“I’m in awe. {perfect}😱😍👯. Someone help me find this cutie. I wanna meet her, so she could teach me a thing or two,” said Simone Biles in 2015 when a video of this gymnast performing a standing backflip with a twist went viral, catching her attention. Years later, she trained alongside Biles as a traveling alternate for the 2024 U.S. Olympic team. She even won a gold medal in the 2023 World Championships as an elite gymnast. Then, in 2025, she had the most amazing career at Razorbacks in the NCAA. Now, with the season officially done, the question of what’s next loomed over her. She has an update. What’s that?

Other than an Olympic team, what Joscelyn Roberson shares with Simone Biles is her coaches. She spent the 2024 elite season under the watchful eyes of Laurent and Cecile Landi at the World Champions Center in Spring, Texas. This will not be possible this season as the duo is overlooking the young gymnasts in Georgia, but that does not diminish Roberson’s training for elite gymnastics. According to the exclusive “Joscelyn Roberson is full steam ahead on the 2025 elite season” on Olympics.com, the report says that the Olympian “will continue her elite training in Fayetteville.”

Though the NCAA season is over, the Texas native is going to stay with Arkansas for a while, it seems. “That’s my plan for this year, just because so many changes happened after the Olympics,” she explained. The things that have changed include Cecile Canqueteau-Landi signing her contract to become co-head coach of the University of Georgia’s gymnastics team on April 25, 2024. “I want to keep everything steady and see how this goes,” she added.

Roberson saw huge success under Landi, like the gold in the 2023 Pan American Championships. Training under her also helped the 19-year-old rise through the ranks. So, training for this season without her might be a little tough for the gymnast, but at least she is hopeful. “Hopefully, it works out. If it doesn’t, we can try something different, maybe next year,” Roberson continued. “But, I have a good feeling about this, so I don’t think I’ll have to worry too much.”

Beyond this, the gymnast is also eyeing the 2025 World Championships. Reflecting on the same, she said, “Our plan, I think, is to go to Classics. We’re not sure if I’m going to do the all-around or just a few events first. It’ll depend on how I progress. But that’s the goal: go to Classics and then be fully ready by [the U.S.] Championships, which is a really quick turnaround. Then, be super confident and ready for world selection and, hopefully, Worlds.”

While she looks to continue her elite gymnastics, Roberson carries a great form from her NCAA debut season. How was it? Historic.

Joscelyn Roberson’s 2025 NCAA season

Joscelyn Roberson’s 2025 NCAA debut for the Arkansas was nothing short of historic. Though the goodbye was a bit emotional, the season was pure fire. In the season opener at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad on January 11, she tied for first in the all-around with a score of 39.475, marking the second-highest all-around score ever by a freshman in Arkansas program history. Additionally, she tied for second on floor with a 9.950, trailing only her Team USA counterpart, Jordan Chiles of UCLA. 

She registered 23 total scores of 9.900+, 43% of all routines, 21 of those 23 came on beam and floor. In February alone, she delivered two of her season bests. She hit a score of 9.900 on Vault against Georgia on Valentine’s Day. And what a lovely gift to her former coaches! While bidding goodbye to February, she delivered 9.975 on the floor vs. Alabama. Then in the University Park Regional Final on April 5, 2025, the gymnast was fire.

She made back-to-back personal bests in the event. 9.925 on bars, 9.950 on beam, and 39.625 all around. She scored a 9.900 on floor and 9.875 on vault in that meet. She concluded the season with a 39.450 all-around NQS, ranked within the top 25 nationally and top 15 in the SEC. She was Arkansas’ points MVP with 532.425, the most by any Arkansas gymnast since 2018. The woman set and broke the Arkansas freshman all-around record three times. Her qualification for the NCAA Championships as an all-around competitor marked her as Arkansas’ first freshman individual qualifier since 2017. She went on to score 39.425 on the night, the highest-ever freshman all-around score at NCAAs in program history. Quite the season, don’t you think?