Washington will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024, joining the University of Oregon (acro, no gym), as officially announced late Friday. Then, late Friday, Arizona, ASU and Utah officially announced their move to the Big 12, starting in 2024. UCLA and USC (no gym) announced their departure for the Big Ten roughly one year ago. Since then, the remaining Pac 12 members had explored options and awaiting a new media contract. Last week, Colorado (no gym) announced their departure for the Big 12, setting forth a rush of negotiations, with Arizona the boldest in seeking an alternative Then, on Tuesday, the Pac 12 administration delivered a media proposal that was based solely on streaming and well below what was being delivered to the Big Ten and Big 12 (and other major conferences). Money, driven mostly by Football and media rights (in turn driven by fan base, brand and TV audience) are the ultimate drivers here. With the departure of the other schools, the media contract opportunities for the remaining Pac 12 programs will be even smaller than Tuesday's offer, placing pressure on the remaining team's to seek solutions. The current Pac 12 media contract runs through the end of next season. Money from these media contracts make up a significant chunk of every school's operating budget.
As of now, the Pac 12 has become four teams: Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State. They will need to explore their remaining options while the others have secured their futures.
Link: B1G Release
Hill brings experience from Bowling Green and Oregon State.
Durante competed for LSU.
Mickayla Stuckey competed for EMU.
Kylie Kratchwell served as volunteer assistant last season.
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Emily Gaskins competed for Alabama and served as volunteer graduate coach there last season.
Sophia Hyderally has worked as assistant coach at Temple and Nebraska
Brian Carey has high level coaching experience, coaching Jade Carey in particular through her elite career.
Rachel Donovan worked as Volunteer coach at Illinois and Auburn and coached at various clubs.
Bama's Luisa Blanco won the AA title at the 2023 Columbia National Championships. She posted a 49.133 to win by over two points. She is the latest in a series of athletes from the US successfully competing for the country of their heritage.
Turon competed for Lindenwood and held club coaching positions.
Ryan Snider makes the move from Pitt
Young is a former ISU athlete and assistant coach.
Terpak was the volunteer coach for Arkansas last season.
W&M announced their newcomers for 2023-2024. They include four athletes previously highlighted here: Samantha Burd, Melanie Fualkner, Olivia Mile and Summer Penzi. To that quartet, they will add Madeline Frazier and a grad transfer, Tori Sipes. Frazier is a L10 from VIGs who won state titles in the AA, BB and FX in 2023. Sipes competed on three events for Springfield, and was 1st on UB and 2nd on BB at the 2022 NCGA East Regional Championship.
Link: W&M Release