SHANNON CORNICELLI - HEAD COACH

 

GYMNASTICS OFFICE
Office Location: The Murray Center
Office Phone: (401) 456-8215
Office Fax: (401) 456-8514
Email: shughey@ric.edu

Shannon Cornicelli begins her first year as the Head Women's Gymnastics Coach at Rhode Island College. Cornicelli will take over for Bob Nannig who stepped down this summer. She had served as Nannig’s assistant for the past two seasons (2005-06, 2006-07).

 

“As an alumna, I am very excited to take over the women’s gymnastics program at Rhode Island College”, Cornicelli says. “I am determined to build the program up to one of the best in the ECAC and be a regular participant at the NCGA Championships. Both myself and my assistant are serious about winning.”

 

The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches of Women (NACGC/W) named her the Assistant Women’s Gymnastics Coach of the Year for the East Region (Div. III) in 2006.

 

The Warwick, Rhode Island native was a four-year letterwinner in gymnastics at RIC from 1999-03. She holds the top three scores on bars in Rhode Island College women’s gymnastics history with marks of 9.650, 9.400 and 9.375 set during her senior year in 2002-03. She qualified for the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championships three times during her career. She qualified as a vault and bars specialist as a senior in 2002-03, on bars and floor as a junior in 2001-02, and as an all-around specialist during her sophomore year in 2000-01. Cornicelli was the ECAC bars champion and was ranked No. 1 on that event in the nation as a senior in 2003.

 

Cornicelli was also a standout on RIC’s women’s lacrosse teams in 2001 and 2002. As a junior attack wing in 2002, she was named Second Team All-Little East Conference. In nine games, she had 25 goals for 25 points, leading the team in goals, points, caused turnovers and draw controls.

 

She was named a Distinguished Student-Athlete by the Speaker of the House and the Rhode Island House of Representatives in both 2002 and 2003. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rhode Island College in 2003.

 

In addition to her coaching duties, she is a medical sales representative for Praxair Health Services. She resides in West Warwick, Rhode Island with her husband Jason.