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The Role of Parents in College Athletics Recruiting

Tom Kovic

The college search for athletes has grown more complicated and increasingly competitive, especially during the past 10 years. There are countless components that require attention in developing and executing a successful plan of action, along with several key “players” who make-up the team. Parents can play a significant role in the recruiting process and in my opinion; they should make an active commitment to enthusiastically assist their children from start to finish in what will be a very important life decision.

College Recruiting 102: Awaken the Wizard

Tom Kovic

Have you ever found yourself scratching your head during an introspective moment, in an attempt to figure out how someone or some team grabbed the brass ring before you did? I have! It can be a low and frustrating inner debate, but in most cases the difference between success and failure can be a very fine line and the game changer was simply that… The other guy “found it” and you didn’t. This is a very simple statement to make and the probable solution to a challenge that haunts a lot of us in many areas of our lives, but…

Old Site Archive

Written by Administrator

Welcome to the Archive section of the old CollegeGymFans.com site. In this section, we have feature articles, interviews and other pieces written from 2002 to 2008. Archives for Prior Years 2008 Archive2007 Archive2006 Archive2005 Archive2004 Archive2003 Archive2002 Archive

Growth Initiative for Women's NCAA Gymnastics

Written by Greg

A letter from the NACGC-W regarding a new initiative to promote the growth of Women's NCAA Gymnastics is reproduced below.

Strength of Schedule Analysis: 2009

Bill Donaldson

SCHEDULE DIFFICULTY INDEX FOR TOP 10 TEAMS IN THE 2009 COACHES' PRE-SEASON POLL The schedule difficulty index (strength of schedule) is calculated by awarding 10 points for scheduling the number one team in the pre-season coaches' poll, 9 points for scheduling number 2, down to 1 point for number 10. No points are awarded for scheduling teams ranked below 10 and no schedule strength is calculated for teams ranked below 10. Because some teams mention, in their news releases, the number of top-10 or top-25 teams of on their schedule, a fifth column, Top Ten Teams, is added. This column…

Top Ten Things You Should Know About College Recruiting

Andrea Barnes

Earning the right to be a college athlete doesn’t happen over night. It takes time, dedication, training, talent, research and planning. Here are the top ten things you need to know to get started on your quest to earning a top gymnastics college scholarship

CollegeGymFans.com Top 10 Women's Recruiting Classes for 2008-2009

Staff

It seems as earlier and earlier the recruiting season begins, the later and later we write this article. In fact, there seems to be four different recruiting seasons for each class: the junior year; summer/fall heading into senior year; the spring of senior year; and finally, early graduation for a January start! Next year, we fear we will be adding a fifth category; the sophomore year.

SEMO Leads Scholastic All America Ranking

Written by Administrator

SEMO tops the list of teams in the 2009 Scholastic All America rankings, according to a release from the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches, Women. They repeat at winners of the National Academic Team Championships, with a remarkable 14 athletes achieving perfect 4.0 grade point averages.

Navigating the College Recruiting Process

Tom Kovic

As prospects navigate the college athletics recruiting process, the level of their “command of confidence” will not only assist them in developing a positive and effective approach to recruiting, it will be “picked up” by the college coaches and assist the prospect in standing above the rest of the pack. Self confidence doesn’t just “appear"; it is a skill that is developed naturally and with experience and can offer student-athletes an effective tool that can be skillfully used in navigating the college recruiting process.

2009 Capsule Previews #13 to #25

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College Athletics Recruiting: Tips for Late Starters

Tom Kovic

I was a 2 sport athlete in high school and I was pretty good. Not that I was the blue chip kid all the coaches were drooling after, but I was a New York State Champion Gymnast and State runner up in Track and Field. I really did not know much of anything regarding skillful tactics in getting on the radar screen of the college coaches and quite honestly, did not begin the recruiting process until well into my senior year of high school. I’m thankful that both the Track and Field and Gymnastics coaches at Temple were paying attention…

2009 Superlatives

Skills of Note in the 2009 Season (W)
The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2009 Season. To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season. The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.3 or higher. The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important. The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes. In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances. This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes. This list is incomplete. Please submit your additions and corrections to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
VAULT						UNEVENS
Yurchenko Layout 2/1 Yurchenko Layout 3/2 Ricki Lebegern, Alabama Kristina Baskett, Utah Rebecca Best, Ohio State Amanda Castillo, Florida Annie DiLuzio, Utah Hillary Mauro, UGA Cassidy McComb, UGA Christine Nguyen, UNC Brandi Personett, PSU Tiffany Tolnay, UGA RO 1/2 Front Layout 1/2 Front Handspring Front Layout 1/2 Front Handspring Front Tuck with a Full Twist						Comaneci Grace Taylor, UGA Shushunova Heather Purnell, Stanford Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway Courtney Butler, DU Nicole Cowart, Illinois Kara Wright, UNC Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev) Kassi Price, Bama Melanie Sinclair, UF Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht/Tkachev) Ray (toe-on Tkachev) Courtney Kupets, UGA Bharwaj (full twisting Pak) Leslie Mak, Oregon State
BEAM						FLOOR
Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount Switch Ring Leap Morgan Evans, UNC Amber Hammerschmidt, ASU Holly Vise, OU Back tuck 1/1 twist Arabian Front Tuck Back Layout Two Foot Brooke Barclay, Oregon State Grace Taylor, UGA 5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey) Double Front Tuck Back Double Pike Amanda Castillo, UF Kassi Price, Bama Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Michigan Melanie Sinclair, UF						Full Twisting Double Layout Brandi Personett, PSU Double Layout Brooke Barr, NC State Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, LSU Morgan Dennis, Bama Hilary Ferguson, UK Emily Green, UK Heather Hite, UK Susan Jackson, LSU Emily Lopatofsky, MSU Jasmine Minion, UK Brandi Personett, PSU Melani Sinclair, UF Kylie Stone, Nebraska Double Front Daria Bijak, Utah Jessa Hansen, Iowa Danae Johnson, Rutgers Arabian Double Front Kristina Baskett, Utah Ariana Berlin, UCLA Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, LSU Annie DiLuzio, Utah Samantha Engle, LSU Deanna Graham, Arizona Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA Carly Janiga, Stanford Courtney Kupets, UGA Hilary Mauro, UGA Christine Nguyen, UNC Kyndal Robarts, Utah Mandi Rodriguez, Oregon State Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Michigan Tiffany Tolnay, UGA Triple Full Marina Borisova, Sac State Annie DiLuzio, Utah Corey Hartung, UF Alicia Hatcher, Missouri Ricki Lebegern, Bama Elizabeth Mahlich, UF Nicole Pechanec, Stanford Abby Stack, UGA Tricia Woo, NU Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out Kylee Botterman, Michigan Sarah Curtis, Michigan Lara Evenstad, NU Erin Grigg, EMU Jessica Lopez, DU Cassidy McComb, UGA Rochelle Robinson, MSU Taylor Seaman, NC State Jennifer Simbhudas, Iowa Sarah (Specht) Tomczyk, Arizona Tuck Full Out Pike Full In Ashley Houghting, Washington Krista Jasper, UNC Nicole Ourada, Stanford Maranda Smith, Florida

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