NCAA women's gymnastics tournament


The NCAA women's gymnastics tournament is an annual competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team and individual national champions of women's collegiate gymnastics among its member programs in the United States. Unlike most other NCAA-sponsored sports, the women's gymnastics championship is not separated into divisions and uses a single National Collegiate tournament instead.

History

The NCAA introduced women's gymnastics as a championship sport in 1982. Gymnastics was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.
Under the NCAA, only eight universities have claimed the overall Division I or National Collegiate championship; the Division II competition was discontinued in 1987. During the early years of competition, the University of Utah, under the leadership of head coach Greg Marsden, dominated the field of competition. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the University of Georgia, coached by Suzanne Yoculan, and the University of Alabama, coached by Sarah Patterson, gained success and claimed several titles. From 1996 to 2012, the University of Alabama, the University of Georgia, and UCLA, coached by Valorie Kondos Field, claimed all NCAA titles; four titles for the University of Alabama, six for UCLA and seven for the University of Georgia.
In 2013, the University of Florida, coached by Rhonda Faehn, broke the reign of the prior four teams, winning the NCAA tournament held at UCLA's newly renovated Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Faehn was a competitor for the Bruins 1990–1992. The University of Oklahoma, coached by K. J. Kindler, became the sixth team to win the NCAA title after tying with Florida in 2014. In 2021, the University of Michigan, coached by Bev Plocki, became the seventh team to win the NCAA title. In 2024, LSU, coached by Jay Clark, became the eighth team to win the NCAA title.

Results

Team champions

Individual champions

Champions

Team titles

Team#Years
'101987, 1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
'91982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995
'72014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025
'71997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2018
'61988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012
'32013, 2014, 2015
'12024
'12021

Individual champions

Multi-event winners

Gym Slam

A Gym Slam is the accomplishment of scoring a perfect 10.0 on each apparatus. Only 15 women in NCAA gymnastics have achieved this feat, 4 have achieved it at least twice, and Trinity Thomas is the only gymnast to have achieved this feat more than twice, completing it a total of 5 times.
GymnastCollegeVTUBBBFXYear Accomplished
UtahMarch 2, 1992February 11, 1991February 7, 1992March 9, 19921992
GeorgiaFebruary 14, 1992February 12, 1993February 6, 1993February 6, 19931993
UtahFebruary 19, 1993March 20, 1993March 9, 1992February 13, 19931993
GeorgiaFebruary 11, 1996February 23, 1996February 23, 1996February 23, 19961996
Arizona StateMarch 21, 2003March 21, 2003March 5, 2004February 27, 20042004
UCLAApril 3, 2004March 6, 2005February 16, 2001March 4, 20012005
GeorgiaApril 4, 2009February 10, 2007January 23, 2009February 28, 20092009
FloridaJanuary 11, 2015March 13, 2015February 7, 2014January 24, 20142015
OklahomaJanuary 21, 2017March 4, 2017February 3, 2017February 10, 20172017
OklahomaMarch 18, 2017April 20, 2018February 17, 2017March 18, 20182018
FloridaJanuary 16, 2015January 29, 2016January 26, 2018February 24, 20172018
UCLAFebruary 10, 2019January 28, 2017February 20, 2017March 16, 20192019
UCLAFebruary 16, 2019February 18, 2017March 18, 2017March 23, 20192019
FloridaJanuary 16, 2022January 24, 2020February 7, 2020March 7, 20202022
FloridaMarch 4, 2022February 26, 2021February 14, 2020February 12, 20212022
FloridaApril 2, 2022April 2, 2021January 28, 2022February 26, 20212022
FloridaJanuary 27, 2023March 31, 2022January 6, 2023January 16, 20222023
FloridaApril 15, 2023March 18, 2023February 10, 2023February 18, 20222023
Oregon StateJanuary 14, 2023February 5, 2022March 4, 2023February 13, 20222023
Oregon StateFebruary 18, 2023February 24, 2023March 15, 2025February 25, 20222025
LSUMarch 5, 2021March 10, 2023February 9, 2024March 10, 20232024
FloridaApril 2, 2022January 28, 2022January 13, 2023February 23, 20242024