TWO CAREER EVENT TITLES (TWO BALANCE BEAM TITLES)
CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Meet |
| Vault | 9.375 | 1/12/19 | Temple, Towson |
| Uneven Bars | 9.825^ | 2/2/19 | at Illinois |
| Balance Beam | 9.925 | 2/9/19 | at Rutgers |
2021- JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Did not compete during the 2021 season.
Records: 2019: Tied Meredith Hoover (2003) for Penn State’s top beam score in an NCAA Regional (9.900).
2020 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Competed in all 10 meets on beam and two meets on vault…Performed two exhibition routines on bars…The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meet-by-Meet: West Virginia (1/11): Collected a 9.800 on beam. Iowa (1/25): Placed third on beam with a 9.825. at Ohio State (2/14): Recorded a 9.775 on beam, placing third. at Big Five Meet (2/22): Notched a 9.800 on beam, finishing 10th. PSU Quad Meet (2/29): Earned a season-best 9.875 on beam to place third. Florida (3/7): Secured a 9.800 on beam.
2019 – REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Competed in 14 meets on beam and one on vault…Qualified for the NCAA Championships on beam, placing 36th.
Meet-by-Meet: at Utah (1/5): Placed fifth on beam with a 9.825. vs. Temple, Towson (1/12): Earned fourth on beam, recording a 9.775. Minnesota (1/26): Secured a 9.900 on beam, finishing second. at Rutgers (2/9): Set a career-high with a 9.925 on beam to share the event title with teammate Tess McCracken…Earn first career event title. at Big Five Meet (2/22): Earned a 9.800 on beam, placing sixth. PSU Quad Meet (3/2): Recorded a 9.775 on beam. at Florida (3/8): Secured a 9.875 on beam, good for sixth overall. Big Ten Championships (3/23): Earned a 9.800 on beam, placing 24th overall. NCAA Regional (4/5): Registered a 9.900 on beam, finishing third overall and first in the Session I quad meet…Tied Meredith Hoover (2003) for Penn State’s top beam score in an NCAA Regional…Qualified for the NCAA Championships. NCAA Championships (4/19): Collected a 9.7875 on beam, placing 36th overall...Finished in 20th in the Session I quad meet and third among individual competitors in the meet.
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Transferred from West Virginia...Competed for Centre Elite Gymnastics for Coaches Jen Bundy Bortz and Tracey Longenecker...Was a Pennsylvania State Champion and a National Qualifier…Qualified for the 2016 Junior National Olympics, placing eighth on the uneven bars and 19th in the all-around…Finished second on the uneven bars, fourth on beam and seventh in the all-around at the 2016 Level 10 regionals…She was the 2016 Level 10 Pennsylvania State Champion on the uneven bars and placed third on vault and ninth in the all-around.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jessie Bastardi…Daughter of Jess Strunck Bastardi and Joe Bastardi…Has a brother, Garrett…Mother, Jess, competed for the Penn State women’s gymnastics team, winning the Atlantic 10 floor and vault titles as a senior…Mom also served as an assistant coach for the program…Father, Joe, wrestled for Penn State, graduating in 1978…Lists Tiger Woods as her favorite athlete, “The Great Gatsby” as her favorite book, “Game of Thrones” as her favorite show, pasta or gumbo as her favorite food and Italy as her dream vacation...Majoring in recreation, parks and tourism management…Born on December 7, 1998 in State College, Pennsylvania.
Why Penn State?
“I chose Penn State because it has been my home for my whole life and I always wanted the chance to represent the university like my parents did before me.”