Florida Gators women's gymnastics


The Florida Gators women's gymnastics team represents the University of Florida in the sport of gymnastics. The team competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference. The Gators host their home matches in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Jenny Rowland. The Gators women's gymnastics program has won nine SEC championships, and four national championships: the 1982 AIAW national tournament and the 2013, 2014, and 2015 NCAA championships.
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History

The University of Florida first fielded a women's varsity gymnastics team in the fall of 1973. Gymnastics was one of the first women's sports added at the University of Florida and achieved early success by winning the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championship. Since the NCAA assumed sponsorship for women's sports championships in 1982, Florida has advanced to the NCAA championships every year but one. The Gators have advanced to the "Super Six" finals of the NCAA championships nineteen times. Florida has finished twice as runner-up and won NCAA championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Ernestine Weaver was the head coach of the Gators gymnastics program from 1980 to 1992 and was responsible for much of the team's early success in AIAW, NCAA, and SEC competition. Under Weaver, the Gators won five SEC championships, the AIAW national championship in 1982, and appeared in thirteen consecutive NCAA championships; Gators gymnasts won five AIAW and NCAA individual national championships. Judi Markell succeeded Weaver as head coach in 1993 and her teams qualified for nine NCAA championships in ten seasons, including three Super Six appearances and a second-place finish in 1998; Markell's Gators won three individual national championships.
The Gators were coached by Rhonda Faehn from 2003-2015; they won four SEC championships and appeared in the NCAA championships every year, including ten Super Six appearances, a national runner-up performance in 2012, and three straight national championships from 2013-2015. The 2014 NCAA championship team scored the highest total ever at an NCAA championship with a 198.175. Faehn's Gators won nine individual national championships. Marissa King won the vault title in 2011, Kytra Hunter won the all-around and vault title in 2012 and the all-around and floor titles in 2015, Alaina Johnson won the uneven bars title in 2013, and Bridget Sloan won the all-around and balance beam titles in 2013 and the uneven bars title in 2014.
After Faehn's resignation following the 2015 national championship, Florida hired Auburn assistant Jenny Rowland to be the new head coach. In Jenny's first year as head coach she led the Gators to their 10th SEC title and fourth in seven years.

Individual national champions

Thirteen Florida Gators gymnasts have won a total of thirty-one individual national college championships, including Ann Woods, Lynn McDonnell, Maria Anz, Susan Hines, Betsy Hamm, Marissa King, Kytra Hunter, Alaina Johnson, Bridget Sloan, Alex McMurtry, Alicia Boren, Trinity Thomas, Leanne Wong.

Roster

  • Head coach: Jenny Rowland
  • Associate head coach: Adrian Burde
  • Assistant coach: Owen Field
  • Assistant coach: Jeremy Miranda
Class of 2026 signings: Dulcy Caylor, Kieryn Finnell, Jayla Hang, and Simone Rose

All-American selections

All-American selections through the 2012 season.
Second-team All-American honors are designated with an asterisk. H. Boyd McWhorter Award winners are designated with a caret.

Regular Season All-American Awards

The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches started awarding All-American honors for a gymnast's regular season performance. The top 8 gymnasts in each event and the all-around receive first team honors and gymnasts ranked 9 to 16 receive second team honors.
The score is based on the National Qualifying Score in the rankings.
YearNameFirst TeamSecond Team
2025Leanne WongAA, UBV, BB, FX
2025Selena Harris-MirandaAA, V, BB
2024Leanne WongUBAA, BB
2024Anya PilgrimAA, V
2023Kayla DiCelloAA, UB, BB
2023Trinity ThomasAA, UB, FXV, BB
2023Leanne WongAA, UBBB
2022Nya ReedFXV
2022Megan SkaggsAA
2022Trinity ThomasV, UB, BB, FX
2022Leanne WongUBAA, BB, FX
2021'Trinity ThomasAA, BB, FX, VUB
2021'Alyssa BaumannBB, FX
2021'Megan SkaggsAA, UB
2021'Ellie LazarriBB
2021'Nya ReedFX
2021'Savannah SchoenherrV
2021Leah ClapperBB
2020Trinity ThomasAA, UB, BB, FXV
2020Rachel GoweyBB
2020Savannah SchoenherrUB
2020Alyssa BaumannFXBB
2019Trinity ThomasAA, UB, FXBB
2019Alyssa BaumannBB
2019Alicia BorenAA, FX
2019Megan SkaggsUB
2018Alyssa BaumannBB
2018Alicia BorenAA, BB, FX
2018Rachel GoweyBB
2018Alex McMurtryV, UB, BB
2018Rachel SlocumV
2017Kennedy BakerFX
2017Alicia BorenAA, V, FX
2017Amelia HundleyUBAA
2017Alex McMurtryV, UBBB
2017Rachel SlocumV
2016Kennedy BakerAA, V, FX
2016Alicia BorenAA, V
2016Bridgette CaquattoUB
2016Alex McMurtryV, UB, BB
2016Bridget SloanAA, UB, BB, FXV
2015Kennedy BakerFX
2015Claire BoyceBB
2015Bridgette CaquattoUBFX
2015Kytra HunterAA, V, FX
2015Alex McMurtryVUB
2015Bridget SloanUB
2014Mackenzie CaquattoUB, BB
2014Kytra HunterAA, V, FX
2014Alaina JohnsonAAUB
2014Bridget SloanAA, V, UB, BB, FX
2013Mackenzie CaquattoUB, BB
2013Ashanée DickersonVAA
2013Kytra HunterAA, V, FXUB
2013Marissa KingFX
2013Bridget SloanAA, UB, BBV