Sienna Crouse will enter her third season as an assistant coach for the Lindenwood gymnastics team in 2024.
The Lindenwood gymnastics team saw continued success in 2023, earning the top-seed at the MIC Championships, finishing in second place. Lindenwood took home the USAG National Championship for the first time since 2019. The squad also had two individual national champions as Nya Kraus and Kaylee Cooper took first on beam and bars, respectively. 10 individuals earned all-conference honors for their performance, including Gayla Griswold who was named MIC Women of the Year and a 2023 AAI Award nominee.Â
In her first season, the Lindenwood gymnastics team had yet another successful campaign, earning third at USAG nationals and advancing a student-athlete to NCAA nationals. Gayla Griswold became the first Lion in program history to qualify for the national event, as the junior capped her season on the vault in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Hadley Roberts joined Griswold on the WCGA All-America list, earning first-team distinction on the beam. In addition to her first-team recognition on the vault, Griswold also snagged second-team honors in the floor exercise.
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Overall, Lindenwood won three duals last season, picking up victories against Southeast Missouri (twice) and Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Crouse comes to Lindenwood after spending the 2020 season on the staff at the University of Kentucky as a volunteer assistant coach. A native of Fargo, N.D., Crouse was the floor and vault coach while with the WildcatsÂ
Crouse competed as a student-athlete at the University of Nebraska from 2015-2019. On the competition floor, she was a six-time Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association All-American, three-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Big Ten All-Championship honoree.
Crouse graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a degree in business management in 2019, where she was a Scholastic All-American in 2016, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten member, and a seven-time NU Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll student.
