Mariah Ack enters her second year at the helm of the Davis & Elkins acrobatics & tumbling program in 2021-22.
Ack helped the Senators make big strides during the 2021 season following the abrupt end to the 2020 campaign. She helped guide the synchronized pyramid, open pyramid, synchronized toss and aeiral tumbling events at the 2021 MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Championships.
The Senators set several program-high marks multiple times during the 2021 campaign, most recently posting a 248.415 in the final event of the regular season. Additionally, Ack worked with three all-conference selections during her first season in Deanna Blood, Cheyenna Jones and Caitlynn Guzman.
She also provided color commentary of the Mountain East Digital Network feed of the league's conference championship event.
Ack spent the previous season as a graduate assistant coach at West Liberty, working with the Hilltoppers in a truncated 2020 campaign, working in conjunction with head coach Kelsey Kyle - her former teammate at Fairmont State - during her brief stint on the hilltop. Ack was responsible for the creation of conditioning plans during the offseason and preseason, managing travel plans and the creation of team event music and layout.
West Liberty broke program records in all but one heat after just three competitions in 2020. The Hilltoppers were tabbed second in the league’s preseason coaches' poll, posting a 2-1 overall mark.
Ack competed as a student-athlete at Fairmont State, earning her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 2019. The Keyser, W.Va. native was part of the Falcons’ 2019 Mountain East Conference (MEC) championship team that earned a top-five national ranking while winning the league crown in the seven element and synchronized toss. Also outstanding academically, Ack was selected for the 2019 MEC All-Academic Team and the 2019 NCATA Academic Honor Roll and possesses a 4.0 GPA in grad school at the time of release.
She worked summers at Cumberland Gymnastics and Cheer since 2014, choreographing gymnastics and beam routines for use in competition for gymnasts ranging from age 3-18.
