, he majored in psychology.
