Utah State’s gymnastics team has been in a long rebuilding mode under third-year coach Amy Smith. This just might be the season the rebuilding starts to pay off for the Aggies.
The Aggies return 10 gymnasts from the 2019 squad, which placed fourth at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Championships. Among the returners are juniors Autumn DeHarde and Leighton Varnadore, who were second-team all-MRGC selections.
The Aggies are very young, with the only seniors being Elle Golison and Brittany Jeppesen. Jeppesen could be a bit rusty though since she missed the 2019 season due to injury. In 2018 she competed as a bars specialist, tying for 12th on bars at the NCAA Regional Championships with a 9.