Commitments on signing day are one of the most exciting parts of the period. With a number of four- and three-star gymnasts yet to announce their commitment, this year’s signing day is going to be especially thrilling. Keep a watchful eye on the Canadians—they are always the real wildcards.
Alexia Mouyenga
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Twin City Twisters
- Recruit profile
Mouyenga hasn’t competed much, especially on the leg events, since 2021. When healthy, though, she’s capable of an exceptional Yurchenko one and a half on vault, as well as a full-in on floor. She scored a perfect 10.0 on vault in her first meet of the 2022 season. Among the most notable results of her career is a second-place finish at the 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup as a junior.
Tegan Shaver
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Unigym (Canada)
- Recruit profile
Shaver has excellent all-around potential but is especially strong on vault, bars, and beam. Her floaty Yurchenko one and a half on vault could make almost any lineup in the country, and her elite work on bars and beam has plenty of clean skills to choose from to build NCAA routines with no built-in deductions.
Kayla Shaw
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: All Stars (Canada)
- Recruit profile
Shaw is known for her vault and bars, and she could make an impact on those events on whatever team she ends up on. She’s taken official visits to Pittsburgh and Temple, and both the Panthers and the Owls could really use the front pike half she’s been training.
Jane Boyle
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Desert Devils
- Recruit profile
Boyle has some big skills that could make a big difference for whatever team picks her up. She competes a front aerial to back handspring layout step-out on beam and a front double full on floor. A lot of teams would love to have that sort of difficulty in their lineups. We don’t know where her official visits have been to, if she’s gone on any, so keep an eye out to see where she ends up.
Amy Jorgensen
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Marian (Canada)
- Recruit profile
If you’re looking for a strong all-arounder who could contribute good scores at any given moment, Jorgensen is that gymnast. Her bar work, which includes a piked Jaeger, and her floor routine, which opens with a front tuck through to a double tuck, stand out in particular. The Canadian also has international experience, which will give her extra experience and composure going into college.
Mimi Fletcher
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Gold Star
- Recruit profile
Fletcher is a natural beam worker. She has excellent rhythm, composure, and execution and boasts a career high 9.725. She also has potential on floor. Don’t count her out on vault despite her below-10.0 start value, though, as she’s training a tucked Yurchenko one and a half. She visited Washington, Penn, and San Jose State in the past.
Josey Kiefer
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
Colleges looking for a strong contributor on beam and floor will be interested in Kiefer. On beam, she performs a back handspring to layout step-out to layout step-out series and boasts a career high 9.700. On floor, where she has the same career high, she doesn’t present big difficulty but has clean and reliable execution.
Lily Sihapanya
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Pulsars (Canada)
- Recruit profile
Sihapanya is a very elegant gymnast who will be of interest to colleges aiming to recruit a strong beam and floor worker. Although she still has some work to do on her execution, she has gorgeous lines and presentation, as well as a unique side aerial to layout step-out series on beam.
Nicole Rengifo
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: American Twisters
- Recruit profile
Rengifo is a beautiful gymnast who presentation-wise ticks the boxes of everything NCAA judges expect to see—beautifully straight legs, a good turnout, and a stunning toe point. Her bar routine is nowhere near a 10.0 start value in college, so she’s very much a three-event gymnast. However, on vault, she performs a delightfully straight Yurchenko full, which has scored as high as a 9.900 in club. On floor, she doesn’t present exceptional difficulty but gets rewarded for her execution. On beam, she’s capable of some impressive work, but consistency is still an issue she has to solve.
Sofia Spadafora
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Rose City (Canada)
- Recruit profile
Anyone in need of a strong beam and floor worker should take a look at Spadafora. The Canadian is capable of an efficient and polished beam set and clean landings on floor.
Emma Nipper
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Desert Devils
- Recruit profile
Any college in need of a beam queen should recruit Nipper. Her routine, which scored a 9.900 earlier this year, is beautiful; it includes a front aerial to back handspring to layout step-out series, as well as a front aerial and a front aerial to arabesque. She also has a lot of potential on floor, where she performs a front double twist and a back two and a half.
Abbie Grafton
- CGN rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Club: Leeds (England)
- Recruit profile
Grafton could be a very attractive prospect to a team looking to add a 10.0 start value vault to their lineup. She is currently training a fairly good front pike half on vault and has clean double back and Rudi passes in her competition floor routine. Grafton has just returned to competition after an ankle injury in November 2022, and there is a bit of form clean-up to do on beam and bars, but her back handspring to back pike series on beam is lovely for something a little different.
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Article by Emily Lockard, Talitha Ilacqua, Katie Couldrey
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