LSU gymnastics inks top recruiting class, five defer for Olympics

On Wednesday, the LSU gymnastics team signed 10 recruits to the classes of 2027 and 2028 which formed the top recruiting class in the nation. Last year, LSU got commitments from nine gymnasts, a number which shocked most people considering the new roster limits. Those who’d been paying attention, as

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On Wednesday, the LSU gymnastics team signed 10 recruits to the classes of 2027 and 2028 which formed the top recruiting class in the nation. Last year, LSU got commitments from nine gymnasts, a number which shocked most people considering the new roster limits. Those who’d been paying attention, as well as those who read my coverage, would know that the size would make sense once the class split. This signing day made that split clearer.

In the class of 2027, LSU signed Myla Ruck, Jada Oliver, Kiari

Sparks, Sage Bradford and Josie Lynch. These five will be part of the 2028 team. Five others announced that they’d be signing and also deferring their enrollment by a year to train for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Hezly Rivera joined the nine who committed in 2025 in signing with LSU, and Team USA hopefuls Tatum Drusch and Reese Esponda joined her in signing and deferring. As I speculated, Canadian elites Lia Redick and Zoé Cadrin are also deferring their enrollment to try and earn a spot on their country’s national team. Those five will join LSU for the 2029 season.

LSU hasn’t finished looking for recruits in the 2028 recruiting class. On Saturday, they hosted American elite standouts Charleigh Bullock and Caroline Moreau, the latter of which seemed to really enjoy her time based on the three TikToks she made head coach Jay Clark do. LSU has room to add both without much issue right now.