From 2012 to 2016, Sloan was a member of the University of Florida women's gymnastics team, which has won three consecutive NCAA National Championships titles.

[2] Bridget Elizabeth Sloan was born on June 23, 1992, in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in Pittsboro, Indiana, and graduated from Tri-West Hendricks High School.

She represented the United States at the Good Luck Beijing Olympic test event in December, winning the bronze medal in the all-around and a silver on floor exercise.

[4] She returned home for surgery and rehabilitation, and recovered in time to compete at the National Championships—where she performed only on beam, bars, and floor—and the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Her performances became critical in the qualifications, where the Americans were forced to put up only four athletes on three events, and count all four scores, after Chellsie Memmel and Samantha Peszek were injured.

She failed to qualify for either of the event finals, but on uneven bars it was due to the "two [athletes] per country" rule (Bridgette Caquatto and Shawn Johnson both scored higher than her).

As a result of Sloan's injuries and her participation in the Pan American Games the previous year, she was able to successfully petition for a spot at the 2012 National Championships.

[17] Due to injury, Sloan was forced to withdraw from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and rejoined 2010 World Championship teammate Mackenzie Caquatto on the Florida Gators team.

[20] Sloan is an eight-time All-American (first-team honors in all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise at the NCAA Championship; first-team honors for all-around, uneven bars and balance beam, and second-team in vault in the first National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) All-America regular-season awards).

[21] After the season, Sloan was named as the 2013 recipient of the Honda Sports Award, recognizing her as the outstanding women's college gymnast.

[24] In the first meet of the 2015 season, against Ball State on January 11, 2015, Sloan was named the SEC Specialist of the Week for her 10.0 score on vault.