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
Baely's commitment was previously announced. Official Announcement
As expected, OU has announced that Chayse Capps, Reagan Hemry, Charity Jones, Kara Lovan, and McKenzie Wofford will join the squad for 2013-2014. Wofford will graduate early and join the Sooners for 2013-2014.
Link: http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/111412aaf.html
Nicole Larkin, a L10 at Mid Columbia, will sign with Alaska this week, according to the Tri-Cities Herald. She placed 44th AA at the 2012 Level 10 JO Nationals. She also finished 8th AA at the 2011 Level 9 Western Nationals.
Link: Article
National Letter of Intent Week begins November 14th. For some signees, it will have been a year or more since they last committed. We're certain to see some previously unpublished signees and a few expected signings might not happen. Because of the length of time between the initial commit and the final signing, sometimes plans change. And, we know a number of recruits chose not to publicize their decisions until they were final.
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Haley Spector will walkon at Stanford, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. The L10 from Deltchev's placed 41st AA at the 2012 Junior Olympic Nationals. In 2011, she was 2nd on BB, 4th(t) on FX and 11th(t) at the National meet.
Link: RGJ
Renee Edelman, L9 from Twin City Twisters in Minnesota, has committed to Brown. Last season Renee won the Peppermint Twist, the Fiesta Bow, the Northern Lights Classic and the Rising Stars Invitational and she picked up a number of individual event titles over the course of the season. At her state meet, she placed 1st AA and won bars and floor. She placed 2nd AA at regionals and won bars. She placed 2nd AA and 1st on beam at Western Championships.
Tia Allbritten, L10 at Zenith in Texas, has committed to Michigan per Gym-Style.com, her webmaster. Last season she picked up vault titles at the Alamo Classic, the Zenith Spring Invitational and her state meet.
Briana Gironda committed to the College of William and Mary. She trains at Head Over Heels Gymnastics in Ohio. Last season, she finished 10th at Regionals and qualified to the National Invitational Tournament.
Bianna McGuffie, L10 at Georgia Gymnastics Academy, has committed to Bowling Green. Last season she won the Ozone Invitational and placed 2nd AA at the Tiger Paw Classic and the West Valley Spirit of the Flame. She was named vault champion at her state meet. She placed 5th at regionals and qualified to JOs.
LaNiesha-Jopré Irvin, L10 at Winners in California, has committed to UCLA according to Gym-Style.com. Last season she finished 9th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals. In 2011 she qualified to JOs.