Madison Kocian, an incoming UCLA freshman who will join the Bruin Women’s Gymnastics team in the Fall, became the first UCLA student-athlete to win a medal at the Olympics in Rio.
While she graduated from high school in 2015, Madison put off starting college until this Fall, presumably so she could train and compete in Rio.
Today, that decision paid off in a big way as Kocian is a part of the US women’s gymnastics team which captured the gold.
The US Olympic Committee twitter account tweeted their congratulations.
According to a report on CBSNews.