The transition into life as a college athlete is tough for freshmen across the country. Leaving home to start a new journey as not only a college student but also a high-level athlete comes with a lot of challenges. But North Carolina freshmen Elly and Neve King have found that having your twin by your side makes the transition a little bit easier.
From the beginning of their recruiting process, Elly and Neve were a package deal. They let each prospective school know that they were planning on going to college together, so if a school didn’t want both of them, it wasn’t going to be the right fit. North Carolina head coach Danna Durante was very understanding of their situation and was excited to work with her first pair of identical twins. “We felt like if that was their goal, we owed it to them,” Durante said.
The twins looked at a handful of different programs, but North Carolina stood out to each of them. Neve is in pre-business and mentioned that “the business school here is really prestigious.” Both girls loved the team atmosphere and the coaching staff from the beginning, but what stood out to Elly was how “they’re really trying to build the program.” Both the twins wanted to be a part of the legacy that North Carolina gymnastics is working to…
