WCGA Region Honors for Gators Coaches

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It was a Gator sweep of coaching honors in the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Region 5 honors announced today.

Florida’s Jenny Rowland earns her second regional coach of the year honor and first since she swept Southeastern Conference, region and national coaching honors in 2020.

Region 5 assistant coach of the year honors also went to Florida’s trio of Associate Head Coaches Adrian Burde and Owen Field along with Assistant Coach Jeremy Miranda. This is the eighth time Burde has won the honor, sharing the 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 awards with Field.

Florida’s Associate Athletics Director Kim Green is the WCGA Region 5 Administrator of the Year. Green, a former member of the NCAA Gymnastics Committee, receives her fourth WCGA Region 5 Administrator in 2025.

Notes on Gators’ 2025 Season:
Here’s some of the highlights that helped the Gators earn Region 5 coaching honors:

* Making 41st NCAA Championships appearance (second to Utah’s 43) after winning NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (197.70).
* No. 3 seed for 2025 NCAA Championships. Florida seeded among nation’s top 4 for sixth consecutive NCAA Championship.
* Closed regular-season action with the nation’s 2025 high and UF’s No. 8 all-time total of 198.625.

* Florida has four team totals among nation’s top 12:
No. 1 (198.625)
No. 6 (198.225)
No. T11 (198.125 2x)

* All 2025 top event totals among nation’s top 3
Vault: 49.70 vs Kentucky No. 1
Bars: 49.85 at SEC Champ. No. 1 (NCAA all-time leader)
Beam: 49.70 vs Auburn No. 2
Floor: 49.725 vs Kentucky No. T3

* Two Gators claim Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) eight All-America regular-season honors – Selena Harris-Miranda (first-team all-around, vault, bars) and Leanne Wong (first team: all-around, uneven bars; second team – vault, beam, floor). Wong one of four in nation to earn maximum of five All-America honors

Next Up for the Gators:
Gators head to Fort Worth, Texas, next week for the NCAA Championships. This will be Florida’s 41st appearance in the NCAA Gymnastics Championships’ 43-year history.

No. 3 seed Florida joins three other Southeastern Conference teams – No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 7 Missouri and No. 11 Alabama – in April 17’s opening semifinal. Since the Four on the Floor format began in 2019, this is the first time an entire semifinal session contained teams all from the same conference.

NCAA Championships competition schedule:
April 17

Afternoon semi:

Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma

4:30 p.m. ET

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Evening semi:

UCLA, LSU, Michigan State, Utah

9 p.m. ET

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April 19

Team Final

4 p.m. ET