Fine differences in levels of achievement, skills competed, execution, scores and placements may impact a gymnast's rating.  All are very accomplished and skilled gymnasts, and many talented gymnasts are not included here.  If you feel an athlete should have qualified to the list, due to missing data or video evidence please use the contact information to send in the athlete's name, and if possible provide a link to the missing qualifying information, such as meet results.  

Ratings will be finalized by September 2027, prior to the start of an athlete's freshman year.  At that time, uncommitted athletes will be removed.  All athletes within a star category are listed in alphabetic order (by first name), not in any rated order.  Certain athletes have rolled over from prior years, and there are continued to be listed until they definitively declare an intent not to go to college for gymnastics. 

The remaining elite meets in the summer of 2026 will likely impact certain gymnasts' rankings.   Gymnasts that are deferring enrollment, with public announcements, have been removed.  The listings include athletes that may roll over to the 2028-2029 recruiting year.  

2024 was the first time we have rated recruits, just when they've become eligible for recruiting for the first time.  This tested our non-subjective methodology, and in the process, uncovered several interesting trends.  Because these gymnasts had just completed their sophomore years, they are much more likely to have experienced a half star deduction for missing difficulty or for inconsistency.  Some gymnasts were rated on just one season of L10 competition, as they have only just moved up from Level 9. As expected, a number of gymnasts improved their rankings in their junior years.  This is because their consistency improved, they were able to add an additional season of competition, improved their difficulty and/or execution.  Gymnasts in their sophomore year may not yet compete a vault a 9.95 NCAA Start Value, like a Yurchenko layout, or may lack the required releases, skills, combos, or dismounts on UB to start from a 10 in NCAA competition.  These two events are the two most common areas where future skills development will remove a "Up to the Level" adjustment to their rating.  We are not assessing a gymnast's ability to upgrade their skill set based on their training videos, but will update their ranking in their future.  All gymnasts, however, will have the opportunity to increase their rating in the next competitive season(s). 

We have updated our system to allow high scoring two-event specialists to enter the ratings.  Previously, the lower limit was three events.  We are also beginning the penalize athletes who hit 3* through the AA criteria and have more than one event that does not meet the consistency metric by having more than 50% of their scores below 9.3.    

We acknowledge the 3* classification is getting quite large.  This is partially due to the fact that as the gymnasts approach graduation, gymnasts become more consistent, have better execution and have completed the upgrades required for their future college sets.  There has also been a rise in scores awarded in the L10 ranks, and the code will be changing for next season.  We will review the 3* criteria in the next year, along with changes due to the new NCAA code updates.  

Last Revision:  6/14/26  (Note:  An update will be made in September 2026, with the focus on elites, as the US elite season wraps up)

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