Patrick Duffy

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Class: Junior Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M. High School: La Cueva

Height: 5-7 Event: FX, PH

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2012): Competed on the pommel horse in every team competition...scored a season-high 14.050 at the NCAA National Qualifier...competed on the floor exercise during six meets...won the floor exercise at Arizona State...scored a career-high 14.400 at that meet...that score is tied for 17th on the Academy's all-time list...also competed twice on the vault...made collegiate debut against Minnesota, scoring a 13.400...MPSF academic all-conference selection.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2011): Competed on the pommel horse in every team competition...posted a career-best score of 14.200 at the All-Academy Championships...that is the eighth-highest score in Academy history...also recorded marks on the program's top-20 all-time list of 13.650 (18th, at Nebraska) and 13.600 (19th, three times, including the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships)...named to the College Gymnastics Association's Scholar-Athlete team.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: La Cueva High School...selected as a State of New Mexico Higher Education Department Recognition Program Scholar in 2009-10...posted a 4.5 weighted GPA...two-time academic letterwinner...member of the National Honor Society...selected for the National Youth Leadership Forum all four years...three-year member of Nobel's National Society of High School Scholars...named Who's Who Among High School Students in 2008...competed at the club level for Gold Cup Gymnastics...coached by Jerry Nickels...member of two state championship teams (2009, 2010)...2009 Gymnast of the Year...four-time USAG Junior Olympic Qualifier...four-time USAG First-Team Academic All-American...USAG Region I Select Team in 2005, representing gymnastics from California, Nevada, Hawaii and Arizona...named to the USAG Southern California State All-Star Team in 2005...two-time selection to the USAG Nevada State All-Star Team...placed first in the all-around at the USAG Southern California State North Conference meet in 2006...two-time Most Decorated Gymnast Award...two-time participant at the International Gymnastics Camp...also attended Falcon Sports Camps in 2009, earning the Best Attitude Award.

PERSONAL: Son of Pat and Diana Duffy...father was a 1981 Academy graduate and spent 28 years as a fighter pilot, retiring as a Colonel...mother is a 1983 Academy graduate...nickname is "Patty"...has one younger sister, Katherine...majoring in electrical engineering...future career plans include either becoming a pilot or NSA...served as Confidence Course Superintendent and Safety NCO.,..named to the Superintendent's List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance...hobbies include "endangering my life, working on cars, Cadet Parades and waterskiing...loves techo music...is one-quarter Japanese...spent part of the summer at Osan AFB, South Korea with the Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory (FERL)...also took leave and worked the second session of Basic Cadet Training...favorite event is the pommel horse...member of Cadet Squadron 12.