| Matt Chelberg |
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 | Class:
Junior
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| Hometown:
Athens, Ohio
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| High School:
Home schooled
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| Height:
5-10
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| Event:
AA
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| Club Team:
Hocking Valley Gymnastics
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CAREER HIGHS
Floor Exercise: 15.100 at Minnesota/vs. Iowa (March 5, 2011)
Pommel Horse: 13.150 at West Point Open (Jan. 15, 2010)
Still Rings: 14.900 at National Collegiate Championships (April 15, 2011)
Vault: 15.700 at Big Ten Championships (April 1, 2011)
Parallel Bars: 13.800 vs. Ohio State (Feb. 26, 2011)
High Bar: 14.100 at West Point Open (Jan. 15, 2010)
All-Around: 81.900 at West Point Open (Jan. 15, 2010)
PENN STATE CAREER
2011: CGA Second Team All-American Scholar Athlete (3.30-3.399 GPA)...Academic All-Big Ten...A key contributor throughout the season in the floor exercise, still rings, and vault...Won the floor exercise title in a tri-meet with Minnesota and Iowa with a career-high score of 15.100 and claimed at least a share of third place in the event in three other meets...Recorded a career-high mark of 14.900 in the still rings in the team finals of the National Collegiate Championships...Scored a career high 15.700 in the vault in five meets, finishing second (tie) versus Army and at Temple...Also competed in the parallel bars in one meet and in the high bar in four meets.
2010: CGA First Team All-American Scholar Athlete (3.60-3.69 GPA)...Competed in five regular season meets and in the postseason in freshman season...In collegiate debut versus Army, tied for first in the high bar (13.800) and placed third in the floor exercise (14.700)...Established season highs in three events, pommel horse (13.150), vault (14.300), and high bar (14.100), and competed in the all-around (81.900) for the lone time in 2010 at the West Point Open...Specialized in the still rings in the final month-plus of the season...Recorded a season high score in the rings (14.750) at the team finals of the Big Ten Championships.
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Trained at the Hocking Valley Gymnastics Center in Lancaster, Ohio under Mike Serra...Club team was an 11-time state champion...Captured team gold at 2009 Jurassic Classic in Canada...Won team silver at the Club Team Pan American Games in Puerto Rico...Two-time All-American...2009 state regional champion...Three-time individual state champion...Six-time regional team member...Three-time USA championship qualifier...USA Gymnastics scholarship winner...Jason Whitfield Memorial Scholarship winner.
PERSONAL
Matthew David Chelberg was born on Oct. 16, 1990 to parents David and Shelton...Father, David, is a Professor of Computer Science at Ohio University...Has an older brother, Christopher, and younger sister, Rebecca...Majoring in civil engineering...Hobbies include reading, camping, and canoeing.
