Brian Waschak

Photo by: Trevor Cokley

Class:
Senior
Events:
FX, PH, SR, V, PB, HB
Hometown:
Saugus, Calif.
High School:
Saugus
Height:
5-8
Club Team:
Waller's Gym Jam Academy

JUNIOR YEAR | 2020: Competed in the first three meets of the year...won the all-around (73.000) in home triangular with Penn State and Rocky Mountain Pride...tallied personal-best scores on the floor exercise (12.600), vault (13.900) and high bar (11.600) at that meet...that vault score is ranked 20th on the program’s all-time list...registered a career-best all-around score of 75.250 in collegiate debut at the Rocky Mountain Open...also accounted for personal-best marks on the pommel horse (12.100), still rings (13.100) and parallel bars (13.400) during that season-opening meet...named to the MPSF All-Academic Team...earned first-team CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2019 – FRESHMAN YEAR | 2018: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB TEAM: Saugus High School...graduated with a 4.41 GPA...ranked 21st in class of 551...member of the National Honor Society...served as vice-president of the Not One More Teenage Suicide club...competed at the club level for Waller’s Gym Jam Academy...coached by Raj Bhavsar, Regulo Carmona and Joe Harries...named to the Southern California All-Star Team.

PERSONAL: Full name is Brian Samuel Waschak...son of Michael and Maria Waschak...has five older siblings (three brothers, two sisters)...also has one younger sister...majoring in biology...named to the Superintendent’s List of excellence in military, academic and athletic performance...earned Jump Wings in the summer of 2018...hobbies include hanging out with friends, watching movies and hiking...both grandfathers served in the military (one served in the Air Force and one served in the Army, before joining the Navy Reserves)...favorite event is the floor exercise, because it “allows the most room for style and presentation, which I find the best part of men’s artistic gymnastics”...member of Cadet Squadron 28.