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Honors & Awards
- 1x All-American- (2024: Rings (6th))
- CSC Academic All-American, Men’s At-Large-Third Team (2024)
- NCAA Team Finals Competitor (2024: Rings, Parallel Bars; 2023: Rings, Parallel Bars))
- NCAA Team Qualifiers Competitor
(2024: Rings, Parallel Bars; 2023: Rings, Parallel Bars) - Individual Titles (Parallel Bars: 2/17/24)
- Team Captain (2025)
National Awards
- 2021 Junior Olympic National Championships (Rings: 1st Place; All-Around: 8th Place)
- 2021 USA Championships (Floor, Pommel Horse: 4th Place; All-Around: 8th Place)
Academic Awards
- CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023; Spring 2023; Spring 2024*)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024)
Career & Season Highs
| FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | AA | |
| Career Highs | -- | -- | 14.05 | -- | 14.166 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | -- | -- | 14.05 | -- | 14.10 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | -- | -- | 13.85 | -- | 14.166 | -- | -- |
2024 (Sophomore)
Asher Cohen competed in every meet for the Huskers en route to his first All-American honor as he placed sixth on rings at the NCAA Championships. His best score on the season came against Army and Greenville where he had a 14.10 on the parallel bars, and he also set a career best for the rings with a score of 14.05 in the Huskers’ against Illinois. Additionally, Cohen scored a 13.966 in the NCAA Qualifiers to put together a strong fourth-place finish.
Cohen was also a member of the Academic All-Big Ten Team and was named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2023 (Freshman)
Asher Cohen competed regularly for the Huskers on the rings and parallel bars. His season high and personal best on the parallel bars came at the NCAA Qualifiers, with a score of 14.166. Cohen also logged a high score of 13.85 on the rings in a meet against Michigan on February 4, 2023.
Cohen excelled outside the gym, earning a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, as well as the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team for his dedication to service in the Lincoln community.
Before Nebraska
Cohen competed for 5280 Gymnastics under Head Coach Vladimir and Sasha Artemev, and Irina Bendassova. The Lakewood, Colo. native competed at the 2021 USA Championships where he placed fourth on floor and pommel horse and 10th in the all-around competition. At the 2021 Junior Olympic National Championships, Cohen finished first on rings and eighth in the all-around competition.
Personal
Asher was born on January 18, 2004. and is the son of Matt and Terri Cohen. He has two older brothers, Jacob and Duncan, and one younger sister, Chloe. Cohen has not declared a major but he did earn a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2022.