Chase Clingman

2021 NITTANY LIONS ROSTER

SOPHOMORE PH/FX/VT/PB

Height: 5-10

Hometown: Leesburg, Va.

High School:

Loudoun County

Major:

Information Sciences and Technology

CHASE

CLINGMAN

2020 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Completed three routines on pommel horse…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

William & Mary (2/15): Scored a season-best 13.100 to take sixth on pommel horse.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE

Prepped at Loudoun County High School and trained with Apollo Gymnastics for 16 years…Future Stars National Team member in 2012…Competed in the Junior Olympics from 2013-2016, then again in 2018 and was a five-time Men’s Gymnastics Junior Olympic qualifier… Won national recognition in all-around (second place), pommel horse (third place) and parallel bars (third place) in Junior Olympic competition in 2014… Also was the first-place Region 7 all-around champion and first-place Virginia State all-around champion in 2014…Earned third-place finishes in both allaround and high bar in the 2015 Junior Olympics…Competed in all-around and high bar again in the 2016 Junior Olympics, this time earning first-place finishes in both events…Earned a third-place finish in the Virginia State all-around championship… Returned to the Junior National Olympics in 2018 as an elite qualifier and earned an 11th place finish all-around and fifth-place on pommel horse…Also was the thirdplace Region 7 pommel horse champion and second-place Virginia State All-Around champion in 2018…Two-time USGA Academic All-American.

PERSONAL

Born Chase Donovan Clingman on June 19, 2001… Parents are Geoff and Cindy…Has one sister, Courtney, and one brother, Nathan, who competed on the club gymnastics and ski teams at James Madison University…Majoring in information sciences and technology.