The LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team represents

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Division I women's

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. The team competes in the

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and is currently coached by Jay Clark, who is coaching in his fifth season. The

Pete Maravich Assembly Center The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, ...

serves as the home arena for the team.

History

The gymnastics program was founded in 1970. In 2008, LSU made their first Super Six appearance. The team also made Super Six appearances in 2009, 2013 and 2014. In both the

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and 2017 seasons, the program made the Super Six and finished second at the

and

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NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships. Also in 2017, LSU won back-to-back SEC Regular Season and SEC Championship Meet championships. In 2018, LSU again won back-to-back SEC Regular Season and SEC Championship Meet championships and reached the Super Six. In

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, LSU won the SEC Championship Meet in New Orleans and made an appearance in the first-ever Four on the Floor in NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship. The team finished second overall for the third time in school history. In 2022, LSU placed fifth at the

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with a score of 196.725 despite entering the competition with the No. 2 seed. No. 6 LSU placed third behind No. 11

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and No. 22

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in the first session of the semi-final of the Raleigh regional; this eliminated them from the postseason, leading to an 18th-place finish nationally. At the

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LSU earned their first National Championship team title.

Championships

Individual NCAA champions

Conference championships

*SEC Regular Season champions (6): 1981, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2025 *SEC Championship Meet champions (6): 1981, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025

NCAA Championship appearances

Super Six appearances

Four on the Floor appearances

Arena and facilities

Pete Maravich Assembly Center

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose

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. The

opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of

Pete Maravich Peter Press Maravich ( ; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. He starred in college at Louisiana State University's Tigers basketball team; his father, Press Mar ...

, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "The Palace that Pete Built," or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome," coined by

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. The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright-white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The

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is divided into four quadrants:

Pass, The Walk of Champions, Heroes Hall and Midway of Memories. The quadrants highlight former LSU Tiger

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, individual and team

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s and

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pertaining to the history of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team.

LSU Gymnastics Training Facility

The LSU Gymnastics Training Facility is the practice venue for the LSU Tigers gymnastics team. The new facility opened in 2016 and provides 38,000 square feet of training and team space.

LSU Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU Tigers basketball strength training and conditioning facility is located in the

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. Built in 1997, it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium. Measuring 10,000-square feet with a flat surface, it has 28 multi-purpose power stations, 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area, medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment. It also features 2 treadmills, 4 stationary bikes, 2 elliptical cross trainers, a stepper and stepmill.

Head coaches

Roster

Coaching staff

*Head coach: Jay Clark *Assistant coach:

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*Assistant coach: Garrett Griffeth *Assistant coach: Courtney McCool Griffeth *Director of Operations: Katie Copeland *Special assistant to the head coach: Savannah Schoenherr

Past Olympians

* Shanyn MacEachern (

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Sarah Finnegan Sarah Cruz Finnegan (born November 14, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast and was an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnastics team. She competed for the Louisiana State Lady Tigers at the collegiate level, and was the 2017 and 201 ...

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Ruby Harrold Ruby Esther Harrold Hollander (born 4 June 1996) is a British artistic gymnast who was a member of the British Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Harrold was also a reserve athlete for the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

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Aleah Finnegan Aleah Cruz Finnegan (born January 4, 2003) is a Filipino-American artistic gymnast. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines internationally and competed for her country of birth in the past. She was a member of the United Sta ...

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Footnotes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:LSU Tigers women's gymnastics Sports clubs and teams established in 1975 1975 establishments in Louisiana