High School
2007 (Summer): Starting setter for the Puerto Rican Youth National Team at the 2007 Youth World Championship in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico ... squad finished 11th in the world ... Junior National team captain for Puerto Rico ... recorded nine blocks in the match against Cuba, a Puerto Rican international competition record for boys or men.
Three-year team captain for Colegio Marista High School in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico ... led the Seahawks to two varsity and two junior varsity championships within the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance ... named to eight All-Star teams at various tournaments ... six-time Most Valuable Player ... three-time Most Outstanding Player at Marista ... won every league championship game in volleyball since sixth grade ... played for the club programs Torrimar and Borinquen Coqui, earning a silver medal at the USAV Junior Olympics in 2005, also named to the all-tournament team at the event ... earned a bronze medal with Borinquen Coqui at the USAV Junior Olympics in Austin, Texas, also picking up all-tournament team honors ... also played for the Puerto Rican Under-12 National Baseball team and captured a silver medal.
Personal
Born Edgardo González García on Jan. 27, 1989 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ... parents are Aberlyn García and Roberto Goás ... has one brother, Roberto Goás, Jr., and one sister, Kyara Goás ... attended the same high school as former Nittany Lion setter José Quiñones, a three-time AVCA All-America setter ... names Daddy Yankee as favorite musical entertainer, math as favorite school subject, the New York Yankees as favorite professional sports team, Michael Jordan as favorite athlete, '24' as favorite television show, 'Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift' and 'Bad Boys II' as favorite movies, Will Smith as favorite actor, Eva Longoria as favorite actress and the beach with his high school friends as his favorite place to visit.
Why Penn State?
'I chose Penn State because of the combining of the athletic and educational care I was going to have in my run as a student-athlete. It was the best choice.'
Quoting Coach Pavlik
'Edgardo comes from a long line of great scholastic setters from Colegio Marista. He will redshirt this year and prepare to run the offense in 2009.'