Recruiting is the lifeblood of any college sports team. You may have heard that saying before because it is true. While getting the best athletes possible is key in every sport, recruiting is not identical between sports. For example in basketball, the top recruits usually only stay one year in college. In football, there are many “diamonds in the rough” that are lightly recruited coming out of high school and yet make a huge impact in college and beyond. Because of the sheer number of prospects, players can get overlooked, and some do not mature physically until college. In gymnastics, college represents the last phase of a gymnast’s career.