SIGNING DAY 2019: West and Midwest Conferences

The national signing period for women’s gymnastics opens today, which means that dozens of high school athletes will sign National Letters of Intent (NLI) to formalize their commitments to their future college teams. Most of these athletes are high school seniors who will begin training with their college team in the fall of 2020 and compete in the 2021 season, while others will finish high school early and join in January 2020. Still others are high school juniors who will graduate early and join in the fall of 2020, or are international elites.

Note that signing an NLI denotes that an athlete will receive an athletic scholarship for at least her first year. Many future walk-ons will participate in a ceremony or photo opportunity in which they “sign” informally. An athlete is marked as “Signed” only when we can confirm that she has signed an NLI.

Gymnasts who train outside the U.S. or who represent another country internationally are marked with the name of that country. Gymnasts whose names are in italics have not signed yet. Air Force and Division III athletes will not sign NLIs.

View the signings from the big four conference teams and non-big four teams in the east.

MAC

Ball State

• Victoria Henry – Apollo – SIGNED
• Hannah Ruthberg – Perfect Balance – SIGNED
• Ariana Gilley (class of 21) – GYM

Bowling Green

• Lauren Bannister – Champion – SIGNED
• Sydney Bennett – Everest Gymnastics – SIGNED
• Kylie Yacamelli – X-Cel Gymnastics – SIGNED

Central Michigan

• Adriana Bustelo – CGA – SIGNED
• Hallie Hornbacher – Bay Valley
• Katie Kowalski – Mid Michigan Gymnastics

Eastern Michigan

• Raisa Boris – TCT
• Katie Butler – Gym World OH
• Jordan Jankowski – Metroplex

Kent State

• Izzy Geig – Gym World OH – SIGNED
• Kyndall Gilbert – ETC – SIGNED
• Sarah Haxton – DeVeau’s Gymnastics
• Olivia Rapp – Universal Gymnasts 
• Kennedy Weinpert – All Around
• Keely Young – Olympic Dreams

Northern Illinois

• Alyssa Al-Ashari – Geddarts Twistars – SIGNED
• Kendall George – Buckeye
• Grace Humphrys – Ace
• Olivia Lynd – Perfection
• Isabelle West – Buffalo Grove

Western Michigan

• Dani Petrousek – Gymnastics Academy of Rockford – SIGNED
• Sarah Moravansky – Frederick Gymnastics – SIGNED

MIC

Centenary

Illinois State

• Isabella DeCroo – Chantilly
• Kaitlyn Donovan – Oakland
• Carly Hawksworth – Aspire
• Madison Kipp – Galaxy
• Jazmine Neely – Metroplex – SIGNED
• Kaylee Sugimoto – Multnomah

Lindenwood

• Simone Evans – Gymnastics Academy of Georgia
• Grace Kramer – Prestige
• Audrey Manivong – Fuzion
• Hannah Moon – Upstate
• Savannah Newsome – Let It Shine
• Madison Rush – South County
• Nicole Wojcik – Stallone

Southeast Missouri

• Anna Speller – Team Central
• Sophia Studdard – Fuzion
• Lydia Test – Infinite Bounds
• Lydia Webb – WOGA

Texas Woman’s

• Steelie King – Texas East
• Alexia Leake – Iron Cross

MPSF

Air Force

• Kate Leonard – WOGA
• Cassidy O’Neill – Cincinnati Gymnastics
• Madison Zinn – Georgia Elite

Alaska 

• Jessica Johnson – Ocean Tumblers

Sacramento State

• Emma Morgenthaler – Metropolitan – SIGNED
• Torri Tavenner – Desert Lights

San Jose State

• Natasha Forrand – AIM Athletics
• Jaudai Lopes – Dream Xtreme
• Lauren MacPherson – USA Illusions
• Makayla McMahon – V-Force Elite

Seattle Pacific

UC Davis

• Isabella Fitz-Gerald – Matrix 
• Anna Holtan – Champion
• Marisa Laird – San Mateo
• Kaitlyn Lyle – Airborne
• Emma Otsu – Airborne
• Nandhini Senthil – Bay Aerials

MRGC

BYU

• Sydney Benson – Olympus
• Sophie Dudley – Metroplex – SIGNED
• Sophia McClelland – Paramount Elite – SIGNED
• Lauren Ono – Precision
• Cienna Samiley – Gold Medal
• Katelyn Searle – Paramount Elite

Boise State

• Courtney Blackson – Byers Gymnastics – SIGNED
• Talia Little – Rochester Gymnastics – SIGNED
• Emily Lopez – Wildfire – SIGNED

Southern Utah

• Emma Ingrassia – First State – SIGNED
• Kareena McSweeney – Triad
• Aubri Schwartze – Triad
• Haley Vultaggio – Apex – SIGNED

Utah State

• MiKelle Ballard – Gym 406
• Olivia Blakely – Ultimate
• Brianna Brooks – Desert Gymcats – SIGNED
• Lara Burhans – Texas Dreams
• Maia Fishwick – Tri Star Gymnastics (NZL)
• Eve Jackson – Broadway
• Rebecca Wells – Let It Shine (joining in January 2020)

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