Three Spartans Collect WCGA Regular Season All-America Honors

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State gymnastics seniors Sage Kellerman and Nikki Smith alongside junior MaKayla Tucker combined for four Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Regular Season All-America honors, the organization announced Monday.

For the third-consecutive season, Kellerman earned First Team All-America honors on vault, while Smith is a first-team honoree on floor and second-team selection in the all-around. Tucker joined Smith as a Second Team All-American in the all-around for her first-career All-America nod.

WCGA Regular Season All-America status is awarded to the top 16 gymnasts on each event and in the all-around based on the final regular season rankings following the conference championships. The top eight gymnasts are named to the first team, while the following eight gymnasts, including ties, are awarded second team honors.

Monday's announcement marks the third-straight season MSU gymnasts have earned WCGA Regular Season All-America nods. The Spartans' four total honors ties the single-season program record, which was set in 2025.

Kellerman, who was named First Team All-Big Ten for the third-consecutive season earlier this month, finished the regular season ranked in a tie for fifth nationally on vault with a national qualifying score (NQS) of 9.935. She has anchored every vault lineup for MSU this season and posted six scores of 9.900 or better on the event, including a pair of near-perfect 9.975s, and holds a team-high four titles on vault in 2026. For her career, Kellerman has now earned four regular-season All-America honors from the WCGA (first team, vault, 2024-26, second team, bars, 2025), a program record, and also breaks her own MSU record total All-America honors (six) after earning NCAA All-America recognition on both vault and bars at last year's NCAA Championships.

Smith earns MSU's first-ever WCGA Regular Season All-America honors on floor and becomes one of two MSU gymnasts to collect regular-season All-America accolades in the all-around alongside Tucker. Just one of three four-time First Team All-Big Ten selections in program history and a finalist for this year's AAI Award, Smith has competed in the all-around in every meet in 2026 and holds an NQS of 39.540 to rank ninth nationally. She also sits in seventh nationally on floor with a 9.950 NQS. Smith has combined for 11 individual event titles this season, including five on floor, and has earned four all-around titles. She has scored a 9.925 or better on nine of 11 floor routines and posted a perfect 10 on the event against Brown on March 15. Smith is now a four-time WCGA Regular Season All-American after earning second team honors on vault in 2024 and first team honors on the event last season.

Tucker collects the first All-America honor of her career after a breakout season in the all-around, competing in all four events in every meet in 2026 for the first time in her collegiate career. She holds seven individual event titles this season alongside a pair of all-around titles and scored a career-high 39.625 on March 6 at Auburn to tie for the 10th-best all-around score in program history. Tucker has also set or tied career highs on bars, beam and floor this season and has scored a 9.900 or better on eight floor routines in 2026. She was named First Team All-Big Ten earlier this month and ranks 12th nationally in the all-around with a 39.475 NQS.

MSU travels to Tempe, Arizona, for NCAA Regionals beginning on April 2 at 4 p.m. ET inside Arizona State's Desert Financial Arena on ESPN+.