By Maria Evangelou, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff WriterUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Ava Verdeflor did not grow up like the rest of her Penn State teammates. After spending the first three years of her life in the Phillipines, Verdeflor and her family moved to the United States, where the bulk of the now-freshman's gymnastics career would take off. Despite the move at a young age, she would often return to the Philippines, where the dual-citizen would compete in gymnastics for both of the countries she called home. Read More
Verdeflor: From International Athlete to Nittany Lion
