CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Opponent |
| Floor Exercise | 14.500 | 1/14/17 | at West Point Open |
| Pommel Horse | 14.350 | 3/25/17 | Iowa |
| Rings | 13.200 | 1/13/17 | at West Point Open |
| Vault | 14.450 | 3/4/17 | at Nebraska |
| Parallel Bars | 14.200 | 1/29/17 | at Springfield |
| High Bar | 13.650 | 1/11/19 | at West Point Open |
| All-Around | 82.400 | 1/13/17 | at West Point Open |
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Won four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards…Posted three event wins.
2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Season: Completed six routines on pommel horse, four on high bar and two on parallel bars…Posted one event win on pommel horse, scoring a season-best 14.250 against William & Mary…Had three podium finishes on pommel horse and one on high bar…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
at Army West Point Open (1/10-11): Tied for fifth on pommel horse with a score of 13.650 during the team competition. Ohio State (1/25): Tied for third with a score of 13.750 on pommel horse…Scored 13.300 on high bar. at Air Force (2/1): Finished third on high bar with a score of 12.900. William & Mary (2/15): Tied for first with a season-best score of 14.250 on pommel horse…Tied for fourth on high bar with a score of 12.700. at Nebraska (2/29): Tied for second with a score of 13.700 on pommel horse. at Illinois/vs. Michigan (3/7): Scored a season-best 13.600 while taking fourth on high bar.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Completed 13 routines on pommel horse, 12 on high bar, 11 on floor, seven on parallel bars, and six on vault…Competed in 11 meets, including the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships…Recorded two event wins.
at West Point Open (1/11-12): Finished first on pommel horse with a score of 13.250…Scored season-best 14.000 on pommel horse during the team portion of the event. at Army (1/19): Had the highest score (13.300) on high bar during a team portion of the event. Nebraska (1/26): Took third on pommel horse with a score of 13.500. at UIC/vs. Springfield (2/10): Won on high bar with a score of 12.900…Finished third on pommel horse. Navy/Air Force (2/23): Was the runner-up on pommel horse with a score of 14.050. at Ohio State (3/2): Scored season-best 13.550 on parallel bars. Illinois/Michigan (3/16): Scored season-best 14.000 on floor. at Big Ten Championships (4/5-6): Finished 18th on high bar and tied for 19th on pommel horse. at NCAA Championships (4/19-20): Finished 13th on pommel horse, 18th on high bar, and 34th on floor.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Missed season due to injury.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (1/16, 1/23, 2/6, 2/20).
Season: Competed in all-around five times…Picked up a top-three finish all five times…Earned 14 podium finishes.
at West Point Open (1/12-14): Took first on floor with a season-best score of 14.500…Scored season-best 82.400 in all-around and season-best 13.200 on rings. Army (1/21): Won on pommel horse with a score of 14.050 while taking third all-around with a score of 79.800…Scored season-best 13.350 on high bar. at Springfield (1/29): Scored season-best 14.200 on parallel bars while taking third with a score of 78.200 all-around. at Illinois (2/3): Scored 80.950 to take first all-around. at Nebraska/vs. Iowa (3/4): Scored season-best 14.450 on vault while finishing third all-around with a score of 81.100. Iowa (3/25): Scored season-best 14.350 on pommel horse.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Prepped at Kearny High School and trained at the United States Gymnastics Development Center II where he was named captain for the 2015-2016 seasons…Was a seven-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier, a five-time all-around regional champion and all-around state champion, a four-time Future Stars National Developmental Team Member, a three-time Junior Olympic National Team Member and a two-time all-around Future Stars National Champion…Was the 2015 Junior Elite Pommel Horse National Champion and the 2014 Junior Olympic all-around and vault National Champion…Won the Region 7 Junior Elite Championship in all-around and on floor exercise…Clinched the pommel horse title and finished second in all-around and on parallel bars at the 2015 Junior Elite National Championship…Earned the all-around, pommel horse and parallel bars title at the 2015 New Jersey Junior Elite Championship, while finishing second on floor exercise and vault and third on high bar…Competed in all-around at the 2015 P&G National Championship…Was the 2014 Junior Olympic National Champion in all-around and on vault, while finishing second on pommel horse and high bar…Garnered the Region 7 Junior Olympic Championship in all-around, pommel horse and parallel bars and finished second on rings and vault…Won the all-around and floor exercise at the Region 7 Junior Elite Championship and the New Jersey Junior Elite Championship in 2013…Picked up a first-place finish on high bar at the Region 7 Junior Elite Championship and a gold medal on the vault and parallel bars at the New Jersey Junior Elite Championship…Clinched the all-around title at the National Future Stars Championship two times, while earning a first place finish on pommel horse in 2008 and 2010, the vault in 2007 and 2010, the parallel bars in 2008 and 2009 and rings in 2009…Became the youngest national competitor at age 10 when he competed as a Level 9 gymnast at the Junior National Championships in all-around…Earned 54 first-place finishes from 2007-15 as a Level 6-10 gymnast.
PERSONAL
Full name is Favian Omar Valdez…Son of Fernando and Magdalena Valdez…Has two sisters, Kiani and Veronica…Majored in recreation, park and tourism management.