Rising Stars Gymnastics has a long tradition of members earning college gymnastics scholarships.  We would like to recognize them all here, and will start with our most recent. Congratulations to all recipients!  For younger gymnasts this demonstrates the potential reward for you (and your parents!) for continuing hard work in the gym every day.

The RSGA optional team coaches and directors will assist every college bound athlete in locating a college of their choice. We will establish contact with any college that you are interested in and assist you in earning a scholarship. Colleges seek the best private club athletes in the state and in the country. This means you should strive to compete well in all State, Regional, and National Championships. One of your goals should be to qualify to compete in the highest possible championship that your level offers (Level 9 – Western Championship, Level 10 – DP National Championship). Remember, at any given competition there may be a college recruiter sitting behind you, in front of you, or even next to you!

It is important that you begin building your gymnastics video library during your Level 9-10 competition seasons. You will use these videos, along with video taken in the gym of new skills or progressions; to make a link that you can send to the schools that you are interested in attending.

Of course, the most important aspects of the possibility of a college scholarship is maintaining good grades and scoring well on both the ACT and the SAT. You should take these tests as a junior and then again as a senior. Even the best gymnast will fall short of their college goals if grades and test scores are low.

Congratulations to our alumni athletes who went to compete for their universities:

Mary Jane Rott, 2013-2017–earned a full athletic scholarship to Auburn University, Alabama starting in the fall of 2013. Mary Jane trained at Rising Stars for eleven years. She competed as a level 10 for six years and has qualified to Nationals five times.

Brittany Hadj Romdhane, 2014-2018-earned a full athletic/academic scholarship to Southeast Missouri University. She started training with her new RedHawks teammates in the fall of 2014. Brittany had been training at Rising Stars for four years. She competed level 10 for three years and has qualified to Nationals two times.

Amy Enright – earned partial academic scholarship and a spot on gymnastics team at UW La Crosse, WI in the fall of 201.  Amy trained at Rising Stars for twelve years. Amy competed level 10 for four years and has qualified to Nationals three times.

Mya Hooten – verbally committed to the University of Minnesota in September 2017. Mya earned a full athletic scholarship to Golden Gopher’s gymnastics team starting in a fall of 2020. Mya was a first-year level 10 gymnast in 2017 and competed level 10 for three years.

We are very proud of our athletes that have competed for NCAA schools after competition for Rising Stars Gymnastics team:

* Mya Hooten, 2020 – University of Minnesota

* Jessica Chiu, 2016 (Academic)- University of Minnesota

* Brittany Hadj Romdane, 2014- Southeast Missouri State University

* Amy Enright, 2014- University of WI, La Crosse

* Mary Jane Rott, 2013- Auburn University, Alabama

* Alyssa Fedor, 2008- University of WI, La Crosse

* Megan Flanagan, 2004- San Diego State University, CA (Diving)

* Nicole Gergen, 2002- Gustavus College