Alex Archer, L10 at Precision Gymnastics in California, will join the Stanford team next fall. Archer has turned in strong results over the 2011 season, including a 2nd place AA finish (1st BB) at the Snowflake Invite and 3rd place finishes at the Classic Rock (1st V/UB) and the Malibu Coast Challenge. She recently finished 5th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs.
Elizabeth Stranahan, junior next season, and Shea Anderson, a senior next season, both earned scholarships for the coming school year at Iowa State. Both are former walkons, according to the Cylcone release.
Link: Iowa State Release
Tim Garrison has been named the new Head Coach at Kentucky. He was an assistant at Nebraska since 2007. Prior to that he was a coach at SCEGA.
Link: UK Release
Sarah Peterson, L10 from Mid Island Gymnastics in New York, has verbally committed to UNC. She finished 1st AA (1st UB/FX at the Long Island Classic this season. She finished 19th AA at the 2010 NIT.
Illinois has signed Sunny Kato, a L10 from Team OC in Southern California. She recently competed on UB and BB at the 2011 Region 1 L10 Regionals, placing 5th on the former. At the 2010 L10 Nationals, she placed 44th AA. In 2006, she qualified as a junior international, and won the pre-elite division at the US Challenge.
Link: YouTube.com Channel and Illinois Release
Kayla Hoffman has been named winner of this year's Honda Award for Gymnastics according to a news article. The other finalists for the award were Kylee Botterman, Brittani McCullough and Sharaya Musser.
Natalie Humbert, L10 at LaFleur's in Florida, has accepted an offer of admission to Centenary. She will join the gymnastics team next season. Last year, Humbert captured the L9 state vault title on the way to a 3rd place overall finish and went on to place 8th AA at regionals.
Jaida Lawrence, a L10 from NEGX, has committed to West Virginia. At the recent Region 6 L10 Regionals, she finished 2nd AA and 1st on VT in the Senior B division. She also tied for 39th AA at the 2010 JO Nationals and was 32nd AA and 4th(t) on VT at the 2009 JO Nationals.
Link: YouTube.com Channel
and Gymnastike.org
West Virginia has promoted current Associate Head Coach Jason Butts to be the new Head Coach at WVU. He replaces Linda Burdette-Good, who is retiring. He was named the Regional Assistant of the Year in 2009 and 2010. A graduate of UGA, he will receive a master's from WVU in December.
Link: WVU Release