Kutztown University Announces 2025 Women's Acrobatics and Tumbling Roster

Kutztown University will have 25 student-athletes representing its women's acrobatics and tumbling program for the 2025 season.

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Kutztown University acrobatics and tumbling begins a new and historic 2025 season this weekend. For the first time in program history, KU will be competing as a conference member with the Mountain East Conference, joining as an associate member prior to this season.

With this new affiliation, the Golden Bears will have a chance to compete for team and event conference championships, while also gaining opportunities to earn MEC Athlete of the Week and All-MEC honors.

Fourth-year head coach Karah Paull knows the conference well as a former All-American and Athlete of the Year at MEC member Fairmont State. She is excited for what this brings for her team.

"We are very excited to have the opportunity to be an associate member of the Mountain East Conference this year," said Paull. "The MEC is a very competitive conference, and I am looking forward to seeing the team fight for a spot in the Mountain East Conference Tournament and event finals. This is our first year with seniors that have spent all four years here at KU as part of the Acrobatics & Tumbling Team. It is bittersweet to watch them enter their final year of competition and see how much they have grown and improved over the years."

Last season was successful for the Maroon and Gold as they finished with their best record to date at 6-3 overall and qualified their acro 5-element squad for the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) Event Finals.

"It has been a dream come true to create a program here at Kutztown University," Paull said. "Each year the team has improved their overall team score, broken several event records, and been able to post consecutive winning seasons. I am eager to watch this team continue to grow and improve this season. We have high goals this year coming off last season's 6-3 record and our first national debut. Our main goals are to stay focused, strive to always be better than the day before, and to enjoy the season together as a team."

The 2025 Golden Bears will be very talented and experienced with a ton of student-athletes returning from last season.

"This is our fourth year as a program and our largest roster with 16 returning players and nine newcomers," said Paull. "We are eager to see our team work together on the mat and continue to lift each other up. Our team really focuses on the 'we' aspect of our sport as it is imperative that everyone supports one another to achieve our goals."

Kutztown's 2025 campaign kicks off this Sunday, Feb. 16, when it competes in a tri-match with Frostburg State and West Virginia State in Frostburg, Md. The match is set to start at 2 p.m. Not only will it be the first match of the season, but also the first conference match in program history.

"We kick off our season away at Frostburg in a tri-meet with Frostburg and West Virginia State University," Paull said. "As new members of the MEC we are expecting really good competition and exciting meets to watch. We have a challenging schedule ahead of us as we will be competing against two nationally ranked teams and one DI university. We will be striving to have another winning season for year four."