Tracking 2024 COVID Years

In late 2020, the NCAA announced all winter sport athletes would be granted an extra year of eligibility no matter how much of the 2020-21 season they were able to complete. Now that another season is coming to a close and seniors are announcing their intention to return or retire, we decided to put all the announcements in one place. 

Returning for a fifth year in 2022 did not count against the institutions’ scholarship count. However, like 2023, in 2024, any athlete on scholarship who decides to take a COVID year will potentially count against their school’s scholarship count.

The following information has been curated from gymnasts, teams, and other journalists and will continue to be updated as more announcements are made.

Note: Ivy League gymnasts may not take a fifth year at an Ivy League school. Therefore, we will only be adding those that announce their intention to transfer.

Team	Gymnast	Decision	Notes
Alabama	Luisa Blanco	Definitely
	Ella Burgess	Definitely
	Makarri Doggette	Definitely
	Mati Waligora	Definitely
Alaska	Mackenzie Robinson	Likely not	Per Alaska alumni Instagram Story
Arkansas	Kiara Gianfagna	Definitely not
	Madison Hickey	Definitely not
Arizona	Malia Hargrove	Definitely
	Sirena Linton	Definitely	Transferring to Arkansas
	Danielle Nosek	Definitely not
	Libby Orman	Definitely not
Arizona State	Juliette Boyer	Definitely	Transferring to Utah State
	Jordyn Jaslow	Definitely not
	Izzy Redmond	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Gracie Reeves	Definitely	On 2024 roster
	Hannah Scharf	Definitely
Auburn	Aria Brusch	Definitely
	Morgan Leigh Oldham	Definitely not
	Adeline Sabados	Definitely not
	Cassie Stevens	Definitely
Ball State	Grace Evans	Definitely not
	Megan Teter	Definitely
	Taylor Waldo	Definitely not
Boise State	Talia Little	Definitely not
	Adriana Popp	Definitely
	Erin Morden	Definitely not
Bowling Green	Katelyn Goldstrom	Definitely not
	Taylor Jensen	Likely not
	Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso	Definitely not
Bridgeport	Hannah Barry	Definitely
Brockport	Lexi Castellaneta	Definitely	Returning after a year off, competing for Utica
	Jensen Todd	Definitely	Returning after a year off, competing for Utica
	Rachel Swick	Definitely
BYU	Anyssa Alvarado	Definitely
	Lindsey Kempler	Definitely	On 2024 roster, née Hunter
	Allix Mason	Definitely
	Rebekah Ripley	Definitely not
	Elease Rollins	Definitely
Centenary	Kendall Huff	Definitely
	Taylor Ann Wilson	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Rose Deshler	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Leilani Johnson	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Kennedy Stephens	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
Central Michigan	Hannah DeMers	Definitely not	Instagram Story comments
	Audriana Hammond	Definitely not
	Aleysia Kolyvanova	Definitely not
	Savana Kotas	Definitely not
	Ashley Veglucci	Definitely
Denver	Victoria Fitts	Definitely not
	Callie Schlottman	Definitely not
Eastern Michigan	Hadyn Crossyn	Definitely not
	Arileyah Harris	Definitely not
	Hannah Hartung	Definitely not
	Molly Parris	Definitely
	Mickayla Stuckey	Definitely not
	Mayleigh Vanderbeek	Definitely	On 2024 roster
Florida	Payton Richards	Definitely
	Savannah Schoenherr	Definitely	Transferring to LSU
George Washington	Deja Chambliss	Definitely not
	Nora Houseman	Definitely not
	Hannah Munnelly	Definitely not
Georgia	Amanda Cashman	Definitely
	Vanessa Deniz	Definitely
	Haley De Jong	Definitely
	Soraya Hawthorne	Definitely	Transferring to Oklahoma
Illinois	Olivia O’Donnell	Definitely not
	Arayah Simons	Definitely	Transferring to Pitt
	Mia Takekawa	Definitely
	Mia Townes	Definitely
Illinois State	Angelica Labat	Definitely
Iowa	Jerquavia Henderson	Definitely
	Linda Zivat	Definitely not	Per Instagram Story
Iowa State	Loganne Basuel	Definitely
	Laura Cooke	Definitely
	Maddie Diab	Definitely not
	Alondra Maldonado	Definitely	Transferring to Talladega
Kent State	Karlie Franz	Definitely
Kentucky	Makenna Clarke	Definitely not
	Ashlyn LaClair	Definitely	Transferring to Georgia
	Shealyn Luksik	Definitely not
	Arianna Patterson	Definitely
	Raena Worley	Definitely
Lindenwood	Riley Daniels	Definitely not
LSU	Cammy Hall	Definitely
	Kiya Johnson	Definitely
	Lexi Nibbs	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Maddie Rau	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Kai Rivers	Definitely
	Kamryn Ryan	Definitely not
	Alyona Shchennikova	Definitely
Maryland	Austynn Lacasse	Definitely not	Graduate school at Johns Hopkins
	Sophia LeBlanc	Definitely	Transferring to Springfield
	Reese McClure	Maybe	Undecided
	Emma Silberman	Definitely
	Aleka Tsiknias	Definitely not
Michigan	Sierra Brooks	Definitely
	Nicoletta Koulos	Definitely not	Per Instagram comments and Story
	Gabby Wilson	Definitely
Michigan State	Jori Jackard	Definitely
	Nyah Smith	Definitely
Minnesota	Maya Albertin	Definitely not
	Kate Grotenhuis	Definitely not
	Mallory LeNeave	Definitely not	PT school
	Halle Remlinger	Definitely not	Per Instagram bio
Missouri	Helen Hu	Definitely not
	Adalayna Hufendiek	Definitely not	Per Instagram Story
	Hollyn Patrick	Definitely
	Sienna Schreiber	Definitely
N.C. State	Shruthi Anand	Definitely	Transferring to Pittsburgh
	Grace Hunter	Definitely not
	Chloe Negrete	Definitely	Not honored during senior night
	Alexis Ortega	Definitely	Not honored during senior night
	Emily Shepard	Definitely	Not honored during senior night
Nebraska	Clara Colombo	Definitely
	Kathryn Thaler	Definitely not
New Hampshire	Larissa Biette	Definitely not
	Kenadi Brown	Definitely
	Kylie Gorgenyi	Definitely
	Robyn Kelley	Definitely not
	Jacy Whitehead	Definitely not
	Alyssa Worthington	Definitely not
North Carolina	Elizabeth Culton	Definitely not
	Bri Greenlow	Definitely not
	Hallie Thompson	Definitely
Northern Illinois	Ciara Ryan	Definitely not
	Brookelyn Sears	Definitely not
Ohio State	Alexis Hankins	Definitely
	Ella Hodges	Definitely
Oklahoma	Ragan Smith	Definitely
Penn	McCaleigh Marr	Definitely	Transferring to Michigan
Penn State	Amy Bladon	Definitely not
	Bella Romagnano	Definitely not
	Cassidy Rushlow	Definitely
Pittsburgh	Erin Hutchinson	Definitely
	Ciara Ward	Definitely	On 2024 roster
	Christina Weiss	Definitely not
Rhode Island	Kelsey Gates	Definitely	On 2024 roster
	Alison Sliva	Definitely	On 2024 roster
Rutgers	Kaitlyn Bertola	Definitely not
Sacramento State	Anna LeRoy	Definitely not
	Peyton Gillen	Definitely not
	Bella Lahmidi	Definitely	On 2024 roster release
San Jose State	Cameron Kelperis	Definitely not
	Jada Mazury	Definitely
	Emma Milne	Definitely not
	Alexa Solomon	Likely not
SEMO	Molly Maxwell	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Lindsey Moffitt	Definitely not
Southern Utah	Ruby Hernandez	Definitely. not
	Tiffani Stufflebeam	Definitely not
	Kaylee Kho	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
	Celine Barney	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
Stanford	Chloe Widner	Definitely
Temple	Madison Brooks	Definitely not	Not on 2024 roster
Texas Woman’s	Maddie Griffith	Definitely not
	Mara Johnson	Definitely not
	MacKenzie Kunzman	Definitely not
	Beth Lazarus	Definitely not
	Alix Pierce	Definitely not
	Kyla Podges	Definitely not
	Daisy Woodring	Definitely
Towson	Lauren Bolen	Definitely not
	Paige Casper	Definitely not
	Amy Stewart	Definitely not
	Camille Vitoff	Definitely
	Jenna Weitz	Definitely
UCLA	Emma Andres	Definitely
	Margzetta Frazier	Definitely	Sixth year, on 2024 roster
	Chloe Lashbrooke	Definitely
	Kalyany Steele	Likely not
Utah	Jillian Hoffman	Definitely	Transferring to LSU
	Maile O’Keefe	Definitely
	Abby Paulson	Definitely
	Jaedyn Rucker	Definitely
Utah State	Lexi Aragon	Definitely
	Maia Fishwick	Definitely not
	Alivia Ostendorf	Definitely
	Grace Rojas	Definitely not
	Sofi Sullivan	Definitely not
UW-Eau Claire	Emma Barry	Definitely not
UW-La Crosse	Alex Wood	Definitely
Washington	Morgan Bowles	Definitely not
	Kennedi Davis	Definitely not
	Isa Weiss	Definitely not
West Virginia	Emily Holmes-Hackerd	Definitely not
	Abbie Pierson	Definitely
	Kianna Yancey	Definitely not
Western Michigan	Ronni Binstock	Definitely not
	Amanda Gruber	Definitely
	Payton Murphy	Definitely
	Josephine Thomas	Definitely
William & Mary	Sarah Brownstein	Definitely not
	Abby Carpenter	Definitely not
	Amanda Jackson	Definitely not
	Keaghan Schafer	Definitely not
	Emma Wiley	Definitely not

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