NCAA women's gymnastics tournament

Association	NCAA
Sport	College gymnastics
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Division	Division I,Division II, andDivision III
No. of teams	36
Country	United States
Most recent champion	Oklahoma (7th)
Most titles	Georgia (10)
Official website	NCAA.com

TheNCAA women's gymnastics tournament is an annual competition sponsored by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the team and individual national champions of women'scollegiate gymnastics among its member programs in theUnited States. Unlike most other NCAA-sponsored sports, the women's gymnastics championship is not separated into divisions and uses a singleNational Collegiate tournament instead.^[1]

The NCAA introduced women'sgymnastics as a championship sport in1982. 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 theAssociation 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 (and other) 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 overallDivision I (pre-1987) orNational Collegiate (1987–present) championship; theDivision II competition was discontinued in 1987. During the early years of competition, theUniversity of Utah, under the leadership of head coachGreg Marsden, dominated the field of competition. During the late 1980s and 1990s, theUniversity of Georgia (UGA), coached bySuzanne Yoculan, and theUniversity of Alabama, coached bySarah Patterson, gained success and claimed several titles. From 1996 to 2012, theUniversity of Alabama, theUniversity of Georgia, andUCLA, coached byValorie Kondos Field, claimed all NCAA titles; four titles for theUniversity of Alabama, six forUCLA and seven for theUniversity of Georgia.

In 2013, theUniversity of Florida, coached byRhonda Faehn, broke the reign of the prior four teams, winning the NCAA tournament held atUCLA's newly renovatedPauley Pavilion inLos Angeles, California. Faehn was a competitor for the Bruins 1990–1992. TheUniversity of Oklahoma, coached byK. J. Kindler, became the sixth team to win the NCAA title after tying with Florida in 2014. In 2021, theUniversity of Michigan, coached byBev Plocki, became the seventh team to win the NCAA title. In 2024,LSU, coached byJay Clark, became the eighth team to win the NCAA title.^[2]

Georgia

Utah

Oklahoma

UCLA

Alabama

Florida

Michigan

LSU

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Schools that have won the NCAA Championship
10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 3, 1

AGym Slam (sometimes spelled asGymSlam) is the accomplishment of scoring a perfect 10.0 on each apparatus.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

• NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship
• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Gymnastics champions
• NAIA Women's Gymnastics Championships
• East Atlantic Gymnastics League
• List of gymnastics terms

• NCAA women's gymnastics homepage
• Women's Gymnastics Championship Records Through 2014
• Division II Women's Gymnastics Championship Records 1982–86

• NCAA women's gymnastics tournament

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