Jump rope has been a central focus in Mike's life from the time he picked up his first rope at age 10. Each ensuing year has fed his desire not just to excel, but to share the sport with others.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1986, Mike attended Revere High School in Richfield, Ohio, and Kent State University and Oberlin College, graduating from Oberlin in 2009 with a BA in psychology.

At age 11, Mike became a member of the Heartbeats Jump Rope Team; and was soon competing in regional and national events, including USA Jump Rope Nationals and AAU Junior Olympics.

In October, 2001, Mike qualified to represent Team USA at the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea hosted by Federation Internationale de Saut a la Corde (FISAC). Since then, he has qualified to compete in every sanctioned World Championship, including those held in Belgium, Australia, Canada and South Africa. He has held the role of Team USA co-captain during the past two competitions, and earned two gold medals and an overall silver at the 2004 World Championships.

Mike has been a member of the USA Jump Rope All Star Team since 2005. In 2008, he was part of a team that helped develop jump rope in Cyprus.

Like most others involved in the sport, Mike has had the dream of making jump rope an Olympic sport. It combines the athleticism and speed of track with the skill and grace of gymnastics. What better sport for the twenty-first century?

Noting the success of his friend Maarten Goedeme in building a program in South Africa, Mike began planning a development program for East Africa or South America. Since his sister Elizabeth (also an Oberlin grad) had taught in a small community school in Northern Tanzania in 2005, Tanzania and Kenya became natural choices for his first project.

He undertook a pilot program in those countries in January, 2009, which was met with great enthusiasm. In May, 2009, he was awarded a $28,000.00 "Creativity & Leadership: Entrepreneurship at Oberlin" Fellowship, part of the Northeast Ohio Collegiate Entrepreneurship Program (NEOCEP), a Kauffman Campuses (SM) Initiative funded by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to carry out his program.

Mike's ultimate aim: to provide new opportunities for all participants to experience success, develop healthy lifestyles, increase social ties, and take on roles of leadership and responsibility within their communities through mastery of the sport of jump rope.

Designed by Greg Evans, the identity for the One World One Rope project embodies energy, elegance, and flexibility.  Importance is placed on the unity of the world through the dynamics of jump rope with the singular use of "one."  With various needs for application, the design has the ability to transcend tones from bold and vibrant to modest and sleek.

Greg grew up in Strongsville, Ohio where he graduated from Strongsville High School in 2005, and then received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2009 from the College of Architecture & Environmental Design at Kent State University.  He is now a graduate student at the Knowlton School of Architecture working towards his Master's in Architecture from the Ohio State University where he also has a Graduate Teaching Assistantship.

Greg considers the architectural education the highest form of instruction for problem solving through design, both artistically and pragmatically.  He believes designers and creative professionals alike should never be constrained to a single expertise.  

In order to better solve the problems of the future, Greg believes it is important that design becomes a collaborative effort.  Through the strict filtering of ideas and concepts from varying levels of expertise, solutions can always be under evaluation, allowing for the advancement of the global community.  He understands that the One World One Rope project stimulates global progress and is humbled to have the opportunity to help promote such a cause.

Also a jumper, Greg began jumping rope in the fourth grade when his elementary school gym teacher held tryouts for the first Allen All-Stars team.  The team then grew to become the Mustang Ropers, which included jumpers from the entire Strongsville area.  

He has jumped with his good, good friend Mike Fry on the Heartbeats since 2004, competing and instructing in national and international events all over the world.

W. Logan Fry - Web Development

Logan created the website for One World One Rope and serves as its webmaster.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Logan graduated from Revere High School in Richfield, Ohio, and received his BA from Oberlin College with a major in political science. He studied law at Case Western Reserve Law School in Cleveland, Ohio, also serving as a Law Clerk in the City of Cleveland Law Department. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 1970, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1973, and Goodyear Atomic Corporation in Piketon in 1976, before opening a private practice in Richfield, Ohio in 1979. He retired in 1987 to become an artist, weaver and web designer.

He does not jump rope very capably.