Season Review: 2025 Michigan Women's Gymnastics

Team Captains: Carly Bauman, Reyna Guggino
Record: 19-11, 6-3 Big Ten Conference (4th Place)
Big Ten Championships: Fourth place
NCAA Finish: NCAA Regional Second Round

The University of Michigan women's gymnastics team put together a solid 2025 campaign in head coach Bev Plocki's 36th year at the helm of the Wolverines program. A regular-season-best score of 197.100 at Nebraska was eventually topped by a 197.325 in the Big Ten Championships, finishing fourth.

U-M received standout performances from veteran Carly Bauman and freshmen Jahzara Ranger and Sophia Diaz, the latter of whom represented Michigan at the NCAA Individual Event Finals.

Team Highlights

• The Wolverines finished the 2025 campaign ranked 17th nationally and finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference Championship.

• Michigan ranked in the top 20 nationally on all four events, including 15th on balance beam, 17th on floor exercise, 18th on uneven bars and 20th on vault.

• U-M led the Northeast Region in all four events and team standings with an NQS of 196.945.

• The Wolverines made their 33rd consecutive regional appearance.

• Michigan won 36 individual and all-around titles.

Individual Highlights

• Graduate student Carly Bauman ended the season as the NCAA Regional Co-Champion on uneven bars with a score of 9.950 after being named the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year. The West Des Moines, Iowa, native was a first team All-Big Ten honoree for the second straight season and was a three-time Big Ten Specialist of the Week. Bauman won 14 individual event titles across three events and posted 19 scores of 9.900 or better in her fifth season.

• In her first season as a Wolverine, Jahzara Ranger notched second team All-Big Ten honors and was named to the All-Freshman Team. She was a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, winning five individual event titles and scoring a 9.900 or higher on nine routines.

• Freshman Sophia Diaz competed on three events and vaulted at the NCAA Individual Event Finals. The Clarksville, Md., native was second team All-Big Ten and an All-Freshman Team honoree after winning six individual titles. Diaz scored a career-best 9.950 on the vault at NCAA Regionals to send her to the NCAA Championships, while she posted a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars and floor during the season.

• Freshman Sophie Parenti led off three events, competing on uneven bars, beam and floor. The Los Altos, Calif., native scored a career-best 9.850 on uneven bars and beam and a career-high 9.875 on floor, winning her first career title.

• Sophomore Kayli Boozer won three beam titles and scored a career-best 9.950 while she had two 9.900s on the floor and stuck her vault at Oklahoma for a 9.900 in just her second career appearance.

• Sophomore Ava Jordan notched a career-high 9.875 on the vault twice and also scored a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars at the Big Ten Championships.

• Graduate student Jenna Mulligan returned for her fifth season and competed on two events, earning a career-best 9.950 on the vault and a 9.900 on the beam. The Fruit Cove, Fla., native won the vault title in three straight meets and won one beam title in her final season.

Honors and Awards

Carly
Bauman

Sophia
Diaz

Jahzara
Ranger

WCGA
Regional Gymnast of the Year: Carly Bauman
Regional Champion: Carly Bauman (uneven bars)

Big Ten Conference
All-Big Ten (First Team): Carly Bauman
All-Big Ten (Second Team): Kayli Boozer, Sophia Diaz, Jahzara Ranger
All-Freshman Team: Sophia Diaz, Jahzara Ranger
Sportsmanship Award: Reyna Guggino

Academic All-Big Ten
Carly Bauman, Gr., Master of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Lily Clapper, Jr., Business Administration
Reyna Guggino, Gr., Master of Movement Science
Ava Jordan, So., LSA Undeclared
Ashley Lane, Sr., Business Administration
Farah Lipetz, Jr., Political Science
Jenna Mulligan, Gr., Master of Management
Paige Thaxton, Jr., Sport Management
Abigael Vides, Sr., Gender and Health; Philosophy
Jacey Vore, Sr., Communication & Media
Haylen Zabrowski, So., LSA Undeclared