League: NCAA Division I
Conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
University: Louisiana State University (LSU)
Head Coaches: D-D Breaux and Jay Clark
Conference Rivals: Florida, Kentucky and Alabama
Home Arena: Pete Maravich Assembly Center
When D-D Breaux was hired in 1978 to coach the Tigers gymnastics team, LSU quickly became a consistent contender for the conference, regional and national titles year after year. That consistency was evident as Breaux captured her 800th career victory in 2019. With 17
NCAA Championship
appearances in the last 18 seasons and 14 NCAA individual titles since 2002, LSU has yet to claim a team title. The team finished as the National Runner-Up in 2019 which matched the highest finish in school history. 2019 NCAA Vault National Champion and First-Team All-American Kennedi Edney could finish the season and her career at LSU as one of the best gymnasts in school history. Can Breaux lead Edney, freshman Kiya Johnson and the Tigers to another SEC championship? Will they win yet another NCAA regional and make their way to the program’s first-ever NCAA team title? Get your LSU Tigers Gymnastics tickets at StubHub and join fans at
Pete Maravich Assembly Center
.
LSU gymnasts have won 15 individual NCAA titles. The most decorated of LSU gymnasts in NCAA championship competition is Susan Jackson. Jackson was the 2008 NCAA Vault National Champion as a sophomore and as a senior claimed the 2010 NCAA Balance Beam National title to become LSU’s first three-time champion and first LSU gymnast to earn the All-Around national title the same year. Rheagan Courville won back-to-back individual titles on the vault in 2013 and 2014. The 2017 season was one for the record books as LSU had three gymnasts winning individual titles. Ashleigh Gnat was the NCAA Floor National Champion, Kennedi Edney was the Vault National Champion and Sarah Finnegan claimed the national title on the bars.
The LSU Tigers have qualified for the NCAA Championships 30 times. LSU gymnasts have won 15 NCAA national titles and the program claims 261 All-Americans. LSU has won 13 NCAA regional team titles including consecutive titles from 2013-2019. The Tigers were named SEC regular-season champions in 2017 and 2018 and won the
SEC Team Championships
each year from 2017-2019.
In NCAA gymnastics, a perfect 10.0 score means that the competitor has no errors in her routine. Her hand placement, timing, difficulty and many other elements must be precise and flawless. LSU gymnasts have been awarded a 10.0 score by NCAA judging officials 64 times in program history. Kennedi Edney (vault) and Sarah Finnegan (bars, beam and floor) all received perfect scores in March of 2019.
Kiya Johnson was an immediate contributor when arriving at LSU in 2020 as a freshman at just 17 years old. In her first month with the program, Johnson earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors as well as being named SEC Gymnast of the Week. She earned a national ranking in floor and vault competition and scored her first career perfect 10 on beam. At that rate, Johnson will be an athlete to watch for several years to come.
LSU fans support their gymnastics program, setting home attendance records year after year. The current record was set in January of 2018 when the Tigers hosted
Alabama
with 13,729 fans in attendance.
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