La Crosse, Wis. - UW-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics is giving fans an opportunity to get to know its staff during the 2020-21 season.  We thank members of the Eagles' staff for participating.  Today's staff member is UWL Assistant Gymnastics Coach Robyn Magee. 

She is in her second season as an assistant coach and choreographer for UWL in 2020-21.  Magee also serves as the Director of the Junior Eagles Gymnastics program and UWL's Recruiting Coordinator.

UWL placed third at the 2019-20 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships with the Eagles earning 10 all-league honors.  UWL qualified for the 2020 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, but the meet was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic threat.

A graduate of Louisiana State University, Magee earned her bachelor's degree in sociology while minoring in business and sport studies.  She earned her master's degree in sports management from Florida A&M University.

Magee was a competitive gymnast for 13 years, at the regional and national level.  She finished her career as a Level 10 gymnast.  She has been coaching gymnastics for seven years.  Magee has the aspiration of helping the cause to implement the sport of gymnastics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 

Robyn Magee

Your hometown?  New Orleans, Louisiana.  

Most influential person in your career?  Mom and Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes (Athletic Director at Dillard University).   

What you like about your job?  I love how I am able to see the impact I have on this team - whether it is shown through our success, the athletes' attitudes or just their overall progress.  It is a humbling experience to know that I have made a mark within the program..

The thing you most like about the Coulee Region?  UWL gymnastics is what I love most about the Coulee Region.  If it were not for this team and Kasey Crawford, I would not be here..

Favorite memory of working in athletics?  My favorite memory would have to be when the gymnastics team was competing against UW-Stout last year, and we went into our last rotation (balance beam) with a lower overall team score than the opposition.  Beam is the primary event I coach, so watching the girls finish that last event with such confidence, poise, and skill; I was speechless.  When the last gymnast completed her routine, we all awaited her score and when it flashed, I began to cry.  In that moment, I knew we had come back to win the meet, and I was so overwhelmed with joy.

What you like that would surprise those who know you?  I like going to the gun range.  I like shooting and I have a good eye!

Favorite food?  Wings/Gumbo (only my dad's).

App?  FACETIME - I will literally have anyone on FaceTime, and pretend like they are in the room with me!
Emoji?      You can always count on me to laugh at something!

Vacation spot?  I am going to Antigua next year, and I have a feeling it may be my favorite.  But currently, I would say somewhere in Florida.

Song?  God Made You Special by Deniece Williams.