Every year Texas Acro is proud to recognize the graduating seniors in our sport. These athletes have been involved with acrobatic gymnastics for many years and we wish them the best as they head on to the next chapter of their lives. We are so thankful to have role models like these young athletes for our up and coming acrobats!
From Acrobatic Gymnastics of San Antonio:
Trinity Knapp
- Trinity has been in gymnastics for 11 years, and 7 of those have been in acro
- She is currently a base in a Level 10 trio with Maddy Jenson and Jada Lea
- Trinity will be graduating Cum Laude. She has been a member of the orchestra since 5th grade. She is an accomplished cello player currently performing in the varsity orchestra. She has attended many UIL competitions and has lettered for her hard work.
- She plans to continue with Acro pursuing her dream to go as far as she can. She will also take college classes at UTSA or SAC.
Allyson Stone started off her gymnastics career at the age of 7 with artistic gymnastics as well as acrobatics soon to follow that same year. She competed in both sports for 8 years then transitioned to strictly acrobatics in 2019 when she moved to AGSA from TAAG. She has been a women’s pair top, mixed pair top, trio base, and women’s pair base. She competed in Spain as a mixed pair top and brought home 3 silver medals and a bronze. This is her second World Age Group Championship in this same partnership. Some of the most influential coaches in her life have been Anna Smirnova, Valeriy Goncharov, Iryna Goncharova, and Vladimir Vladev.
In 2018, Ayla started doing tumbling classes at AGSA with coach Michael, but while doing her classes, she would always point at what she called the ‘’big girls’’, and say, “ I want to do what they are doing instead!” She was referring to the AGSA acrobatic team, so in 2019 she started doing level 7, then 2020 moved forward with level 8 which she didn’t continue because of the pandemic. Even so, she never stopped doing her warm up everyday and focusing more and more on acro, watching videos of “ the big girls” until she started learning skills on her own. In that moment her family understood that acro was her passion. Since then, she moved up to Jr Elite 12-18 WP and at that level earned a spot on US National team ( 2021 ) to compete in the WAGC in Geneva. Now, in 2022, she is getting ready for her second WAGC in Baku. We are so excited that she loves what she is doing and is proudly representing the USA at her level!
Trent’s acro career started off a little bumpy since he broke both his arms shortly after his first mock meet. That didn’t stop him from being a National Champion the following year and then earning a spot on the US National team the year after that. This week, he prepares for his second WAGC and is excited to again represent the US as a Jr. Elite MXP.
Bethany started her acro journey when she was five years old in California! She moved to Texas in 2020 to follow her dreams of going to worlds as a top. She is now in a 12-18 mixed pair going to worlds. This is her eighth season in acro, and a few years ago she did aerial arts, too!