Skye Blakely high-fives the Gators after her 9.975 uneven bars routine at the Southeastern Conference Championship meet. Blakely shared the SEC Specialist of the Year award and is joined on the All-SEC team by six Gators.
Skye Blakely Shares SEC Specialist Gymnast of the Year; Seven Gators Earn All-SEC Honors
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | Gymnastics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida sophomore gymnast Skye Blakely shares the Southeastern Conference Specialist of the Year honor, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. Blakely also is among seven Gators recognized on the 2026 All-SEC teams.
This marks the 13th season the league has presented a Specialist of the Year award. Blakely joins Alex McMurtry (2018) as the only Gators to earn the distinction.
Blakely returned to multiple events in 2026 after competing only on uneven bars in 2025 while recovering from an Achilles injury suffered at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. As she expanded her lineup appearances this season, Blakely quickly made an impact:
Six additional Gators joined Blakely on the 2026 All-SEC team – Kayla DiCello, Danie Ferris, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda, Riley McCusker and Anya Pilgrim.
All-SEC Criteria: The top four event scores (including ties) in each session of the SEC Championships earn All-SEC honors. The freshman with the top event score (including ties) in each session is named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
All-SEC Gators
Skye Blakely – Sophomore
2026 SEC Gymnastics Awards
Gymnast of the Year: Kailin Chio, LSU
Specialists of the Year: Skye Blakely, Florida
Kaliya Lincoln, LSU
Hannah Horton, Missouri
Newcomer of the Year: Morgan Price, Arkansas
Co-Freshman of the Year: Azaraya Ra-Akbar, Alabama
Mackenzie Estep, Oklahoma
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Lauren Macpherson, Missouri
Coach of the Year: K.J. Kindley, Oklahoma
Next Up:
The Gators bring the No. 3 overall seed into next week's NCAA Tempe Regional.
The top two teams advance to the NCAA Championships, set for April 16-18 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Action at all four 2026 NCAA Regional sites can be found on ESPN+.
This marks the 13th season the league has presented a Specialist of the Year award. Blakely joins Alex McMurtry (2018) as the only Gators to earn the distinction.
Blakely returned to multiple events in 2026 after competing only on uneven bars in 2025 while recovering from an Achilles injury suffered at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. As she expanded her lineup appearances this season, Blakely quickly made an impact:
- Earned her first career 10.0 on balance beam at the Texas Woman's University quad meet.
- Matched her collegiate best of 9.975 on uneven bars three times in 2026 – including at the SEC Championship meet
- Named Inside Gymnastics National Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 3) after winning at least a share of every event she competed against Arkansas — bars (9.95), beam (9.95) and floor (9.975).
- Two-time SEC Specialist of the Week in 2026.
- Second among Gators with 10 event titles — four each on bars and floor and two on beam.
- Earned 2026 All-SEC recognition in the all-around, vault, uneven bars and balance beam.
- 2026 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
- First SEC Specialist of the Year to enter the season after representing the U.S. at the World Championships. Competed on uneven bars and balance beam at the 2025 World Championships, finishing fourth in the bars final.
- Shared the uneven bars title and earned the balance beam silver medal at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Championships.
Six additional Gators joined Blakely on the 2026 All-SEC team – Kayla DiCello, Danie Ferris, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda, Riley McCusker and Anya Pilgrim.
All-SEC Criteria: The top four event scores (including ties) in each session of the SEC Championships earn All-SEC honors. The freshman with the top event score (including ties) in each session is named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
Skye Blakely – Sophomore
- Earned All-SEC honors in four events: all-around, vault, uneven bars and balance beam.
- Posted two collegiate bests at the SEC Championships — 9.975 (bars) and 9.90 (vault).
- One of two in 2026 to earn All-SEC honors in every event — all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
- Set or matched season bests in three events at SEC Championships — 9.975 (bars), 9.95 (beam) and 39.725 (all-around).
- Second career All-SEC honor (also 2023).
- Earned All-SEC honors on vault and floor exercise.
- Posted 9.875 for both vault and floor at SEC Championships
- Earned All-SEC honors on vault and floor exercise.
- Now an all-conference selection in three leagues: Pac-12 (2023, 2024), ACC (2025) and SEC (2026).
- Won the 2026 SEC uneven bars title with a 10.0 — her second SEC event championship after winning vault in 2025 with a 10.0.
- Earned All-SEC honors in four events — all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
- Earned all-conference honors in both seasons at Florida (2025, 2026) and previously in the Pac-12 with UCLA (2023, 2024).
- Earned All-SEC honors on uneven bars.
- Anchored UF's SEC Championships bars lineup with a 9.925.
- Earned All-SEC honors in both events she competed — vault and uneven bars.
- Set a season-best 9.90 on vault and matched her 2026 high of 9.925 on bars at the SEC Championships.
2026 SEC Gymnastics Awards
Gymnast of the Year: Kailin Chio, LSU
Specialists of the Year: Skye Blakely, Florida
Kaliya Lincoln, LSU
Hannah Horton, Missouri
Newcomer of the Year: Morgan Price, Arkansas
Co-Freshman of the Year: Azaraya Ra-Akbar, Alabama
Mackenzie Estep, Oklahoma
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Lauren Macpherson, Missouri
Coach of the Year: K.J. Kindley, Oklahoma
Next Up:
The Gators bring the No. 3 overall seed into next week's NCAA Tempe Regional.
The top two teams advance to the NCAA Championships, set for April 16-18 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Action at all four 2026 NCAA Regional sites can be found on ESPN+.
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