YouTube is home to a plethora of NCAA gymnastics content. Not only can you find historical meet archives, behind-the-scenes interviews, and weekly meet uploads to help international gymnastics fans watch along, many active and former gymnasts create vlogs to document and share their journeys as NCAA gymnasts to let fans follow along with their daily lives navigating sport, academics, travel, rehabilitation, and personal daily lives, all into videos. The following list is a list of some popular vlogs you should subscribe to if you’re interested in seeing a behind-the-scenes look into what it’s like to be an NCAA gymnast.
9. Karleigh Reutzel, Ohio State
Reutzel uploaded only one vlog from her freshman year, but it provided good insights into what traveling for an away meet is like. Reutzel shared clips from the ESPN photoshoot, attending team meetings, and doing physical therapy, all while balancing homework, podium training, and competing. You can check out Reutzel’s channel here.
8. Bronwyn Hoffman, UCLA
The rising sophomore on UCLA’s roster shared a couple of vlogs throughout the season, including behind-the-scenes footage from the team’s pre-season retreat, daily practices, and shooting for the team’s intro video. While she didn’t upload too much content during the regular season, if you’re interested in seeing behind-the-scenes footage of more casual day-in-the-life content balancing student-athlete life, check out Hoffman’s channel.
7. Kayla DiCello Florida
During DiCello’s sophomore recovery year, she created lots of vlogs for home and away meets giving fans insights into meet preparation, goofy team friendships, and travelling to away meets. If you like seeing videos of Starbucks runs, meet day hair rituals, and TikTok dances, check out DiCello’s channel.
6. Jaedyn Rucker, Utah
Rucker posted occasional meet-day vlogs throughout her career at Utah with occasional training, conditioning, and Q&A videos. Through these videos you learn more about what teams do in their downtime when they’re at away meet locations, like in her UCLA travel vlog where the team got to visit Santa Monica pier and you can watch the team play games and ride rollercoasters. You also get really great insights into her enthusiasm for the sport, her team, and excitement for her teammates, as she usually does meet highlights at the end of each meet vlog where she goes over detailed highlights from the competition. While Rucker graduated from the university in 2025, you can still check out her archives on her channel here.
5. Emma Malabuyo, UCLA
Malabuyo began her YouTube channel during her senior year at UCLA and shared several meet vlogs and a couple of practice vlogs. In the meet vlogs you can learn more about the blue and gold team bonding challenges the UCLA coaching staff gives to the gymnasts that can range from goofy things like name the song challenges, to marble racing, or to poster design contests. Besides team bonding activities, it’s also interesting to see how a West Coast team like UCLA prepares travel logistics and how gymnasts have to adapt to different timezones and climates, all while competing and balancing their studies. If you’re interested in seeing how Malabuyo does this check out her channel here.
4. Aleah Finnegan, LSU
Like Malabuyo, Finneagn started posting more meet content throughout her senior year at LSU. All of her recent vlogs are behind-the-scenes footage from meets. Finnegan is very comfortable in front of the camera and provides lots of funny meet stories, shows how she prepares for meets, and gives us all the energy drink recommendations. Check out her channel here.
3. Ady Wahl, Georgia
Wahl is one of the most consistent vloggers in college gymnastics. She has videos that cover a range of topics that go beyond just being an athlete and can be more relatable to incoming freshmen who may be moving away from home for the first time. Not only does Wahl document gymnastics content and meet footage, but she also shares the emotional journey of moving into her college dorm, Thanksgiving celebrations with her team, and vacations with her family, giving viewers a more multifaceted insight into Ady Wahl. Check out Wahl’s channel here.
2. Julia Bedell, Brown
Former Brown gymnast Julia Bedell is an interesting case because she established some YouTube stardom prior to being a gymnast at Brown, and most of her channel content is non-gymnastics related, appealing to a completely different audience than most of the aforementioned channels. A majority of Bedell’s content focuses on productivity, travel, and fashion, but she does have some meet vlogs and gives viewers insights into how she balances training, a social schedule, and an Ivy League education. Check out Bedell’s channel here.
1. Paige Anastasi, Clemson
The former UCLA gymnast uploads vlogs of her life on a pretty consistent basis, sharing content about everything ranging from competition, travel, academics, and lifestyle. She also does collaborations with other student-athlete creators from other sports or schools. See her day-in-a-life comparison vlog she did with Julia Bedell! Anastasi is very open and candid about the highs and lows of being a collegiate athlete and talks about everything from balancing a full schedule, joining a sorority, and most recently, her experience entering the transfer portal and the decision behind it. Check out Anastasi’s channel here.
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Article by Daniel Rothwell
