Eastern Michigan Athletics
Andrea Siik Promoted to Associate Head Coach
3/21/2011 6:55:41 PM | Gymnastics
Head Coach Steve Wilce promotes longtime assistant
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com)- Eastern Michigan University Head Gymnastics Coach Steve Wilce announced today, March 21, that Andrea Siik has been promoted to associated head coach. Siik just completed her eighth season as an assistant under Wilce.
Siik helped the Eagles capture the Mid-American Conference title in 2007 and helped the team to a runner-up finish a year later. She helped coach three consecutive MAC Freshman of the Year in Zu Vuong (2006), Jolene Worley (2005), and Rebecca Fuss (2004). Under Siik's tutelage, former standout gymnast Jolene Worley captured the 2008 MAC Gymnast and MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year awards after a stellar season.
Siik's Eagles have also performed well in the classroom. In 2009, the Eagles ranked eighth in the nation academically in team GPA, leading the MAC for the 10th consecutive year. In 2009, the Eagles had 13 gymnasts with a 3.5 GPA or better, as the team earned NACGC/W Scholastic All America accolades.
Siik joined EMU after a stint as the student assistant at Central Michigan. She was a gymnastics and track and field volunteer with the Michigan Special Olympics in 1999 and 2000 and was a gymnastics coach at CMU's Summer Gymnastics Camps in 1999, 2000 and 2001. She also spent one year as the head gymnastics coach at Plymouth High School.
Siik was a four-year letter-winner for Central Michigan from 1998-2001. She competed on three Mid-American Conference championship teams (1998, 1999, 2000) and the 1999 and 2000 teams qualified for the NCAA regionals while the 1998 and 2000 teams captured the NIT title. She was a Scholastic All-American and posted a 3.95 GPA.
Siik helped the Eagles capture the Mid-American Conference title in 2007 and helped the team to a runner-up finish a year later. She helped coach three consecutive MAC Freshman of the Year in Zu Vuong (2006), Jolene Worley (2005), and Rebecca Fuss (2004). Under Siik's tutelage, former standout gymnast Jolene Worley captured the 2008 MAC Gymnast and MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year awards after a stellar season.
Siik's Eagles have also performed well in the classroom. In 2009, the Eagles ranked eighth in the nation academically in team GPA, leading the MAC for the 10th consecutive year. In 2009, the Eagles had 13 gymnasts with a 3.5 GPA or better, as the team earned NACGC/W Scholastic All America accolades.
Siik joined EMU after a stint as the student assistant at Central Michigan. She was a gymnastics and track and field volunteer with the Michigan Special Olympics in 1999 and 2000 and was a gymnastics coach at CMU's Summer Gymnastics Camps in 1999, 2000 and 2001. She also spent one year as the head gymnastics coach at Plymouth High School.
Siik was a four-year letter-winner for Central Michigan from 1998-2001. She competed on three Mid-American Conference championship teams (1998, 1999, 2000) and the 1999 and 2000 teams qualified for the NCAA regionals while the 1998 and 2000 teams captured the NIT title. She was a Scholastic All-American and posted a 3.95 GPA.
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