Submitted photo / Sherry Deeter From left, Bill Sarisky, Tyler Sarisky, Addie Sarisky and Renee Sarisky after Addie Sarisky signed to continue her academic and college gymnastic careers at Alabama.

For Hubbard senior Addie Sarisky, gymnastics has been a lifelong labor of love. That labor has led her to her dream school, as Sarisky is set to attend the University of Alabama following her graduation.

It all started from a young age, where the energetic Sarisky, the daughter of a gymnast, was placed in a gymnastics class.

The love only grew from there.

“I was just put in gymnastics when I was really little. I was the little energetic kid, just jumping off of things, so I was put in gymnastics,” Sarisky said. “I started competing when I was 6 years old, and then as I was in the gym more, I just kept going up in the levels and everything. I realized that it’s something that I really loved doing. It’s just brought me so much joy to compete and just meet new people and learn new things.”

Sarisky is a Level 10, the highest level of gymnastics competition. Since reaching that mark in sixth grade, Sarisky has won four all-around state titles, with seven individual event titles. She also has three all-around regional titles and is a nine-time individual event winner on the regional stage. Region 5, where Sarisky also boasts an Athlete of the Year award in, is composed of the top gymnasts from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.

Sarisky is no stranger to battling on the big stage, with four national titles to her name. One all-around national title and three for specific individual events. In 2024 and 2025, Sarisky qualified for the Nastia Liukin Cup. Named for and hosted by Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin, Sarisky has placed ninth and 13th out of a 22-competitor field.

Despite the large stakes, the Hubbard senior has stayed cool under pressure.

Since Sarisky reached the highest level of competition at such a young age, she felt her possibilities in the world of gymnastics grow. That set her on the path toward wanting to compete in college.

“Since I got that mark at a young age, I was like, ‘Oh, if I keep pushing myself, if I keep doing good, like, I can go forward in this in college.’ It’s always been a dream to compete in college, and that’s just the next step for everything,” Sarisky said. “Once I just kept moving up and getting better and everything, that was kind of like my realization that I can do this in college.”

And when the colleges came calling, it didn’t take long for her to choose Alabama as her next destination.

“I ended up getting offered on June 15, and I went down to their camp on June 22. I ended up committing a week and a half after the first day they were able to talk to me,” Sarisky said. “I was the first commit of all of the 2026 class for gymnastics, because I just knew that I wanted to be there. Those coaches, I could not see myself telling them no. Like everything about the campus, the coaches, everyone there in general, just made it feel like home.”

Sarisky joins the Crimson Tide, one of the most prestigious gymnastics programs in the country, as one of only eight schools to win a national championship since the NCAA established a tournament in 1982. The Crimson Tide’s gymnastics team has won six national titles, their last coming in 2012. Sarisky hopes to change that.

“I obviously want to win a team national championship. That would be the absolute dream, to be able to achieve that with my team and my coaches and everything,” Sarisky said. “I know that all the girls have the same mindset, same goal, and we definitely have what it takes to accomplish that.”

Before she makes the trek to Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sarisky has time left with her club team, Olympic Dreams Gymnastics in Youngstown. Competing alongside some of her closest friends, who spend upwards of 20 hours a week practicing together, isn’t something she’s ready to leave behind just yet.

“I’m trying to make the most of everything before I have to leave in June,” she said.

Sarisky is competing in the Excalibur Cup, held in Virginia Beach, Va., this weekend.