Angeny Joins Kent State Gymnastics Staff
9/18/2023 1:25:00 PM | Gymnastics
KENT, Ohio – The Kent State gymnastics program has hired Josie Angeny as an assistant coach, head Coach Brice Biggin announced on Monday. Angeny brings championship experience and a gymnastics pedigree with her to the Golden Flashes' program.
"We are extremely excited to have Josie joining our program as our new assistant coach," Biggin said. "Josie brings tremendous experience as a very high-level athlete who had great collegiate success and will be a great motivator and a new inspiration for our team. We know she will be a great addition that will give us a new look and attitude on both our beam and floor routines!"
Angeny has spent the last five years competing as a gymnast in the SEC.
A four-year team member at Kentucky, Angeny competed in 45 meets for the Wildcats. As a freshman in 2019, she earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors after scoring 9.800 on beam seven times. Angeny earned All-SEC honors after winning on beam three times in her sophomore campaign in Lexington.
Angeny earned All-SEC honors again as a junior after a breakout season where she set career-highs in all five events. She won three times on beam and bars and had two first-place finishes in the all-around. At the 2021 NCAA Salt Lake City Regional, Angeny won on beam with a 9.950, which tied her career-high, and set new personal bests on floor (9.900) and all-around (39.550). As a senior in 2022, she helped lead Kentucky to an NCAA Regional berth.
Following the 2022 season, Angeny transferred to Georgia for her final year of eligibility, helping guide the GymDogs during a rebuilding year to a NCAA Regional berth.
Angeny also excelled in the classroom at both Kentucky and Georgia, earning WCGA Scholastic All-American honors four times, SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll three times, and was selected to the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
Outside of competition, Angeny has worked as a coach in several different roles. Since 2017, she has served as a Floor Routine Coordinator at Prestige Gymnastics, helping choreograph routines for younger gymnasts as well as her teammates. While at Kentucky, Angeny worked as an Acrobatics Instructor at the Lexington Dance Factory. She has also worked as a coach at Flipfest the past four summers, helping train groups of athletes.
A native of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Angeny earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in December 2021 and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Sport Administration.
