Prospective Collegiate Athletes
Many past GAC gymnasts have been recruited by colleges for both Gymnastics and Acro & Tumbling, and we aim to continue that legacy of greatness with each passing year. Scroll down to see some of our current upper-level athletes and what they could bring to your collegiate program.
Meet The Athletes
Cadence Gilbert
Class of 2023
Competitive Level: 9
Videos: My Youtube Channel
I attend Wando High School in Charleston where I am taking all honors and AP classes that include: H English 3, Sports Medicine 2 and 3, H Pre-Calculus, French 3, H Anatomy and Physiology, AP US History, and AP Psychology. This school year I will also be finishing the Sports Medicine major route at Wando High School. I have a 4.35 GPA and am ranked 181st out of my class of 662 students.
Chesney Bennett
Class of 2024, has accepted a full athletic scholarship with the University of Kentucky
Competitive Level: 10
Videos: My Instagram Profile and my Youtube Channel
I have been doing gymnastics since I was four years old, and immediately fell in love with the sport. I started competing at the age of six. I love the rush of competing and the excitement I feel when I am performing. I am now a sophomore at Bishop England High School and am going into my fourth year of level 10. I am the South Carolina State level 10 vault, bars, beam, floor and all-around champion. I also earned second place on floor at regionals and third place on beam. I love gymnastics and am excited about the seasons ahead.
Zoe DeWitt
Class of 2024
Competitive Level: 10
Videos: My Youtube Channel
I attend Bishop England High School with a South Carolina Uniform Grading Policy GPA of 5.0045 and am ranked 4th in my class. I have been in competitive gymnastics for 11 years and have qualified for Regional 8 regionals four times and Eastern Nationals once. I regularly participate in volunteer work through my church and my school. I also swim competitively for my high school and with a Summer league in Charleston. While I enjoy these things, I really look forward to furthering my gymnastics career throughout college and cannot wait for this season.
Lily Radaker
Class of 2024
Competitive Level: 10
Videos: My Instagram Profile
I am a level 10 gymnast, and a part of the class of 2024. I go to school at Philip Simmons High School, have an unweighted 4.0 GPA, a weighted 5.050 gpa, and am currently top 4% of my class. I have currently taken two AP classes and am taking all of the required classes for the requirements of the NCAA.
Whitney Torchia
Class of 2026
Competitive Level: 10
Videos: My Instagram Profile and my Youtube Channel
I am attending Oceanside Collegiate Academy, class of 2026, where I am enrolled in all honors classes. I started gymnastics when I was 18 months old and began competing when I was 4 years old. This year will be my fourth year competing level 10. During the 2022-2023 season I will be competing my Yurchenko Full-on Pike off vault and a piked double Arabian on floor.
Kendall Simon
Class of 2024
Competitive Level: 9
Videos: Coming Soon!
I am a Level 9 gymnast training to go Level 10 in ’23-‘24, and I’ve been doing gymnastics since the age of 4. I attend Wando High School, graduating class of 2026, where I take all honors courses and have a 4.3 weighted GPA. I was a Level 9 SC State champion on Bars, Beam, and All-Around, as well as the Region 2 Level 8 Bars champion. I already have a Maloney-pak, a Tkatchev, a side aerial to double full dismount on beam, and a ring jump to split full on beam.
GAC's Past Collegiate Athletes
Amanda McBrayer
2014: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Gymnastics
Ashley Walker
2019: Presbyterian College Acrobatics & Tumbling
Maddie Nettles
2014 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Gymnastics, Full Athletic Scholarship
Sidney Vincent
Lander University Acrobatics & Tumbling
Kelsey Sorrenson
2015: West Virginia University Gymnastics