GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s Selena Harris-Miranda (Las Vegas, Nev.) is the 2026 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Region 5 Gymnast of the Year, the WCGA announced this afternoon.
WCGA Region 5 Awards
Gymnast of the Year:
Selena Harris-Miranda
Florida
Head Coach of the Year:
Justin Howell and Elisabeth Crandall-Howell
Clemson
Assistant Coach of the Year:
Erinn Dooley, JJ Ferreira & Morgan Epps
Maryland
Administrator of the Year:
Natalie Honnen
Clemson
Harris-Miranda is the first Gator to claim WCGA Region 5 Gymnast of the Year honor since Trinity Thomas earned her third in 2023. The region gymnast of the year has gone to a Gator nine of the last 13 seasons.
AS A SENIOR (2026):
· Won NCAA Tempe Regional all-around with nation’s high (39.825) in 2026 regional action
· Four WCGA All-America regular season honors – all first-team: all-around, vault, bars, beam.
· Used nation’s second-highest all-around total of season (39.85) – boosted by beam 10.0 – to win versus No. 2 LSU. Named Inside Gymnastics National and Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Week
· Won SEC Championship meet uneven bars title with a meet record 10.0. Earned All-SEC honors.
· Third career beam 10.0 earned at No. 22 Kentucky
· Competed as an all-arounder nine times, winning five meet titles: versus Arkansas (39.675), at Georgia (39.50), versus No. 2 LSU (39.85), at Kentucky (39.775), at NCAA Tempe Regional Second Round (39.825)
· All season highs 9.9755 or better – bars & beam (10.0), vault & floor (9.975)
· Week 4, 9 & 10 Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Week and claimed season’s first two SEC Specialist of the Week honors
· Leads Gators with 23 event wins – 8 beam, 5 all-around, 4 bars, 3 vault, 3 floor
· Finished 2026 regular-season action ranked in top 10 for vault (No. T8 – 9.925 national qualifying average), uneven bars (No. T5 – 9.945 NQS), balance beam (No. 2 – 9.970 NQS) and all-around (No. 6 – 39.605 NQS).
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
FLORIDA’S WCGA REGION 5 GYMNASTS OF THE YEAR
2026
Selena Harris-Miranda
2023
Trinity Thomas
2020
Trinity Thomas
2019
Trinity Thomas
2018
Alex McMurtry
2017
Alex McMurtry
2016
Bridget Sloan
2015
Kytra Hunter
2014
Bridget Sloan
2011
Ashanée Dickerson
2010
Ashanée Dickerson
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April 16 Semifinal
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