New AZ Wildcat

[WildCatFan]

For you Wildcat fans out there, www.collegegymfans.com is reporting that Univ. of Arizona just received a commitment from an Arizona gymnast. The commitments seem to be coming early this year.

[WildCatFan]

Does anyone know anything about the new Arizona commit - Jillian O'Neal from the Arizona Sunrays? It looks like she will be coming in 2008-09. They must really like her to have offered so early.

[mesagymmom]

Jillian is a beautiful gymnast to watch. We didn't compete against Sunrays during the regular season this year so I only saw her one time at our state championship which I think she won and she looked great. Her bars were stunning! I remember she threw a HUGE tkatchev on bars. She should do great at Arizona.

[WildCatFan]

Thanks for that. You can never have too many good bar swingers. It's also nice to see that a local talent is staying home.

[WildCatFan]

Deanna Graham commits to U of A. It looks like Arizona is staying home for its recruits this year. Nice to see that.

[AZGymParent]

Deanna and Jillian will be great additions to the Arizona team. We have been watching them both during their club career and will enjoy watching them in college.

[CoachL]

Deanna looked amazing this past season. I haven't talked to Jack recently, but does anyone know where his girls will be going this year?

[AZGymParent]

Doesn't Deanna go to Springs in Tucson?

[AZGymParent]

Hey WildCatFan! U of A has posted their 2008 season schedule on their website. There are going to be some good meets in Tucson next season.

[WildCatFan]

I saw that. It should be an exciting season. I also see that there will be a walk-on for the 08 season. I do not know anything about her, but she is from a good program in Tucson. I also was trying to find out some more info on the new 09 "all Arizona" scholarship recruits, Jillian and Deanna. I checked out the Arizona Sunrays' website where Jillian is at and saw that they have quite a history of great U of A gymnasts going back to Tanya Schneider, hall of famer Heidi Hornbeek, Nikki Beyschau and Stevie Fanning. Nice pipeline for local talent. Deanna comes from a small program in Tucson (but a nice website), which makes her accomplishments even more impressive. Anyway, it will be fun to see all the local girls at McKale.