Bridget Sullivan, a L10 at the Gymnastics Learning Center, has committed to a full scholarship offer at GWU, starting in 2026-2027. This past season, she tied for 8th on VT and placed 19th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also tied for 7th on VT and 13th AA at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals.
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On September 11th, 2001, Mari-Rae Sopper was on her way to California, ready to start her job as Head Coach of the women's team at UC Santa Barbara. Sopper, a former standout at Iowa State, was known as "ISUFan" on the fromer College Gymnastics Board. She had given up her job as a Navy JAG Corp lawyer to pursue her dream, and to help save the cancelled program at UCSB. She lost her life during the events of that fateful day, as the plane she was on was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. We pause to remember her spirit and dedication to the sport, and her inspiring effort to pursue her dreams, as well as the others who lost their lives that fateful day.
Tyler Turner, an elite and two-time Junior National Team member from WOGA, has committed to Florida. She is a member of the Class of 2027. She has been recovering this year from an Achilles' rupture. In 2024, she won a silver on FX and placed 6th AA in the junior division at the US Championships. She also tied for 14th AA in the junior division at the 2023 US Championships.
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The NCAA has released the 2025-2026 Rules Modifications for NCAA women's gymnastics, and the resulting changes are perhaps the most inconsequential in the decades. As the result, absent something like the SCORE board initiative, scoring records could be in danger again this season.
Sometimes, there are changes to the underlying code from the Women's Development Program Code of Points. However, this season, those changes are minor as well, as this is the last year of the four year cycle of changes to the Code. There are some clarifications and changes on the NCAA side, but they are mostly new procedures and clarifications, with no changes on the events.
The most major change is the fact that a Panel Judge can call for a judging conference when an "impossible" score is identified. This is due an obvious flat execution deduction that was not applied (like a fall or grab of the apparatus or extra swing) or a composition deduction was not applied, and yet the counting scores are within range and/or the Start Values are the same.
There were no notable changes on vault.
On UB, they clarified situations in which a combination leading to a fall is repeated.
On BB, a clarification was added to show movement/choreography in all directions, and that movements at any level (low, semi-low, standing).
On FX, the definition of a salto was clarified to include elements that take off from two feet and land on one or both feet, or lower in control to the knee. Aerials nor saltos that land in a sitting, prone is sit-split qualify as an Acro pass. As per the prior regulation, at least one salto must be a C value salto. The NCAA also further clarified that the routine must include two acro passes performed on two different diagonals.
The document also provides changes on injury assessments, video reviews and various aspects of meet operations, including the rotation and placement of judges.
On the underlying Women's Development Program (WDP) Optional Code of Points, the changes are also minor and are moving closer to the NCAA guidance. Here are some of the changes for this season:
Clarifications are in bold font, changes are highlighted in blue.
Link: 2025-2026 Women's NCAA Rules Modifications (PDF)
Link: 2022-2026 Women's WDP Optional Code of Points Update (PDF)
The College Sports Commission, the new body created out of the House Settlement, has released some data on new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Clearinghouse. The NIL Go Platform has, as of August 31st, approved 6,090 deals. The total value of these deals is $35.42M. Since this number also includes all sports, including Football, this number is relatively low. Given the number of high $ deals given to football and basketball stars, and other prolific influencers, this number is actually relatively low. However, nearly $80M in deals were submitted, not including those that were not cleared or cancelled. 332 were not cleared but 75 of those were resubmitted. (This short report was corrected one day after initial release, with a major error on the total approved deal quantity)
Link: Report
Sarah Aldrich, a L10 from YellowJackets, has committed to a full scholarship offer at GWU, starting in 2026-2027. This past season, she placed 20th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She missed almost all of 2024.
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Ally Damelio, an elite from San Mateo, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn. She is a member of the Class of 2027 and is one of four gymnasts to commit to Auburn on Tuesday. This past season, she placed 17th AA and 10th on FX at the Xfinity US Championships, in the senior division. She also placed 7th AA at the US Classic. In 2024, she tied for 4th AA and was 2nd on UB at the American Classic. She also placed 11th AA at the 2023 XFinity US Championships as a junior.
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Elizaveta "Liza" Grebenkova, a L10 from Aim Athletics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028. She was one of four commits announced today. This past season, she was the National Champion (Jr. D) in the AA and UB at the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals. She also tied for 3rd on BB and 5th on FX. Earlier in the season, she tied for 1st AA at the Nastia Liukin Cup. She missed the 2nd half of the 2024 season.
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Brooke Reingold, a L10 from AIM Athletics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, while at WCC, she placed 6th AA and tied for 2nd on BB at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She won the L10 National title on UB at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals, where she also placed 6th on BB and tied for 6th AA.
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Giselle Guenther, a L10 from Cincinnati Gymnatsics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she placed 4th on VT, tied for 10th on FX and placed 7th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She was a Level 9 last season, and placed 4th on VT and 10th AA at the WDP Level 9 Eastern Nationals. She was one of four Auburn commits to announce on Tuesday.
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