Jason Vonk
Yale Club Gymnastics’ Staff Advisor
Jason is the assistant coach of the Yale women’s varsity gymnastics team. Jason is a great resource to us and serves as our main connection to Yale Varsity Gymnastics. Before he came to Yale, Vonk coached an elite athlete onto the National Training Squad and to U.S. Classic as a club owner and coach in Colorado Springs. This experience gave him the opportunity to coach at the National Training Center with the USA Gymnastics National Staff and Women’s National Team Coordinator, Marta Karolyi. In addition, Vonk coached an all-around champion and vault champion at the Western Championships. He coached 4 TOPS National Team members. He also coached teams to numerous state championship titles. (source: the Yale Bulldogs webpage)
Thomas Alberti
Yale Club Gymnastics’ Coach and Owner of New Era Gymnastics
“Mr. Tom” is the owner at New Era Gymnastics. We are very glad that he lets us work out at his facility and we are even more thankful that he volunteered to stay in the gym for an extra two hours late at night twice a week to coach us. At New Era, he is the Head Girls Team Coach, office manager, maintenance director, and an email comedian. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and has a B.S. in Exercise Science from the University of Massachusetts. He was a gymnast for 10 years and has been coaching for 32 years. He has coached dozens of Regional and State Champions. Mr. Tom is also on the CT State Board of gymnastics and received the State Service Award in 2013. (source: the New Era Gymnastics webpage)
Tom Migdalski
Club Sports Director
Since 1984, the Club Sport Program has been directed by Tom Migdalski, who also oversees intramurals and manages the Outdoor Education Center at Yale. In this role, Tom has been incredibly successful at making collegiate sport accessible to everyone at Yale, promoting the growth of clubs from 18 in 1984 to approximately 50 currently registered teams. Tom holds a Master of Science Degree in recreation and college teaching from Southern Connecticut State University. He was a nationally-ranked collegiate skeet shooter and is the skeet & trap club coach at Yale; he is the recipient of the NRA’s “Outstanding Service to Collegiate Shooting Sports” award. He is staff advisor to the rifle, pistol and fishing clubs. Tom is a US Coast Guard-certified captain and is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Migdalski’s programs are supported by Administrative Assistant Leigh Fitzpatrick, who has worked to renovate club sports with Tom since January 1999. (source: the Yale Club Sports webpage)