CAREER HIGHS
Floor Exercise: 9.650 at NCAA Championships (April 13, 2007)
Vault: 8.950 two times - last vs. Michigan (Feb. 3, 2007)

PENN STATE CAREER
2007: Earned All-American honors on the floor exercise, placing seventh (tie) at the 2007 NCAA Championships with a score of 9.425...Tied for second in the floor at the team finals of the NCAA Championships with a season-high score of 9.650...Won the floor exercise (8.950) and vault (8.850) titles in his first collegiate meet, a dual meet win over Army...Captured the floor title at the West Point Open with a score of 9.550...Placed second in the floor exercise (9.200) in a home win over Illinois...Used a season-high score of 8.950 to place second versus Michigan and third at the West Point Open in the vault.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CAREER
2007: Competed at the 2007 Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas, Nev., scoring a 13.250 in the floor exercise and a 15.700 in the vault in the preliminaries.

GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Participated at the club level with Artistic Sports Academy Plus...A floor and vault event finalist at the Junior Nationals 2002-06...2006 Pennsylvania state vault champion...Finished 17th (2004) and 22nd (2006) in the all-around at Junior Nationals...Four-time Region VII team member...National champion in the floor exercise in 2002...2006 Regional vault champion.

PERSONAL
Favorite event is the high bar...After gymnastics, he would like to own an Architectural Engineering firm...Selected Penn State based on its perfect blend of athletics and academics...Sister, Vanessa, competes on the gymnastics and track & field teams at UW-Oshkosh...Majoring in Architectural Engineering.

QUOTING COACH JEPSON
"Nick was great as a freshman. He was an All-American on floor last year and has improved even from then; his routine is much cleaner. He has a new vault that will help us and his high bar is developing. He gained a wealth of competitive experience a year ago and we expect that he will step in and do a great job."