Alia Nolan

Entering her fourth year as an assistant coach with Gannon’s acrobatics and tumbling coach in 2020-21
Serves as the team's recruiting coordinator, as well as in all facets of team training, practice and preparation
Has helped lead Gannon to the NCATA National Championships every year they have taken place since her arrival
Coached the Golden Knights to the 2018 inversion pyramid event national championship
Assisted in getting seven groups to qualify for the national event finals, with all seven placing in the top three in the nation
Coached 2018 NCATA All-American Chelsea Cowan, two-time NCATA All-Academic Team honoree Jocelyn Scott, as well as 46 NCATA Academic Honor Roll recipients and four NCATA national weekly award winners

AWARDS
NCATA All-Americans (1)
2018	Chelsea Cowan
NCATA All-Academic Team (2)
2020	Jocelyn Scott
2019	Jocelyn Scott
NCATA Louise Goodrum Academic Achievement Award (1)
2018	Lisa Wagaman
ECAC All-Conference (7)
2019	Brenna Schuler (1st), Mikayla Vecchio (1st), Jocelyn Scott (1st), Meghan Hughes (1st)
2018	Jocelyn Scott (1st), Chelsea Cowan (HM), Hayley Nejman (HM)
NCATA Academic Honor Roll (46)
2020	23
2019	23
PSAC Scholar-Athletes (55)
2019-20	31
2018-19	24
ECAC All-Academic Team (15)
2018	15

The Golden Knights set a new program record with their final score of 280.665 in their dual at No. 1 Baylor in early March, a mark that was also the fifth highest in the country on the season
Three days later, Gannon kept up its hot streak by setting a new program record with a 29.70 in the toss event at No. 6 Hawaii Pacific, which was the highest score in the country in the 2020 season in the event
Senior Jocelyn Scott was named to the NCATA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season, and was named one of the recipients of Chi Alpha Sigma’s inaugural Nick Mourouzis Postgraduate Scholarship
23 Knights earned a spot on the NCATA’s Academic Honor Roll, the highest number of any team in the country
Gannon saw its final two duals, as well as a shot at a fifth consecutive berth in the NCATA National Championships, canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finishing the season 2-2 overall

Hired in August 2017, joining head coach Jacquie Eshleman's staff
Has helped Gannon to the NCATA National Championships every year they have taken place since her arrival (2018 and 2019, with 2020 canceled due to COVID-19)
Coached the Golden Knights to the 2018 inversion pyramid event national championship
Assisted in getting seven groups to qualify for the national event finals, with all seven placing in the top three in the nation
Gannon teams with Nolan as part of the coaching staff hold the program record in total score, three of six events, and 17 of 19 heats, and have posted six perfect scores, including three perfect 10s

2019

Gannon finished the season 4-2 overall, reaching the NCATA quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year
Began the season 3-0 and rose as high as No. 5 in the nation, the highest ranking ever for the Golden Knights
The 450 salto toss, trio tumbling and aerial tumbling heats qualified for the NCATA Event Finals, with all three placing third in the nation
Junior Jocelyn Scott was named to the inaugural NCATA All-Academic Team, 23 student-athletes earned spots on the NCATA Academic Honor Roll, and 24 were named to the PSAC Scholar-Athlete list
Gannon earned eight weekly honors (Athlete, Rookie or Specialist of the Week) from the ECAC, and saw four individuals named to the all-conference first team

2018

Gannon, the Erie Sports Commission and the city of Erie were awarded the hosting rights for the 2018 National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association National Championships, which took place April 26-28 at the Hammermill Center
With a score of 9.875, Gannon’s inversion pyramid won the NCATA event national championship, the third in the program’s history
The Golden Knights finished the season 5-4 overall, with all four setbacks coming to eventual NCATA semifinalists Oregon and Quinnipiac, and reached the NCATA quarterfinals for the third consecutive season
Three other groups qualified for the event finals, with the open pyramid, open toss and trio tumbling all placing third in the nation
Senior Chelsea Cowan was named a NCATA All-American, and junior Lisa Wagaman earned the NCATA’s Louise Goodrum Academic Achievement Award
Three Knights picked up ECAC all-conference honors, and seven combined weekly awards from either the NCATA or ECAC throughout the season

A four-year member of the acrobatics and tumbling team at Alderson Broaddus, where she was coached by Gannon head coach Jacquie Eshleman
Three-time NCATA All-American (2017, 2016, 2015), the first three All-America awards in AB’s program history
Member of two event national championship heats, winning the Battlers’ first in program history in the seven-element acro in 2015, and following that up with the open toss in 2016
Elite-level athlete in trampoline and tumbling
Former Level 8 Gymnast

Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction - Gannon (currently pursuing)
Bachelor’s in Political Science – Alderson Broaddus (2017)

Native of Reno, Nevada

Nolan at Gannon
	School	Position	Record	Pct.	Postseason	Notes
2020	Gannon	Assistant Coach	2-2	.500	*Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic	-NCATA All-Academic Team (Jocelyn Scott)
2019	Gannon	Assistant Coach	4-2	.667	NCATA Quarterfinals	-Three NCATA Event Final Qualifiers: 450 Salto Toss (3rd) Trio Tumbling (3rd) Aerial Tumbling (3rd) -NCATA All-Academic Team (Jocelyn Scott)
2018	Gannon	Assistant Coach	5-4	.555	NCATA Quarterfinals	-Four NCATA Event Final Qualifiers: INVERSION PYRAMID (NATIONAL CHAMPIONS) Open Pyramid (3rd) Open Toss (3rd) Trio Tumbling (3rd) -NCATA All-American (Chelsea Cowan) -Louise Goodrum Academic Achievement Award (Lisa Wagaman)

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