WMU has announced the signing of three in-state prospects: Jessi Buis, Miya Dotson and Kayla Weber. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: WMU Release
Samuel "Sammy" Chamberlain will sign with NU for 2012-2013, according to the Dayton Daily News. He finished 32nd AA at the 2010 JO Nationals.
Link: Newspaper
Link: YouTube.com Channel
Dan DiBenedetto, who train's at Tim Daggett's, has signed with Minnesota for 2012-2013, according to the The Republican newspaper. At the 2011 VISA Championships, he placed 5th AA in the Junior Men's 14-15 division. He also was 2nd on HB and 3rd on SR.
2nd-HB; 3rd-SR; 5th-AA; 7th-VT(T); 8th-PH(T), PB(T) (Jr. 14-15)
Link: News Article
Stanford has announced the signing of five gymnasts for it's 2012-2013 Men's squad: Kevin Baker, Brandon Beckhardt, Jonathan Deaton, David Frankl and Dennis Zaremski.
Baker trains at Queen City but hails from Kentucky. His commit was previously reported as Illinois, but he has signed with Stanford. At the 2011 VISA Championships, he placed 5th on VT and 7th(t) on FX. Link: HB on YouTube.com
Beckhardt trains at Hotshots. He placed 28th AA at the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals, Sr. 16-18. He was also 28th in 2010. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Deaton competes for Tim Daggett's. He placed 2nd AA at the 2011 VISA Championships in the Junior Men's 16-189 division. He was also 6th AA at the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals. Link: YouTube.com
Frankl trains at the US Gymnastics Development Center II. At the 2011 VISA Championships, he placed 16th AA in the Junior Men's 16-18 division. Link: YouTube.com
Zaremski trains at World Cup. He placed just ahead of Frankl at the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Link: Stanford Release
Jessica Howe, international elite at WOGA, has committed to Cal according the Gym-Style.com, which manages her personal website. Last season she finished 2nd AA/1st FX at the American Classic; 7th AA at the Covergirl Classic and 12th AA at Nationals.
Alexandra Chretien has committed to Brown, according to her family. Chretien is a L10 at Oakland in Michigan. In her first year as a L10, she placed 15th AA at the Region V L10 Regionals. As a Level 9 in 2010, she was the Eastern National Champion on the UB and in the AA.
Link: Her YouTube.com Channel
West Virginia has announced the signing of Gina Costa and Jaida Lawrence, as expected. You can search on their names to find out more about them, and click on the link below to read more from WVU.
Link: WVU Release
As expected Michigan has signed Austin Shepphard and Morgan Smith.
Link: Michigan Release
Missouri has announced the signing of Kelsy Landreth, as expected. However, Landreth will now graduate early and join Mizzou this winter.
Link: Mizzou Release
North Carolina has signed Lexi Cappalli, Josselyn Mackey and Sarah Peterson, as expected.
Link: UNC Release