Penn State finished their home dual meet season with a perfect 4-0 record
CAREER BESTS
Event
Score
Date
Site/Opponent
All Around
81.900
1/15/10
at West Point Open
Floor Exercise
15.100
3/17/12
Minnesota Dual
Pommel Horse
13.150
1/15/10
at West Point Open
Still Rings
14.900
4/15/11
at NCAA Championships
Vault
15.700
4/1/11
at Big Ten Championships
Parallel Bars
13.800
2/26/11
Ohio State Dual
High Bar
14.100
1/15/10
at West Point Open
2012 (Junior Year)
Competed in all nine of the team's meets and at the NCAA Championships...Made touches on the floor exercise, still rings and vault...Earned College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete honors...Named Academic All-Big Ten...competed on the floor in all eight meets...Posted a career-high score of 15.100 to finish second on the floor vs. Minnesota (3/17)...Also finished second on the floor exercise against at Michigan (1/21) and at Springfield College (2/12) with a score of 15.000 in both meets...Claimed a season-high score of 14.200 on the still rings vs. Army (1/14)...Posted a season-best score of 14.950 on the vault to finish third at Ohio State (2/25)...finished second with a score of 14.900 vs. Illinois (2/18) and was third vs. Minnesota (3/17) with a score of 14.800.
2011 (Sophomore Year)
Earned College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete honors...Named 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 (Freshman Year)
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
Full name is Matthew David Chelberg...Born on Oct. 16, 1990...Son of David and Shelton Chelberg... has one brother, Christopher, and one sister, Rebecca.
