UNC Gymnastics
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Gymnastics.
Lani Dekanoidze, JoJo Valahovic Earn All-ACC Gymnastics Honors
UNC gymnasts Lali Dekanoidze and JoJo Valahovic were named to the All-ACC Team on Monday ahead of the ACC Championships. Dekanoidze earned All-ACC honors for the second straight season on the uneven bars. Valahovic, who received the honor for the first time in her career on vault, is one of two freshmen who garnered All-ACC recognition. (
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UNC Gymnastics Ends Regular Season With Sixth-Best Score In School History
No. 24 UNC gymnastics had its best performance of the year in its regular season finale on Friday night against Western Michigan inside Carmichael Arena. UNC earned 49.0 or higher on every event for the first time this season. The Tar Heels won the meet with a final mark of 196.75, their best of the season and sixth highest score in program history. (
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This Week in North Carolina Tar Heels Athletics: March 3-9
There's a lot going on in Chapel Hill this week. From the Diamond Heels (both baseball and softball) having jam-packed weeks to some NCAA championships being held, there will be plenty of opportunities to check out your favorite Tar Heels in action. Want the latest regarding this week's schedule? Look no further than the list right here. (
Keeping It Heel)
JoJo Valahovic Named ACC Gymnastics Newcomer For Fourth Week In A Row
UNC freshman gymnast JoJo Valahovic has been named ACC Newcomer of the Week for an unprecedented fourth time in a row. Valahovic is the first gymnast in history to win more than two ACC Newcomer of the Week honors, let alone four straight. She is also the first gymnast in program history to win multiple ACC weekly honors in the same season. (
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JoJo Valahovic Becomes First Three-Time Gymnastics Newcomer Of The Week In ACC History
UNC Gymnastics standout JoJo Valahovic has been named ACC Newcomer of the Week for the third consecutive week. This is the third such honor of her career. Valahovic is the first gymnast to win three or more ACC Newcomer of the Week honors. She is also the first gymnast in program history to win multiple ACC weekly honors the same season. (
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Video: Carolina Insider - Interview With UNC Gymnast JoJo Valahovic
North Carolina freshman gymnast JoJo Valahovic joins
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas in the Carolina Insider podcast studio to discuss her first season as a college gymnast, recovering from four-hour workouts, inviting Adam to train with her in the weight room and on the balance beam, and more.
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Wed Jan 29, 2025
Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC Football Schedule, Hubert Davis and Gymnast JoJo Valahovic Interviews
The
2025 Tar Heel Football schedule is out. We look at UNC's slate in
Bill Belichick's first year (3:02). Carolina outscored BC to avoid a crushing loss and now enters its most difficult stretch of ACC play (25:21). Next, JoJo Valahovic from UNC gymnastics joins (50:29), followed by a check-in from
Hubert Davis (1:07:52).
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Tue Jan 28, 2025
UNC gymnastics defies expectations in first two meets of 2025 season
In her fourth year at the helm of the UNC gymnastics program, head coach Danna Durante has helped lead the Tar Heels back to gymnastics relevancy. She coached them to a 195.225 in their away opener against now-No. 3 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Despite the loss, UNC set the highest season-opening road score in program history. (
Daily Tar Heel)
UNC’s ACC Network Takeover to air on Friday
While the action will begin right at midnight, Carolina’s biggest success of the year will air at 4:30 PM ET with the field hockey National Championship Game. After a legendary playing career at the school,
Erin Matson took over as head coach before last year and immediately kept things rolling with a national title in her first season. (
Tar Heel Blog)
RJ Davis, Aranza Vazquez take top honors at Rammys
UNC honored the best athletes and performances of the last year at the annual Rammys on Monday night. The top male and female athletes were no surprise, as All-American guard
R.J. Davis and four-time NCAA champion diver
Aranza Vazquez took home top honors.
Drake Maye’s left-handed touchdown pass at Pittsburgh was named Play of the Year. (
Tar Heel Tribune)