W&M is cutting seven Olympic sports due to budget shortfalls.
Andrew Eddington and Brittany McClure have been appointed assistant coaches. Polina Shchennikova has been added as volunteer coach.
Heidi Vanderboom competed last season for Temple. SEMO looks to her to add depth to vault and beam lineups.
More sad news, as we are now down to 16 men's teams. Due to COVID related revenue losses and a projected deficit of $60 to $75M, Iowa has made a decision to terminate Men's Gymnastics at the end of the 2020-2021 season. They will also cut M&W's swimming and men's tennis.
Link: Iowa Letter
LSU has hired former standout Ashleigh Gnat as their new assistant coach, following the retirement of the legendary D-D Breaux from the staff.
Link: LSU Release
UAA has announced a decision to terminate Gymnastics, Men's Hockey and men's and women's skiing after this current season. The decision must be ratified by the Board of Regents in their September meeting. A period of public comment is available, and the team is organizing actions to protest the decision.
Link: Release
TWU topped the 2019-2020 WCGA Team GPA rankings, just edging out EMU. They were closely followed by NIU and WMU. In addition, individual awards were given to those student-athletes posting a 3.5 or high GPA.
Link: WCGA Release
EMU has promoted Sam Higgins as an assistant coach. She's been serving as a volunteer assistant for three seasons, and has been an optional team coach at Gym America for 10 years.
Link: EMU Release
Kaitlyn Higgins is a junior transfer from Minnesota.
Quest Hayden has held volunteer coaching positions at Michigan and PSU.
Brian Amato will fill the vacant assistant coach position. He has coached at Oregon State for the past seven seasons. Sophia Hyderally, a recent UAA grad, has been named volunteer assistant coach.
Kayli Tran, a junior, is transferring from SPU
Former MSU Head Coach Kathie Klages was sentenced to 89 days in jail and 180 days of probation for lying in the Larry Nassar case.
Link: Det News
Breaux has coached LSU's team for 43 years. Jay Clark, co-head coach, will take charge of the program.