Andrea Maldonado

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Leadership Christian Academy
Hometown:
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Awards and Honors
Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award (2022)
WCGA Regular Season First Team All-American (Floor: 2020)
All-Big 12 Team (Floor: 2020)
Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week (Jan. 21, 2020, Feb. 24, 2020, March 2, 2020)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10, 2020, Mar. 9, 2020)
Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance (Feb. 28, 2020)
WCGA Scholastic All-American (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021, 2022)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021)

2022
Competed in 11 meets this season before suffering a season-ending injury…scored a career high 9.975 against Iowa on Mar. 4…earned eight scores above a 9.800, with three being a 9.900 or better ... suffered a season-ending injury late in the year and was unable to compete at the NCAA Regional.

2021
Competed on the floor in nine meets this season … started the season with new routine, but switched back to 2020 routine for final four meets of the season … scored a season high 9.925 against Oklahoma on Mar. 14 … earned five scores at or above a 9.800, three coming after the change back to her 2020 floor routine.

2020
Had a stand-out first year with the Cyclones, competing in all 10 meets on floor and in the final five meets on vault … earned First Team All-American and All-Big 12 status on floor with a 9.935 NQS that ranked seventh nationally and second in the conference … posted four 9.950s on floor, the most by a Cyclone since 2004 … earned Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week three times and Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice throughout the 2020 campaign … scored back-to-back 9.950s on floor to end the year … named Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week on February 24 after a 9.925 on vault at Southern Utah.

Before Iowa State
Gymnast competing with the National Gymnastics Team of Puerto Rico …placed second in the All Around at the 2018 Central American Games…placed 11^th in the All Around final at the 2019 Pan-American Games…competed in the 2015 World Championships.

Personal
Born Oct. 27, 1998…from Bayamón, Puerto Rico…daughter of Dagoberto Maldonado and Angeline Lizardi…sister Alondra also competes for Iowa State…LAS major.