Anon Question (making a college team)

[Anonymous (4736)]

What are the chances that my daughter gets onto a college team? She is 16, will be graduating at 16. She started training at 13. However, she competed Diamond for the last two seasons and won silver at regionals on vault. She is currently training level 9/10 skills. Being that she has been in the sport for almost 4 years and have medaled at 99% of the meets she competed, would a college want to train her and put her on the roster.

 

[Anonymous (bee5)]

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[Anonymous (fafc)]

would a college want to train her and put her on the roster.

No. This isn’t how college gym works. Huge difference between training L9/L10 and competing these levels (and there’s a huge difference between L9 and L10). Your daughter won’t even be able to get on the radar of a college coach.

 

[Anonymous (e8d0)]

No, most girls on college teams hit level 10 around 8th/9th grade.

Club gymnastics is a great option for her.

 

[Anonymous (231b)]

Training level 9 at 16? Sorry to be blunt, but not a chance. But sounds like she'd be a great fit for college Club gym.

 

[Anonymous (bf81)]

She absolutely has a shot at Acrobatics and Tumbling. Lots of former Xcel athletes make great A&T team members.

 

[Anonymous (3501)]

Training level 9 at 16? Sorry to be blunt, but not a chance. But sounds like she'd be a great fit for college Club gym.

But would it make a difference if she were training level 9 as a high school freshman? I agree, it still seems like a major long shot, but it seems like there are a batch of kids that are 1-2 grades below what would be considered their typical grade level, due to factors such as covid and late birthdays. If they are actually graduating high school at age 19 - would a walk on or D3 might be a possible long shot?

I did see that OP's child plans on graduating at 16, so that probably makes all of that a moot point, unless they plan on going to some sort of prep school for a couple of years.

 

[Anonymous (d476)]

But would it make a difference if she were training level 9 as a high school freshman? I agree, it still seems like a major long shot, but it seems like there are a batch of kids that are 1-2 grades below what would be considered their typical grade level, due to factors such as covid and late birthdays. If they are actually graduating high school at age 19 - would a walk on or D3 might be a possible long shot?

I did see that OP's child plans on graduating at 16, so that probably makes all of that a moot point, unless they plan on going to some sort of prep school for a couple of years.

I know several girls that competed L9 as hs freshmen and are currently on D3 teams. A couple did L9 in 9th and 10th grades and then 2 years of L10. A few did L9 in 8th and 9th grades and then 3 years of L10.
There are 6 girls at our gym that are currently on, just starting in the fall or have recently graduated from D1 teams. They all did at least 4 years of L10.

 

[Anonymous (f613)]

To be quick and blunt, no. Especially if your daughter is graduating this year, she should be focusing on academics and putting together a strong college application. Not to say that she can't do gymnastics, just that gymnastics isn't going to get her into college. She could however, look into acro and tumbling! My daughter, who also competed XD this past season, and is particularly strong on floor, has gotten offers from A&T teams. Or, if she really wants to be a part of the varsity gymnastics team, she could look into being a team manager. But, keep your mindset realistic, she's not going to be recruited for gymnastics.

 

[Anonymous (658a)]

The combination of starting gymnastics late and starting college early makes NCAA gymnastics nearly impossible. Club gymnastics and acro and tumbling are both realistic college options.

 

[Ry32]

What are the chances that my daughter gets onto a college team? She is 16, will be graduating at 16. She started training at 13. However, she competed Diamond for the last two seasons and won silver at regionals on vault. She is currently training level 9/10 skills. Being that she has been in the sport for almost 4 years and have medaled at 99% of the meets she competed, would a college want to train her and put her on the roster.

This is a useful resource:

Commits - CollegeGymFans.com

Since 2001, the internet's site for Collegiate Gymnastics. Women's, Men's, Scholarships, Recruiting, News and Information.

www.collegegymfans.com

This give you an idea on how many college gymnastics recruits there are per year. Generally in the area of about 300-350. Also shows the levels that are recruited.

As someone that researched this a few years ago, the reality is even in division 3 teams, the majority of the girls are multi year level 10s. Not to mention the recruits who are Elite level, Elite gymnastics that drop back to level 10 and also foreign country recruits.

A good exercise is to look at the recruits on College Gym Fans website and also look at the rosters of the colleges you might be interested in and research the gymnasts on mymeetscores.com. I researched the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh roster, thinking this was a "realistic option" and found that all but two (at the time) were multi year level 10s, with the other two being single year level 10s.

Not going to say that it's impossible, but the odds are stacked against you. Researching the college rosters paints a realistic picture that college gymnasts, top to bottom, are special talents.