Olivia Dunne invites fans to witness her 'last' series of performances as she embarks on her final season at LSU as an NCAA gymnast

Olivia Dunne shared LSU's 2025 NCAA season schedule, starting January next year, and requested her fans to tune in to watch her for the last time at LSU. Dunne was part of the title-winning team at the 2024 NCAA Championships and returned to her alma mater for fifth-year eligibility.

Dunne joined the LSU gymnastics team in 2020 and has been making waves on the mat since then. She first represented her college in a competition against Arkansas and contributed scores to LSU's second-place finish at the SEC Championships. The 22-year-old earned 9.9 on uneven bars at the 2021 NCAA Championships semi-finals, but her team failed to advance to the finals.

The gymnast's 2022–23 season was injury-marred in the wake of a torn bicep, a stress reaction in the leg, and two torn labrums. However, Olivia Dunne persevered and returned to the 2023-24 season, posting her career-high score of 9.9 twice on the floor routine. She contributed uneven scores to LSU's title win at the SEC Championships and lifted the title at the NCAA Championships, the first-ever in Tigers' gymnastics program history.

The entrepreneurial visionary then returned to her alma mater for her fifth-year eligibility after the NCAA allowed college athletes to pursue an extra year after skipping a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahead of the 2025 NCAA season, Dunne emotionally posted the schedule and issued that it would be the last time her fans would catch her in action in college.

"last time around.... BE THERE!" her caption read.

Olivia Dunne pens an emotional note ahead of the 2025 season; Instagram - @livvydunne

LSU's first competition would be against Iowa State on January 3, and the final would be at Auburn on March 14 before the SEC Championships, NCAA Regionals, and Nationals.

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Olivia Dunne shared how elite gymnastics was taxing for her

Olivia Dunne looking on at the LSU v Florida - Source: Getty

Olivia Dunne joined the US Junior National team alongside Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles in 2017. She earned a sixth-place finish in the all-around at the City of Jesolo Trophy that year and made more appearances in the senior elite competitions the following year.

In conversation with Flaunt.com, Dunne opened up on contemplating quitting gymnastics because of its exhaustive nature.

"I wouldn’t be able to go on field trips or the prom. I had a hard time going to the gym most days. There are always times when you want to quit,” she says. “I just feel like that’s part of being an athlete at a top level," she said.

Dunne also garnered fame for her colossal social media presence and earned lucrative brand deals to become one of the highest-paid NCAA athletes.