TALLADEGA, Ala. - Talladega College recently partnered with Brown Girls Do Gymnastics to launch the nation's second HBCU women's gymnastics team. The college has now made history by hiring Aja Sims-Fletcher as its inaugural gymnastics coach, making her the second HBCU gymnastics coach ever. She joins Fisk University's Corrinne Tarver, who became the first in 2022. Coach Aja and Talladega College will host their first Gymnastics News Conference on February 13, 2023, at 11 am CST, in the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center.
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