A Benefit Event for Men's Collegiate Gymnastics - Pacific Coast Classic

Pacific Coast Classic - A Benefit Event for Men's Gymnastics

The Collegiate and Olympic Connection

U.S. four-year colleges and universities are the traditional route to the Olympics. Listed below are the schools where some of our former U.S. Olympians received their college education and trained for the Olympic Games. "Dropped" indicates that the NCAA men's gymnastics program was eliminated by the University.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Dan Hayden (alt.) '88 Olympic Team

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Guard Young '04 Olympic Team
·Wayne Young '76 Olympic Team

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Donald Holder '52 Olympic Team

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Kurt Thomas '76 Olympic Team

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Ron Galimore (1980-81) '80 Olympic Team

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Ron Galimore (1977-78) '80 Olympic Team

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Dave Thor '68 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
·John Roethlisberger '92, '96, '00 Olympic Teams

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
·Phil Cahoy  '80 Olympic Team
·Kevin Davis  '88 Olympic Team
·Trent Dimas  '92 Olympic Team
·Larry Gerard  '80 Olympic Team
·Jim Hartung  '84 Olympic Team
·Scott Johnson  '84, '88 Olympic Teams
·James Mikus (alt.)  '84 Olympic Team
·Tom Schlesinger (alt.)  '88 Olympic Team
·Wes Suter  '88 Olympic Team

NEW YORK (dropped)
·Frank Cumiskey '32, '36, '48 Olympic Teams

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Richard Loyd (alt.) '68 Olympic Team

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (dropped)
·William Tom '56 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
·Bart Conner '76, '80, '84 Olympic Teams
·Mike Wilson '80 Olympic Team

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
·Raj Bhavsar (alt.)  '04 Olympic Team
·Jamie Natalie (alt.)  '00 Olympic Team
·Kip Simons  '96 Olympic Team
·Blaine Wilson  '96, '00, '04 Olympic Teams

PENN STATE
·Marshall Avener   '72, '76 Olympic Teams
·William Bonsell  '48 Olympic Team
·Louis John Bordo  '48 Olympic Team
·Jim Culhane  '72 Olympic Team
·Steve Cohen  '68 Olympic Team
·Vincent D'Autorio  '52 Olympic Team
·Garland O'Quinn  '60 Olympic Team
·Karl Schier (Schwenzfeier) (alt.)    '56 Olympic Team
·Raymond Sorenson  '48 Olympic Team
·Armando Vega  '56, '64 (alt.) Olympic Teams
·Greg Weiss  '64 Olympic Team
·Gene Whelan (alt.)  '76 Olympic Team

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·John Crosby '72 Olympic Team
·Peter Kormann '76 Olympic Team

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (dropped)
·Jim Ivicek (alt.)  '72 Olympic Team
·Rusty Mitchell  '64 Olympic Team
·Fred Orlofsky  '60 Olympic Team

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
·Steve Hug '68, '72 Olympic Teams
·Jair Lynch '92, '96 Olympic Teams

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
·Dominick Minicucci '92 Olympic Team
·Robert Stout '52 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
·Tom Beach  '76 Olympic Team
·Sidney Freudenstein  '68 Olympic Team
·George Greenfield  '72 Olympic Team
·Art Shurlock (1959-60)  '64 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (dropped)
·Kanati Allen
  '68 Olympic Team
·Larry Banner  '60, '64 Olympic Team
·Tim Daggett  '84 Olympic Team
·Mitch Gaylord  '84 Olympic Team
·Scott Keswick  '92 Olympic Team
·Stephen McCain   '00, '04 (alt.) Olympic Teams
·Chainey Umphrey  '96 Olympic Team
·Peter Vidmar  '84 Olympic Team
·Chris Waller  '92 Olympic Team

UNIV OF ILLINOIS
·Abie Grossfeld  '56, '60 Olympic Teams
·Charles Lakes  '88 Olympic Team
·Dominick Minicucci  '88 Olympic Team
·Don Tonry  '60 Olympic Team

UNIV OF ILLINOIS - CHICAGO
·Art Shurlock (1955-56) '64 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON (dropped)
·Fred Roethlisberger '68 Olympic Team

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (dropped)
·Ronald Barak  '64 Olympic Team
·Jack Beckner  '52, '56, '60 Olympic Teams
·Makoto Sakamoto  '64, '72 Olympic Teams
·Charles Simms  '52, '56 Olympic Teams