Arinn Wade

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Newark, N.J.
High School:
Science Park

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2015: USAG All-American on the pommel horse...set an Academy record of 15.600 during a winning performance against Washington...that score was the fourth-highest pommel horse score in the nation during the 2015 season...named the Air Force Athlete of the Week and the CGA National Gymnast of the Week following that meet...recorded four of the five highest pommel horse scores in Academy history...notched the program's second-highest score twice, tallying a 15.400 during the team finals of the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships and at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships...finished second on the pommel horse at the MPSF meet...recorded the program's fourth-best event score (15.250) to win the NCAA National Qualifier and advance to the NCAA Championships...also broke the 15-point mark at Arizona State (15.100, fifth on the Academy's all-time list) and at the All-Academy Championships (15.000, seventh on the all-time list)...paced Air Force to a sweep of the top-four finishes on the pommel horse at ASU...tied for 15th during the semifinals of the NCAA Championships (14.450)...competed on the still rings during 10 competitions...recorded a career-best 14.350 at the Arizona State meet...was a member of the Air Force parallel bars' rotation in nine meets...scored a career-best 14.200 to win that event at Illinois-Chicago...also competed on the high bar in seven meets...registered a personal-best 13.600 at the MPSF Championships. HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB TEAM: Science Park High School...maintained a 3.8 GPA...competed at the club level for Surgent's Elite School of Gymnastics...coached by Matt Stevenson and Richard Pulsfort...two-time Junior Olympic national champion on the pommel horse (2010 , 2014)...placed among the top-six on that event for five straight years (2010-2014), including the two national titles and one runner-up finished (2013)...named to the Regional Team every year...four-time New Jersey state champion in the all-around. PERSONAL: Full name is Arinn Gregory Wade... nicknames are "AWade" and "Carlton"...son of Eric Wade and Caroline Martinez...has six brothers and sisters, including one older sister (Arianne), four younger brothers (Emanuel, Daniel, Joel, Angelo) and one younger sister (Angela)...majoring in management...hobbies include unicycling...grandfather was in the infantry during World War II...has two uncles that currently serve in the Air Force, as well as another uncle and several cousins in other branches of the military...likes competing on all events, because "I love gymnastics"...completed Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Cyber and Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) over the summer...member of Cadet Squadron 31.