The Soul Goals, Episode 39: Jordan

Gymnastics has been a part of Jordan’s story for over half of her young life.  Her love for her sport and the dedication and hard work that it took for her to land a full athletic scholarship to The University of California Berkley as a vital member of the women’s gymnastics team shows just how strong her desire is to pursue and to succeed.  

Jordan’s work ethic, her tenacity, and her faith helped land her an amazing opportunity at her dream school, she had to rely on those attributes to get her through a painful back surgery and recovery, an injury that threatened to end her gymnastics career.  But Jordan dove straight in to her faith and diligently kept the phrase “trust the process” as her guide throughout her trying road.  As she says, “God’s perfect timing” was one that couldn’t be denied.  From finding the ideal surgeon in the most unique of ways to perform the complicated procedure to the unending support of her college coaches and teammates to get her back to the gymnastics floor, God’s hand was evident in every thread of Jordan’s story.

With a continued commitment to success and that drive to tackle the challenging points of her injury recovery, Jordan recently found another huge success at the end of her junior collegiate year, competing this spring with her Cal Women’s Gymnastics team at the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships.  Cal finished a mere fraction of a point behind the first place team to land their highest accolade in program history, grabbing an awesome 2nd place NCAA season finish!  Way to work, Bears!

Looking to her senior year, Jordan is excited for what the future holds for her and her teammates, both in and out of the gym.  Her heart and her faith are massive!  This gal is going places!

Everyone has a story, and every story matters!