CGA Proclaims First-Ever Corridor of Fame!
Per the CGA – Max Soifer – February 14, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the institution of the first-ever School Gymnastics Affiliation Corridor of Fame, celebrating the excellent achievements and contributions of athletes, coaches, and groups throughout their time within the NCAA.
After years of dedication and fervour for the game, it’s time to honor the legends who’ve left an indelible mark on collegiate gymnastics. From outstanding athletic performances to groundbreaking teaching achievements and unwavering help for the game’s development, these particular person’s legacies are deserving of celebration.
The School Gymnastics Affiliation Corridor of Fame will function a tribute to excellence, perseverance, and the enduring spirit of competitors. It is going to be a spot the place the wealthy historical past of the game is preserved and celebrated for generations to come back.
Inductees into the Corridor of Fame will embody athletes who’ve achieved unparalleled success on the gymnastics flooring, coaches who’ve impressed and mentored their groups to greatness, and groups who’ve celebrated unprecedented success.
Be a part of us as we embark on this thrilling journey to honor the legacy of NCAA males’s gymnastics and acknowledge those that have made extraordinary contributions to the game. Collectively, we are going to have a good time the previous, encourage the current, and form the way forward for males’s gymnastics on the NCAA degree.
This inaugural class consists of members of the NCAA males’s gymnastics neighborhood from each period ranging again to the second world conflict. The choice committee consists of NCAA males’s gymnastics historians who’ve deep perception into every technology of NCAA males’s gymnastics and might collectively, inform the total story of our sport for the reason that first NCAA males’s gymnastics championships held in 1938 in Chicago.
All NCAA Males’s Gymnasts who’ve competed within the NCAA are eligible to be nominated for the CGA Corridor of Fame. Eligibility begins as soon as an athlete is 5 years faraway from NCAA competitors. All athletes nominated for the Corridor of Fame should have robust character, a stable ethical basis, and should have proven a optimistic contribution to the game of Males’s Gymnastics.
The method for choice started with a nomination course of from the committee. A nomination by a single member of the committee resulted in a Corridor of Fame nomination. From there the nominees had been moved to a ultimate spherical based mostly on a two-thirds’ majority vote from the committee. At this stage they had been labeled Finalists. Lastly, the Corridor of Fame committee mentioned and explored each finalist previous to taking one ultimate vote to find out the inductees who made up the inaugural class. It took a two-thirds majority vote to go from finalist to inductee.
Over the approaching weeks the CGA will launch the names of the inductees on Wednesdays over our social media channels and can add a follow-up every Friday with extra details about every inductee. Keep tuned to find out about our inductees and their contribution to the game all of us love a lot.