English gymnast Izzy Hilliard is headed to LIU to join its first team. She was selected to represent the English squad at the Leverkusen Cup in 2016.
SPU has terminated their Division II Women's Gymnastics program, effective immediately. All scholarship awards for existing and incoming gymnasts will be honored. The program started in 1974 and has brought forth 3 National Team Titles, 32 individual National Titles, and 221 All-American awards.
Link: SPU Release
Here's a Change.org petition asking the school to reconsider: Link
LIU continues building its inaugural team with the commitment of Australian elite Talia Folino. She was Australian junior AA champ in 2013, 2014 and 2016. She was the Gimnix Challenge AA winner in 2017. She competed internationally at the Pacific Rim Championships in 2018 and the World Championships in 2019.
Taylor Doten is a L10 from Planet Gymnastics. She qualified to regionals in 2019 and finished 9th AA
Brenna Neault from Precision Gymnastics has committed to Stanford. She is a former junior elite who dropped back to L10 for the 2019 season. She finished 2nd AA at the 2019 JOs. She is a strong all arounder who finished 1st on every event she competed through her 2020 campaign barring one 2nd place vault finish.
Green has been an Assistant Coach at Iowa for six seasons.
Emma Brown, a rising sophomore who competed for DU last season, will transfer to the new program at LIU, according to her social media post.
Mercedez Sanchez graduated from UCLA and will make the move to SJSU to pursue graduate studies
Makayla Mcmahon from V-Force Gymnastics has committed to SJSU. She qualified to regionals in 2019 and finished in the top 10 on three events and the All Around.
Graduation has completed throughout the country. Congratulations to all the graduates! Here's a look at the graduation losses at each squad in the final 2020 Top 16, based on the 2020 Final national finish.
Kailey Gillings, who earned her degree in three years at Arkansas, will transfer to Pitt next season.
Link: Pitt Release
Auburn has official added Gabby McLaughlin for 2020-2021. She's a L10 from Texas Dreams. Her commit was covered previously in a prior article.
Link: Auburn Release
UNC's Derek Galvin will retire after 39 years as Head Coach at the program. Born in Ireland, he moved to the US at the age of 10 and competed for UNC before taking over as Head Coach in 1981. Assistant Marie Case Denick will be the interim Head Coach until a permanent replacement is named.
Link: Release
Sydney Smith from Capital Gymnastics has committed to Bridgeport. She placed 7th AA at the 2018 Eastern Championships. She competed at Level 10 in 2020, earning top 5 finishes at all of her meets.
Mia Rose Thackston will join the Temple 2020-21 incoming class. She trains at Capital Gymnastics National Training Center. She qualified to 2019 regionals and competed one event.
Katie Butler from Gymnastics World of Ohio will head to Eastern Michigan this fall. She competes generally as a specialist rather than an All Arounder.