| Felix Aronovich |
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 | Class:
Junior
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| Hometown:
Kiryat Bialik, Israel
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| High School:
ORT Kiryat Bialik
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| Height:
5-6
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| Event:
AA
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| Club Team:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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CAREER HIGHS
Floor Exercise: 14.750 at West Point Open (Jan. 28, 2012)
Pommel Horse: 15.100 at Temple/vs. Army (Jan. 30, 2011)
Still Rings: 15.250 at National Collegiate Championships (April 15, 2011)
Vault: 15.700 at Big Ten Championships (April 1, 2011)
Parallel Bars: 15.400 at Temple/vs. Army (Jan. 30, 2011)
High Bar: 14.600 vs. Oklahoma (March 20, 2010)
All-Around: 87.150 at Oklahoma/vs. Illinois (March 19, 2011)
PENN STATE CAREER
2011: CGA First Team All-American Scholar Athlete (3.70-3.799 GPA)...Academic All-Big Ten...Named National Gymnast of the Week after capturing two first place finishes (parallel bars and all-around) and a third place (high bar) versus Ohio State...Earned second career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor for placing first in the all-around and parallel bars and second in the high bar in road tri-meet with Minnesota and Iowa...Set career highs in five events (floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, and parallel bars) and the all-around...Recorded Penn State's highest scores of the season in the pommel horse (15.100), parallel bars (15.400), and the all-around (87.150)...Nationally ranked No. 10 (parallel bars), No. 14 (high bar), and No. 16 (still rings) at season's end...Competed in the floor exercise in the final seven meets of the season, posting a career-high 14.600 at Oklahoma...Anchored the PSU pommel horse line-up throughout the season, performing in every meet...Captured three first place finishes, scoring a career-best 15.100 in a tri-meet with Temple and Army...Steadily improved over the course of the season in the still rings, ending the season by recording a personal best score of 15.250 in the National Collegiate Championships team finals...Competed in the vault in seven meets, registering a career-high score of 15.700 in the team finals of the Big Ten Championships...Served as one of the cornerstones of the parallel bars line-up...Captured at least a share of five titles and recorded seven top three finishes...Posted a career-high score of 15.400 in tri-meet with Temple and Army...Won a share of high bar titles versus Springfield College and Illinois...Penn State's top all-arounder, he earned the team's top three scores in 2011...Scored a career-high 87.150 in tri-meet with Oklahoma and Illinois.
2010: Made a tremendous impact as a freshman, developing into one of the team's strongest and most consistent performers by season's end...Named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year, Penn State's first winner of the conference award since 1997...Honored as Blue/White Illustrated 2010 Penn State Male Rookie of the Year...Swept Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Week honors after an impressive collegiate debut versus Army, winning both the pommel horse and parallel bars...Received Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades a second time after notching a trio of top five finishes versus Michigan...Recorded Penn State's highest scores of the season in the pommel horse (15.100), parallel bars (14.850), and all-around (84.800)...Competed in the floor exercise in four meets, posting a personal best score of 13.950 at the Big Ten Championships...Anchored the Nittany Lions in the pommel horse all season, competing in the event in every meet...Captured four straight pommel horse titles to start the year, including a season high 15.100 at Michigan, and earned three other second place finishes...Ranked No. 15 in the nation in the pommel horse in the final season rankings...Also made line-up in the still rings for every meet, claiming one title and a second place finish...Used a season and team high score to win a second parallel bars title in a tri-meet with Minnesota and Temple...Performed on the high bar in seven meets, including the Big Ten and National Collegiate Championships...Scored a season high 14.600 in the high bar at Cal...Competed in the all-around versus Ohio State (83.250) and at the Big Ten Championships (84.800).
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Competed in the European Championships 2004-2009 and in the World Championships in 2006...Finished ninth in the pommel horse in World Cup event in Cotbus, Germany in 2008...Placed third in the all-around at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel...Earned a second place finish in the all-around at the Israeli National Championship...Trained with club team Maccabi Tel Aviv.
PERSONAL
Born on July 18, 1988 in Odessa, Ukraine to parents Leonid and Sofia...Has an older sister, Vicky...Attended ORT Kiryat Bialik in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, graduating in 2006...Majoring in engineering science...Intends to pursue a master's degree in the field of renewable energy.
