CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Meet |
| Uneven Bars | 9.950 | 2/27/21 | Big Five Meet |
| Balance Beam | 9.875 | 2/13/21 | Illinois |
2021 - Senior Season
Season: Competed in all 11 meets for the Nittany Lions and qualified as an individual for the NCAA Morgantown Regional. Set a career-high of 9.950 on bars at the Big Five Meet on 2/27 and a career-high of 9.875 on beam against Illinois on 2/13.
Meet-by-Meet: Maryland (1/17): Opened the year with a 9.775 on beam and a 9.125 on bars. Nebraska (1/23): Recorded a 9.900 on beam and a 9.150 on bars. At Minnesota (1/30): Posted a 9.800 on bars and a 9.575 on beam. At Maryland (2/5): Added a 9.800 score on bars and a 9.650 score on beam. Illinois (2/13) Recorded a 9.875 on beam and a 9.825 on bars. Penn State Tri-Meet (2/21): Posted a 9.875 on bars and a 9.825 on beam. At Big Five Meet (2/27): Earned her first career event victory with a career high 9.950 on bars and a recorded a 9.825 on beam. At Ohio State Quad-Meet (3/7): Notched a 9.875 on bars and a 9.750 on beam. At Rutgers (3/13): Added a 9.850 on bars and a 9.275 on beam. At Big Ten Championship (3/20): Recorded a 9.800 on bars and a 9.750 on beam. NCAA Regional First Round (4/1): Posted a 9.850 on bars and a 9.525 on beam. NCAA Regional – Individual (4/2): Closed out her Penn State career with a 9.925 on bars.
2020 – JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors...Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Selected as a WCGA Academic All-American...Earned the Ann Carr Award following the Rutgers (1/31) meet.
Season: Competed in the bars and beam lineups in all 10 meets…The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meet-by-Meet: at Collegiate Challenge (1/4): Recorded a 9.775 on bars. West Virginia (1/11): Notched a 9.825 on bars. at Nebraska (1/16): Registered a 9.800 on bars. Iowa (1/25): Secured a 9.800 on bars…Added a 9.750 on beam. Rutgers (1/31): Earned a career-high 9.850 on bars and beam, placing third on both events. at Illinois (2/7): Collected a 9.750 on bars. at Ohio State (2/14): Registered a 9.750 on beam. at Big Five Meet (2/22): Notched a 9.825 on bars. PSU Quad Meet (2/29): Secured a 9.800 on bars and beam. Florida (3/7): Matched a career-high with a 9.850 on beam.
2019 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades...Selected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Named a WCGA scholar-athlete.
Season: Competed in 11 meets this season as part of the bars and beam lineups.
Meet-by-Meet: at Utah (1/5): Placed ninth on bars with a 9.775. Minnesota (1/26): Registered a 9.850 on bars, good for fifth. at Illinois (2/2): Recorded a 9.725 on bars, finishing ninth. at Florida (3/8): Recorded a 9.725 on beam. WVU Quad Meet (3/17): Tallied a 9.850 on beam, placing fifth...Finished sixth on bars, registering a 9.800. Big Ten Championships (3/23): Collected a 9.725 on beam. NCAA Regional (4/5): Recorded a 9.725 on beam.
2018 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Competed in 11 meets…Competed in two meets on beam.
Meet-by-Meet: at Maryland (1/19): Finished second on bars with a 9.825. at Michigan State (2/4): Placed seventh on bars with a 9.800. at Ohio State (2/9): Registered a 9.700 on bars. Cornell, Penn (2/17): Placed fourth on bars, tallying a 9.850. George Washington (2/24): Tallied a 9.775 on bars. at Pitt Quad Meet (3/4): Recorded a 9.725 on bars and beam. at BYU Quad Meet (3/9): Earned a season-high 9.850 on bars, finishing seventh…Placed 11th on beam with a 9.800. Big Ten Championships (3/24): Secured a 9.775 on bars.
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Trained at WOGA Gymnastics under coaches Laurent and Cecile Landi...Competed at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland... Was a member of the Philippines team that finished third at the 2015 Southeast Asia Games in Singapore, placing second on the uneven bars...Placed sixth on the uneven bars and 11th in the all-around at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China...Finished sixth in the all-around at the 2015 Level 10 Regional...Won the uneven bars and finished second in the all-around and balance beam, while placing fourth on the vault and floor at the 2015 Level 10 State Championships.
PERSONAL
Full name is Ava Lorein Santos Verdeflor…Daughter of Arvin and Lea Santos Verdeflor…Has one sister, Arielle, and one brother, Riemann…Lists reading, writing, and drawing as her hobbies, Sam Smith as her favorite musician, Laurie Hernandez as her favorite athlete and ice cream as her favorite food...Her favorite book is the “Throne of Glass” series, her favorite show is “Rick and Morty” and her favorite movie is any superhero movie...Lists the beach as her favorite place to visit...Majoring in rehabilitation and human services…Born on January 2, 1999 in Tarlac, Philippines.
Why Penn State?
“I am so proud and excited to be a part of the Penn State women’s gymnastics team. It has always been my dream to become part of a great NCAA gymnastics program at a top ranking university. Penn State is all that and more.”