BREAKING: LSU Tigers Key man has announced he is set to leave for dream team.
A third LSU gymnastics senior announces decision to return to Tigers for 2025 season.
Alyona Shchennikova just couldn’t let it end this way.
A preseason Achilles tendon tear left her a cheerleader for the entire 2024 season as her LSU teammates captured the program’s first NCAA gymnastics championship.
Now, as the Tigers turn their sights to 2025, Shchennikova plans to be not a spectator but a participant once again. The school on Wednesday announced her decision to return for a sixth year next season.
“I have so much more to give,” Shchennikova said. “The hardest part for an athlete is knowing when to hang it up and I just had a gut feeling. I was like, ‘This isn’t how the story can end.’
“There’s a lot of goals. But ultimately, I just want to do gymnastics one more time, end it the way I want to end it, and not have it forced to be ended.”
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