The 1988 NCAA women's gymnastics championships were contested at the seventh annual meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of women's gymnastics among its member programs in the United States.
A total of twelve teams competed for the championship, which took place April 22âÂÂ23 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Alabama won the team title, their first.
Kelly Garrison-Steves from Oklahoma again won the individual all-around title, her second consecutive championship.
Georgia entered the competition as the defending champions while six-time champion Utah played host. UCLA finished the regular season unbeaten and Pac-10 Champions, while SEC Champions Alabama garnered the top overall seed. UCLA was ranked number 1 throughout most of the regular season but suffered a poor showing at regionals which resulted in them receiving a low seventh seed at the championship. The Bruins' regional also saw star gymnast Tanya Service suffer a dislocated elbow. Alabama won the title with a record score of 190.050, giving coach Sarah Patterson her first of six titles.