Sarah McCarty, L10 at Skyline Gymnastics in Pa., has committed to Temple. She finished 1st on vault and 12th AA at the 2014 state meet, 1st on vault and 10th AA at Regionals and 2nd on floor and 14th AA at 2014 JO NIT.
Abbie Heiskell, L10 at Southeastern in N.C., has committed to Michigan. In the 2014 season she placed 4th AA at her state meet and 8th AA at regionals. She competed three events at JOs. In 2013 she won her session of the L9 Eastern Championships (1st AA, BB, FX).
Stanford's Men's program has signed Junior National Team members Grant Breckenridge and David Jessen for 2015-2016.
Breckenridge trains at the Buffalo Grove Gym Center in Illinois. At the 2014 P&G (US) Championships, he was 2nd AA and was the PB champion. He also was 7th on the FX and 8th on VT. He also placed 4th on PB at the 2013 P&G Championships.
Jessen trains at TAG USA in Florida. At the 2014 P&G Championships, he placed 3rd AA, 5th on the PH and 8th on PB. At the 2013 P&G Championships, he placed 10th AA, 4th on VT(t) and 4th(t) on PB. His mother is Hana Ricna-Jessen, a Czech legend.
Link: Release
Abby Armbrecht, Jenna Bresette, Amanda Huang and Avery Rickett have signed with Alabama. Their early commitments were previously announced. Early commit Ariana Guerra did not sign at this time.
Kira Herzog, L10 at North Bay Athletic Association in California, has committed to Rutgers. She qualified to L9 Regionals
in 2013. She competed one event at her L10 state meet in 2014.
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Deven Herbine, L10 at Metzler's in Pa., has committed to Temple. She finished 4th AA at her 2014 state meet, 9th AA at regionals and 17th AA at the NIT.
Shelbey Fuller, L10 at Capital in Texas, has committed to TWU. Last season's 7th place regional finish earned her a spot at JOs where she placed 40th AA.
UNH has signed Danielle Doolin, Danielle Mulligan and Juliana Belar for 2015-2016. The commits of Mulligan and Belar were covered in prior news items. We previously reported commits from Gianna LaGuardia and Nicole O'Leary, but they are not included in the release.
Doolin is a L10 who trains at Will-Moor. In 2014, she finished 36th AA at the Level 10 JO Nationals. In 2013, she tied for 9th on BB and FX and finished 27th AA at the National meet. Link: Personal Website
Link: UNH Release
Alan Scharns has been named Assistant Coach at Western Michigan.
Rutgers has announced the signing of Riahanah "Ray" Ali, Michelle Amoresano, and Aya Mahgoub. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: Rutgers Release
Cole Casanova, who competes for WOGA, recently signed his Letter of Intent.
Mary Elle Arduino, Cortni Baker and Erin Tucker have signed with Towson. All three commitments were covered in previous posts.
English National Squad member Polina Poliakova has announced her acceptance of a scholarship to Rutgers. Polina, who has dual Russian citizenship, has competed internationally. Amoung her 2014 competitions, she finished 15th AA in the English Championships and 16th AA in the British Championships.
Illinois' men's program will welcome four recruits for next fall: Alex Diab, Johnny Jacobson, Blake Martin and Austin Lober.
Diab is a two-time member of the Juniot National team. At the 2014 JO Nationals, he finished 6th AA, 1st on Rings and 2nd on FX. He trains at Premier in Illinois. He also finished 8th on R at the 2014 P&G (US) Championships.
Jacobson trains at USA Gymnastics World. At the 2014 Men's JO Nationals, he placed 2nde on PB and 9th in the AA. In 2013, he placed 7th AA and 3rd on HB at the P&G (US) Championships and was a member of the Junior National Team.
Martin hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he trains at the International Gymnastics Academy. At the 2014 Men's JO Nationals, he placed 4th AA and 4th on VT.
Lober trains at Gold Cup in New Mexico. At the 2014 Men's JO Nationals he placed 23rd AA. He is also a six time state champion.
Link: Illinois Release
Kentucky has signed Sidney Dukes, Alex Hyland, Aubree Rosa, and Katie Stuart. The commits of all four were covered in prior news items. Earlier commit Christiana Yacalis was not included in the release.
Link: UK Release
Yurina Harada signed with George Washington, following up on her earlier annouced commitment. GWU has not posted an official announcement