Northern Illinois Huskies women's gymnastics

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.

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

Championships

Conference Championships
  • 1992 – Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) Championship
  • 1993 – Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) Championship
  • 2019 - Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship

Individual Conference Champions

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

Year Name Event Conference
1984 Darlene Davis All-Around MAC
1985 Jill Snyder Bars MAC
1998 Sandy Menard Bars MAC
1998 Alisha Conahan Beam MAC
2005 Ashlee Williams Bars MAC
2008 Holly Reichard Bars MAC
2009 Jennifer Naughton Beam MAC
2009 Holly Reichard Beam MAC
2017 Ashley Potts Bars MAC

NCAA Regional Championships

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

Year Team Members
1991 Cindy Hemstad, Sheryl Kurowski, Lori Lebo, Dayna Lia,
Nickie Pedicini, Vicki Thimgan, Martha Unger, Laurie Vitallo
1995 Danielle 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]

Year Name
1998 Sandy 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]

Year Name
1981 Dawnita Doty
1982 Teresa Nevin
1982 Sara 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]

Year Player Team
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]

Year Player Conference
2003Kristina CamposMAC
2009Holly ReichardMAC

Specialists of the Year

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

Year Player Conference
2010Ashley GuerraMAC
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]

Year Head Coach Conference
2017Sam MorrealeMAC

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]

  • Sam Morreale – Head Coach
  • Dawnita Teague – Assistant Coach
  • Chris Weiss – Assistant Coach
  • Lisa Morreale – Assistant Coach

See also

References
  1. "NIU Athletic Marks Standards Guide" (PDF). July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. "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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