Colby Kessler, a L10 from Sonshine, has committed to a combination full athletic/academic scholarship at Towson, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she tied for 31st AA at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also placed 10th AA and 5th on FX at the 2025 Region 8 L10 Regionals.
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Penn State has hired Jennifer Green as their new Head Coach. Green has been Head Coach at Air Force since 2021, and was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year this past season. Green spent six years as an assistant at Iowa and two at Missouri. She also has 16 years of club coaching experience at Kansas Gymnastics and Cheer as well as Elite Gymnastics Club (KS). As Jennifer Lyerly, she was an All-American on VT at LSU.
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Penn has hired India Anderson as an assistant coach. She had been an assistant at GWU the last two seasons. Prior to that, she was at Fisk and Ursinus. She was also a student-athlete at Temple.
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Bridgeport has hired Alonna Kratzer as an assistant coach. The former Mizzou athlete and elite gymnast had been coaching at SCSU.
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Centenary has hired Ethan Poole as an assistant coach. He graduated this spring from Greenville, where he competed primarily on Rings and FX.
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Penn has promoted Johanny Sotillo-Alston from volunteer assistant to an assistant coach. Prior to that, she was an assistant at Air Force and a club coach at Atlantic Coast, 5280 and Will-Moor. She was a former ten-time National Team member for Venezuela.
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SEMO has hired Kaitlin De Guzman as an assistant. She a former athlete at Kentucky and Clemson and graduated with a masters in Sports Leadership. She has been working in the private sector, including at Life Time in Texas.
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LSU commit Reese Esponda posted a 54.9 to capture the AA title at the 2026 US Classic. She also posted the top mark on FX. Former Oregon State superstar and Olympic champion Jade Carey was 2nd at 54.05. She was also winner of the VT title. UCLA signee Zoey Molomo was close behind in 3rd at 53.9, looking strong in her comeback from injury. Florida's Skye Blakely won both events she competed in, UB and BB. OU's Izzy Stassi placed 5th AA while Bama commit Ally Damelio tied for 8th AA. LSU commit Tatum Drusch, who recently announced she will defer to train to focus on making the Olympic team in LA in 2028, was 12th.
Florida signee Dulcy Caylor, who is also deferring to train for LA28, was 15th AA. Another Florida signee, Simone Rose, competed on three events, including a 3rd on UB. Former UCLA superstar Katelyn Ohashi competed on two events but did not achieve her Championships qualifying score, missing by 0.2. Former Florida superstar Leanne Wong competed only on BB.
MSU has signed German elite Jessica Schlegel for 2026-2027. The two-time German National Team member placed 3rd AA at the 2025 German Championships. She has primarily competed in the German Bundesliga system (a unique head-to-head team format) this year, recently posting the top marks on UB/BB/FX and the AA.
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George Washington has formally announced Hilary (nee Mauro) Steele as their new Head Coach. She was Head Coach for three years at Temple, and her departure was announced by the Owls several days ago.
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Hilary Steele has stepped away as Head Coach at Temple to take a Head Coach position at another school. Brittney Miller, an assistant coach, will become the interim Head Coach. Steele is believed to be headed to GWU, but no official announcement has been made. Miller has been an assistant at Temple since 2023 and also an assistant at Penn and a volunteer assistant at Pitt, as well as a club coach at Gymkhana and Will-Moor. Miller (nee Williams) was a standout at Nebraska.
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TWU has hired AJ Banker as a new assistant coach. He previously was an volunteer assistant at Utica, coached at Valley Gymnastics and competed at SUNY Brockport.
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McMurry University has hired Aleah Cassmeyer as their first Women's Head Coach. Cassmeyer heads to McMurry from LIU, where she was an assistant coach. Prior to that, she was an assistant for two seasons at UW Oshkosh. She competed at Lindenwood, where she was known as Aleah Turon.
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Boise State has promoted graduate assistant Adriana Popp to a full-time assistant role. She has been a grad assistant for the last two season while she completed a master's in Athletic Leadership. She competed for the Broncos from 2020-2024.
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