Fisk University gymnast Morgan Price became the first athlete from an HBCU to win the all-round title at the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships.

Competing in West Chester, Pa., Price topped her opponents on Saturday with a score of 39.225, totaled from individual scores on floor exercise (9.850), uneven bars (9.850), balance beam (9.725) and vault (9.80).

Star gymnast Morgan Price

Morgan Price

Jaly Jones of Lindenwood University repeated as silver medalist with a 38.850, and Kyrstin Johnson of Talladega College was third with a 39.050, giving HBCUs two spots on the all-around podium. Fisk was the first HBCU to field a gymnastics team, starting competition in 2023, while Talladega began competition this year.

In 2023, Price finished tied for eighth in the all-round competition with a score of 38.40.

Price on Sunday was named an All-American in four categories — all-around, floor exercise, uneven bars and vault.

Fisk teammate Liberty Mora was named second-team All-American in the balance beam competition. Another Fisk gymnast, Aliyah Reed-Hammon, was named second-team All-Amercan in the vault competition.

Price’s all-round victory at the competition comes almost two years after the former five-star recruit surprised the gymnastics world, de-committing from the University of Arkansas to become part of Fisk’s start-up program.

“African-Americans weren't allowed to go to [predominantly white institutions] and SEC schools,” Price told The Post at the time. “The fact I can go to an HBCU and be able to show off my talents at the school my ancestors made for me is so much more [of an honor] than going to an SEC school.”  

A Lebanon native, Price is the daughter of two former college student-athletes. Her mother, Marsha, is an ex-Vanderbilt cheerleader. Her father, Chris, played baseball at Lebanon High and Middle Tennessee State University, eventually spending a season in the Kansas City Royals’ minor-league system.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.