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Women’s Gymnastics Announces 2025 Recruiting Class
Story Links CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois Women’s Gymnastics announces five signees in the 2025 recruiting class. Ava Banks, Summer Clancy, Piper Gow, Callie Kauffman, and Hayden Seymour are slated to join the Fighting Illini next fall. Ava Banks | Menlo Park, Calif. | San Mateo Gymnastics A native of Menlo Park, […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois Women’s Gymnastics announces five signees in the 2025 recruiting class. Ava Banks, Summer Clancy, Piper Gow, Callie Kauffman, and Hayden Seymour are slated to join the Fighting Illini next fall.
Ava Banks | Menlo Park, Calif. | San Mateo Gymnastics
A native of Menlo Park, Calif., Ava Banks is an all-around gymnast who chose to continue her career at Illinois for, “the beautiful campus, athletics program, and the team’s community.”
This year, Banks was an alternate for the Development Program National Championships in the all-around.
Summer Clancy | Columbia, Ill. | Olympia Chesterfield Gymnastics
Summer Clancy is an Illinois native choosing to stay home and represent the Orange and Blue. The all-around gymnast hails from Columbia, Ill. and competes out of Olympia Chesterfield Gymnastics. She was a 2023 nationals qualifier, and will again compete at the Development Program National Championships in 2025 on vault.
Clancy chose Illinois because of “the outstanding academic opportunities and welcoming team environment.”
Piper Gow | Argyle, Texas | WOGA Gymnastics Plano
Piper Gow is an all-around gymnast from Argyle, Texas looking to make the move north to Illinois. Solid both athletically and academically, Gow has been on the A Honor Roll for all four years of high school.
Gow will compete at this year’s Development Program National Championships in the all-around competition.
Callie Kauffman | State College, Pa. | Centre Elite Gymnastics
Callie Kauffman is an experienced all-arounder, competing as a Level 10 gymnast for the past four years. She qualified for the Development Program National Championships twice, including this year as an all-arounder.
The State College, Pa., native intends to major in Psychology, and chose Illinois because “it has amazing athletic and academic programs. The coaches and team atmosphere seem like a perfect fit.”
Hayden Seymour | Highlands Ranch, Colo. | Incline Gymnastics
Hayden Seymour is a two-time Development Program National Championships qualifier, including this year in the all-around competition. The Highlands Ranch, Colo., native intends to major in neuroscience while at Illinois.
Seymour chose Illinois for “the coaches, team, its beautiful campus and its academics.”
Illinois looks forward to welcoming the 2025 signing class to campus in the fall.