{"id":260720,"date":"2026-05-06T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260720\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:18:13","slug":"ella-fine-signs-with-gator-gymnastics-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260720\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Fine Signs with Gator Gymnastics Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Florida gymnastics keeps adding talent to its 2027 freshman class.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Florida Gators added another College Gym News five-star recruit to its 2027 freshman class, with Ella Fine signing with the Gators, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/womens-gymnastics\/roster\/coaches\/jenny-rowland\/2108\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2108\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Rowland<\/a> announced Wednesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFine becomes the sixth signee in the Gators&#8217; 2027 class<a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/news\/2025\/11\/12\/gymnastics-five-star-quad-signs-with-florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">. Florida signed four in November &#8211; Dulcy Caylor, Kieryn Finnell, Jayla Hang and Simone Rose<\/a>. The team added <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/news\/2026\/5\/4\/carsyn-coleman-signs-with-gator-gymnastics-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carsyn Coleman to the class on Monday<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFine is the fifth of the signees will be competing in the O&#8217;Connell Center in 2027. Caylor opted to defer enrollment as she pursues a spot on the 2028 U.S. Olympic team.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<br \/>\nCoach <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/womens-gymnastics\/roster\/coaches\/jenny-rowland\/2108\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2108\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Rowland<\/a> says:<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re incredibly excited to welcome Ella to our Gator family! She may be small, but she is mighty and extremely fierce. She brings a competitive presence that immediately elevates the room and is the type of athlete who isn&#8217;t just chasing excellence, she expects it from herself every single day.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Beyond her athletic ability, Ella brings a relentless work ethic and a team-first mentality that will strengthen an already driven and united Gator team. Ella is a dynamic all-around gymnast and expected to make an immediate impact with her consistency and fearless approach. Gator Nation is going to love the confidence and fire she brings to the floor!&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nElla Fine says:<br \/>\n&#8220;I chose Florida because of their academic excellence and their incredible gymnastics program, but also because of the coaches. They were so genuine and welcoming, and I could tell how much they care about their athletes. I can&#8217;t wait to be a part of something so special. Go Gators!&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMeet the New Gator<\/p>\n<p>Ella Fine<br \/>\nThomasville, N.C.\u00a0<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellafinegymnastics2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ellafinegymnastics2026 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Florida gymnastics keeps adding talent to its 2027 freshman class. \u00a0 The Florida Gators added&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-260720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}