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2026 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Katie Billman
Caroline Sherman/Cornell Athletics
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott
Elliot Schott

Manama Fofana

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool West Forsyth
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.

Biography

Career Highs at Penn
Vault:
9.850 (two times, most recently 3/8/25)
Bars:
Beam:
9.850 (two times, most recently 3/22/25)
Floor: 9.850 (three times, most recently 3/14/25)
All-Around:

CAREER HONORS
2025:
First-team All-GEC (vault)
2025: First-team All-GEC (floor)
2025: First-team All-Ivy (floor)
2025: Second-team All-Ivy (vault)
GEC Newcomer of the Week (3/19/25)
GEC Newcomer of the Week (3/12/25)
GEC Newcomer of the Week (2/19/25)
GEC Newcomer of the Week (1/29/25)

2025: Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) regular-season, Championship team, and Ivy Classic champions … First-team All-GEC (vault) … First-team All-GEC (floor) … First-team All-Ivy (floor) … Second-team All-Ivy (vault) … Competed in 13 meets for the Quakers, starting on vault, beam and floor … Named GEC Newcomer of the Week four times (1/29, 2/19, 3/12, 3/19) … Scored a 9.850 multiple times on all three rotations she competed in … Ranked fifth in National Qualifying Score (NQS) on vault among GEC gymnasts (9.810) … Finished seventh in the GEC in NQS on floor (9.825) … Scored a 9.800 on the balance beam in her first collegiate meet at #21 Penn State (1/5), helping the Quakers record their highest score (194.725) in a season opener … Posted a 9.800 on floor at #16 Rutgers (1/11) … Notched two 9.825’s for the first time, doing so on vault and floor at the Lindsey Ferris Invite (1/26) … Recorded back-to-back 9.800’s on vault at Cornell (2/2) and Temple (2/8) … Set a season-high 9.850 on floor at Southern Connecticut (2/15), a mark she would replicate the following week at the Ivy Classic (2/23) … Notched a 9.850 on vault at #21 North Carolina (2/28) … Recorded a 9.8 or better on three rotations for the first time at William & Mary (3/8), scoring a pair of 9.850’s on vault and beam and a 9.800 on floor … Scored her third 9.850 on floor against West Virginia (3/14) … Finished the season strong at the GEC Championships (3/22), tying her career-high 9.850 on beam as Penn won its fourth-straight championship title … Earned the program’s Rookie of the Year award at the season-ending banquet … GEC Scholar Athlete.

High School: Competed for Level 10 from 2021-24 … Two-time Nationals Qualifier … Three-time Regional Qualifier … 2024 Nationals All-Around 7th Place … 2024 Regional All-Around 2nd Place.

Personal: Enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences … Favorite event is vault.

Why Penn? “I chose Penn because the atmosphere is simply irreplicable. Between the distinguished academic resources, the camaraderie among teammates and peers, and the incredible athletics and coaching, Penn’s environment is wonderfully unique.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

    AA
  • 2026Sophomore

    AA