Ella
Zirbes
Ella Zirbes is a senior from Stillwater, Minnesota, on the Utah Red Rocks' 2027 gymnastics roster. A seven-time All-American, she made the 2026 All-Big 12 team on vault, bars and floor and competed on floor at the NCAA Championships.
Who is Ella Zirbes?
Ella Zirbes is a gymnastics athlete for Utah from Stillwater, Minnesota. Career highs through 2026: 9.975 bars, 9.95 floor, 9.925 vault, 39.550 all-around; seven-time All-American
A seven-time All-American
Zirbes trained at Flips Gymnastics and went to Stillwater Area High School before joining Utah. Her bio lists two national all-around titles before college, in 2019 and 2023, and a 2019 national bars title. At Utah she has earned seven All-America honors, four of them NCAA, including NCAA First Team on bars in 2025.
2026
Against BYU on Feb. 13, 2026, she scored a career-high 9.975 on bars. She posted a career-high 39.550 in the all-around at UCLA on March 14. The Big 12 named her to its 2026 all-conference team on vault, bars and floor, and her bio ranks her tied for 11th nationally on floor that season, tied for 14th on vault and tied for 15th on bars.
When Utah missed nationals as a team, Zirbes qualified as an individual and scored 9.925 on floor at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth on April 16. She is a senior on the 2027 roster. Read more in the Utah gymnastics 2027 program guide.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Seven-time All-American (four NCAA, three regular season), per her Utah bio
- 2026 All-Big 12 team on vault, bars and floor
- Competed on floor at the 2026 NCAA Championships as an individual (9.925)
- Career-high 9.975 on bars against BYU, Feb. 13, 2026
- Career-high 39.550 all-around at UCLA, March 14, 2026
- NCAA First Team All-American on bars, 2025
Official sources
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Photo: University of Utah Athletics
- University of Utah Athletics roster headshot (official file, downloaded 2026-10-18)dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net
- University of Utah Athletics: Ella Zirbes bioutahutes.com
- University of Utah Athletics: 2027 gymnastics rosterutahutes.com
- University of Utah Athletics: Red Rocks trio put bow on 2026 season (Apr. 16, 2026)utahutes.com
What each source confirms
- University of Utah Athletics: Ella Zirbes bio
- Read 2026-10-18: Senior, Stillwater, Minn., Stillwater Area HS, trained at Flips Gymnastics; 7x All-American (4 NCAA, 3 regular season); 2026 All-Big 12 (vault, bars, floor); NCAA Championships floor 9.925; 2026 national ranks T11 floor, T14 vault, T15 bars; NCAA First Team bars 2025; career highs 9.975 bars (vs BYU 2/13/26), 39.550 AA (at UCLA 3/14/26); 2019 and 2023 national all-around champion, 2019 bars national champion.
- University of Utah Athletics: 2027 gymnastics roster
- Confirmed on the roster on 2026-10-18.
- University of Utah Athletics: Red Rocks trio put bow on 2026 season (Apr. 16, 2026)
- Read 2026-10-18: Zirbes floor 9.925.
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