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Lion Career
2009 (Junior): NACGC/W First Team All-American on bars ... competed in all 13 meets and qualified for the Individual Event Finals of the 2009 NCAA National Championships on bars ... finished tied for 13th in the nation on bars ... averaged a 38.858 in the all-around (three meets), 9.765 on vault, 9.826 on bars, 9.736 on beam and 9.425 on floor (three meets) ... was named the Ann Carr Award winner as the most inspirational gymnast of the meet versus New Hampshire, Rutgers and Bridgeport where she finished in the top five in four events, including first on bars ... on vault, scored better than a 9.750 on nine occasions ... recorded a season-high 9.850 in the NCAA Regionals ... finished in the top five on bars 10 times, including three event titles ... tied her career-high with a score of 9.875 three times, including back-to-back meets versus West Virginia (3/9) and Maryland, Arizona and Yale (3/14) ... on beam, placed in the top five on five occasions ... won the event in the first meet of the season versus Pittsburgh (1/10) ... tied her career-high with a score of 9.825 four times, including a first place finish versus Pittsburgh (1/10), a second-place finish at Maryland (3/14), a fifth-place finish versus UNH, Rutgers and Bridgeport (2/21) and most recently at the Big Ten Championships (3/21) ... competed in floor in three meets with a season-best score of 9.725 in a tri-meet with New Hampshire, Rutgers and Bridgeport (2/21) ... in the all-around, scored a career-best 39.175 for a third-place finish vs. UNH, Rutgers and Bridgeport (2/21)
2008 (Sophomore): SSecond Team All-Big Ten ... competed in 12 of 13 meets of the season, including in the all-around in eight contests ... averaged a 9.700 on vault (12 meets), a 9.838 on bars (12 meets), a 9.696 on beam (12 meets) and a 9.416 on floor (eight meets) while averaging a 38.641 in the all-around (eight meets) ... was named the Ann Carr Award winner as the most inspirational gymnast of the meet versus West Virginia (2/2) after finishing with a first place and career-high 39.125 in the all-around ... finished in the top five in the all-around in six of eight meets in which she competed in all four events, including three second-place finishes ... recorded three top five finishes on vault, including a season-high 9.850 at North Carolina State (2/16) ... posted a career-high 9.900 on bars for first place versus West Virginia (2/2) and again recorded a 9.900 for third place at the Big Ten Championships (3/29) ... had nine bar scores of 9.800 or better ... finished first on bars five times and had nine top-five finishes ... reached her career high of 9.800 on beam three times, including a third-place finish versus Michigan (1/19), another third-place finish at NC State (2/16) and versus Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers (3/21) ... recorded a career-high 9.800 on floor in the first meet of the season at Pittsburgh. 2007 (Freshman): Competed in every regular-season meet on vault and bars, also seeing action on beam and floor in selected meets, and competing in the all-around once ... was injured and unable to compete at the NCAA North Central Regional Championships ... averaged 9.790 on vault (12 meets), 9.706 on bars (13 meets), 9.375 on beam (three meets), 9.650 on floor (four meets) and a 38.925 in the all-around ... placed in top five eight times on vault and six times on bars ... posted a career-high and second-place 9.875 on the vault at West Virginia (2/3) ... scored a 9.800 or higher on vault eight times, including two first-place finishes against Ohio State (9.850; 2/24) and at the Penn State Quad meet (9.825; 3/24) ... captured first place on the bars at West Virginia (2/3) with a 9.850 ... recorded a career-high 9.900 for third place on the bars at Arizona (3/16) ... tallied a personal-best 9.600 on the beam at West Virginia (2/3) and posted a career-high 9.800 on the floor against Ohio State (2/24) ... finished second in her only all-around competition, scoring a 38.925 at West Virginia (2/3). High School/Club
Competed for Lehigh Valley Sports Academy in Allentown, Pa., under the direction of Natalia Yurchenko, Gabriela Avilez and Ivan Guertchev ... placed fourth in the all-around at the 2002 Junior Olympic Nationals ... qualified to the U.S. Championships as a Junior International Elite in 2003, placing 16th in all-around ... also qualified in 2004 as a Senior International Elite with a 21st-place finish in the all-around. Personal
Born Alexandra Marie Brockway on May 26, 1988 in Virginia ... parents are Gina and Scott Brockway ... has one sister, Mallory (22) ... majoring in communication, arts and sciences with a minor in Dispute Management and Conflict Resolution ... Student- Athlete Advisory Board Representative for the gymnastics team ... after graduation would like to move to a major city, have a job as an entertaiment news correspondent or news anchor and eventually travel to Italy, Spain and take numerous vacations ... names filet mignon as favorite food, 'Taken' as favorite movie, 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' as favorite books, 'Entourage' and 'America's Best Dance Crew' as favorite television shows, California as favorite place to visit and David Beckham as favorite athlete ... names goals for this season as qualifying as a team for NCAAs and also qualifying into the Super Six ... nickname is Alex. Why Penn State?
'It's like one big family here. Everyone is so supportive and dedicated to the traditions of this school. My favorite part has been meeting such wonderful people and making such good friends.' Quoting Coach Shephard
'Alex is a very charismatic gymnast and is very solid on vault, beam and bars. She will be a major contributor this year.' Alexandra's Favorite Quote
'Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.' ~Albert Schweitzer Inside Women's Gymnastics: A Q&A with Alexandra