COLLEGE gymnastics superstar Olivia Dunne’s future remains up in the air.
The 21-year-old is fresh off of an unforgettable senior season with LSU which saw the Tigers win their first NCAA National Championship.
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Since then, Dunne has remained coy about where her future lies.
In her latest TikTok post, she reflected on what was the “best year ever” with a series of throwback pics from her senior season.
Accompanied by Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish, she captioned the five snaps, “But baby I….I’ll love you, til the day, that I…die.”
Asked in the comments by one of her eight million followers if it felt “weird that it’s all over?” Dunne responded, “I don’t wanna talk about it.”
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Whether or not this means the 2023-2024 season was in fact her last remains unclear.
The New Jersey native still has a year of college eligibility left.
However, Dunne could also see this as the perfect time to walk away given the likely endless options available to her outside of school.
A Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and social media influencer, Dunne has built up an impressive business portfolio.
Since Name, Image, and Likeness deals were first permitted by the NCAA in 2021, Dunne has taken full advantage.
The nation’s highest-earning female student-athlete, she has an estimated annual value of $3.9 million, according to On3.
Dunne’s sponsorship deals include brands such as Nautica, Passes, and Motorola among many others.
Her business success has been driven by her remarkable social media fame, with 5.1 million Instagram followers, over 120,000 on X, formerly known as Twitter, along with her aforementioned TikTok following.
While Dunne has remained largely silent on the topic of her future, she did give a slight insight into her mindset shortly after their Championship win.
Appearing on NBC’s Today in April, she admitted that the win “definitely makes me want to come back, but I haven’t quite thought about it completely.”
“I have just been focused on the now and winning this National title,” Dunne went on to add.
“So I’ll definitely start thinking about it.”
DUNNE AND SKENES’ SUMMER OF LOVE
Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes managed to keep their relationship a secret before finally going public last summer.
The pair met at LSU, but it’s not clear when they started dating.
Rumors of a romance began when Dunne watched LSU win the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska last summer.
And Dunne then posted selfies from Fort Myers in Florida, where Skenes was playing.
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and began his pro career by playing in minor leagues in the Sunshine State.
The final clue came when Dunne posed in a Pirates cap before the pair finally went public.
Prior to her final season, when discussing her future, Dunne said that she liked the idea of possibly moving to Malibu, New York, or Florida, as per Elle.
“Probably I’ll end up near a beach, I’m guessing,” she said.
“Then I can just honestly go back to what I started doing. I could flip around on the beach.”
However, another option may be a move to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her boyfriend and MLB star, Paul Skenes.
The former LSU pitcher made his long-awaited debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates in May.
To date he has pitched 22 innings, allowing just 15 hits, six runs, and totaling an impressive 30 strikeouts.
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