Washington has announced the hiring of Olympian and former NCAA champion Elise Ray as an assistant coach. After performing with Cirque du Soleil, Ray has been coaching at Carroll in Maryland.
Link: UW Release
Named to the Women's World Championships:
Gabrielle Douglas
Anna Li
McKayla Maroney
Alexandra Raisman
Alicia Sacramone
Sabrina Vega
Jordyn Wieber
Alternate: Shawn Johnson
Named to the Women's Pan American Games:
NC State has announced the hiring of former Illinois Head Coach Bob Starkell as an assistant.
Link: NC State Release
It's been ten years since the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. Today we honor the heroes of September 11th, 2001, including those who lost their lives. One of those people, Mari-Rae Sopper, closely touched the collegiate gymnastics community. As you may know, Mari-Rae Sopper was Head Coach of the University of California, Santa Barbara's women's gymnastics team. She was also a former standout collegiate gymnast and team captain for Iowa State. Many of you knew her in the capacity of coach, teammate, competitor, colleague and friend.
Ohio State has announced it has fired Men's assistant coach Paul Hamm. Hamm was arrested over the weekend, after an alleged assault.
Link: Ohio State Release
Every fall, a new set of Women's code modifications are published by the NCAA. These code modifications outline variances in the NCAA code from the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympics Level 10 code. This is the means by which all routines are evaluated during the upcoming season. The latest update contains some changes for the new season, with balance beam the most impacted. Here's a summary of the changes:
Craig Ballard has joined the staff at Kent State, according to a school release. He had been an assistant at Bowling Green.
Link: Kent State Release
Jackie Fain has been named the new Head Coach at Centenary, according to a school release. She had been an assistant at TWU, and has experience as a coach, judge and former UK competitor.
Link: Centenary Release
Vaculik is taking a year off from Stanford to prepare for upcoming international competitions. So far she has earned a spot at Worlds. Others named to the team are UCLA recruit Peng Peng Lee, Dominique Pegg, Talia Chiarelli, Mikaela Gerber, Coralie Leblond-Chartrand, and Madeline Gardiner.
USU announces that TeShawne Jackson has been named Assistant Coach. Jackson has previously coached at Iowa State, Ball State and William and Mary.
Former Missouri standout Sarah Shire returns to the program in a staff position. Shire is pursuing a Masters in Sports Psychology.
San Jose State has announced the addition of Liz Major as an assistant. After graduation from San Jose State, she received her masters from DU and coached at Aurora.
Link: SJSU Release
MSU has announced its new assistant coaches: Mo Mitchell, former head coach at Kentucky, and Nicole Curler, a former MSU gymnast.