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The Collegiate and Olympic Connection:
NCAA Olympians
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 University eliminated their varsity men's gymnastics program.
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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)
Mike Carter (alt.) - '76 Olympic Team
Ron Galimore (1977-78) - '80 Olympic Team
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
Dave Thor - '68 Olympic Team
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (dropped)
Frank Cumiskey - '32, '36, '48 Olympic Teams
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (dropped)
Richard Loyd (alt.) - '68 Olympic Team
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (dropped)
William Tom - '56 Olympic Team
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Raj Bhavsar - '04 (alt.), '08 Olympic Teams
Jamie Natalie (alt.) - '00 Olympic Team
Kip Simon - '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
Kevin Tan - '08 Olympic Team
Armando Vega - '56, '64 (alt.) Olympic Teams
Greg Weiss - '64 Olympic Team
Gene Whelan - '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
David Durante (alt.) - '08 Olympic Team
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
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Abie Grossfeld - '56, '60 Olympic Teams
Charles Lakes - '88 Olympic Team
Dominick Minicucci - '88 Olympic Team
Don Tonry - '60 Olympic Team
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - CHICAGO
Art Shurlock (1955-56) - '64 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
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Bart Conner - '76, '80, '84 Olympic Teams
Jonathan Horton - '08 Olympic Team
Mike Wilson - '80 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
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON (dropped)
Fred Roethlisberger - '68 Olympic Team
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