CAREER HIGHS
Parallel Bars: 14.700 at Michigan (Jan. 23, 2010)
PENN STATE CAREER
2010: CGA First Team All-American Scholar Athlete (3.70-3.79 GPA)...Academic All-Big Ten...Competed in nine meets exclusively on the parallel bars...Won first two titles of his career at the West Point Open (14.450) and at eventual national champion Michigan, earning the team[apos]s second highest score of the season in the event, a 14.700...Placed second in the p-bars versus William & Mary (14.000) and tied for third versus Minnesota and Temple (14.600).
2009: Redshirted
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Competed in the national qualifier for four consecutive years (2004-08)...Won a state parallel bar championship in 2007...Part of a state championship team in 2006...Trained at Artistic Sports Academy Plus in Harrisburg, Pa.
PERSONAL
Majoring in kinesiology...Plans to pursue a career as an orthopedist...Earned Academic All-America honors all four years in high school...Chose Penn State because of its great gymnastics program and because family members attended the university...Brother, Allen, is a junior on the Nittany Lion men[apos]s gymnastics team...Sister, Diane, and father, Barry, also attended Penn State...Enjoys video games, movies, and hanging out with friends.