Emily Howe, a L10 at WOGA, has committed to Cal Berkeley for 2015-2016. She is the younger sister of Cal commit Jessica. At the 2012 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 10th on bars and placed 45th AA in the Junior B division. She made Nationals by placing 4th AA and 2nd on BB and FX at the Region III Regionals. She also placed 40th at Nationals in 2011.
Link: Personal Website
Junior National Champion Lexie Priessman has committed to Georgia, per her Twitter feed. Priessman will graduate in 2015, but is training for Rio in 2016. This is her first year in the senior ranks. The 2012 Junior International Elite National Champion trains at the Cincinatti Gymnastics Academy. She also placed 4th AA at the VISA Championships in 2011.
Link: Her Website
Katilynn Hedelund, a L10 from Excalibur in Virginia, has committed to UNC. At the 2012 Junior Olympic Level 10 Natonals, she placed 10th AA in the Junior D division, including a 6th on Vault and on bars. She tied for 21st AA in 2011.
Link: YouTube.com Channel
International competitor India McPeak has committed to WMU. A member of both the Northern Ireland Team & the Irish National Team, India trains in Northern Ireland.
Sarah Ebeyer, L10 from Wright's in Indiana, has committed to Ball State. Last season Sarah placed 1st on vault at the Atlantis Crown and Nashville Nights meets and 1st on FX at the National Judges Cup and the Nashville Nights meets. She finished 4th AA at her regional meet and competed at JOs.
Illinois tops the Men's Preseason Coaches' Poll, according to an updated poll from Troester.com. They received six first place votes to outpace 2nd place Michigan (2 first place votes). OU was #3 with two first place votes, PSU fourth with three, and Stanford 5th with two.
| Rank | Team | 1st Place Votes |
| 1 | Illinois | 6 |
| 2 | Michigan | 2 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 2 |
| 4 | Penn State | 3 |
| 5 | Stanford | 2 |
| 6 | California Berkeley | |
| 7 | Minnesota | |
| 8 | Ohio State | |
| 9 | Nebraska | |
| 10 | Iowa |
Penn has announced the hiring of Kim Parsons as an assistant. She comes to Penn from Temple, where she was an assistant. She was also the associate head coach at MIT and competed for James Madison.
Link: Penn Release
Emma Slappy, L10 at Starlight Gymnastics in Florida, has committed to Auburn. Last season Emma won the Sand Dollar meet (1st AA; 1st FX), the Pikes Peak (1st AA; 1st V/UB/FX) and her regional meet (1st AA; 1st BB/FX). She qualified to JOs for the second year in a row, finishing 10th AA.
Cal has announced that Liz Crandall will be joining their coaching staff. Liz brings experience as a National Team Member and NCAA athlete as well as her experience in coaching and developing athletes at all levels. Liz is also an international brevet judge.
Emily Schien, L10 at WOGA in Texas, has committed to North Carolina. Emily finished in the top five AA at most of her meets last season, including 5th place finishes at her state and regional meets. She placed 14th AA at 2012 JOs, following up on a 10th place finish at the 2011 JOs.
Zoe Draghi, L10 at Wildfire in California, has committed to Cal Berkeley. Last season she finished 4th AA at her state meet, 7th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs.
Corinne Rechenmacher, L10 at Legacy Elite in Illinois, has committed to Kentucky. Last season Corinne finished in the top two all around at nearly every meet, including her state meet (2nd AA, 1st BB/FX). Over the course of the season she picked up four beam titles, three titles each on bars and floor, and one vault win.
Taylor Harrison, L10 at World Class in Virginia, has committed to Ohio State. Last season Taylor picked up several vault titles over the season. She won the Excalibur Cup (1st AA; 1st UB) and she was crowned state vault champ. She placed 4th AA (1st FX) at regionals and 23rd AA at JOs.
Sabrina Garcia, L10 at Prestige Gymnastics in Pennsylvania, has committed to Penn State. Last season Sabrina won individual events titles at the World Class Invitational (1st UB/FX), the Katie Baldwin Invite (1st UB), and the WOGA Classic (1st UB). She placed 3rd AA at her state meet, won her regional meet and qualified to JOs.