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Olivia Paige “Livvy” Dunne has quickly become one of the sensations in college sports. Let’s look at the gymnast’s NIL deals and their valuations.
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A gymnast for the LSU Tigers, Livvy rose to prominence after multiple strong performances at the collegiate, state, and national levels. Even before joining the Tigers, she had already been a part of multiple highly reputed national as well as international tournaments.
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In 2017, Dunne participated in the team that competed for the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy, making it her first time to represent the USA. In her first international event, at age 15, she placed sixth in the all-around. The USA junior team ended up winning gold at the same event.
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Livvy Dunne started her gymnastics training when she was just 3 years old. To let her focus on her training under coach Craig Zappa of ENA gymnastics, Dunne was homeschooled by her mother till she turned 14. Although she didn’t attend high school, Livvy managed the high school gymnastics team along with her older sister.
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After multiple strong performances across a variety of tournaments, Livvy joined the LSU Tigers in 2020. Since joining the Tigers, Dunne has placed 2nd, 5th, and 3rd in the SEC championships in consecutive years, along with a Semi-Final finish in the 2021 NCAA championship.
Along with her performances on the mat, Dunne has also managed to create a huge social media presence across multiple platforms. This has also helped her to create a brand for herself along with getting endorsement deals from major companies.
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The 20-year-old currently has 3.8m followers on Instagram, 7.4m followers on TikTok as well as 85k followers on Twitter. These numbers also make Dunne the second most followed college athlete across all of social media only behind new Trojans’ acquisition Bronny James.
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The LSU gymnast is currently to NIL deals worth around $3.4m which is also the second highest among all college athletes and the highest among women gymnasts by far, ranking ahead of UCLA Bruins’ Jordan Chiles, and Oregon State Beavers’ Jade Carey. according to ON3.
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Livvy across the years has penned numerous NIL deals and endorsements. Her latest one is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. This deal also made Dunne and National Champion at this year’s Women’s NCAA tournament, Angel Reese, the first two college athletes to feature in the magazine.
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Along with SI, Dunne is also signed to American Eagle, Forever 21, Vuori, Body Armour, ESPN, Planet Fuel, Bartleby, and WME Sports. In February this year, Dunne revealed on Today, the morning show, that her total endorsement deals are currently in the seven-figure range. According to reports, the figure is around $3.4m and Dunne’s net worth is believed to be north of $2.3m.
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