SEMO has signed Megan Dennis and Courteney Taylor for 2016-2017. Taylor's commit was covered in a prior news item.
Dennis is a L10 who trains at Achievers in Denton, TX. In 2015, Dennis qualified to the JO NIT after placing 10th AA at Regionals. She was also 11th AA at Regionals in 2014.
Link: SEMO Release
Jacqueline Kranitz, L10 at Colorado Aerials, has committed to Iowa. She placed 1st on beam and floor and 3rd AA at her 2015 state meet. She placed 13th AA at regionals.
Haven Lanzador, L10 from Buckeye Gymnastics, has committed to Seattle Pacific. She qualified to regionals in 2014. She was limited to two events during most of the 2015 season.
Minnesota has signed Ivy Lu, Casey Betts and Ryan Stach to NLIs while Rebecca Taylor and Kristen Quaglia have signalled an intent to enroll and compete next Fall as well. The commits of Betts, Quaglia and Stach were covered in prior news items. (Note: Updated after Minnesota updated their release)
Tayor is an in-state L10 who competes for the Twin City Twisters. In 2014, competing as a UB and FX specialist, she was the Region IV UB champion. She also finished 4th at Regionals in 2015.
Lu is a Canadian National Open athlete who trains at Gyymnix. At the 2015 Canadian Championships, she won the AA and the BB. As a junior high performance (elite) athlete, she has represented Canada internationally. Link: video
Link: Gopher Release
Twins Anna and Grace Glenn have signed with UCLA, joining Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian, who signed last year but deferred. Both commits were covered in prior news items. As UCLA's class evolves, we may see an additional signing or two in the spring.
Link: UCLA Release
Ohio State men's coach Justin Spring has signed six athletes for 2016-2017: Danny Graham, Jacob Light, Sebastian Sembos Quiana, Luke Cooper, Michael Paradise and Tommy Mistretta III.
Graham leads the way. The senior trains at Premier and finished 5th in the AA, 4th on PB and 5th on HB at the 2015 JO Nationals. He was 4th AA in 2014.
Light trains at the Parkettes, and has made JO Nationals the last six seaons. He won Rings at the 2015 JO Nationals and placed 4th on VT and PH. He went on to place 4th at the P&G (US) Championships. He was also the JO National ring champ in 2014.
Quiana is a four time JO National qualifier who placed 4th AA at the 2015 New Jersey state meet. He trains at the US Gymnastics Development Center.
Cooper trains at the Harpeth School of Gymnastics in Tennessee. A three-time JO National qualifier, he also qualified to Junior Elite in 2015.
Paradise trains at Premier with Graham. He excels on PH, placing 2nd at the 2015 JO Nationals after winning the title in 2014.
Mistretta heads to Illinois from Livermore, CA, where he trains at the West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy. He is a two-time JO National HB champ, winning in 2012 and 2014.
Link: Illinois Release
UGA has signed Rachel Dickson, Jordyn Pedersen and Sabrina Vega for the 2016-2017 season. All three commits were expected, based on our prior reports.
Link: UGA Release
EMU has signed Amanda Arnold, Hollie Minichiello and Emili Dobornics for 2016-2017. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: EMU Release
Denver has announced the signing of Maddie Karr, Courtney Loper and Samantha Ogden, as expected.
Link: DU Release
Missouri has signed Rachel Ley, Aspen Tucker, and Alyssa Johnson to NLIs for 2016-2017. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: Release
As expected, WVU has signed Cassidy Kumber for 2016-2017. They also confirmed that Julia Merwin will walkon.
Link: WVU Release
SUU will welcome Autumn Jorgensen, Madison McBride, Megan McBride and Becky Rozsa for 2016-2017. The commits of all but Jorgensen were covered in prior news items.
Jorgensen is a L10 who trains at All American in Utah. In 2015 she won the BB title at the Region I Regionals and qualified to the 2015 L10 JO Nationals, where she tied for 9th on BB and placed 45th AA. She also made JO Nationals in 2014, where she placed 25th.
Link: SUU
As expected, Michigan State has signed Ally Hoyer.
Link: MSU Release
As anticipated by CollegeGymFans.com, NC State has signed Alexis Beucler, Melissa Brooker, Alexa Phillips and Paris Phillips. The Phillips twins however will graduate early and join the team for the 2016 season. No word on Drew Grantham, who has also issued a commit.
Link: NC State Release
As expected, Kaylee has signed Kaylee Cole of Texas Dreams.
Link: Stanford Release
Michigan has signed Lexi Funk, Maggie O'Hara, Maddy Osman and Polina Shchennikova for 2016-2017. We originally had O'Hara as committing for the 2017-2018 class but she will graduate a year early. The other commits were covered in prior news items.
Link: Michigan Release