Commitment season has begun! Elite competition is over, the NCAA season is on the horizon, and we are all eagerly watching to see where the class of 2025 signs. To keep things interesting, the team here at CGN took a different approach in order to satisfy our curiosity about all things recruitment. We looked at data over the years to see which pre-college commitment switches made the biggest impact for their teams and, conversely, what teams lost out on a promising signee.
To do this, we focused on quantifiable measurements of how each gymnast contributed to the scoring picture for their team. We looked at each meet, ranked the gymnast’s score within their new team, and then looked at how much higher their score was than the sixth-ranked score in the lineup of their original commitment. We then averaged these metrics for gymnasts who competed in at least five meets for their new team on any given event. Using this information, we were able to select 10 gymnasts who were incredibly impactful for their new teams. On average, the gymnasts featured were each ranked in the top half of their new team’s lineup, and scored at least 0.2 higher than the sixth-ranked score on at least two events.
Kiya Johnson
Original Commitment: Georgia
College Team: LSU
Though she’s…
