Isabella Salcedo Season 2023

CAREER HIGHS:
Vault: 9.875 2x, Last at Rutgers (1/25/24)
Beam: 9.95 2x, Last vs. Michigan State (1/19/24)
Floor: 9.95 2x, Last vs. Minnesota (2/3/24)

2024 – JUNIOR SEASON
 
Awards: Big Ten All-Championships Team…Preseason Big Ten Gymnast to Watch…Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Competed on vault, beam, and floor in all 15 of Penn State’s 2024 meets…Set Penn State’s regional school record with a 9.925 on beam in the NCAA Regional Final…Recorded seven 9.9+ floor scores in 2024, including a career-high-tying 9.95 against Minnesota.
 
Meet-by-meet: at Penn w/Pitt, Temple (1/5): Made a splash in the season opener, recording a 9.9 on beam, a 9.85 on floor, and a 9.8 on vault. Iowa State (1/12): Earned a share of the floor title in Penn State’s home opener, scoring a 9.9 on the apparatus…Picked up 9.8 scores on vault and beam. Michigan State (1/19): Tallied a career-best 9.95 on beam to tie for the event win. at Rutgers (1/25): Posted 9.85+ scores on all three of her events, including a 9.875 vault total. Minnesota (2/3): Went 9.95 on floor to tie teammate Amani Herring for the title…The pair became the first Nittany Lion teammates to each record a 9.95+ floor score in the same meet since 2001…Added a 9.875 on beam and a 9.75 on vault. Big Fives (2/24): Recorded a 9.9 on floor, her first of four-straight 9.9 floor scores…Also added a 9.875 on beam. Ball St., Towson, WVU (3/1): Put up 9.9 scores on both beam and floor, earning shares of both event titles in the Nittany Lions’ final home meet of the season…Added a 9.825 on vault. at Southern Utah (3/8): For the second straight meet, recorded 9.8+ tallies on each of her three events…Earned her second-straight 9.9 on floor, added a 9.875 on beam and a 9.8 on vault. Big Ten Championships (3/23): Posted a 9.9 on floor, her fifth 9.9 in six meets, earning herself a spot on the Big Ten All-Championships Team…Added a 9.85 on vault and a 9.625 on beam. Regional Second Round (4/4): Secured 9.85 scores on both beam and floor to help Penn State to its first-ever Regional Final. Regional Final (4/6): Set Penn State’s regional school record with a 9.925 on beam in the regional final…Also recorded a 9.875 on floor and a 9.825 on vault.

2023 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Set a career-best on the balance beam with a 9.95 at Auburn…Set two top-five program scores in regional competition at the 2023 Pittsburgh Regional.
 
Meet-by-meet: Penn State Quad (1/13): Went 9.85 on vault at Penn State’s first home meet of the season. Rutgers (1/30): Hit a 9.8 on vault and a 9.875 on the balance beam…Posted a 9.75 on floor to round out her first meet competing three events in 2023. Ohio State (2/17): Posted a 9.85 on vault and a 9.875 on the beam in an outstanding effort at home. at Auburn (3/10): Set a career-best, tying the tenth-best beam score in school history with a 9.95 on the apparatus at Auburn…Added a 9.8 on floor and a 9.75 on beam, helping her team hit the sixth-best team total in school history, a 197.025 effort. Big Ten Championships (3/18): Scored a 9.875 on vault and a 9.85 on floor. Pittsburgh Regional II (3/31): Went 9.9 on floor, tying the fifth-best mark on the apparatus in regional competition in school history…Added a 9.875 on beam, tying the fourth-best beam total in regional competition in program history…Posted a 9.8 on vault to round out her fantastic performance.
 
2022 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned WCGA Scholastic All-American honors.

Season: Competed in 12 competitions for Nittany Lions on vault, beam and floor...Qualified for NCAA Regional on floor exercise in freshman campaign...Became first Nittany Lions since Briannah Tsang in 2016 to score 9.9 or better on floor exercise at NCAA Regional...Had seven event titles in season, with five on floor and two on vault...Scored a 9.9 or better on floor exercise eight times, including final six competitions in a row...Scored a 9.750 or better six times on beam and eight times on vault. 

at Keystone Classic (1/7): Made collegiate debut and won floor exercise title with 9.825...Added a 9.650 on vault, 9.750 on beam. Yale (1/14): In Rec Hall debut, shared floor title with teammate Lauren Bridgens at 9.850...Scored event-winning 9.825 on vault...Added 9.750 on beam. at Ohio State (1/22): Reached 9.900 mark for first time on floor...Added 9.825 performance on beam. Illinois (1/29): Starred on floor with event-winning 9.925. Big Five Meet (2/19): Began streak of six-straight meets with a 9.9-or better on floor exercise. Maryland (2/26): Won vault and floor events...Set season best on vault at 9.875...Scored 9.925 on floor to tie teammate Lauren Bridgens. Penn State Quad Meet (3/5): Notched second-straight 9.925 on floor. at New Hampshire (3/13): Won event title on floor with season-high 9.950. Big Ten Championship (3/23): Registered 9.900 in first Big Ten Championship meet. NCAA Norman Regional (3/31): Closed freshman season with 9.900 on floor at first NCAA Regional. 

Gymnastics Background: 
Was a member of the Texas Dreams Gymnastics club under coaches Alicia Browning, Kait Dewey, Marcus Harlin and Ned Lang...Nastia Liukin vault champion 2018...2018 National team member...2018 vault state champion...2018 regional bar and AA champion...2019 National vault champion.

Personal: 
Daughter of Kristina and Christopher Salcedo…Has two sisters, Samantha and Amanda…Intends to major in business management…Born in California.

Why Penn State?
"I chose Penn State for the academic prestige and amazing businesses program. I loved the coaching staff and environment provided by the University."