ABOUT
National Collegiate Jump Rope Association
Purpose:
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Increase awareness of and involvement in the sport of jump rope at the collegiate level
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Promote physical fitness and healthy lifestyles
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Engage in volunteering and mentoring in our campus communities and beyond
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Provide college athletes with opportunities for performance, competition, and teaching
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Offer a fun, inclusive, and athletic environment for all college students interested in the sport of jump rope
History:
The National Collegiate Jump Rope Council (NCJRC) was formed in July 2017 by a group of students who started jump rope programs at their respective universities: Tori Boggs (The Ohio State University), Stewart Isaacs (Stanford University), and Noah Mancuso (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). They each shared a variety of different experiences in the collegiate jump rope process and started working together to encourage other jump rope athletes to take advantage of the unique opportunities for jump rope across our universities. There was such an increase in university jump rope involvement that when these students graduated they decided to turn the Council into an Association. The National Collegiate Jump Rope Association (NCJRA) became incorporated in 2019 and achieved nonprofit status by the end of the year. Now, the Council refers to the group of representatives from each officially recognized collegiate jump rope program serving on the NCJRA Leadership Council, helping run the Association's events and guiding the future of collegiate jump rope.
A Word from NCJRA:
Hello College Jump Rope Athletes,
We at the NCJRA would like to encourage your participation in college jump rope, whether this be as a continued passion from high school or a new interest discovered on your college campus. As jump rope continues to grow, we look forward to seeing your participation in collegiate jump rope through the development of new college jump rope programs and your attendance at events like the annual University Jump Rope Summit. We also love supporting teams wanting to host new events at their colleges and in their communities. Cross-team participation and collaboration, whether that is between universities or with local youth jump rope programs, is key to helping expand and sustain our sport.
We believe that college jump rope programs are unique, with new opportunities popping up every day. We hope that you will use the sport as a way to engage with your peers, to promote physical and mental health in your communities, and of course to focus on your own development and well-being. Just know, the NCJRA is always here for you! We are happy to share our personal stories and offer advice for your own college jump rope experience. Additionally, we are able help connect you with other students and local teams for continued support. We are all working together for the sport we love :)
Happy jumping,
NCJRA
Executive Board
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Tori Boggs
Co-Founder
Growing up in Vienna, West Virginia on Jump Company USA, Tori started jumping rope when she was 5 years old. After beginning her university journey at Ohio State, she started the Ohio State Jump Rope program in 2013. The club...
Growing up in Vienna, West Virginia on Jump Company USA, Tori started jumping rope when she was 5 years old. After beginning her university journey at Ohio State, she started the Ohio State Jump Rope program in 2013. The club grew over the next 3 years and assisted other university programs to develop as well. In 2017, Ohio State Jump Rope hosted the first University Jump Rope Summit and National Collegiate Jump Rope Championship. Lifelong teammates with Noah Mancuso, Tori and Noah combined forces to continue building collegiate jump rope. Thus, the National Collegiate Jump Rope Council (now Association) was born. Tori now holds 30 Grand World Jump Rope Titles.
Tori Boggs
Co-Founder
Noah Mancuso
Co-Founder
Noah grew up in Vienna, West Virginia and started jumping rope in
elementary school with Jump Company USA. During high school, he often traveled to OSU to help Tori start up Ohio State Jump Rope which inspired...
Noah grew up in Vienna, West Virginia and started jumping rope in elementary school with Jump Company USA. During high school, he often traveled to OSU to help Tori start up Ohio State Jump Rope, which inspired him to start his own collegiate team when he later attended UNC Chapel Hill. Noah co-founded NCJRA in 2017 and also served as the co-president of Carolina Jump rope with Graham. He has served on the Board of the American Jump Rope Federation and on the Athlete Advisory Council of the International Jump Rope Union. Outside of jump rope, Noah is an infectious disease epidemiologist working in public health and pursuing his PhD at Emory University in Atlanta.
Noah Mancuso
Co-Founder
Graham Booth
In his home town of Cary, North Carolina, Graham started jumping when he was 8 years old. Starting off with Tri-Force Jump Rope, then moving to the YMCA Superksippers, Graham competed for 10 years before starting...
In his home town of Cary, North Carolina, Graham started jumping when he was 8 years old. Starting off with Tri-Force Jump Rope, then moving to the YMCA Superksippers, Graham competed for 10 years before starting college at UNC Chapel Hill. There, he partnered with Noah to form Carolina Jump Rope. After hosting the 3rd and 4th University Summits at UNC, Graham began working closely with NCJRA to help grow college jump rope. He has won multiple international titles as both an individual and with his teammates, and has served as an assistant coach of the US National Jump Rope team since 2023. In addition to jump rope, Graham studied Public Health at UNC and currently works as a public health research analyst at RTI International.
Graham Booth
Carly Brockman
Carly grew up in Apex, NC and started jumping at 9 years old with the performance team the Skip-Its before competing with the YMCA Super Skippers. After graduating high school she joined Carolina Jump Rope at...
Carly grew up in Apex, NC and started jumping at 9 years old with the performance team the Skip-Its before competing with the YMCA Super Skippers. After graduating high school she joined Carolina Jump Rope at UNC Chapel Hill and became the team's Communication Chair as a sophomore, Vice President as a junior, and President for her senior year. During her junior year, she joined the NCJRA Media/Communication Committee, helping run the social media and playing a big role in the 2021 Virtual Summit. She eventually became the NCJRA Communications Committee Chair. Carly now has graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with degrees in Advertising and Media Production with multiple small businesses that she runs.
Carly Brockman
Leadership team
Denver Hammons
Denver grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana jumping with the Indy Air Bears. As an Air Bear, Denver won a world championship title at the World Jump...
Denver grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana jumping with the Indy Air Bears. As an Air Bear, Denver won a world championship title at the World Jump Rope Championship in Norway. Upon entering university, Denver joined Ball State Jump Rope, in which he later became President of the club for three years. His senior year at BSU, Denver collaborated with NCJRA to host the 7th Annual University Jump Rope Summit at Ball State. Since then, he has remained an active member with NCJRA and looks forward to helping collegiate jump rope grow across the United States.
Denver Hammons
Katie Taylor
Katie began her jump rope journey in middle school in Apex, North Carolina with the Apex Skip-its. After seven years on the team, she continued to...
Katie began her jump rope journey in middle school in Apex, North Carolina with the Apex Skip-its. After seven years on the team, she continued to Carolina Jump Rope at UNC Chapel Hill, where she began competing in the Collegiate Cup. On Carolina Jump Rope, she served as Treasurer and Vice President, helping to coordinate and host the National Collegiate Jump Rope Summit at UNC. As a senior studying Biology and Environmental Microbiology, Katie now serves as President of Carolina Jump Rope and Summit Liaison for NCJRA. She looks forward to supporting teams as they host the annual Summit on their campus!
Katie Taylor
Audrey Isaacs
Audrey started jumping on the Apex Skip-Its, a performance team based out of North Carolina, when she was just 8 years old. After 10 years, she joined...
Audrey started jumping on the Apex Skip-Its, a performance team based out of North Carolina, when she was just 8 years old. After 10 years, she joined Carolina Jump Rope in college where she now serves as its vice president. She loves how the sport mixes creativity, challenge, and athleticism and will tell you that she has never met as many fun and awesome people as she has in the jump rope community!
Audrey Isaacs
Sydney Murphy
Sydney’s only experiences with jump rope growing up in Virginia were on the playground in elementary school. When she joined a college jump rope team...
Sydney’s only experiences with jump rope growing up in Virginia were on the playground in elementary school. When she joined a college jump rope team her freshman year, the only skill she knew was a cross but she quickly fell in love with the sport and the college jump rope community. She served as co-president of Club Jump Rope at Virginia Tech for one year and, upon starting graduate school, she founded a team at the University of Pittsburgh and currently serves as its president. She’s excited to keep learning new things and to help grow involvement in the sport at the college level!
Sydney Murphy