Gymnastics Opening 2025 Season by Hosting Bowling Green Sunday

Gymnastics vs. Bowling Green
Date	Sunday, Jan. 12 \| 1 p.m.
Venue	Ypsilanti, Mich. \| George Gervin GameAbove Center
Preview Info	EMU Notes (PDF)
Live Stats	Live Results
Watch	ESPN+
Twitter	@EMUGym \| @EMUAthletics

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University gymnastics team opens the 2025 season with a home meet against Bowling Green Sunday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m.

FOLLOWING THE MEET: The meet, which will be held inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., and can be watched on ESPN+. Fans can also follow the meet through live results. Links can be found on the EMU gymnastics schedule page located on EMUEagles.com.

IN THE RECORD BOOK: EMU earned a team top-10 record book score seven times last season. Most recently, the team's 196.450 team score at Kent State, March 3, ranked third-best in EMU program history, while the team's 49.250 bars score tied for second best all-time, and the 49.250 beam score ranked fifth all-time. Below is a list of all top-10 scores from the 2024 season.

                    TOP 10 PROGRAM SCORES LAST SEASON
                                RANK SCORE               EVENT MEET (DATE)
                t-2.        49.250    Bars                     at Kent State (March 3)
                3.           196.450   Overall                at Kent State (March 3)
                3.           49.125 Vault                    at Northern Illinois (Jan. 28)
                5.           49.250 Beam at Kent State (March 3)
                6.           49.175 Beam vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 18)
                t-7.        196.100   Overall                at Bowling Green (Feb. 11)
                t-10.     49.125 Beam at Bowling Green (Feb. 11)

MAC GYMNASTS TO WATCH: Alana Fisher and Keeley Kohler were named MAC Gymnasts to Watch for the 2025 season. Fisher and Kohler were two of the 14 student-athletes selected as each squad had two gymnasts picked.

PICKED FIFTH IN THE MAC: The Eagles were picked to finish fifth in the MAC, as revealed by the conference office, Jan. 3.

2025 MAC Gymnastics Preseason Coaches' Poll
(First Place Votes)
1. Ball State – 33 points (4)
2. Kent State – 29 points (1)
3. Central Michigan – 28 points (2)
4. Western Michigan – 24 points
5. Eastern Michigan – 14 points
6. Bowling Green – 12 points
7. Northern Illinois – 7 points

MAC Tournament Champion: Central Michigan (3), Ball State (2), Kent State (2)

IN THE RANKINGS: Eastern ranked 50th nationally at the conclusion of the 2024 season (Road To Nationals). The highest EMU has been ranked in program history (started tracking in 1998) was the 2016 team that ranked 17th in the nation.

NATIONAL RANKINGS (MAC only):
                30. Kent State
                34. Ball State
                39. Western Michigan
                40. Central Michigan
                50. Eastern Michigan
                55. Northern Illinois
                57. Bowling Green

SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN: Bowling Green ranked 57th nationally at the end of the 2024 season. EMU beat BGSU, 196.100-194.850, when the teams met at the Bowling Green Quad, Feb. 11, last season.

2024 AT THE MACS: Eastern finished sixth at the 2024 MAC Championships, March 23, with a 194.000 team score.

RANK SCORE              EVENT STUDENT-ATHLETE
                t-1.        9.900 Beam Ella Chemotti
                3.           39.200 All-Around        Raisa Boris
                t-3.        9.900 Vault                    Alana Fisher

RAI'S AWARD COLLECTION: Senior gymnast Raisa Boris earned MAC Gymnast of the Week honors four times last season. Against Kent State, March 3, she contributed to the Eagles' 196.450 team score (good for third all-time). Additionally, the senior was honored with the MAC Scholar-Athlete title twice in 2024 for her efforts both in the gym and the classroom.

Boris was named both the MAC Gymnast of the Year as well as the Senior Gymnast of the Year after an incredible senior season (electing to use her COVID season of eligibility for 2025). The last time an Eagle was named the Gymnast of the Year and Senior Gymnast of the Year was when Jolene Worley won both titles in the 2008 campaign. Additionally, Boris is just the fourth different Eagle to win the overall honor and the seventh to earn the Senior Gymnast title.

TRUE ALL-AROUNDER: Senior Raisa Boris earned a career-high 39.525 all-around score at KSU, March 3. Her score is good for second in EMU program history, behind Natalie Hashimoto's 39.725 (2000). The Eagles had yet to see a gymnast hit anything close to Boris' score since the 2021 season when Jada Rondeau scored a 39.475.

ELLA CHEMOTTI, BEAM CHAMP: As just the fifth MAC beam champion in school history, senior Ella Chemotti is the first to earn the title on the apparatus since 1998 when former Eagle J.J Cullom took the top spot with a 9.850. During the regular season, Chemotti continued to hold the top spot in the beam event as she led the MAC in the category for three consecutive years. Additionally, with her three straight first team honors, the 2022 MAC Freshman of the Year became the first EMU gymnast in program history (regular season All-MAC selections started in 2013) to secure the first team three-peat.

2024 TEAM LEADERS: Senior Raisa Boris earned the top event score on a team-high 18 occasions in 2024, as well as the top overall mark in eight competitions. Behind Boris, senior Ella Chemotti won the beam five times, senior Alana Fisher won the vault three times while junior Genae Daniel won the vault once and sophomore Abby Brushwood won floor once to round out the returners.

FRESH FACES: Eastern Michigan has seven new faces ahead of the 2025 season. All seven of the newcomers are freshmen and include Sanai Evans (Norcross, Ga.), Keeley Kohler (Davison, Mich.), Brianna Lucas (Marietta, Ga.), Elise Ritzenthaler (Quinlan, Texas), Analiah Solorio (Littleton, Colo.), and Jaelyn Stetz (Moorhead, Minn.).

NEW ASSISTANT COACH LAUREN VOLPE: Eastern added Lauren Volpe to the coaching staff ahead of the 2025 season. After a decorated five-year run as a student-athlete at Ball State University, Volpe stayed in Muncie as a graduate assistant and helped the Cardinals reach their second-straight NCAA Regional behind back-to-back MAC championships before coming to Ypsilanti.

In addition to being a three-time WGCA Scholastic All-American and three-time Academic All-Mid-American Conference honoree, Volpe is tied for the Ball State individual record after tallying a 9.925 in the balance beam against Northern Illinois University, Feb. 12, 2023.

A multi-year captain at Ball State, Volpe earned MAC Specialist of the Week honors, Jan. 16, 2023, after posting 9.875 on beam against Western Michigan University.

Volpe had two other wins as a Cardinal, both of which came against EMU. Her first career event win was Feb. 16, 2020, in which she recorded a season-best score of 9.825 on beam. Volpe's other event win against the Eagles, Feb. 20, 2020, was a result of her 9.850 beam score.

2025 MACs: The 2025 MAC Championships will be held at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Saturday, March 22. If the Eagles qualify, the team could compete at NCAA Regionals, April 2-6, at one of four possible locations including Salt Lake City, Utah, Seattle, Wash., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and University Park, Pa. This season's NCAA Championships is set to be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, April 17-19.

CITY CONNECT SUNDAY: Eastern is expected to debut script "Ypsi" leotards for the competition against Bowling Green, Jan. 12, as part of the "City Connect Meet."

ON THE HORIZON: EMU hosts Winona State, Northern Illinois, and Ball State in a quad Friday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center.

Gymnastics Opening 2025 Season by Hosting Bowling Green Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Raisa Boris

Abby Brushwood

Ella Chemotti

Genae Daniel

Sanai Evans

Alana Fisher

Keeley Kohler

Brianna Lucas

Elise Ritzenthaler

Analiah Solorio

Jaelyn Stetz

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