California women's gymnastics placed a pair of Golden Bears on the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Regular Season All-America team, with freshman Tonya Paulsson earning first-team recognition for uneven bars and second-team honors in the all-around, while junior Annalise Newman-Achee notched an all-around second-team award. This is the first WCGA All-America recognition for both gymnasts.
 
The WCGA All-America distinction follows Paulsson's ACC Newcomer of the Year title and historic ACC Championships all-around title. Paulsson became the first freshman to win the all-around at the ACC Championships and was named to the ACC's All-Championship all-around and bars teams following her stellar postseason debut performance, which included an event win on bars and a podium finish on floor. Paulsson has tallied 21 individual event titles this season and 32 podium finishes overall, in addition to winning the most ACC Newcomer of the Week awards of any gymnast in the conference this season with five total.
 
Paulsson made a statement in her first season of NCAA competition, earning a 9.925 on bars in her first-ever routine as a collegiate gymnast to set the tone for a standout debut campaign. She ranks tied for fifth in the nation on bars with a 9.945 national qualifying score (NQS) and is the highest rated ACC gymnast on the event. She is also the second-highest ranked gymnast in the West behind UCLA's Jordan Chiles on bars. Paulsson has tallied 10 bars routines that have gone 9.925 or higher, punctuated by a career-high 9.975 at the Cal Tri Meet on March 13.
 
Paulsson began competing in the all-around in Week 4, taking the gold in her first time competing on all four disciplines at Cal's dual meet versus NC State on Jan. 24. She has collected five all-around wins this season and set a career-high 39.500 at the Sac State Tri Meet. Paulsson ties for 15th in the nation in the all-around with a 39.415 NQS.
 
Newman-Achee made an immediate impact for the Golden Bears as an all-arounder in 2026 after primarily competing on uneven bars the first two years of her collegiate career. She has set career highs on all five disciplines this season and compiled 29 podium finishes, nine of which were first-place titles. She medaled in the all-around in all 12 of the Bears' regular-season meets and stood atop the podium at three. Newman-Achee ranks 14th in the nation in the all-around with a 39.435 NQS.
 
Newman-Achee was named regular-season All-ACC on beam and in the all-around. She was named to the ACC's Preseason Watch List in December 2025 and was honored as the conference's Gymnast of the Week after Week 1.
 
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