Northern Illinois Huskies women's gymnastics

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Northern Illinois Huskies
women's gymnastics
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Founded1978 (1978)
University Northern Illinois University
Head coachSam Morreale (7th season)
Conference MAC
Location DeKalb, Illinois
Home arena NIU Convocation Center (Capacity: 10,000)
Nickname Huskies
ColorsCardinal and black [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1991, 1995
Conference championships
1992, 1993 (MIC)
2019 ( MAC)

The Northern Illinois Huskies women's gymnastics team represents Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois. NIU gymnastics started competing in 1978 and competes in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). NIU gymnastics has sent one individual participant to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships (1998), two teams to the NCAA Regional Championships (1991, 1995), 37 individual participants to the NCAA Regionals, and three individual participants to the AIAW Regionals. The Huskies currently compete at the NIU Convocation Center and are coached by Sam Morreale.

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Championships

Conference Championships

Individual Conference Champions

NIU gymnastics has had nine individual Conference Champions. [2]

YearNameEventConference
1984Darlene DavisAll-Around MAC
1985Jill SnyderBarsMAC
1998Sandy MenardBarsMAC
1998Alisha ConahanBeamMAC
2005Ashlee WilliamsBarsMAC
2008Holly ReichardBarsMAC
2009Jennifer NaughtonBeamMAC
2009Holly ReichardBeamMAC
2017Ashley PottsBarsMAC

NCAA Regional Championships

NIU has sent two teams to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Regional Championships. [2]

YearTeam Members
1991Cindy Hemstad, Sheryl Kurowski, Lori Lebo, Dayna Lia,
Nickie Pedicini, Vicki Thimgan, Martha Unger, Laurie Vitallo
1995Danielle Beauchesne, Tiffany Bollinger, Jill Carlos, Laura Clark, Mindee DeBoer,
Amy Galanida, Sandy Menard, Fia Morano, Margaret Mroz, Shae Taylor

Individual participants

NCAA National Championships

NIU has sent one gymnast to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships. [2]

YearName
1998Sandy Menard

NCAA Regional Championships

NIU has sent 37 gymnasts to the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Regional Championships. [2]

AIAW Regional Championships

NIU has sent three gymnasts to the AIAW Gymnastics Midwest Regional Championships. [2]

YearName
1981Dawnita Doty
1982Teresa Nevin
1982Sara Silverman

Honors

Academic All-Americans

NIU gymnastics has had two gymnasts named to CoSIDA Academic All-America teams, including one First-Team Academic All-American selection. [2]

YearPlayerTeam
2006Ashlee WilliamsSecond-Team
2007Jody YednockFirst-Team

NIU gymnastics has had 18 gymnasts named to National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Scholar All-American teams. [2]

Gymnasts of the Year

NIU gymnastics has had two gymnasts named Gymnast of the Year by the conference. [2]

YearPlayerConference
2003Kristina Campos MAC
2009Holly ReichardMAC

Specialists of the Year

NIU gymnastics has had four gymnasts named Specialist of the Year by the conference. [2]

YearPlayerConference
2010Ashley Guerra MAC
2012Megan MelendezMAC
2014Jaelyn OlsenMAC
2017Jamyra CarterMAC

Coach of the Year

NIU gymnastics has had one head coach named Coach of the Year by the conference. [3]

YearHead CoachConference
2017Sam Morreale MAC

Coaching staff

NIU gymnastics head coach Sam Morreale is NIU gymnastics' first ever MAC Coach of the Year, earning the award in 2017. [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NIU Athletic Marks Standards Guide" (PDF). July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NIU Gymnastics Record Book" (PDF).
  3. ↑ NIU Gymnastics Returns with Abundance of Success at MAC Championships
  4. ↑ NIU Gymnastics Coaching Staff
  5. ↑ Sam Morreale Coaching Profile
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