Emma Slevin will transfer from Minnesota to Arkansas for next season, to use her remaining year of eligibility. The irish elite had a standout season, becoming co-champ at the Big Tens on UB, with a career best of 9.95. She also posted highs of 9.85 on VT and had a 9.9 in exhibition on BB.
Link: Insta
Missouri has hired former UGA assistant Oleksii Koltakov as an assistant coach. Prior to his two seasons at UGA, he was an assistant at Nebraska.
Link: Missouri Release
MSU has hired Alex Wright as an assistant. He comes with 15 years of coaching experience, and spent the last year at WOGA, with seven years at Texas Dreams prior to that.
Link: Insta
MSU has hired Rachel Inniss as an assistant. She was at Illinois for one season, and prior to that, she was at PSU for five seasons, Temple for two seasons. and a volunteer assistant at AU for two seasons As an athlete at Auburn, she was a Regional FX champ and NCAA qualifier.
Link: Release
Arkansas has promoted Catelyn (nee Orel) Branson and Kyla Ross to Associate Head Coaches.
Link: Release
UC Davis has promoted Rebekah Thompson to Associate Head Coach. She has been an assistant with the Aggies for three seasons.
Link: UCD Release
GWU Head Coach Stephanie Stoicovy-Worrell has stepped down to pursue other interests. She had been as assistant since 2015, an Associate Head Coach since 2022, and Head Coach since 2025. She was also a standout athlete at GWU and the EAGL Head Coach of the Year in 2025.
Link: GWU Release
Texas State has announced the formation of the first Division I Women's Gymnastics program in Texas. Based in San Marco, the new team will begin competing in the 2027-2028 season as part of the new Pac-12. A search for a new Head Coach is underway, and Olympians Carly Patterson and Jordyn Wieber are serving on the inaugural steering committee.
Link: TXST Release
Alexis Lee, a L10 who trains at Ascend, has committed to Sac State for 2026-2027. She recently had a career best AA score at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals, tying for 19th AA. She also tied for 35th AA at the 2025 WDP L10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
Lilia Cosman, who spent her first season at MSU, will transfer to Nebraska for next season. A Romanian Olympian, she competed on up to three events for MSU, with highs of 9.85 on UB, 9.9 on BB and 9.85 on FX.
Link: Insta
Arkansas has hired Zan Jones as an assistant coach. He was an assistant the last two seasons at TWU. He was also a volunteer assistant at Talledega, and a student manager at Alabama.
Link: Insta
The Canadian Championships wrapped up with the second day of the women's senior high performance (senior elite) category, with many NCAA-related athletes in action. Lia-Monica Fontaine (2028) won the AA (54.05), VT and FX, placed 3rd on UB and 4th on BB. Utah signee Gabrielle Black placed 2nd AA (53.65), 1st on BB, 3rd on VT and FX and 4th on UB. In third was LSU commit Lia Redick (2027), who won FX, placed 2nde on VT and 3rd on BB. UCLA commit Zoe Tsaprailis (2027) was 4th AA. Denver signee Stephanie Gatin was 11th. Iowa's Aurelie Tran, after a strong first day, competed 3 events, placing 2nd on UB. Minnesota's Ava Stewart placed 4th on BB, while also competing 3 events.
In the National Open category, an elite development level, Utah State signee Leona Gentien placed 1st AA and 1st on UB. Rutgers signee Reese Wilson placed 4th AA and 2nd on UB.
Link: Sr. HP Day 2 and National Open Day 2
Jilleah White, a L10 at John's Academy, has committed to a full athletic scholarship offer at Michigan State, starting in 2026-2027. She was previously signed with Iowa State. She recently tied for 7th AA and placed 10th on FX at the 2026 Women's Development Program L10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
Paige Thaxton, who spent four years at Michigan, will transfer and take a fifth year at Illinois next season. Although she was slowed by injuries, she competed at times in her 2nd and 3rd seasons, with career highs of 9.875 on FX and 9.825 on VT.
Link: Insta
Leah Danielson, a L10 from the Colorado Gymnastics Institute, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Penn State, starting in 2027-2028. She was originally committed to Iowa State. She recently tied for 6th on BB and placed 24th AA at the 2026 Women's Development Program L10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
BYU has hired former standout All-American Shannon Evans (nee Hortman) as an assistant. She had been co-head coach at Magic City Gymnastics in Billings, MT.
Link: Insta