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Michigan Wolverines Women's Gymnastics
Michigan Wolverines Women's Gymnastics
Founded	1976
University	University of Michigan
Head coach	Bev Plocki (30th season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Home arena	Crisler Center (Capacity: 12,707)
Nickname	Wolverines
Colors	Maize and blue;
National championships
	2021
Four on the Floor appearances
	2021
Super Six appearances
	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011
NCAA Regional championships
	1982, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1982, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference championships
	1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

The Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team represents the University of Michigan and competes in the Big Ten Conference. Under head coach Bev Plocki, the team has won 27 Big Ten championships and advanced to 31 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, including sixteen consecutive appearances from 1993 to 2008. In 2021, the Wolverines won the program's first-ever team national title.

History

The Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team was formed in 1976. In its 42-year history, the team has had six coaches.^[2]

Newt Loken, head of the men's gymnastics team from 1948 to 1983, was hired to be the first women's coach and served one season. Anne Cornell and Scott Ponto both served short tenures before Sheri Hyatt for five seasons starting in 1980. Under Hyatt, the program won its first Big Ten conference championship and qualified to its first NCAA tournament, both in 1982.

Hyatt was followed in 1985 by Dana Kempthorn, and then in 1990 by current head coach Bev Plocki. Plocki has led the Wolverines to twenty-six Big Ten titles, 30 NCAA tournament appearances, 26 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, including sixteen consecutive championship berths from 1993 to 2008.^[3]

The Wolverines have had five gymnasts who have won NCAA individual championships. Beth Wymer won the NCAA championship in the uneven bars three consecutive years from 1993 to 1995. Elise Ray won the NCAA all-around championship in 2001 (tied with UCLA's Onnie Willis), the balance beam championship in 2002 and the uneven bars in 2004.^[4] In 2011, Kylee Botterman won the NCAA all-around championship. In 2013, Joanna Sampson won the NCAA championship on floor exercise.^[5] In 2019, Natalie Wojcik won the NCAA championship on balance beam.^[6]

The Wolverines have qualified for the NCAA Championships 31 times. They have qualified to the Super Six team finals ten times:^[7] Since the format of the NCAA Championships changed starting in 2019, the Wolverines have qualified to the Four on the Floor team finals one time. In 2021, the team won their first NCAA Championship with a program-best score of 198.2500.

Coaches

Head coaches

	Name	Seasons	W – L – T
1	Newt Loken	1976	1–1
2	Anne Cornell	1977–1978	6–6
3	Scott Ponto	1979	19–3
4	Sheri Hyatt	1980–1984	51–26–1
5	Dana Kempthorn	1985–1989	42–76
6	Bev Plocki	1990–present	847–267–4

Coaches for the 2022–23 season

Name	Position	Seasons
Bev Plocki	Head coach	1990–present
Scott Sherman	Assistant coach	1996–present
Maile'ana Kanewa-Mariano	Assistant coach	2019–present
Cali Harden Hager	Assistant coach	2023–present

Championships

Super Six Appearances


Year	Finish	Score
Michigan Wolverines Super Six Appearances
1994	4th	195.150
1995	2nd	196.425
1996	6th	196.375
1997	4th	196.500
1999	2nd	196.550
2000	6th	195.725
2001	3rd	197.275
2003	5th	196.050
2005	5th	196.575
2011	6th	196.425

Four on the Floor appearances


Year	Finish	Score
Michigan Wolverines Four on the Floor Appearances
2021	1st	198.250

Individual champions


Name	Year	Event
Michigan Wolverines Individual Champions
Beth Wymer	1993	UB
Beth Wymer	1994	UB
Beth Wymer	1995	UB
Elise Ray	2001	AA
Elise Ray	2002	BB
Elise Ray	2004	UB
Kylee Botterman	2011	AA
Joanna Sampson	2013	FX
Natalie Wojcik	2019	BB

Facilities

Michigan's home competitions are held at the 12,707-seat Crisler Center. In 2002, the 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m²) Donald R. Shepherd Women's Gymnastics Training Center was dedicated. The Shepherd Center is the practice and training home of the women's gymnastics team. The facility has 17,000 square feet (1,600 m²) of training space; the remaining 5,000 square feet (460 m²) contains a training room, coaches offices, a locker room, a team lounge, and a study area.^[8]

Roster

2024–2025 Roster

Name	Year	Hometown	Club
Carly Bauman	GS	West Des Moines, IA	Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute
Kayli Boozer	SO	Texarkana, Texas	North East Texas Elite
Lily Clapper	JR	Ann Arbor, MI	Gym America
Peyton Davis	FR	West Chester, PA	First State Gymnastics
Sophia Diaz	FR	Clarksville, MD	Hill's Gymnastics
Asta Farrell	GS	New York, NY	Chelsea Piers NYC
Amy Fukami	FR	Dublin, CA	San Mateo Gymnastics
Reyna Guggino	GS	Tampa, FL	Tampa Bay Turners
Ava Jordan	SO	Indianapolis, IN	DeVeaus' School of Gymnastics
Lucie Kirchner	FR	Carmel, IN	Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center
Ashley Lane	SR	Carrollton, TX	Metroplex Gymnastics
Farah Lipetz	JR	Northport, NY	Infiniti Elite Gymnastic
Jenna Mulligan	GS	Fruit Cove, FL	Gymnastics Unlimited
Sophie Parenti	FR	Los Altos, CA	West Valley Gymnastics
Jahzara Ranger	FR	Coconut Creek, FL	American Twisters
Audrey Sanger	FR	Oakland, CA	Pacific West Gymnastics
Paige Thaxton	JR	Westland, MI	Michigan Academy of Gymnastics
Abigael Vides	SR	Spring, TX	World Champions Centre
Jacey Vore	SR	Fishers, IN	Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center
Haylen Zabrowski	SO	Parkland, FL	America Twisters