Sam Wellburn moves from Interim Assistant to Assistant Coach and Molly Korth rounds out the staff.
Hilary Steele has been named the new Head Coach at Temple. She had been serving as an interim head coach after her first season as lead assistant. The former UGA and US National Team standout (née Mauro) has club coaching experience at Hill's and Kokokahi.
Link: Temple
At Day 1 of the Women's Senior Asian Gymnastics Championships, Aleah Finnegan of LSU had an outstanding day, qualifying to finals on VT, BB and FX. She also placed 7th AA. UCLA's Emma Malabuyo, competing on two events, made the finals on FX and is a reserve on BB. Bama commit (2024) Kylie Kvamme was 14th AA and along with Finnegan, qualified to the 2023 World Championships. All three competed for the Philippines, which missed qualifying as a team due to problems on UB.
Link: Results
Kell was a standout gymnast at OSU and has served in administrative roles to support the program.
Aria Roberts, Everest, to Talladega
Olivia Childs, Sonshine Gymnastics, competed to a 6th place finish at her '23 state meet.
Kentucky grad Ashlyn LaClair will transfer to UGA to use her remaining eligibility.
Link: Ihttps://www.instagram.com/p/CtPk-XxJQEB/nsta
Brooke Simpson and Leah Miller were early commits to the program.
Daisy Fallon, Gotham Gymnastics, placed 4th AA at regionals and 36th AA at nationals.
Transfer: Molly Rickey transfers from Pitt to UW-Stout
Commits:
Alexa Chuy, North Stars, to Talladega
Ella Hemker, AMKM, to UW-Stout
Anna Preussner, Flip Star, to UW - Eau Claire
Maddie Reed to Utica
Ava Stewart, who has extensive international experience, is aiming for a spot on the '24 Olympic Team and will defer to pursue that goal.
Deguzman competed her first four years at Kentucky.
Funk previously coached at CMU and Michigan and was honored with a share of the Assistant Coach of the Year in 2021.
Ella Schell will graduate a year early and join Iowa State for the 2024 season. Most recently, she placed 32nd AA at the 2023 WDP Nationals, after a 3rd place AA finish at Regionals. .
Link: Insta
Melissa Genovese has been elevated to Head Coach for Sacramento State. She's been serving as the Associate Head Coach since 2019 and as an assistant since 2015. A former Hornet standout, she has been serving as an interim Head Coach for parts of the last two seasons as former Head Coach Randy Solorio was out on medical leave.
Link: Sac State Release