Since 2020, 248 athletes across all divisions have switched paths in their NCAA careers and been able to explore new opportunities they have been given by the sport. Over the past couple seasons, transferring to continue your career has become more widely accepted, whereas in the past, transferring might not have been as common and was looked at as more of a risky decision. Making the decision to transfer is a scary one, but, in my own experience, it ended up turning into something beautiful.
I spent the first two years of my career at the University of Bridgeport, a team I was immensely excited to be a part of, and I will always be grateful for the people I met, the memories I made, and the opportunities I was given there. However, as my sophomore season ended, I was, unfortunately, ready to be done with gymnastics, not knowing in just a couple of days this might become a reality. My last competition with Bridgeport was March 8, 2020, only four days before everything was completely shut down. Our team left campus on March 13 with none of us knowing what our next chapters looked like.
Over the next couple of months, I was taking classes online, living at home, and training at my club gym, still waiting for answers about what the year would look like. Rumors were…
