A lot of stories have been going around about many of the men’s NCAA gymnastics teams scoring high in the classroom.  In particular, the Stanford men’s team not only won the NCAA team championship, but they also had the highest cumulative team GPA of all NCAA men’s gymnastics teams.  That is huge!  According to Sho Nakamori’s blog, Stanford also had nine guys honored as individual scholar-athletes.  Congrats to Stanford.

Speaking of Stanford, Sho Nakamori suffered a torn ACL at the Japan Cup.  He suffered the injury upon landing his dismount on high bar.  Now that VISAs and Worlds are out of the question for 2009, Sho remains focused on rehabbing and working on his upper body strength.  His surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, July 31.  Typical Sho… turning a negative into a positive.  His ultimate prize of making the 2012 Olympic Team remains clearly in sight.

Congrats to another Stanford grad, David Sender, for winning three gold medals at the Maccabiah Games.  Sender won gold on rings, vault and high bar.  He also earned a silver in the all-around.  Incoming Stanford freshman, Ben Rudolph, also fared well at the Games with a bronze medal finish in the all-around.  David Frankl, from the U.S. Development Center (NJ), won gold in the Junior Division.

Our friend at GymnasticsCoaching.com, Coach Rick McCharles, has had a busy summer gallavanting all over the world.  Earlier, he spent time hiking in Death Valley, and lately he has been doing the same in Europe.  He still finds time to post timely stories on his fine blog.

Heard through the grapevine that New Hope gymnast, Yoshi Mori, is headed to Illinois.  This is a great pickup for the Illini, and Mori will contribute right away.  Mori placed 4th in the all-around at the 2009 JO Nationals.

Air Force just announced their list of seven incoming freshmen for the upcoming 2010 season.  According to Head Coach Kip Simons, "these seven young men are, by far, the strongest recruiting class that I have brought to the Academy."  Click here for the article.

Congrats to Anne Phillips for the recent one-year anniversary of Gymnastike. Phillips’ site continues to dazzle with great and timely videos.  Anne has the best job in the world, traveling to gyms and gymnastics events all over the country.  She’s doing a great job of getting the word out about our great sport.  The gymnasts and coaches she has interviewed all deserve the coverage they are getting.

We’re looking forward to posting some insightful commentary from a young guest blogger regarding the upcoming VISAs and Worlds.  We’ll be posting within the next few days.

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