Brenna Brooks, a L10 from WOGA, is heading to Washington a year early, after signing an NLI this week. Her original commit was covered in a prior news item.
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Gayla Griswold from Cypress Pointe Gymnastics has committed to Lindenwood. Last season she finished 1st on fx and 2nd AA at the Louisiana state meet and 4th AA at regionals. She finished 21st AA at JOs.
Natalia Pawlak from Aerial Gymnastics has committed to Pitt. She qualified to Region 3 regionals in 2018 and finished 13th AA.
Our annual survey of College Coaches for total scholarships per year is now in progress. Early results are posted in the Commits section.
UGA has hired Jason Vonk as an assistant. He was an assistant at GWU this past season. Prior to that, he spent six seasons at Yale.
Link: Release
Utah has hired Carly Dockendorf as a new DIrector of Recruiting and Player Development. She had been serving as a volunteer assistant and choroegrapher to the Ute squad this season. She's a former assistant gymnastics and track & field coach at SPU, and a former two-sport All-American at Washington.
Link: Release
Maryland welcomes back former assistant coach JJ Ferreira to the coaching staff, according to a school release.
Link: Release
I have had several parents tell me that there is an unspoken pressure in their club gyms when it comes to recruiting. Some parents are very open about their daughters being recruited and others keep things quiet. At best, it can be a very awkward time for everyone because the pressure is on to get their daughters recruited.
TWU has named Kristen Meyers as a full assistant coach. Starting as a graduate assistant for the Pioneers, she was the 2018 co-Assistant Coach of the Year for Division II after serving the last two years as a part time assistant.
Link: Release
We are informed that Mia Townes has changed her commitment for 2019 to Illinois.
Taylor Wentland from DeVeau's has committed to Kent State. Last season she finished 2nd AA at her state meet and 11th AA are regionals.
Utah State has signed Canadians Grace Rojas and Madeline Straker to NLIs for 2018-2019. Rojas is a L10 and Straker a Sr. High Performane (elite) athlete from Manjak's in Ontario.
Aubrey Zazula, a L10 at Desert Lights, is no longer committed to Rutgers for 2019.
Ronni Binstock from Docksiders has committed to WMU. Her 3rd place finish at 2018 regionals qualified her to JOs where she finished 18th AA.
We are informed that Ashton Woodbury is no longer committed to SUU.