Néstor Rodríguez Class: Sophomore Hometown: Guaynabo, P.R. High School: Colegio San Antonio Height: 5-7 Event: AA

CAREER HIGHS
Pommel Horse: 13.600 at Springfield College (Feb. 12, 2012)
Still Rings: 15.200 vs. Temple (March 24, 2012)
Vault: 14.700 at NCAA Championships (April 20, 2012)
Parallel Bars: 14.200 at Puerto Rico National Team (March 11, 2011)
High Bar: 15.000 vs. Temple (March 24, 2012)

PENN STATE CAREER
2011: Competed in the still rings, parallel bars, and high bar in multiple meets and in the pommel horse in the season opener versus Army...Had his top performance of the season versus the Puerto Rico National Team in his native country, placing second in the still rings (tie, 14.350) and third in the parallel bars (14.200) and high bar (14.700)...Scored a season high 14.400 in the still rings in a tri-meet at Minnesota and in the national qualifier of the National Collegiate Championships...Placed second in the parallel bars (14.300) versus Temple and Army...Recorded a season-high score of 14.750 in the high bar in a tri-meet with Oklahoma and Illinois

GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Member of the Puerto Rican National Team for the past two years...Captured fourth place at the Puerto Rican Nationals in 2009...Secured third place in the high bar at the 2010 Puerto Rican Nationals...Represented the Puerto Rican team in the 2009 Junior Pan American games in Aracaju, Brazil...Qualified in fourth place in the still rings in the Junior Pan American games and finished in fifth place in the finals.

PERSONAL
Nestor Andre Rodriguez Colon was born on Nov. 5, 1992 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Nestor A. Rodriguez Avila and Virginia M. Colon Mella...Has two younger brothers, Jorge and Fernando...Majoring in economics...Favorite events are high bar, rings and pommel horse.