Jazmyn Foberg celebrates her vault at the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships. She earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after Florida's first and final meets of the regular season.
Jazmyn Foberg: A Cool & Calm Presence for the Gators
Saturday, March 31, 2018 | Gymnastics
The youngest member of the Gator team has proven to be steady and reliable competitor.
Jazmyn Foberg doesn't let anything phase her. Affectionately nicknamed "Jazzy" since childhood, she has proved this season that she has the ability to perform consistently well in high-pressure situations.
"Jazzy really has been a steady, cool, calming factor for our team. She's someone we know that we can rely on at any given time," Florida coach Jenny Rowland said.
It would be impossible to tell from her outside demeanor and the scores she's posted this season that the 18-year-old is the youngest member of Florida's squad.
She graduated from high school in three years so she could start college a year earlier.
"I did a lot in elite and I felt like I was ready to move on and start my college career," Foberg said.
She arrived in Gainesville in August as part of the nation's top recruiting class, with teammates Alyssa Baumann, Megan Skaggs and Nicole Webb.
The Gators have relied heavily on Foberg and her fellow freshmen, especially after two of their teammates suffered season-ending injuries. Foberg has appeared in all but one of Florida's meets this season, posting career-bests of 9.95 on bars and 9.9 on vault.
Her teammates think that she is mature beyond her years.
"She's just very laid back. And it's funny because you look at her and you're almost like she's so young, but she acts like she's this old grandma. She has the funniest personality. We are always laughing with her," sophomore Amelia Hundley said.
The freshman had a long list of accomplishments before she started her collegiate career. Foberg was a two-time Junior National Team member, the all-around and uneven bars champion in the junior division at the 2014 P&G Championships and was chosen as the 2014 International Gymnast Magazine Junior Elite Gymnast of the Year. During her elite career, she spent 30 hours a week training while being home-schooled.
Now she has her a team to lean on and practice with.
But the nearly 1,000 mile distance from her loved ones in Bayville, N.J., has been a transition for her and providing some surprises for those closest to her. Her parents have been at every meet – home and away – this season. At the season opener in Morgantown, W.Va., her mom, Michele, watched with wide eyes as she got her first look at Foberg's collegiate floor routine.
"In elite I had serious floor routines which I didn't smile or dance [in]. And now, in this new floor routine, I smile and do some dance moves. After that West Virginia meet, she said 'I didn't know you could dance like that," Foberg said.
Florida will need her quiet confidence with the NCAA Regional Championship just days away at Penn State.
Her coach is happy that she can rely on her.
"She really just has that presence about her, that nothing rattles her. It really is a great contribution to our team and we are very fortunate to have a freshman as seasoned and competition-ready as she is," Rowland said.
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