Cassie Hageman - Women's Gymnastics Coach

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Cassie Hageman

Title:
Graduate Assistant Coach
Email:
cassie.hageman@temple.edu
Phone:
717-701-5271

Cassie Hageman was elevated to assistant coach for the Owls in November 2020 after serving as a graduate assistant with the program since August 2019.

In 2021, Hageman helped the Owls to a historic season, breaking records in nearly every category. Temple’s primary beam coach, she led the Owls to a record-setting 49.144 NQS on the event, which ranked 29th in the nation, and second in the region. For her efforts, she earned WCGA Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors.

Competing as a member of the EAGL for the first time in program history, Temple’s 2021 team made the most of its debut, capturing the 2021 EAGL Championship in an upset. The Owls recorded a huge 196.500 at the championship meet, shattering the previous best program record of 196.050.

The Owls finished the regular season ranked 30th overall in the NCAA with a program record NQS of 195.963. Temple earned a team spot at the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1992. Though the team had to withdraw due to Covid-19 protocols, the bid was the first ever for Temple since bids were decided by national rank.

In team competition, Temple put up eight scores in the top-25 in program history, including three in the top-five on the Owls’ all-time list. At the EAGL Championships, the Cherry & White were on fire. In addition to the program record team score of 196.500, the team set a new Temple floor record of 49.375 and tied the program’s all-time beam record of 49.225.

In 2020, Hageman helped guide the Owls to an ECAC title. Although season was cut short with one competition left in the regular season due to COVID-19, Temple held the highest overall NQS in the conference. In addition to leading the ECAC in overall NQS, the Cherry and White were ranked first as a team in the ECAC on vault, bars and floor and held the second spot on beam at the end of the season.

A four-year student-athlete at West Chester University, Hageman amassed numerous accolades as a Golden Ram. In each of the four years of her collegiate career, she won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Academic Achievement Award, was named to the ECAC All-Academic Team and was named an USAG Scholastic All-American. As a sophomore, junior and senior, the Carlisle, Pa. native qualified for the USAG Collegiate Nationals. She also earned the Michael Horrock Distinguished Leader award.

While at West Chester, Hageman served as a representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and participated in several leadership conferences. She gained experience gained experience mentoring young gymnasts as a coach at Roth’s Crosspoint Gymnastics and at West Chester’s summer gymnastics camps.

Hageman graduated from West Chester Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Liberal Studies- Professional Studies and minors in exercise science and business law in May 2019.