Olivia Dunne drops a three-word message as she gears up to defend the NCAA crown in her final year at LSU

The 2025 NCAA season is just around the corner, and Olivia Dunne couldn't be more excited. After making the most of her offseason, the gymnast and social media star is now gearing up for her fifth and final year with LSU, as the team prepares to defend their national championships crown.

Dunne first signed with the Tigers in November 2019, and joined the team the next year. She established herself as a strong performer on the uneven bars in her freshman year with the team. In her most recent season with the team, the gymnast competed in nine meets, achieving a career best of 9.9 on the floor, and a season best of 9.875 on the bars.

Now, as the LSU Tigers prepare for their 2025 NCAA season, Olivia Dunne couldn't be more excited. Recently, the official Instagram account of LSU gymnastics shared a video building anticipation for the upcoming season, with Dunne reposting it to her Instagram story and writing,

“About that time.”

Via Olivia Dunne's Instagram story

Dunne and the Tigers performed in the team's Gymnastics 101 exhibition trials earlier this month, and their NCAA season is scheduled to get underway on January 3, with a meet against Iowa State.

Olivia Dunne on her final year at LSU and her plans for life after 2025

Dunne on her plans after LSU (Image Source: Getty)

For Olivia Dunne, 2025 will mark her fifth and final season with the LSU Tigers. The 22-year-old graduated from the University earlier this year, but has chosen to continue competing for the team for one last season. Explaining her decision, she told LSU Tigers TV,

“The thing that made me want to come back for the fifth year is that I fell in love with the sport of gymnastics again last season, and I just wanted another opportunity to come back and win a National Championship with my team.”

In the same interview, Dunne also outlined her plans for the future, detailing that she intended to move away from gymnastics, but hoped to continue working with LSU,

“I don't think I'll ever be a gymnastics coach because I did try that before and I wasn't very good at it. But I think I'll do something in the NIL realm or something with LSU in the future, because I do love the school and I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for them.”

Dunne already has experience working in the NIL realm. Outside of being the highest-paid female NIL athlete, she has also founded ‘The Livvy Fund’, which assists female student-athletes in earning new NIL opportunities.