Andres Perez Gines

2021 NITTANY LIONS ROSTER

SENIOR ALL-AROUND

Height: 5-8

Hometown:

Bayamon, Puerto Rico

High School:

University Gardens

Major:

Division of Undergraduate Studies

ANDRES

PEREZ GINES

2020 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Completed six routines on high bar, four on pommel horse and four on parallel bars...Posted two event victories on high bar, including a season-best 13.800 in his collegiate debut against Army West Point (1/18)…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Army West Point (1/18): Took first on high bar with a season-best 13.800 in his collegiate debut…Scored season-best 12.450 while tying for sixth on pommel horse. Ohio State (1/25): Scored 13.100 on high bar. at Air Force (2/1): Tied for first on high bar with a score of 13.100…Scored season-best 13.150 while taking fifth on parallel bars.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE

Prepped at University Gardens High School…Was a 2019 Pan-American Games allaround finalist and also competed at the 2019 Stuttgart World Championships…Was the 2018 and 2019 Puerto Rico National all-around champion…Was an all-around finalist at the 2017 Central American Games…Earned a bronze medal on the parallel bars and was a finalist on the floor and the high bar at the 2014 Youth Pan American Games…Competed in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

PERSONAL

Born Andres Josue Perez Gines in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on March 11, 1998… Parents are Deyra Gines Lopez and Mario Perez Irizarry…Has one older brother, Mario, and two older sisters, Aixa and Deyraliz…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.