Mariyah Aranbayev , who trains at North Stars, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Rutgers, starting in 2026-2027. She has competed as a US L10 and for the Ecuador National Team. She recently placed 2nd AA, 2nd on VT, 3rd on FX and 4th on BB at the New Jersey State L10 Championships. She was also 15th AA at the Region 7 L10 Regionals.
Link: Insta
Sophia Stellato, who had previously committed to Rutgers for 2027-2028, will graduate early and join the squad for 2026-2027.
Link: Insta
Sophia Marks, a L10 from Sonshine, has committed to GWU for 2026-2027. She has accepted a combination of athletic and academic scholarships. She recently placed 2nd AA and 2nd on FX at the North Carolina L10 State Championships. Last season, she placed 38th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She's a four-time WDP L10 National qualifier.
Link: Insta
Rani Nigam, a l10 from Queen City, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at Kent State, starting in 2026-2027. She recently tied for 2nd on UB , placed 3rd on BB and placed 2nd AA at the Ohio Level 10 State Championships. She also qualified as an individual event specialist to the 2025 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also placed 2rd AA at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
Emma Centopani, a L10 from Arena, has committed to Bridgeport for 2026-2027, on a combination athletic and academic scholarship. She recently placed 1st on VT, BB and FX and 2nd AA at the Connecticut L10 State Championships. She also tied for 9th on FX in the Wild Card division (for individual event specialists) at the 2025 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She was also the WDP Level 9 Eastern National AA champ in 2023.
Link: Insta
Antonette Baker, a L10 from All Around, has committed to a full athletic scholarship offer at NIU, starting in 2026-2027. She recently placed 1st on FX, 2nd on VT and 3rd AA at the Illinois State L10 Championships. Last season, she tied for 26th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She's a two-time L10 National qualifier.
Link: Insta
Mariah Night, a L10 from Enso Elite, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at NC State, starting in 2026-2027. She recently won the BB and placed 8th AA at the North Carolina L10 State Championships. She also qualified to the 2025 Women's Development Program L10 Nationals as an event specialist on UB, after placing 2nd on UB and tying for 11th AA at the 2025 Region 8 L10 Regionals.
Link: Insta
Meili Ho, a L10 from GTC (Salt Lake Twisters), has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at William and Mary, starting in 2026-2027. She recently placed 11th AA and 5th on FX at the Utah L10 State Championships. She was also 11th AA at the 2025 Region 1 L10 Regionals and 3rd AA and 3rd(t) on FX at the 2024 Women's Development Program Level 9 Western Nationals.
Link: Insta
Zaara Burnett, a L10 from Hill's, has committed to a full scholarship offer at WVU, starting in 2026-2027. She was previously committed to Ohio State. She recently tied for 2nd on UB at her L10 State meet, competing on 1 event, but competed AA a few weeks earlier.
Link: Insta
Former Iowa State Cyclone Ella Schell has found a new home at Iowa for next season.
Link: Insta
Nebraska has chosen to not renew the contract of Head Coach Heather Brink. Brink had been Headh Coach for eight seasons, and prior to that, was an assistant. She was also an all-time Husker legend as an athlete. A national hunt will begin immediately, that along with the high profile AU opening will lead to a lively coaching landscape this spring.
Link: NU Release
Mariel Garcia Chapa, a Mexican National Team member from WOGA, has committed to a full ride scholarship offer to NC State. She is a member of the class of 2027. A four-time Mexican National Champ, she was 8th AA as a senior at the 2025 Mexican Championships. She was also 4th on the BB at the 2024 Pan American Championships (jr. division).
Link: Insta
Jazlyn Jackson, a L10 from JamJev Gymnastics who was originally sized to Ohio State, has committed to a full athletic scholarship at Ohio State, starting next season.
Link: Insta
The NCAA has announced the selections and session assignments for the Women's NCAA National finals. In the first session (afternoon), LSU, Stanford, Florida and UGA will compete. In the second (evening) session, Minnesota, UCLA, Arkansas and OU will compete.
Link: Release
Auburn and former Head Coach Jeff Graba have mutually agreed to part ways. They have just finished a season which saw the Tigers fall to 25th in the Final standings. He had been at Auburn for 16 seasons and reportedly had one season remaining on his contract.
Link: AU Release
In a close and thrilling final, UCLA posted a 197.725 to edge Minnesota's 197.625 and advance to the NCAA national meet. The Gophers scored the major upset of the Regional meets, using a terrific, pressure-packed 49.525 on BB to surpass Utah's 197.5 and Bama's 197.175. Critically, Minnesota was the only team to go 24 for 24 in the final. Prior to this Regionals, Utah had advanced to Nationals for 49 straight years. Jordan Chiles led UCLA, posting a 10 to win FX and a 39.75 to win the AA. She also tied for the top mark on VT with Minnesota's Arianna Ostrum and Utah's Makenna Smith. Gopher Jordyn Lyden won BB and tied for the top mark on UB with Utah's Avery Neff.
With UCLA and Minnesota advancing, Utah's Avery Neff will advance as the top AAer from the second round. Denver's Shyla Bhatia had the top mark on a non-advancing team on VT, winning the tiebreaker (four judge scores). Ute Ana Padarariu won the tie-breaker on BB (four judges score) to grab the spot there. In the prelims, nine gymnasts on non-advancing teams tied at 9.9 on FX. Winning the tiebreaker (four judge scores) was Ella Zirbes of Utah. Aurelie Tran of Iowa, who posted a 10 in the second round, was previously tapped as the qualifier on UB. All of the Individual Qualifiers become office with the NCAA announcement. Shockingly, no Alabama athlete advanced.
Link: Results and UCLA Release