On April 14, USA Gymnastics updated their national team roster (see here) to indicate that senior national team member Alexis Vasquez has retired from elite gymnastics. 

Two days later, Vasquez announced via her Instagram account that she has verbally committed to the University of Denver, with the intention to start in 2018 when she graduates from high school.

 

I'm so excited to finally announce that I have verbally committed to the University of Denver! Can't wait for 2018!ðŸÂÂÂÂŽ‰ðŸÂÂÂÂŽ‰ @du_gymnastics

A photo posted by ðŸÂÂŒ¸Alexis VasquezðŸÂÂŒ¸ (@alexisvasquez13) on Apr 16, 2015 at 7:18pm PDT

Alexis was born in Pasadena, California, and has been training at Chow's Gymnastics in West Des Moins, Iowa. She competed at the 2013 P&G Championships in the junior division when she placed 3rd on balance beam. She also competed at the 2014 P&G Championships in the junior division, when she was added to the junior national team. She placed 1st on balance beam, 5th on uneven bars and 5th in the all-around. 

Alexis will join the team in the Fall of 2018. She will be joined at Denver by level 10 GAGE gymnast Lynnzee Brown as well as level 10 Airborne (Colorado) gymnast Emily Glynn who both committed to Denver last year and are due to start with the Pioneers in 2017.

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