June 2025 Issue! NCAA Commemorative Issue + Jordan Bowers

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Our June 2025 issue is our 2025 NCAA Commemorative Issue!

And just like that, the 2025 NCAA Season finished with a flourish and perhaps the greatest college gymnastics we have ever seen assembled on one floor. This year, we saw student-athletes ascend above all expectations and new pressures, embrace NIL opportunities (and work beautifully to overcome its evolving challenges), and most importantly, level up their performances week after week—and witnessed the most decorated and talented senior class of all time leave legacies across programs. It all culminated in the most competitive postseason and incredible NCAA Championships ever. Our 2025 NCAA Commemorative Issue celebrates it all with all of the stars and storylines you loved in this true collector’s edition!

Sensational! Star-studded! Spectacular! And just like that, the 2025 NCAA Season finished with a flourish and perhaps the greatest college gymnastics we have ever seen assembled on one floor. This year, we saw student-athletes ascend above all expectations and new pressures, embrace NIL opportunities (and work beautifully to overcome its evolving challenges), and most importantly, level up their performances week after week. It all culminated in the most competitive postseason and incredible NCAA Championships ever.

As Kathy Johnson Clarke wrote to the gymnasts just before Fort Worth, “Everything you’ve worked so hard to achieve has been built on and powered by precious dreams you’ve chased since you were little girls! THIS is the MAGIC of NCAA Gymnastics. Whether you’re competing at Nationals for the first time or the last, as a team or individual, freshman or 5th year, returning champion or Cinderella, you are poised to create lasting memories together, memories you will take with you and look back on and cherish… Fly high and far, have fun, and fight fiercely for yourself and each other!” It was the perfect sentiment. We will remember the 2025 season for each athlete’s journey and passion, and their impeccable drive to be their very best selves on and off the competition floor. They truly rose to the occasion in their support of each other and in their performances, and at the end of the day, they did it phenomenally, with grace and with class.

The Lineup

The Class of 2025

BY CHRISTY SANDMAIER

We look back at an incredible group of seniors, the competition, the storylines, and the fan-favorite moments that created an unforgettable collage of memories.

31 BOOMER SOONER!

BY THE TEAM AT INSIDE GYMNASTICS

Oklahoma wins their 7th NCAA crown!

34 Fairy Tale Ending

BY SUSAN WILLIAMS

Jordan Bowers gets her storybook finish to a storied career.

37 The Power of Manifestation

BY NATE SALSMAN

Michigan wins the 2025 National Championship!

39 Frederick Richard, Bringing the Noise

BY CHRISTY SANDMAIER

Frederick Richard captured the NCAA All-Around title while helping lead the Wolverines to the NCAA Championship win. And he did it his own way

41 The Carey Era

BY MEGAN ROTH

Charting her own path to one of the most decorated and celebrated careers in NCAA history, the Jade Carey era has forever changed gymnastics.

43 Freshman Phenom

BY CHRISTY SANDMAIER

Following a record-breaking freshman season for Arkansas, Joscelyn Roberson is ready for more!

45 Leanne Wong, Leading By Example

BY NATE SALSMAN

Leanne Wong dared us all to give back, and to dream what’s possible.

50 Art-In-Motion, Brooklyn Moors’ Best Season Ever

BY MEGAN ROTH

In her final season, Brooklyn Moors brought back the love of the sport, united the Bruins, and won the NCAA National Championship on floor.

54 Our 3rd Annual NCAA Fan’s Choice Awards

You voted in record numbers and the results are IN!

59 Bridging the Gap: Karas On the Call

BY CHRISTY SANDMAIER

Former Michigan standout Olivia Karas on her dream “5-9” role for the BTN.

+ All of our regular features including:

• Inside Buzz
• Chalking Up 
• Breaking Down the Code 
• People, Places and Faces
• Shannon Says
• My Gymnastics Journal!
• Industry Insider
• & A Special Freeze Frame featuring Elle Mueller

Photos by Ricardo Bufolin and Lloyd Smith for Inside Gymnastics