Eastern Michigan Athletics

Gymnastics

Andrea Price
Andrea Price
The 2014 season marks the 11th year for Andrea Price as an assistant coach and her second as associate head coach for the Eastern Michigan University women’s gymnastics team.

         The 34-year-old Price joined EMU after a stint as the student assistant at Central Michigan. She was also 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.  Price also spent one year as the head gymnastics coach at Plymoth High School.

    Price has guided the Eagles to a great deal of success both in the gym and in the classroom in her 10 seasons in Ypsilanti.

    Price helped the Eagles capture the MAC title in 2007 and helped the team to a runner-up finish a year later. She helped coach three consecutive MAC Freshmen of the Year in Zu Vuong (2006), Jolene Worley (2005), and Rebecca Fuss (2004). Under Price’s tutelage, former standout gymnast Jolene Worley captured the 2008 MAC Gymnast and MAC Senior Gymnast of the Year awards after a stellar season. Price has also coached multiple NCAA Regional qualifiers, including: Erin Grigg (2009), Maureen Moss (2009), Nikole Viltz (2010), Kaylyn Millick (2010) and Khadijah Hudson (2013).

    Price’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 2013, the Eagles had 12 gymnasts with a 3.5 GPA or better, as the team earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-America accolades.

    Price was a four-year letterwinner for the Chippewas 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 regional while the 1998 and 2000 teams that captured the NIT title. She was a scholastic All-American and posted a 3.95 GPA.

    Price received her bachelor’s degree at CMU in 2002 with a major in elementary mathematics.

    Price is the proud mother of her son, Jack (6).