BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Arizona State gymnastics is ranked No. 21 in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) preseason poll, with all Pac-12 teams but one being ranked in the top 25.
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The Sun Devils have maintained their national presence they have established in the past few years, earning a top-25 preseason ranking in the last two seasons. All of the Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 except for Arizona, with Arizona State ahead of Stanford at No. 22.
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Of the teams ranked in the top 25, the Sun Devils will face 11 of them in 2020. At home, ASU will host No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 Cal and No. 17 Washington. The season will kick off on January 4 at the Collegiate Challenge, where Arizona State will face off against No. 7 Denver, No. 13 Auburn and No. 25 Penn State.
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Jay and Jessica Santos led the Gym Devils to a successful season in 2019, the first since 2014 to have a winning record (11-10) in the regular season. The team was ranked in the top-25 on Road to Nationals all year, finishing at No. 25, and earned four wins over top-25 teams throughout the season.
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The Gym Devils return seven gymnasts who have played key roles for ASU in past seasons. The team is led by junior Leonard-Baker, who has earned All-America honors in each of her two seasons in Tempe. Arizona State has seven new faces on the team: six freshmen and a transfer sophomore. The Sun Devils will rely on some key underclassmen to show up big for the team in 2020.
For the full list of rankings, see the WCGA's release.
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The Sun Devils have maintained their national presence they have established in the past few years, earning a top-25 preseason ranking in the last two seasons. All of the Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 except for Arizona, with Arizona State ahead of Stanford at No. 22.
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Of the teams ranked in the top 25, the Sun Devils will face 11 of them in 2020. At home, ASU will host No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 Cal and No. 17 Washington. The season will kick off on January 4 at the Collegiate Challenge, where Arizona State will face off against No. 7 Denver, No. 13 Auburn and No. 25 Penn State.
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Jay and Jessica Santos led the Gym Devils to a successful season in 2019, the first since 2014 to have a winning record (11-10) in the regular season. The team was ranked in the top-25 on Road to Nationals all year, finishing at No. 25, and earned four wins over top-25 teams throughout the season.
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The Gym Devils return seven gymnasts who have played key roles for ASU in past seasons. The team is led by junior Leonard-Baker, who has earned All-America honors in each of her two seasons in Tempe. Arizona State has seven new faces on the team: six freshmen and a transfer sophomore. The Sun Devils will rely on some key underclassmen to show up big for the team in 2020.
For the full list of rankings, see the WCGA's release.