NCAAPreviewWomen
ALABAMA
Coach: SARAH PATTERSON (34th year)
Assistants: David Patterson (volunteer), Bryan
Raschilla, Dana Duckworth
Lost: Kayla Hoffman, Alyssa Chapman, Megan
Mashburn
Got: Kaitlyn Clark (Precision), Lora Leigh Frost
(Calvin Twisters), Brooke Parker (Capital, Va.),
Kayla Williams (Cincinnati)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? We look for young
women who are dedicated to excelling on all
levels and in everything they do, not just gym-
nastics. We are also looking for gymnasts who
want to be a part of the team and family atmos-
phere that we have here in Alabama.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? We are very fortunate to have
tremendous resources at our disposal that are
all aimed at the overall health of our ladies.
From our strength and conditioning coach to
our staff nutritionist to our athletic training
staff, we have some of the best professionals in
the country focused on the unique challenges
that gymnasts face, and doing everything in
their power to keep everyone in peak physical
shape. Those resources are combined with the
knowledge and experience our coaching staff
has gained over the past three decades to cre-
ate individualized programs for each of our
ladies to keep them healthy and happy.
FLORIDA
Coach:
Assistants: Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi
Lost: Maranda Smith, Alicia Goodwin
Got: Kytra Hunter (Hill’s), Kiersten Wang
(Colorado Aerials)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? Focus on artistry and
quality of gymnastics as well as having a
tremendous work ethic.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? Yes, we are always open to
making changes. We are definitely focused on
starting everything much later this season;
adding difficulty later in the season as well.
[Recruits
should] focus on
artistry and
quality of
gymnastics.
—Rhonda Faehn/Florida
UCLA
Coach:
Assistants: Chris Waller, Randy Lane, Amy
Smith (volunteer)
Lost: Brittani McCullough, Niki Tom, Mizuki
Sato, Talia Kushynski, Allison Taylor
Got: Mattie Larson (All Olympia), Dana
McDonald (Novato), Cassie Whitcomb
(Cincinnati), Sadiqua Bynum (Head Over Heels),
Ellette Craddock (San Mateo), Ti Liu (Gymnix)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? Show that you love
the process and love to compete.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? Yes, chanting and spiritual tat-
toos. OK, actually no. I don’t feel we’ve had any
recent injuries where I could in hindsight say
we should have done something differently.
Just do our best to keep the student-athletes in
the best possible physical condition and make
sure we’re taking the appropriate amount of
time for proper progressions.
Jaime Pisani (Arkansas)
OREGON STATE 8
Coach: TANYA CHAPLIN (14th year)
Assistants: Michael Chaplin, John Carney
Lost: Becky Colvin, Jen Kesler, Britney Ranzy,
Leilani Alferos
Got: Chelsea Tang (NAAG), Cerise Witherby
(Wildfire), Kailie Ponto (Leading Edge), Katelyn
Ohlrich (Cascade All Star), Taylor Keeker
(Multnomah), Stefanie Daley (NAAG)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? Update us with
You Tube video and Emails.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? No response.
Vanessa
Zamarripa
(UCLA)
OKLAHOMA
Coach: KJ KINDLER (6th year)
Assistants: Lou Ball, Tom Haley
Lost: Natalie Ratcliff, Melanie Root, Hope
Bruce
Got: Lara Albright (WOGA), Erica Brewer
(Champion), Rebecca Clark (GAGE), Haley
Sorenson (Cypress), Lauren Smith (Texas Tech)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? The key is to be
proactive.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? We structure strength and con-
ditioning, preventative rehabilitation, rest cycles
and team building in a way that we believe
compliments the health of both the minds and
bodies of our athletes. Change is constant, and
we are always researching for a “more produc-
tive way.”
Georgia ............. 10
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Alabama ............. 5
(No other school has won the team title.)
ARKANSAS
Coaches:
Assistant: Samantha Cortez
Lost: Michelle Stout, Stacy Bartlett
Got: Sammy Kolbas (Arena), Stephani
Canizaro (Gym Stars)
How can recruits improve their chances
of joining your team? Visit our campus,
come to our summer camp, get their coaches
involved.
Will you try anything new to keep the
team healthy? If something isn’t broke, don’t
change it. We feel our system and staff has it
together. However, some things are beyond our
control. Common sense works wonders.
