A week after leading the U.S. team to a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, Alicia Sacramone '10 has decided to forfeit her NCAA eligibility to turn professional.
Sacramone announced yesterday that she has hired TrinityOne Marketing to represent her as she pursues endorsements and sponsorships, according to a Brown Athletics press release.
The move means that the reigning Eastern College Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and 2008 Olympic hopeful will not be able to compete again for the Brown gymnastics team. In her one season competing for Brown, Sacramone set school records in the vault, floor and all-around.
At the World Championships in Germany last week, Sacramone earned a silver medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the vault en route to leading the U.S. team to a gold medal. The Associated Press called her floor exercise performance, which clinched the championship for the American team, "as clutch as any pass ever thrown by Peyton Manning or basket made by (Michael Jordan)."
