NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships
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 six universities have claimed the overall Division I 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, seven 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 Championships 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.
Team titles
Team | Number | Years won |
Georgia | 10 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
Utah | 9 | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 |
UCLA | 7 | 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2018 |
Alabama | 6 | 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012 |
Oklahoma | 4 | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
Florida | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Team champions
Individual champions
Gym Slam
A Gym Slam is the accomplishment of scoring a perfect 10.0 on each apparatus. Only 11 women in NCAA gymnastics have achieved this feat and only 2 have achieved it twice:Gymnast | College | VT | UB | BB | FX | Year Accomplished |
Utah | March 2, 1992 | February 11, 1991 | February 7, 1992 | March 9, 1992 | 1992 | |
Georgia | February 14, 1992 | February 12, 1993 | February 6, 1993 | February 6, 1993 | 1993 | |
Utah | February 19, 1993 | March 20, 1993 | March 9, 1992 | February 13, 1993 | 1993 | |
Georgia | February 11, 1996 | February 23, 1996 | February 23, 1996 | February 23, 1996 | 1996 | |
Arizona State | March 21, 2003 | March 21, 2003 | March 5, 2004 | February 27, 2004 | 2004 | |
UCLA | April 3, 2004 | March 6, 2005 | February 16, 2001 | March 4, 2001 | 2005 | |
Georgia | April 4, 2009 | February 10, 2007 | January 23, 2009 | February 28, 2009 | 2009 | |
Florida | January 11, 2015 | March 13, 2015 | February 7, 2014 | January 24, 2014 | 2015 | |
Oklahoma | January 21, 2017 | March 4, 2017 | February 3, 2017 | February 10, 2017 | 2017 | |
Oklahoma | March 18, 2017 | April 20, 2018 | February 17, 2017 | March 18, 2018 | 2018 | |
Florida | January 16, 2015 | January 29, 2016 | January 26, 2018 | February 24, 2017 | 2018 | |
UCLA | February 10, 2019 | January 28, 2017 | February 20, 2017 | March 16, 2019 | 2019 | |
UCLA | February 16, 2019 | February 18, 2017 | March 18, 2017 | March 23, 2019 | 2019 |