Fisk University Gymnasts Earn Medals and First-Team All-American Honors at 2023 National Championships

Fisk University gymnasts earned medals and first-team All-American honors at the 2023 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships.

Kyle T. Mosley | Apr 9, 2023

Fisk University Gymnasts Earn Medals and First-Team All-American Honors at 2023 National Championships /

Fisk University gymnasts Morgan Price (floor) and Liberty Mora (beam) won bronze medals for placing third in their respective exercises at the 2023 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships in Denton, Texas, on Saturday, Apr. 8.

The event finalists Morgan Price, Liberty Mora, and Zyia Coleman earned First-Team All-American gymnasts honors.

Morgan Price and Liberty Mora - Fisk Ladies Gymnastics — April 8, 2023; Fisk Ladies Gymnasts Morgan Price and Liberty Mora - won bronze medals at the 2023 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships in Denton, Texas, on Saturday, Apr. 8. Photo Credit: Texas Woman's University

Fisk's All-American Price led the semifinals with a score of 9.900. She completed her finals program with a score of 9.850, tying Texas Woman's University's Alixandra Pierce for third place.

Fisk's All-Americans Mora scored 9.838, resulting in a three-way tie for third place on the balance beam with Madison Rush (Lindenwood) and Emily Six (Texas Woman's).

Zyia Coleman of Fisk fell to 13th in the floor exercise standings, scoring 9.600.

Saturday was the culmination of a fantastic and genuinely inspiring year for the ladies of the Fisk University Women's Gymnastics program. The institution and coach Tarver have conquered the odds of being the first-ever HBCU program of its kind.

Coach Corrine Tarver produced three All-Americans and two bronze medalists at a national championship competition in Fisk's inaugural season. The team debuted on Jan. 6, competing at the Super 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As a team, the Fisk Gymnastics program ranked 71st in the country with a Team National Qualifying Score of 190.005. The ladies competed as a Division III team from the Southeast against powerhouses like Oklahoma, Michigan, and Florida.

Well done, Fisk University. Well done, Morgan Price, Liberty Mora, and Zyia Coleman. You are All-Americans, champions, and role models for young ladies who will one day enter gymnastics because the phrase 'Brown Girls Do Gymnastics' so well applies to you all.

Next season, Talladega College will become the second HBCU institution to launch a ladies' gymnastics program out of the 106 HBCU schools in the country.

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Published Apr 9, 2023

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