Ashley Fischer, L10 at Team Central in Missouri, has accepted a scholarship offer from Iowa. She placed 3rd AA at her 2013 state meet, 4th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs. She qualified to the NIT in 2012.
Kirah Koshinski, L10 at Northeast in Pa., has accepted a scholarship offer from West Virginia. She is a two-time JO qualifier. Last season she finished 1st AA and 1st on vault and floor at her state meet. She won vault with a score of 10.0 at regionals. She placed 13th AA and 1st on vault at nationals.
GWU welcomes four incoming frosh this fall: Chelsea Raineri, Alex DeMoura, Kaila Soloman and Kaitlin Cowles. The commits of DeMoura and Cowles were covered in prior news items.
Raineri, who at one time announced an intent to go to Iowa State, is a L10 who trains at Silvia's. A three-time Level 10 JO National qualifier, she tied for 2nd on VT and 20th AA at the 2013 Level 10 JO Nationals. She was also 20th AA and 6th on FX in 2012.
Soloman is a L10 from ENA Paramus in NJ. She qualified to the Region VII L10 Regionals in 2012 and 2013.
Link: GWU Release
Olivia Karas, L10 at IK Gymnastics in Illinois, has committed to Michigan. She competed at the 2011 JOs, finishing 5th AA. She competed two events at her 2013 state meet, finishing 1st on beam and floor.
Hollie Vise, former World Champion, joins ASU's coaching staff. She replaces Kari Ward, who is taking maternity leave.
Amanda Bowman, L10 from Revolution Gymnastics in West Virgina, has committed to WVU. Amanda qualified to the 2012 JO Championships. In 2013 she qualified to regionals, finishing 17th AA.
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We previously announced the commitments of Kaylor Kelley and Meghan Pflieger. Joining Kaylor and Meghan in this year's class is Jessica Garcia and Jennifer King.
Jessica Garcia is a level 10 from North Carolina. Last season she won the Hilton Head Invitational in a near sweep. She also won beam at the Metroplex Challenge.
Jennifer King is a level 10 from New Jersey. She competed at the 2012 JOs, placing 18th AA. This season she placed 5th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals.
Jennifer Brenner, L10 at Ace Gymnastics in Florida, has committed to Sacramento State. Last season she finished 5th AA at both her state and regional meets, qualifying to JOs for the second consecutive year.
Josh Nilson returns to Utah State's coaching staff after spending two years with Texas Women's staff.
JaNay Honest, L10 from CCGI in California has announced her commitment to UCLA on Twitter. JaNay finished 4th AA at her 2013 state meet and qualified through regionals to the NIT, finishing 1st on vault and 2nd on floor.
Texas East has announced Sidney Dukes' commitment to Kentucky. Last season she finished was named floor champ at her regional meet and she qualified for JOs.
We previously announced Mollie Drenth's commitment to Arkansas. We are informed that she has now committed to join Iowa's team in January 2014.
Wildfire Gymnastics in California has announced Jill Van Mierlo's committment to BYU. Last season she placed 7th AA at her state meet and went on to qualify to the NIT where she placed 1st on bars.
Christiana Yacalis, L10 from Southern Tier in New York, has announced her commitment to Kentucky. she won most of her 2013 season mets and picked up events titles on each event throughout the season. She placed 2nd AA at regionals and qualified to JOs for the third time.