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Honors & Awards
- 2x All-American- (2025: Rings, 7th; 2024: Rings, 6th))
- CSC Academic All-American, Men’s At-Large-Third Team (2024)
- NCAA Team Finals Competitor (2025: Still Rings; 2024: Still Rings, Parallel Bars; 2023: Rings, Parallel Bars))
- NCAA Team Qualifiers Competitor (2025: Still Rings; 2024: Rings, Parallel Bars; 2023: Rings, Parallel Bars)
- Big Ten Still Rings Silver Medalist (2025)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (2025)
- Individual Titles (Parallel Bars: 2/17/24; Still Rings: 3/21/25)
- 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)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
- Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society (2025)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024; Spring 2023*, 2024*)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
Career & Season Highs
| FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | AA | |
| Career Highs | -- | -- | 14.45 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025* | -- | -- | 14.45 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career Best (2021-2024)** | -- | -- | 14.05 | -- | 14.166 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | -- | -- | 14.05 | -- | 14.10 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | -- | -- | 13.85 | -- | 14.166 | -- | -- |
*Indicates new NCAA Gymnastics scoring code
**Indicates previous NCAA Gymnastics scoring code
2025 (Junior)
Asher Cohen opened his junior season in a dual meet with Cal and Oklahoma. He competed in the still rings, where he logged a 12.85. He later improved his scores to what became his personal best in the event at the Michigan meet. He earned a 14.45 for his first individual title of the season.
Cohen pulled out notable performances in the conference and NCAA Championships. On the still rings, he earned a silver medal in the individual finals at the 2025 Big Ten Championships. Cohen displayed exemplary skills on the rings for the team finals through a 14.00-point performance. He grabbed the first qualifying spot for the 2025 NCAA Championships, where he later went on to nab the first-place spot in the qualifiers with a 14.20.
The team captain from Lakewood, Colo., received his second All-American award on rings by posting 13.933 for seventh place at the NCAA Championships. In his third year as a Husker, Cohen received second-team All-Big Ten honors.
In the classroom, Cohen was named to the Academic All-Big Ten list and the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. He was also a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2024 (Sophomore)
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 on the rings with a score of 14.05 in the Huskers’ win 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)
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 (Feb. 4).
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 is the son of Matt and Terri Cohen. He has two older brothers, Jacob and Duncan, and one younger sister, Chloe. Asher is a biological sciences major at Nebraska.