The season is right around the corner, and with the new year, we have a new set of capsule Season Previews of the Top 25 teams, as ranked by the Coaches' Preseason Poll. In each Preview, we've summarized the team's returning routines, their missing routines, their returning starters and the rest of their roster, with a special focus on their newcomers. We'll also give a brief overview preview of their prospects and challenges.
McDonald is a long time coach who has held posts at various clubs across the country.
Families and prospective student-athletes who have a firm grip on NCAA recruiting rules will run into fewer roadblocks while navigating the college quest. The NCAA manual is a comprehensive resource, and sometimes difficult to comprehend and navigate. Let’s take a “cliff notes” approach to the NCAA Dead Period.
Sarah Moravansky committed to WMU this past spring. The 2020 grad trains at Frederick. At the 2018 Region VII L10 Regionals, she placed 13th AA and tied for 3rd on UB. She also qualified to Regionals in 2017, tying for 3rd on VT.
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Samantha Forman from Elite Gymnastics Academy has committed to Kentucky. In 2018 she competed at Level 9, winning her state meet (1st AA, v/bb/fx) and regional meet (1st AA. ub/bb/fx).
Lauren Rutherford has committed to NCSU. Competing for Roswell Gymnastics, she placed 2nd AA at her 2018 state meet and 7th AA at regionals. She finished 24th AA at JOs.
Ohio State Men's program has signed Justin Ah Chow, Kazuki Hayashi, Donovan Hewitt, and Jakob Murray.
GSU announced the signing of Nora Houseman and Hannah Munnelly. The commits of both athletes were covered previously.
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WMU has announced the signing of Ronni Binstock, Amanda Gruber, Payton Murphy, Josie Thomas and Carolette Tishkoff for 2019-2020. The commits of all five were covered previously. Said Head Coach Penny Jernigan, "Coach Scharns and I believe our 2019-2020 recruiting class is one of the best in school history."
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PSU's Men's program announced the signing of Robbie Shamp, Cannon Johnson, Jalen Peterson, and Chase Clingman.
Cienna Samiley from Gold Medal has committed to BYU. Last season she finished 3rd AA at the Arizona state meet and 6th AA at regionals. She finished 18th AA at JOs.
Alabama has announced the addition of Macy Orosco for 2019-2020. Her commit was covered previously.
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Lindenwood has signed Riley Daniels, Gayla Griswold and Sydney Lee Lopez for 2019-2020. The commits of all three were covered previously.
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As expected from our prior reports and as previously confirmed via tweets, UCLA has signed Jordan Chiles, Frida Esparza and Kalyany Steele to National Letters of Intent.
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