The AAI award is given to honor the Outstanding Senior Gymnast from all NCAA teams. The winner will be announced at the NCAA banquet in conjunction with NCAA Championships. The nominees:
Kat Ding of Georgia
Megan Ferguson of Oklahoma
Amy Glass of Boise State
Leslie Mak - OSU
Jaime Pisani of Arkansas
Geralen Stack-Eaton of Alabama
Grace McLaughlin, an Elite and National Team Memberfrom WOGA, has committed to Florida according to Gym-Style.com, her webmaster. Grace won the 2011 American Classic and placed 10th AA at Nationals.
Kennedy Baker has announced via Twitter her commitment to Florida. Baker, a Jr. Elite National Team Member from Texas Dreams, placed 7th AA at the 2011 National Championships and 8th AA at the Covergirl Classic.
Chloe Nelson, L10 at Olympic Warrior Gymnastics in Mississippi, will join the Yale team this fall. She qualified to JOs in 2011. This season she won the Manhattan Classic (1st V, UB, BB) and she recently picked up state championship titles in vault, bars and floor.
Kristyn Bossle, L10 at Phenom Gymnastics in Illinois, has committed to Illinois State, where she'll join her sister, Jenna. She has placed in the top five AA at most of her meets this season, including a 2nd place finish at the Love or Money meet. She recently placed 4th AA at her state meet.
Clair Jones, L10 at Precision Gymnastics in North Carolina, has committed to Rutgers. She has finished no lower than 4th AA in her meets this year and she won the Hilton Head (1st UB/BB/FX) and the Charleston Cup (1st BB). She recently finished 4th AA at her state meet.
Jessica Savona, Canadian High Performance gymnast, has tweeted about her commitment to LSU. She recently competed at the Gymnix, finishing 4th in the all around and 12th on bars in the event finals. Last season she finished 2nd AA at the Canadian Championships and 1st on beam and floor in the event finals.
Rachel Kreager, L10 from San Mateo Gymnastics in California, has committed to UC Davis. This season she placed 2nd AA (1st FX) at the Red Heart 10.0 meet and 2nd AA (1st UB) at the Wine Country meet. She placed in the top 10 all around at all of her 2012 meets, including a 7th place finish at the Nor Cal meet last weekend.
MacKenzie Brannan, an elite from Capital Gymnastics in Texas has committed to Alabama according to Chalkbowl, her webmaster. This season she has competed at the San Diego Classic (2nd AA; 1st V), the Alamo Classic (1st AA; 1st V/UB/FX), the Nadia Comaneci Invite (1st AA; 1st BB/FX) and the WOGA Classic (1st AA; 1st V/UB).