UCLA gymnast Alex Irvine transfers to Auburn after freshman season
Irvine, who was considered an up-and-coming talent for the Bruins, is the second gymnast to leave UCLA after Selena Harris was dismissed from the team.
UCLA gymnast Alex Irvine announced that she is transferring to Auburn in an Instagram post on Wednesday evening.
“Found what I was looking for,” she wrote in the post. “Thank you Auburn coaches for a great visit and my family for trusting me to make big decisions like this.”
Irvine just completed her freshman season at UCLA and was seen as an up-and-coming gymnast for the Bruins. She reliably fit into the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise lineups whenever injuries had kept more experienced gymnasts from competing.
She competed four times in vault with two season-best scores of 9.850 and three times on uneven bars with a high score of 9.900. Her competitive debut on floor scored a 9.750.
Irvine is now the second UCLA gymnast to leave the program after Selena Harris was dismissed from the team and entered the transfer portal. Harris shared Irvine’s Instagram post announcing her transfer to Auburn with the caption “Kinda ate with this one.”