Montville Gymnast Erika Muhaw Signs with University of Utah

The 10-time national champion University Utah gymnastics team has signed four gymnasts to National Letters of Intent, including U.S. Senior National Team member MyKayla Skinner (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Junior Olympic qualifiers Erika Muhaw (Montville , N.J.), Shannon McNatt (Houston, Texas) and MaKenna Merrell (Pleasant Grove, Utah).

The newest Utes will compete before the largest crowds in college women’s sports, as the Utah gymnastics team averages over 14,000 fans a home meet. The Utes have won 30 national gymnastics attendance titles and four all-sports NCAA women’s attendance titles in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Utah is the only school to qualify for 39 consecutive national championships, including all 33 NCAA Championships. In addition to their 10 national championships, the Utes have placed in the top-three 22 times and qualified into the Super Six 18 times. They are the defending Pac-12 champions.

“We recruited knowing we’d be losing four great gymnasts in this current senior class,” said Ute co-head coach Greg Marsden. “Our 2015-16 class will come with a good skill set and all four have the potential to get even better throughout their college careers.”

Erika Muhaw has competed at the last three Junior Olympic National Championships, earning six top-10 finishes. She is a two-time J.O. regional floor champion and won the Region 7 Junior C all-around title in 2013. She has also won three silver medals in regional competition: Junior C bars and beam in 2013 and the Senior A all-around in 2014.

Her international experience includes participating for the Region 7 All-Star team that competed in France (2013) and England (2014). She placed third in the all-around at the 2014 meet.

Erika is a talented gymnast who loves to compete and never takes no for an answer. She has demonstrated a toughness that will be beneficial to our team’s mentality. She proved that with her gritty performance at the 2014 J.O. Championships after missing most of the season as a result of knee surgery.

Muhaw trains at North Stars Gymnastics Academy in Boonton, N.J. for coaches Tony Gehman, Ashley Miller and Anne Meed. The senior at Montville Township High School has won several awards for art and pottery, including first and second-place prizes for her pottery at the New Jersey State Fair.

She is the daughter of Susan and James Muhaw.

Erika Muhaw Routine Videos:

Vault: http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/251584-2014-JO-Nationals/video/745190-North-Stars-Erika-Muhaw-VT#.VFa9XL69qow

Beam: http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/251584-2014-JO-Nationals/video/745168-North-Stars-Erika-Muhaw-BB#.VFa9sL69qow

Floor: http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/251584-2014-JO-Nationals/video/745179-North-Stars-Erika-Muhaw-FX#.VFa9n769qow