Madison Kirsch, Makayla McMahon and Julieta Mediola are headed to SJSU. We covered McMahon's early commitment previously.
Madison Kirsch trains at Arizona Sunrays. She qualified to regionals every year since moving to L10 in 2017. Bio page
Julieta Mendiola trains at Head Over Heels. She finished 10th AA at the 2019 L9 Western Championships. She moved up to L10 this season. VIDEO
Sara Wabi from from Aspire Gymnastics has committed to Illinois State. She qualified to regionals in 2018 and 2019.
The NCAA is considering legislation that would reduce the number of sports schools need to sponsor to qualify for Division I status. This would enable schools to further cut collegiate sports, in particular non-revenue Olympic sports. The Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition has started a petition. Please consider signing it today.
According to the coalition: "If the NCAA grants a waiver allowing for a reduction of the number of sports sponsorships for Division 1 qualification it would be a devastating, permanent blow to college athletes and forever alter the fabric of university life."
Link: Save College Sports Site
Link: Charge.org Petition
Missouri has added Sydney Schaffer for 2020-2021. A L10 at JAG Gymnastics, she was the Kansas L10 state champ in 2018 and 2019. She placed 10th AA at the 2019 Region III L10 Regionals.
Link: Mizzou Release
Link: Videos
OU's Maggie Nichols was named the winner of the AAI Award. She's the first Sooner to win the award, which is given to the most outstanding senior gymnast (W). The other finalists were LSU's Kennedi Edney, NU's Taylor Houchin, DU's Maddie Karr, UK's Mollie Korth and UCLA's Kyla Ross.
Link: OU Release
Savannah Gonzales from Aftershock Gymnastics has signed with Ohio State. She qualified to regionals in 2019.
Allison LaNasa from GTC in Salt Lake City will join the UNC team this fall. In her first year at Level 10 in 2020 she competed only beam. She competed at the L9 Western Championships in 2019.
TWU has added Maddie Gose, a L10 from Elite Gymnastics in California. She was a 2017 JO National Qualifier.
Link: TWU Release
Link: Videos
Arkansas will add Nebraska transfers Abby Johnston for 2020-2021. She'll be classified as a junior next season. Prior to starting at NU two seasons ago, she was the AA and FX runner and BB champion at the 2018 JO Nationals.
Link: Ark Release
MSU has signed Giana Kalefe for 2020-2021, according to a team tweet. Kalefe is a L10 from Wildfire. In 2019, she placed 44th AA at the Junior Olympic Nationals. She wasw also 10th AA at Regionals in 2018.
Link: Official Site
Alyssa Coutu from Metroplex is headed to Southern Utah this fall.
The most prestigious honor in men's gymnastics goes to Stephen Nedoroscik. The award is given the top senior male gymnast each year. He's the first specialist to be ever honored.
Alabama has announced the addition of Sara Duha to its incoming class.
UCLA's Kyla Ross was named the Honda Award winner for Gymnastics. Normally the winners of the award from each sport would go on to compete for the Honda Cup, but the award will not be given this year. The other finalists were Maggie Nichols of OU, Lexy Ramler of Minnesota and Trinity Thomas of Florida.
Link: UCLA Release
Washington has announced the addition of Katie McNamara, Lauren Thomas and Gabi Wickman for 2020-2021. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: UW Release
As we exit the quiet period, Bama announced the signing of Shania Adams. Although we announced her commit previously, she has now officially signed and is set to join the Tide for the 2021 season.
Link: Bama Release