Riley Daniels of Legacy Gymnastics has committed to Lindenwood. She placed 5th AA at her 2018 state meet and 8th AA at regionals, earning a spot at JOs. Personal website
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. Link: Vault Video
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. video
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: …
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
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.