Michael Bittner

Position:
PH, PB, HB
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Allentown, Pa.

2013: Helped lead the Owls to their second straight ECAC Championship victory and a national ranking of 12.… Posted a winning 14.300 score on the pommel horse at Springfield College, while also scoring a 13.350 on the parallel bars and a 12.900 on the high bars…Scored a season-high 14.450 on the pommel horse at the West Point Open, while adding a season-high 13.650 on the parallel bars and a 12.000 on the horizontal bars. … Had his best score on the horizontal bars of the season (14.050) at the Navy Open, while also competing in the pommel horse (12.350), vault (13.550), and parallel bars (12.700)…Competed in the pommel horse (14.300), parallel bars (13.450), and horizontal bars (12.600) at home against William & Mary and Penn State…Scored a season-high 13.950 on the vault, while also competing in the parallel bars (12.600) and the horizontal bars (13.400)…Contributed a 12.250 on the pommel horse and a 12.000 on the horizontal bars in Temple’s victory at the ECAC.

2012: Member of a team that placed as the runner-up for the National Academic Team Championship…Recognized as secondteam Academic All –American Scholar Athlete...Named ECAC Rookie Gymnast of the Week (1/25) after placing third on pommel horse in Temple debut and season-opening meet at Navy (1/21) with a score of 13.9…Member of a Temple squad that finished the season ranked No. 10 in the nation and won the ECAC Championship (4/6)…Helped team reach the program’s highest-ever team score (4/6)…Lead the Owls with his pommel horse score at the ECAC Championship (4/6), helping the team to the conference title and to a program’s highest-ever team score…Placed 15th overall at the NCAA Championships on pommel horse with score of 14.200…At Army (3/2) took the runner-up position on pommel horse, receiving a score of 14.100 before winning the title in the same event two days later (3/4) in a tri-meet against Army and Springfield…Against William & Mary and Army (3/18), placed second overall and TU’s highest score on pommel (14.8) and seventh on the vault with a score of 14.000.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for nationals all four years…Named a National Academic All-American in each of his four years…Member of the regional team during his sophomore and junior year…Also played varsity soccer and football.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Psychology…Parents are Lisa Rau and Fred Bittner