Towson University Athletics

May begins her eighth year as the head coach at Towson in 2018.

In 2017, May was named National Association of Collegiate Gymnastic Coaches for Women (NACGCW) Southeast Regional Head Coach of the Year, becoming the second head coach in program history to receive the honor after Dick Filbert was honored in 1990 and 1988. The Tigers finished sixth at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) championship in 2017 and had four gymnasts selected to the NCAA regional competition at the University of Florida. Tyra McKellar and Gabriella Yarussi were named as all-around competitors, while Mary Elle Arduino was selected as a balance beam specialist and Erin Tucker was tabbed as an alternate specialist for vault.

Towson also placed sixth at the EAGL championship in 2016, while Aysia Sharif won the floor exercise title with a career-best 9.925. Four Tigers earned All-EAGL honors while 10 gymnasts were named to the All-EAGL Scholastic Team. McKellar was selected as an all-around specialist to the NCAA regionals at the University of Georgia while Arduino was named a balance beam specialist. Arduino matched the program record on beam with a 9.925, becoming just the third Tiger and first since 2008 to do so. She also recorded the best season average on beam in program history (9.777).
 
In 2015, the Tigers finished third at the EAGL championship, the team’s highest postseason finish since 2001. May earned EAGL Coach of the Year honors as 10 gymnasts earn spots on the all-tournament team. Seven Tigers were also awarded All-EAGL honors, while 12 earned All-EAGL Scholastic Team accolades. Towson had three gymnasts competed at the NCAA regionals at Auburn University as McKellar was selected as an all-around specialist and Lauren Ross (beam) and Katie Sassa (vault) were selected as event specialists.

In 2014, the Tigers posted a season-high 193.375 at the EAGL championship meet to finish eighth. A total of 10 members were selected to the All-EAGL Scholastic Team, led by Ross who was named EAGL Scholar Athlete of the Year. Three Tigers earned spots on the All-EAGL Second Team for the all-around, including Ross, Samantha Lutz and Bailey Gallagher.

Towson returned to the EAGL in 2013 and had four gymnasts earn spots on the All-EAGL teams. May coached two Tigers to the NCAA regionals while the Tigers continued to excel academically, placing seven on the NACGCW Academic All-America team.
 
Towson totaled a 20-5 record in 2012 and finished second at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship and May earned ECAC Coach of the Year honors for the second-consecutive year. Three Tigers were chosen to the NCAA regionals where Kacy Catanzaro was named NCAA Southeast Regional Gymnast of the Year. Catanzaro was also named the ECAC Gymnast of the Year and the Tigers placed sixth in the nation in a competition for NACGCW Academic All-America honors.
 
In her first season as the Tigers’ head coach in 2011, May led the team to an 18-1 record and team titles at the Temple University Invitational, Cornell Big Red Invitational and Towson’s own Shelli Calloway Memorial Invitational. Along the way, she coached the Tigers to a pair of wins over EAGL rivals George Washington and Rutgers and was honored as the ECAC Coach of the Year.
 
Prior to Towson, May spent five years as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland and was selected EAGL Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 as Maryland was ranked in the top-25 for most of the season. While in College Park, she worked with Abigail Adams who was the EAGL beam co-champion in 2009 and all-around champion in 2010. She also worked with four gymnasts who were named to the All-EAGL First Team.

In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, May has been a staff member at several prominent camps.

In 2001, she joined the staff at the renowned Woodward Gymnastics Camp in Woodward, Pennsylvania where she served as a program director and member of the master staff. In over nine years there, she managed a staff of 30 coaches that trained 200-300 gymnasts each week.
 
May also spent three years under Gail Goodspeed at the University of New Hampshire’s Gymnastics Camp and was part of Mark Stevenson’s staff at North Carolina State University’s Gymnastics Camp for two years.
 
A 20-year member of the Milton Springers Gymnastics Club in Milton, Ontario, Canada, May was a competitive gymnast for 12 years and competed in 10 Provincial Championships. The club later established the "Vicki Chliszczyk Award for Dedication" which is presented annually to the club’s most dedicated athlete.
 
May graduated from York University in North York, Ontario, Canada in 1998 with a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy. She is a member of the NCAA Alliance of Women’s Coaches and graduate of the 2012 Women’s Coaches Academy in Denver, Colorado.

May currently serves as a member of the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee, NCAA Southeast Regional score verification coordinator and Co-Chair of the NACGCW Competition Committee.