BOISE, Idaho – Utah State gymnastics won three of the four event titles and scored 196.400 to win its second-straight Mountain West Postseason Championship held here at ExtraMile Arena Saturday evening. Utah State, who also shared the MW regular season title with Air Force, has now claimed nine conference championships in program history, including back-to-back postseason titles for the first time ever. Junior Mya Witte was named the Championship MVP after winning the beam title with a career-high 9.950, which is tied for the second-best beam score in program history. In fact, that 9.950 is one of the top eight beam scores in school history. Boise State placed second with a score of 196.200, while San José State finished third at 195.800 and Air Force was fourth with a score of 195.750. Utah State set a school record during the meet with its sixth-straight score of 196.000 or better. The previous school record of five straight meets at 196.000-plus was set in 2021.  Utah State improves to 19-5 on the season, which is the sixth-most wins in program history, and most since the 1986 team notched a 24-11 record. The Aggies used tremendous performances on its final two rotations as it posted

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According to reports from CBS and other news outlets, Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun will be on the move to a new job. He will be hired away from Logan by the University of Cincinnati to take over the Bearcats’ struggling program. The news, broken by Matt Norlander of CBS, came while Utah State’s chartered plane was still in the air. It had not yet been 24 hours since the Aggies had suffered their season-ending loss to Arizona. According to Norlander, Calhoun is signing a six-year contract with the Bearcats and a public announcement is expected to occur in the coming days. Calhoun’s hire by Cincinnati ends a brief two-year tenure. One where he accomplished as much and more than his also short-tenured predecessors. Calhoun won 55 games with the Aggies, including 29 in the 2025-26 season where Utah State laid claim to the regular season and conference tournament titles for the Mountain West. The frequency with which Utah State has had to cycle through coaches has become a just-as-common national headline. In the last eight years, they’ve had Craig Smith (2018-21), Ryan Odom (2021-23), Danny Sprinkle (2023-24) and Calhoun (2024-26) lead the program. Smith is the only one

LOGAN — Utah State gymnastics is headed back to the NCAA postseason with momentum, confidence and a belief it can compete with some of the nation’s top programs. The Aggies were selected Monday to compete in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, where they will face No. 7 Stanford, No. 10 Michigan and No. 22 North Carolina on Thursday, April 2, at noon Mountain Time. The regional, hosted by LSU at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, will run April 1-4, with the top two teams from each session advancing to the regional final and ultimately competing for a spot at nationals in Fort Worth, Texas. For Utah State, the appearance marks its 29th trip to NCAA regionals and comes on the heels of one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Aggies, ranked No. 26 nationally with a National Qualifying Score of 195.905, recently captured their second straight Mountain West Conference championship and also claimed the regular-season title — giving the program nine conference championships overall. After the team learned their fate while watching the bracket reveal show on ESPN Monday morning, head coach Kristin White said the postseason berth reflects both the team’s performance and the culture built