2024 - 2025 Penn State Figure Skating Competition Team
Psu Figure Skating 24-25 Executive Board
President-
Ava Stephens
Year: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Minors: Mathematics and Cybersecurity
Hometown: Delray Beach, Florida
Home Club: Peninsula Skating Club
Disciplines: Senior Ladies
Favorite Element: Lutz
Hobbies: Running, Traveling, Reading, Coding
Vice President -
Maegen Manning
Year: Senior
Major: Film Production
Minor: Entrepreneurship & Innovation: New Media
Hometown: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Home Club: Chagrin Valley Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: Intermediate Free Dance, Juvenile Free Skate
Favorite Element: Axel
Hobbies: Watching TV, hanging out with friends, playing sports
Secretary-
Alexa Winter
Year: Junior
Major: Architectural Engineering
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Home Club: Baltimore Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Novice Short and Freeskate
Favorite Element: Ina Bauer
Hobbies: Hiking, music, reading, and hanging out with friends
Treasurer-
Barrett Reed
Year: Senior
Major: Psychology
Minor: Criminal Justice, RHS
Hometown: Scarborough, Maine
Home Club: Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: Preliminary Free Skate, Preliminary Pattern Dance
Favorite Element: Broken-leg spin
Hobbies: Hiking, music, reading, and hanging out with friends
Fundraising Chair- Genella Evans
Year: Sophomore
Major: Cybersecurity
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Home Club: Charter Oak Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: Senior Ladies, Novice Free Dance
Favorite Element: Double Lutz
Fun Fact: I was a hockey goalie in high school.
THON Chair-
Emma Wassel
Year: Senior
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Costume Design
Hometown: Telford, Pennsylvania
Home Club: Colonial Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Excel Pre-Preliminary Free Skate
Favorite Element: Flip Jump
Fun Fact: I danced in THON 2024!
Public Relations Chair - Lillie Nye
Year: Sophomore
Major: Public Relations
Minors: Digital Media Trends and Analytics, French
Hometown: Niskayuna, New York
Home Club: The Skating Club of New York
Discipline: Senior Ladies
Favorite Element: Flip Jump
Hobbies: Running, skiing, hiking, and traveling!
Social Chair -
Ana Felipe
Year: Senior
Major: Nutrition and Dietetics
Minor: Sports Nutrition
Hometown: Pompano Beach, Florida
Home Club: Florida Gold Coast Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Pre-Juvenile Excel Freeskate
Favorite Element: Layback Spin
Fun Fact: I have a bunny named Brigadeiro
PSu FIgure skating 2024-2025 COmpetitive Members
Seniors/Grads
Ian Kang
Major: Master of Business Administration
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Home Club: Rocky Mountain Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: Senior Freeskate, Junior Free Dance, Pre-Gold Pattern Dance
Favorite Element: Spread Eagle
Fun Fact: I am a Collegiate Ambassador for US Figure Skating!
Omar Aldakhil
Major: Petroleum Engineering
Minor: Environmental Resource Management
Hometown: Saudi Arabia
Home Club: Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Aspire 3
Favorite Element: Spread Eagle
Hobbies: Hiking, table tennis, figure skating.
Rizqy Apolianto
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
Home Club: BX Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: Novice short, Novice Free Dance
Favorite Element: Triple Loop
Fun Fact: I was in a Japanese reality TV show!
Sophomores
Annie Vasey
Major: Marketing
Minor: Psychology
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Home Club: Skating Club of New York
Discipline: Juvenile Excel Freeskate
Favorite Element: Camel catch spin
Hobbies: Going out with friends, to the gym, shopping, and finding fun coffee shops.
Mia Laurenti
Major: Communications in Sports Media
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Home Club: Carolinas Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Pattern Dance
Favorite Element: Butterfly
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, weightlifting, snowboarding, and ATVing
Sadie Roberts
Major: Kinesiology
Hometown: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Home Club: Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club
Disciplines: International Pattern Dance, Senior Solo Free Dance
Favorite Element: Russian split jump
Hobbies: Traveling, snowboarding, and skating.
Torren Poduszlo
Major: Accounting
Minors: International Business
Hometown: State College, Pennsylvania
Home Club: Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Excel Pre-Preliminary Freeskate
Favorite Element: Camel Spin
Hobbies: Running, spending time with friends, and reading.
Veronica Bellorin
Major: Biobehavioral Health
Minor: Health Policy and Administration
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
Home Club: Rocky Mountain Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Championship Junior Freeskate
Favorite Element: Choreographic Sequence
Fun Fact: I was born in Venezuela and speak fluent Spanish!
Zoya Keck
Major: Microbiology
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Home Club: Baltimore Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Intermediate Free Skate
Favorite Element: Axel
Fun Fact: I’m fluent in Russian
Freshmen
Allyson Espinoza
Major: Kinesiology
Hometown: Queens, New York
Home Club: Knickerbocker Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Excel Preliminary Free Skate
Favorite Element: I spin
Hobbies: Doing my nails.
Christina Romonoski-Dao
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
Home Club: Skating Club of Northern Virginia
Discipline: Junior short
Favorite Element: Flip Jump
Hobbies: Working out, shopping, and hanging out with friends and family.
Kassandra Marin
Major: Psychology
Minor: Women Studies
Hometown: Clinton, Maryland
Home Club: Bowie Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Pre-Preliminary
Favorite Element: Salchow
Hobbies: Hiking, painting, and listening to music
Natalie Hodinko
Major: Biology
Minor: Kinesiology
Hometown: Chantilly, Virginia
Home Club: Washington Figure Skating Club
Discipline: Junior Ladies
Favorite Element: Double Flip
Hobbies: Reading, Puzzles, and Painting.