Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund

The National Gymnastics Foundation, in partnership with USA Gymnastics, is creating a Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund. The fund’s goal is to provide solutions to support collegiate programs in peril and offer educational and business training for coaches and program administrators to assist them in building financially secure programs. The Collegiate Gymnastics Developmental Fund complements the initiatives USA Gymnastics already has in place to support collegiate gymnastics.

“Collegiate gymnastics is a vital part of the gymnastics fabric in the United States,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. …

In addition to the Collegiate Developmental Fund, the National Gymnastics Foundation already has scholarship programs in place for men’s collegiate gymnastics and trampoline athletes that are endowed through donations and fees. USA Gymnastics organizes national championships for both men’s and women’s gymnastics to supplement the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships. USA Gymnastics has taken an increasingly proactive role in supporting the collegiate arm of gymnastics; earlier this year it hosted a summit to discuss the issues facing collegiate gymnastics and assisted in a fundraising effort for Cal State Fullerton women’s gymnastics team.

The Collegiate Developmental Fund (CDF) will be supported through public and private donations, as well as through some existing funds in the National Gymnastics Foundation. The NGF has dedicated funds valued at $100,000 to seed the CDF.

“The Foundation is still working out the details for the fund,” said Bob Wood, chair of the National Gymnastics Foundation. “No grants will be issued until the guidelines and parameters for funding and distribution are solidified. We are excited about the opportunities the Fund will present, and we hope the gymnastics community will band together to build a solid endowment for this effort.”

“This is a huge step forward,” commented Mike Lorenzen, president of NACGC/W. “We are very excited about the opportunity to work with USA Gymnastics and the National Gymnastics Foundation to identify solutions to maintain and develop new college programs.”

“It is important for us to work together to sustain NCAA gymnastics as an important goal for all of our athletes,” said Mike Burns, president of the College Gymnastics Association for men’s gymnastics. …

The National Gymnastics Foundation was created from the energy and excitement generated by the gold-medal Olympic effort of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Proceeds totaling $1.4 million from the 1984 Olympics were used to establish the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Today, the Foundation’s assets total approximately $4.3 million.

Summary of Actions – NCAA Gymnastics Committee

Here is the Summary of Actions – NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee.
The information outlines the committee’s key actions that were discussed during the meeting. Please note, several items will need final approval by the appropriate governance group as indicated.

2009 Scholastic All America Award Winners and National Academic Champions

The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) is pleased to announce the completion of another exemplary year of academic performance by collegiate women gymnasts.  Southeast Missouri State University earned the National Academic Team Championship again with a 3.9124 composite team GPA, bolstered by 14 individual athletes with perfect 4.0s for the year.  Perennial team contender Southern Utah University finished in second with a 3.68 and Michigan State University finished third with a 3.65.

The top 15 teams are:

1.) Southeast Missouri State – 3.91
2.) Southern Utah – 3.68
3.) Michigan State – 3.65
4.) Alabama – 3.56
5.) Hamline – 3.548
6.) Winona State – 3.545
7.) Minnesota – 3.52
8.) Eastern Michigan – 3.51
9.) Ithaca – 3.47
10.) Brown – 3.451
11.) Denver – 3.449
12.) Stanford – 3.448
13.) Missouri – 3.4457
14.) UC Davis – 3.4447
15.) Springfield – 3.434

A total of 67 student-athletes earned 4.0 GPAs for the 2009 academic year and 428 earned Scholastic All America status as a result of GPAs of 3.5 or better for the year.

Academic Awards Results 2009 – Team Rank

Academic Awards Results 2009 – Individuals

2009 Academic Press Release

NCAA Rules and Ethical Standards Governing College Recruiting

All Prospective Student-Athletes and Coaches should take a few moments to carefully read and familiarize themselves with these NCAA Rules of Ethical Standards (The file link is to a .pdf document).

2009-10 NCAA Rules and Ethical Standards Governing College Recruiting

Recruiting Guide

If you are a Prospective Student-Athlete (PSA), you can find a Powerpoint presentation on the Prospective Student-Athlete page.  Simply click on ‘Complete Guide’ and follow the directions to download it to your computer.  It contains information any potential college gymnast can benefit from.

Welcome to the New NACGC/W Website

This is the new official website for the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches /Women.

• Across the top of the page are tabs which lead you to further information about the organization, as well as College Gymnastics in general.
• This home page is a news blog which will notify you of upcoming events, rule changes and additions or changes to information contained in this website.
• You can subscribe to this website via RSS feed.  Just choose ‘Entries (RSS)’ under Subscribe in the column to the right and select your favorite RSS reader.
• Any suggestions regarding the structure, content, as well as any problems would be greatly appreciated.  Please email Don Houlton at don.houlton@yale.edu.

Coaches Directory Display

The NACGC/W Coaches Directory,  is now available in two Formats:

1. Coaches Directory in Web Page Form
2. Coaches Directory in Spreadsheet Form

The directory is stored in a Google Spreadheet and is available in regular spreadsheet form, as well as Web Page form.
Anyone can view it, but if you have a Google account (free), you can use Google Docs to export the the spreadsheet to Excel or into several other formats.