Amanda Wellick is in her second season as an assistant coach at Utah State. She is the primary coach on vault and co-coach on bars.
In her first season with the Aggies, Wellick helped coach the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Gymnast of the Year (Autumn DeHarde) and MRGC Freshman of the Year (Sofi Sullivan). DeHarde also earned MRGC Co-Beam and Co-Floor Specialist of the Year accolades, and was named to the first team on both events. Sullivan shared the MRGC Co-Beam Specialist of the Year award with DeHarde, and also earned first-team honors on the event.
Wellick also coached Leighton Varnadore, who earned second-team MRGC honors on vault in 2020. Utah State averaged 48.875 on vault, which ranks third all-time in single-season school history, and averaged 48.756 on bars, which is tied for sixth all-time in single-season school history.
The Aggies finished the 2020 campaign with a 7-6-1 overall record, marking the first time since 1999 that the Aggies ended the season with a winning record. Furthermore, Utah State went undefeated (4-0) at home for just the second time in school history, joining the 1978 (8-0) team.
The Aggies recorded the second-, fourth- and fifth-best team scores in all-time school history with a 196.800 at the Boise State quad meet (2/21), a 196.600 against No. 17 BYU (3/6) and a 196.525 against No. 20 Southern Utah (2/14).
USU’s 196.800 at the Boise State quad ranks second all-time for an away meet. The Aggies recorded a 49.175 on vault at the meet, which is tied for fourth all-time in school history.
Utah State notched a 49.100 on vault against BYU, which is tied for seventh all-time in school history, and a 49.275 on bars, which is tied for seventh all-time in school history.
Prior to joining Utah State, Wellick served as a graduate assistant/manager during the 2018-19 campaign at her alma mater, Arkansas.
Wellick was a standout gymnast at Arkansas. She ended her stellar career by leading the Razorbacks to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships as a senior in 2018. Wellick recorded a 39.400 in the all-around and a 9.8875 on bars to garner second-team All-American honors – two of five All-American citations she received during her time with the Gymbacks.
The native of Wheaton, Ill., was making her first appearance at the NCAA Championships with the team in 2018, as she qualified as an individual all-arounder in 2014 and 2016. Wellick was the first Arkansas freshman all-arounder to ever make the NCAA Championships.
Wellick earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2014, becoming the first Gymback to ever be named as such. She also earned all-SEC accolades a total of five times (twice on vault and once each on bars, floor and in the all-around).
In 2017, Wellick was one of six Arkansas student-athletes to be named a Red Tie Honoree, which recognizes outstanding community service and academic achievements. That same year, she received the Samantha Cortez Leadership Award. She also received Arkansas gymnastics' Most Outstanding Award in 2015 and 2016.
While at Arkansas, Wellick, who ended her career with 33 total titles, competed against Utah State during the 2016 season and led the 11th-ranked Razorbacks to a 196.775-194.825 victory over the Aggies. Wellick tied for first on vault (9.825), tied for fourth on bars (9.800), captured the beam title (9.900), tied for fourth on floor (9.825) and won the all-around (39.350).
Prior to Arkansas, Wellick competed for Legacy Elite Gymnastics (Carol Stream, Ill.), where she also coached in the summer of 2018. Legacy Elite was ranked the No. 1 club gym in 2018. Wellick has also been working at Hopes and Dreams (Springdale, Ark.), which had two Junior Olympic National qualifiers and an elite gymnast.
In the classroom, Wellick was a three-time academic All-American and two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient. She graduated from Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in business administration (marketing) in 2017, then earned her master's degree in recreation and sport management in 2019.
Amanda Wellick File
Coaching History:
2020- Utah State – Assistant Coach
Education:
2017 Arkansas – Marketing (bachelor's degree)
2019 Arkansas – Recreation and Sports Management (master's degree)
Student-Athlete Experience:
2014-17 Arkansas