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OPPONENTS 2015 HUSKERS STAFF & COACHES INTRO 2015 NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS OWEN FIELD Student Manager Fifth Year Owen Field enters his fifth year with the Nebraska gymnastics program as the team manager. Field originally joined as the volunteer assistant coach in 2011 after previously holding the same position at Southern Utah in 2010. Before his time at Southern Utah, Field was the student manager for the Nebraska gymnastics team from 2008 to 2010. Field is also the club coach at UNL, the Nebraska School of Gymnastics, and was a coach at the Southern Utah Gymnastics Academy. Field has coaching experience at several gymnastics camps, including Lake Owen Gymnastics Camp, Woodward Gymnastics Camp and Flip Fest. Field was born in Scheboygan, Wis., on July 11, 1990. He is the son of Tim and Karen Field, and has five brothers and two sisters: Ethan, Austin, Aaron, Evan, Aiden, Emma and Eliza. RUSSELL WARFIELD THIS IS NEBRASKA HISTORY REVIEW Volunteer Assistant Coach First Year Russell Warfield is thrilled to enter his first season with the Nebraska women’s gymnastics program as the team’s volunteer assistant coach. Warfield’s background includes coaching, a lifetime of beautiful choreography and performing at multiple levels. A former collegiate gymnast, he boasts experience coaching gymnasts at various clubs, universities, camps and clinics across the country. Warfield spent many years as a volunteer assistant coach with the Georgia Bulldogs as well as a year with the UCLA Bruins. He has taught multiple training camps including Woodward, Flip Fest and Junior Olympic national training camps. He has choreographed some of the nation’s best including various J.O. National champions, 11 NCAA floor champions and Olympic, World Championships, Pan American Game competitors. Warfield is a native of Middletown, Ohio and attended Ball State University. EMILY WONG Student Assistant Coach First Year One of the most outstanding Nebraska gymnasts, Emily Wong enters her first season as a student assistant coach for the gymnastics team. Wong will assist in many areas including conditioning and team management. Last season Wong recorded one of the best senior seasons in school history. Wong ended her career as an 11-time All-American with a stockpile of honors both in the gym and the classroom, as she was selected as Nebraska’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year and a Honda Award finalist. Finally Wong was named the 2014 AAI Award winner, an award given to the most outstanding gymnast in the country. Hailing from Grand Forks, N.D., Wong is a nutrition science major and psychology/child, youth and family studies minor. She expects to graduate in May 2015 and wishes to continue her education to become a physical therapist. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 16 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \