The official early period for signing a National Letter of Intent for Gymnastics started on November 14th and runs through the 21st. See the Women's Commits and Men's Commits page for a list of who is expected to sign where.
Congratulations to all the National Letter of Intent Signees. A few submitted pictures are in the gallery below, including our first men's signees this year. If you would like to have a picture added, please send your picture to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Illinois has signed Erin Buchanan, Mary Jane Horth and Sarah Lyons to Letters of Intent. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: Illinois Release
Stanford announced the signing of Rachel Daum, Carinne Gale and Sophia Lee to Letters of Intent. The commits of Gale and Lee were covered in prior news items. Daum was originally reported as an Alabama commit.
Link: Stanford Release
Illinois has announced the signing of Chandler Eggleston and Matt Foster. Eggleston finished 11th AA at the 2012 VISA Championships, Junior 16-18 Division. He trains at High Point. Foster is a PH standout from Premier Gymnastics.
Link: Release
Cal, as expected, has signed Dana Ho, Jessica Howe, Charlie Owens, Desiree Palmores and Amber Takara.
Link: Cal Release
As expected, Claire Boyce, Morgan Fraizer and Sylvia Colussi-Pelaez have signed with Florida. Announcement from Gator Country.com
As expected, Katie Brown, Bailey McIntire and Emily Rickman have signed with Utah State.
Rachel Haines has signed with Minnesota for 2013-2014, as expected. The Gophers also have a commit for an early graduate of the Class of 2014, Bailie Holst.
Link: http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/111512aaa.html
Alexis Mura, a L10 at World Class (IL), is headed to Iowa next season, according to the St Louis Dispatch. At the 2012 Region V L10 Regionals, she placed 12th AA, advancing on to the JO NIT meet. There, she placed 2nd AA, including a 1st on BB. She also won bars and finished 10th AA at Regionals in 2011.
Link: Newspaper
As expected, Ohio State announced the signing of Tenille Funches, Anna Hill and Jaine VanPutten.
Link: Ohio State Release
Athletes and coaches can send in their photos from their signing parties and ceremonies, and be featured in our annual gallery of signees. Send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Oregon State announced the signing of Megan Jimenez, Kana Kobayashi, Kaytianna McMillan and Taylor Ricci, as expected. The commits of all four were covered in prior news items.
Link: Oregon State Release
San Jose State, as expected, has signed Rachel Heinl and Cassie Dreyer to Letters of Intent.
Link: SJSU Release
As expected, Washington expects five gymnasts for the 2013-2014 season: Megan DeLallo, Kaitlyn Duranczyk, Jessica Nesis and Stephanie Stowe and Alex Yacalis.
Link: UW Release
OU Men's team has signed five during the Fall period. Allan Bower, Lee Grogan, Alex Powarszynski, Reese Rickett and Colin Van Wicklen will join the Sooners during 2013-2014.
Bower trains at Xtreme Gymnastics and placed 7th AA at the 2012 VISA Championships, Junior 16-18 division
Grogan trains at Champion Gymnastics Center and was the Region III AA Champ in 2011. He also won VT at the JO Nationals that year.
Powarzynski trains at SCATS and was the 9th place AA finisher at the 2012 VISA Championships, Junior 16-18.
Rickett trains at Cypress and won Rings at the Region III Regionals in 2011.
Van Wicklen also trains at Cypress. At the 2012 VISA Championships, he placed 9th AA in the Junior 14-15 Division.
Link: OU Release