Illinois State has signed Riley Childress and Samantha King, according to a school release.
Childress is a L10 who trains at Gymstars in Tennessee. She qualified to the 2009 L10 Nationals in the Junior D division, after a 7th place finish at Regionals. Link: YouTube.com Channel
King is a L10 who trains at the Michigan Academy of Gymnastics. She last qualified to the L10 Nationals in 2007 and 2008, but has dealt with foot and elbow injuries the last two years.
Kentucky has announced the signing of three athletes to NLIs: Alexis Gross, Kenzie Hedges, and Jessica Staples. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items. Use the site search function to learn more about each athlete.
Link: UK Release
BGSU has announced the signing of Jamilah Ali, Chelsea Anderson, Amanda Lievendag and Gina Locigno.
Stanford (M) has announced the inking of two recruits to NLIs for 2011-2012, Brian Knott and Alex Strait.
Knott trains at NYC's Chelsea Piers club. He placed 20th AA at the 2010 JO Nationals.
Strait trains at Champions in Texas. He finished 9th AA, 4th HB and 4th(t) FX at the 2010 VISA Championships, Junior Men 16-18 division.
Link: Stanford Release and YouTube Channel for Strait
As expected, Alina Cartwright and Ashley Stevenson have signed with Michigan State. Use the site search function to read more about them.
Link: MSU Release
Michaela Woodford, L10 at Sun Country Gymnastics in Gainesville FL, has committed to North Carolina State University for the 2012-13 season. In 2010, she placed 1st on Beam and 1st Place in All-Around
at the Tampa Bay Turners Invitational. She also placed 1st on Beam and 2nd All-Around at the Level 10 Florida State meet; and was a 2010 Regional Qualifier.
Missouri will welcome three athletes for 2011-2012, according to a school release. As previously reported, Colleen Mulcahy and Rachel Updike signed with the Tigers. In addition, Laura Kappler will walk-on. Kappler trains as a L10 at Revolution Gymnastics. She was 3rd AA, 3rd on BB and 5th on VT at the 2009 Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Link: Mizzou Release and Kappler YouTube.com Channel
Gina Costa, a L10 at Airborne (Santa Clara, CA) has committed to West Virginia, according to a site submission. In 2010, she placed 4th on UB and tied for 17th AA at the Region I L10 Regionals. In 2009, she tied for 29th AA and 8th on UB at the L10 Nationals.
Link: YouTube.com Channel
In a release, LSU has announced the signing of two athletes to letters of intent: Reaghan Courville and Lloimincia Hall. The commits of both were covered in prior news items.
Link: LSU Release
Cami Guyer, L10 from Gymnastics East in Washington, and Kiley Field, L10 from Gold Coast Gymnastics in California, have signed with SJSU.
Riley Acton, L9 at 10.0 Gymnastics Academy in Massachusetts, has been accepted to Ursinus College where she will compete for the 2011-12 season. She placed in the top three AA at several of her meets last season and closed out her season with a 17th AA finish at regionals.
Heather Foley, L10 at M&M Gymnastics in Wisconsin, has committed to compete for Illinois. She she finished in the top 10 AA in all of meets through regionals last season, including AAd win at The Harley Davidson Invite (1st BB/FX) and Regionals (1st UB/BB). She finished 37th AA at JO Nationals.
Personal web pageKayla Gray and Adrienne Hill have signed with New Hampshire. Gray's committed was covered in an earlier post. Hill, and L10 from Richmond Olympiad in Virginia, finished 2nd AA (1st V/FX) at her 2010 state meet, 6th AA at regionals and 13th AA at JO Nationals.
Keara Glover, L10 from Dynamo in Oklahoma, has committed to Auburn. She is a three time Regional 3 Champion, four time Oklahoma State Champion, and a five time qualifier to JO Nationals. In 2010, she finished 1st AA; 1st V/BB/FX at states. At regionals she placed 1st AA; 1st UB/BB. She placed 15th AA at 2010 JOs. In 2009, she placed 8th AA at JOs.
Nicole Radon has committed to Kent State, according to a site submission. The L10 trains at Stumpf's in NY. At the 2010 L10 Nationals, she tied for 34th AA. In 2009, she placed 50th AA at the L10 Nationals, Jr. D.
Link: Recruiting Web Site
Laura Simeone has signed with Kentucky according to her club's Facebook page. She is a Level 10 at Kurt Thomas Gymnastics in Texas. In 2010 she turned in many top 5 finishes at her meets. She finished 9th AA at her state meet, 9th AA at regionals and 35th AA at JO Nationals.
Kentucky has not released an announcement on their signees.