Tracking 2025 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 and 2024, in 2025, 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
Alaska	Silje Hildebrand	Definitely not
	Jessica Johnson	Definitely not
Arizona	Lara Burhans	Definitely not
	Caroline Herry	Definitely not
	Bailey McCabe	Definitely not
	Taylor Raskin	Definitely not
Arizona State	Sarah Clark	Definitely	Announced at senior meet
	Skye Harper	Definitely not
	Jada Mangahas	Definitely	Announced at senior meet
	Cienna Samiley	Definitely not
	Emily White	Definitely	Announced at senior meet
Arkansas	Emma Kelley	Definitely not	Starting job
	Jensen Scalzo	Definitely
Auburn	Olivia Hollingsworth	Definitely	Med school elsewhere
	Gabby McLaughlin	Definitely
	Sydney Schumaker	Definitely
Ball State	Hannah Ruthberg	Definitely
	Megan Teter	Definitely not	PA school elsewhere
Boise State	Emily Lopez	Definitely
	Julia Melchert	Definitely
	Dani Nakayama	Definitely
Bowling Green	Lauren Bannister	Definitely not	PT school elsewhere
	Megan Decious	Definitely not
Bridgeport	Hannah Barry	Definitely
	Kieran Ross	Definitely
BYU	Sydney Benson	Definitely
	Anna Bramblett	Definitely
	Lauren Ono	Definitely not
California	Elise Byun	Definitely not
	Andi Li	Definitely not
	Gabby Perea	Definitely not
Centenary	Rylie Molina	Definitely not
Central Michigan	Amber Mueller	Definitely not	OT school elsewhere
Denver	Rosie Casali	Likely	Not graduating this year per senior day commemoration
	Jessica Hutchinson	Definitely not	Nursing school elsewhere
	Bella Mabanta	Likely	Hinting at it in the comments of linked post
	Rylie Mundell	Likely	Likely pursuing graduate certificate at Denver, doing summer classes
	Abbie Thompson	Likely	Hinted in interview, currently in the middle of a dual degree program
Eastern Michigan	Raisa Boris	Definitely
	Trinity Macy	Definitely
	Anna Grace McCollough	Definitely not
Fisk	Naimah Muhammad	Definitely
Florida	Chloi Clark	Likely not	Instagram bio says UF gymnastics alum
	Ellie Lazzari	Definitely
George Washington	Payton Lynch	Definitely not
	Kendall Whitman	Definitely
Georgia	Haley de Jong	Likely not
	Vanessa Deniz	Definitely not
	Katie Finnegan	Definitely not
Hamline	Brianna Weikel	Definitely
Illinois	Allie Morgan	Definitely not
Illinois State	Kaitlyn Donovan	Definitely
Iowa	Ella Castellanos	Definitely not
	Kendall Laplante	Definitely not
	Aubrey Nick	Definitely not
	Allison Zuhlke	Definitely not
Iowa State	Emilie Hong	Definitely not
	Kaia Parker	Definitely not
Kent State	Izzy Geig	Definitely not
	Kyndall Gilbert	Definitely not
Kentucky	Bailey Bunn	Definitely not
	Hailey Davis	Definitely
	Isabella Magnelli	Definitely
Lindenwood	Reagan Jones	Definitely not
	Hannah Moon	Definitely not
	Savannah Newsome	Definitely not
	Madison Rush	Likely not
LIU	Ella Barrington	Definitely
	Cael Bixler	Possibly not
	Lauren Miller	Definitely not
LSU	Haleigh Bryant	Definitely
	Olivia Dunne	Definitely not
	Jillian Hoffman	Definitely not
Michigan	Naomi Morrison	Definitely not
	Jenna Mulligan	Definitely not	Per All Things Gymnastics podcast
Michigan State	Baleigh Garcia	Likely not
	Naomi German	Definitely not
	Delanie Harkness	Definitely
	Sydney Hayashi	Possibly not
	Giana Kalefe	Definitely
Minnesota	Mya Hooten	Definitely
	Katie Horak	Definitely not
	Emily Koch	Definitely
Missouri	Kalise Newson	Definitely not
	Amaya Marshall	Definitely not
	Mara Titarsolej	Definitely
N.C. State	Krista Zultevicz	Definitely
Nebraska	Martina Comin	Likely not
	Kinsey Davis	Definitely not
	Sophia McClelland	Definitely
	Lucy Stanhope	Definitely
New Hampshire	Jenna DeVincenzo	Definitely not
North Carolina	Jamie Shearer	Definitely not
	Hallie Thompson	Definitely not	No sixth year
Northern Illinois	Alyssa Al-Ashari	Definitely not
Ohio State	Savannah Gonzalez	Definitely not
	Nicole Riccardi	Definitey not
Oklahoma	Katherine LeVasseur	Definitely not
	Sheridan Ramsey	Definitely. not
Oregon State	Ariana Young	Definitely not
Penn State	Maddie Johnston	Definitely
	Maggie Mace	Definitely not
Pittsburgh	Jah’Liyah Bedminster	Definitely
Rutgers	Emily Leese	Definitely
	Marisa Laird	Definitely not
	Jaidyn Raby	Definitely not	PT school elsewhere
	Emily Wood	Definitely not
San Jose State	Jaudai Lopes	Definitely
	Lauren Macpherson	Likely not
SEMO	Anna Speller	Definitely not
	Lydia Webb	Definitely not
Southern Connecticut	Emiley Kahl	Definitely
	Hanna Zebdi	Definitely
Southern Utah	Aly Coutu	Definitely not
	Anna Hartley	Definitely not
	Aubri Schwartze	Definitely not
Stanford	Amanda Zeng	Definitely not
Temple	Mackenzie Aresta	Definitely not
	Brooke Donabedian	Definitely
	Renee Schugman	Definitely
	Cyrena Whalen	Definitely not
Texas Woman’s	Madeline Gose	Definitely not	Grad school elsewhere
	Kaitlyn Hoiland	Definitely
	Steelie King	Definitely
Towson	Sarah Girot	Definitely not
	Cassidy Stuart	Definitely not
	Isabella Fitz-Gerald	Definitely
UC Davis	Anna Holtan	Definitely not
UCLA	Chae Campbell	Possibly
	Katie McNamara	Definitely not
Utah	Jaylene Gilstrap	Definitely
	Jaedyn Rucker	Definitely	Sixth year
	Alani Sabado	Definitely not
UW-La Crosse	Jordan Halcom	Definitely
UW-Whitewater	Kelsey Kollhoff	Likely
Washington	Skylar Killough-Wilhelm	Definitely
	Taylor Russon	Definitely
West Chester	Caroline Cascadden	Definitely
	Kiley Fred	Definitely not	Grad school elsewhere
	Lily McFarland	Definitely
	Madison Whitaker	Definitely not	Starting job
West Virginia	Ellen Collins	Definitely not
	Kiana Lewis	Definitely not
Western Michigan	Sarah Moravansky	Definitely
	Dani Petrousek	Definitely not
	Breckin Quoss	Definitely not
William & Mary	Sarah Brownstein	Definitely	Not on 2024 roster, transferring to Springfield
	Grace Costello	Possibly	Potentially transferring to Alaska per Instagram bio

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