Gymnastics
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- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Kent State’s all-time points leader at 1,808.125, Marie Case, joins the coaching staff in the 2014-15 season as a student coach after a stellar career as a Golden Flash.
In the 2013-14 season, Case advanced to the NCAA National Championships as an individual competing in the All-Around. Case took 13th at Nationals with a total of 39.200 points. Case was named the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) Central Region Co-Gymnast of the Year and was selected as an All-Around Second Team All-American.
The Erie, Pa. native set four career-highs in 2014, on the vault (9.950), bars (9.925), floor (9.975) and the all-around (39.600). Her top individual event scores rank in the top-10 in Kent State History on every event and in the all-around.Â
Case has been named the Mid-American Gymnast of the Year three straight years (2012, 2013 co, 2014), Senior of the Year (2014) and Freshman of the Year (2011). In her four-year career at Kent State, she has led the Golden Flashes to a record of 70-41-1 overall, 24-5 in dual meet action and a 21-3 MAC record where she led the team to two straight Regular Season Championships (2013 and 2014). As a freshman, Case was a member of the Kent State team that advanced to the 2011 NCAA National Championships after placing second at the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich. (195.050). Â At the Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, the Golden Flashes took 12th place (195.000).
Case was a four-time MAC Champion (All-Around ‘13/’14, Balance Beam ’14, co-Vault ’14), four-time All-MAC selection (2 first team, 2 second team), a three-time Academic All-MAC selection, and was a NACGC/W Scholar All-America selection in 2012.
Marie Case will receive her Bachelor's degree in December 2014 in Exercise Science.Â
Click HERE for Marie Case’s athletic bio.
