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    About USA Gymnastics
    Permanently Ineligible Members and Participants
    The following Membership Statement has been adopted by the Board of Directors of USA Gymnastics:

    Membership in USA Gymnastics is a privilege granted by USA Gymnastics. That privilege can be withdrawn by USA Gymnastics at any time where a member's conduct is determined to be inconsistent with the best interest of the sport of gymnastics and of the athletes we are servicing. Click here for a list of suspended members.

    The following former professional members are permanently ineligible for membership within USA Gymnastics. Based on an amendment of Article 10.16 to the USA Gymnastics Bylaws, beginning January 1, 2012, any individual who is declared ineligible will have the USA Gymnastics' Bylaw, rule, regulation or policy that was violated and resulted in his/her expulsion listed next to his/her name.

    Other relevant suspension and permanently ineligible lists that may also be consulted may be found here for additional reference.

    Name State/ Country Violation
    Ray Adams FL Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Nicholas Aliucci GA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Richard Alonso-Lazaro CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(A); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Julian Amaro CA
    Kenneth "Andy" Arnold IN SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Ryshan Bagwell GA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Charles Theodore Bates MN
    James Bell WA
    Morgan Bennett TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Kristopher Berry SC
    Jeffrey Bettman OR Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Michael Biggs CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Antoine Billingsly CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement,IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Steve Biondo LA Code of Ethical Conduct II.F./II.H.
    Phillip Bishop MI
    Keith Boccaccio CT SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement,IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Patrick Bogan MD
    Douglas Boger CA
    Paul Bollinger MD Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Joseph Bowers OH
    Shawn Bowlden IL
    Arthur Bowlin LA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    LaDarius Bradley AL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(C) Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Matthew Brinker OH Code of Ethical Conduct Section II (H) and (I)
    Bryan Brown IL Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Christopher A. Brown IL/CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Vince Brown SC
    Thomas Burdash KY Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    David Byrd KS SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Keith Callen PA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Jesus "Jesse" Camargo TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Michael Cardamone IL Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Richard Carlson NY
    Joseph Catrambone NJ SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.2.
    Darin Caviness OH Bylaw 9.2 (a) (i)
    Ronald Charles NJ SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Charity Christensen UT Code of Ethical Conduct II.D
    Kendale Coats IL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Anthony Coladangelo OH SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Edward Trey Coniff TX
    William Copp FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Lyndsey Wesley Cox TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    James Craig III CO
    Skip "Skipper" Crawley TX SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Thad Cypher MI
    Mark Jeffery Demos FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Vannie Edwards AR Bylaw 9.1(c)
    Steven Elliott TX
    Anthony Engelke PA
    Daniel Erb PA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Matthew H. Erichsen WA
    Christopher "Christian" Scott Fairbanks UT/CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Gilvantroi Fernandez/ Abreu Fernandez NJ SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Rick Feuerstein CA
    James Fogg NE, KS SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Christopher Ford VA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    William Foster AL
    Joseph Fountain MD
    Neil Frederick MD Bylaw 9.2 (a) (i)
    Roy Larry Gallagher PA
    Sergio Galvez VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Todd Gardiner IL Code of Ethical Conduct II.H, and II.I
    Robert Allen (Bob) Garner TN
    Sean Gilham CA
    Russell "Rusty" Glanton NM SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Timothy Glas NE
    Ricardo “Chico” Goddard NY
    Derek Swede Godfrey CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Nathaniel Goodale VT Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Joshua Joel Gorton FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Aaron Graves NM SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(II); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Matthew Grover IL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Marcelo Guimaraes TX
    Vernor Gumila IL
    Richard Gustafson OR Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Johnny Gutierrez TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Paul Hagan MI
    Joseph Hannon IL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Ronald Hartsfield FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Jawad Hassan FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Trenton Haston IN SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(C); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Robert Dean Head KY
    Don Heideman MN SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX; Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Ted Hicks TN
    Michael Hinton TN
    Nicholas Hitchcock MI
    Robert Hoefer FL
    Frank Hohman, Jr. PA
    Milos Hroch CA
    Steven L. Infante CT
    Matthew Jackson OH SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(A); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Alexander Katchalov FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Faye Lorraine aka Heather Kristian King PA Code of Ethical Conduct II.D./II.F.
    James Kivisto WI SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Kathie Klages MI SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Dana Koppendrayer FL
    Nolan Knuckles AZ Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Steven Lamensdorf NY SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Zac Lawson IL Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Erik Lazenby NJ SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Jeffrey LeFevre MI Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Carl Lechner FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(II); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Joseph Lewin/Lewandoski NJ USA Gymnastics Bylaw 9.3
    Leonard Lewis Jr. WA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Ronnie Lewis AR
    Jung Min Lim PA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Johnathan Mackie CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Parker Madison TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Aryan Mazloum-Yazdi VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement,IX.(A); Bylaw 10.14(b)
    William McCabe GA
    Dean McCollum CO Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Scott McFarlane CAN SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Shawn McNair MO SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(II); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Joel Mertes TX Code of Ethical Conduct II.H.
    Jason Miguel Mesa CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Troy Miller PA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Robert Mollock OR
    John S. Moore WV
    Kristoffer Morton CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Gregory Muller ID
    William Munsinger MN
    Larry Nassar MI Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Gregorio Nava, Sr. TX SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(A); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    William Newcom GA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Brian Nguyen VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Jeena Nilson UT
    Paul O'Neill CA
    Patrick Okopinski WI
    Gilberto Pantiga NV SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Marian Penev NY
    Stephen Penny IN SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    William M. Permenter FL
    Don Peters CA
    Timothy Picquelle CA
    Boris Ponce/ Ponce de Lion NJ/FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Cynthia Posmoga PA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Vincent Pozzuoli CT Bylaw 9.2 (a)
    David Pyles AZ
    Sandro Ramos OK Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    David Reiakvam CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Jeffrey Richards FL
    Brandon Roberts CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Jorge Rodriguez NJ, MA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Rudy Rodriguez CA
    Miguel Rosario NY Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Quentin Ross VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    John H. Row
    aka John Howard
    aka gymnasticszone.com    		 DE
    Joshua Ruby CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IV.A.(c) Abuse of Process; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Curtis Rucker NC SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Gabriel Salazar TX
    Adam Savignano NJ Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Mark Schiefelbein TN
    David Schneider MO SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Jason Scofield CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Robert Shawler CA
    Steve Shirley MO
    Steven Todd Siegel CO
    Alek Smith GA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(A); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Ronald Smith TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Brandon Standerfer TX SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Blake Steven Starr UT
    Leonardo Suarez Alvarez FL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(II); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Paul Summers OK
    Mark Swift FL
    Freddie Eugene Tafoya, Jr. CA
    Thomas Tellez NY Code of Ethical Conduct II.H.
    Jon Oliver Kenneth Thomas VA
    Wyatt Thomas OR SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Phillip Thompson NC Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Jay Thomas LA
    Brian Townsend LA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Brent Trottier WA
    Bruce Unger TX Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Jon Valdez IL
    Dwight Van Dale WI SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Anthony Van Kirk CA
    Joel Velasquez OR
    Jose Vilchis IL SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    David Paul Waage OR
    Thomas Waddell NJ SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Chris Wagoner TX
    Jeremy Waldridge OR
    Brooklyn Walters IN
    Russell Wallace CT
    Steve Waples TX
    Derek Waskowski OH Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Donald Watts KY
    Patrick Wehrung CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Mike West WA
    Jonathan White CA
    Lyf Christian Wildenberg MN
    Keith Willette CA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Bill Witthar MO
    Glen Wolters VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.2.a; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Joel Woodruff TX
    James Woollums AZ Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Parviz Youssefi / Youseffi VA SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, III.A.4; Bylaw 10.14(b)
    Paris Zebadua SC SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, IX(II); Bylaw 10.14 (b)
    Daniel Zera NY Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)
    Daniel Zmrzel CA Bylaw 9.2 (a) (iii)