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Morgan Price becomes 1st HBCU gymnast to win national title [Video]

Fisk University’s Morgan Price, part of the first HBCU gymnastics team, made history by winning the United States Gymnastics Collegiate National title.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Editor’s note: The video above is a WFAA report about Price in January 2023.

Now, she etched her name in the history books as the first HBCU gymnast to ever win a national title. Her name is Morgan Price, an alumna from Coppell High School in North Texas. 

“I had to call my coach at Arkansas and de-commit,” Price told WFAA at the time. “It was a hard conversation for me because I know I had worked hard for that, and she had given me so many opportunities … Most gymnasts don’t even get an offer to an SEC school. I was super grateful.”

Corrinne Tarver, Fisk’s head gymnastics coach, told WFAA in 2022 she was surprised when she got an email from Morgan Price asking about joining the team. 

“That was a huge leap of faith,” Tarver said. “It …

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