Chelsea Cowan is entering her second season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Gannon acrobatics and tumbling program in 2020-21.
During the 2020 season, she helped 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. Gannon also set a program record with its 29.70 in the toss event at No. 6 Hawaii Pacific, which was the highest score in the country in the event.
A four-year member of the Gannon acrobatics and tumbling team, Cowan became the second Golden Knight to earn NCATA All-America honors, picking up the award for her senior season in 2018. That year she also helped the Inversion Pyramid capture the national title in the NCATA national event finals.
The national championship was one of seven times Cowan competed in the event finals in her career, qualifying in 2015 (6-Element Acro and Twist Pyramid), 2016 (5-Element and 6-Element Acro), 2017 (6-Element Acro) and 2018 (Inversion Pyramid and Open Toss)
She was named to the ECAC all-conference team in both 2017 and 2018, and was also a two-time member of the ECAC All-Academic Team.
Cowan graduated from Gannon in 2018 with her bachelor's in nursing, and is currently pursuing her master's in nursing and nurse practitioner certification.
