Paul Skenes, pitcher of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is experiencing a great moment after this Monday, November 18, the MLB gave him the National League Rookie of the Year award for the 2024 season. And this joy is shared with his girlfriend, along which has already been shown several times in public.
The baseball player is in love with Olivia Dunne, a professional gymnast, born on October 1, 2002 in New Jersey. Since she was a child, she began training at the ENA Gymnastics academy, under the accompaniment of her coach and mentor Craig Zappa.
After participating in different junior category competitions, he became a senior in 2018 and in 2024 he is part of the LSU Tigers Gymnastics team, at Louisiana State University. However, sports is not the only thing that takes up her time, since she is also a bikini model for Sports Illustrated magazine and a renowned social media influencer.
On Instagram, the athlete has more than 5 million followers, with whom she shares moments of her daily life, such as her partner’s recent award ceremony. He also does paid collaborations with different brands.
The fanaticism that this young woman generates among her fans reaches such a point, which she once told on the podcast Best of Both Worlds with Flau’jae, that they have made unusual requests of her: “Do you know what they said to me for a long time in my comments section? People asked me for the water I used to bathe”revealed.
“I thought… ‘Where has my life come to?'”added the gymnast and said: “These people are asking in the water I bathe with. But they’ve kind of calmed down, but it was crazy that I’ll never forget, and I kind of take it as a joke. It was funny at the time.”
In July 2024, Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes stole everyone’s attention at the MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show and spoke with the media. She admitted that she admires her boyfriend and commented with a laugh: “His brain can’t even process how hard he throws.”
