Quinnipiac University Women's Acrobatics & Tumbling

Mary Ann Powers enters her 29th season as head coach for Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling in 2025-26. Powers has coached at several levels including Pop-Warn...

Boon joined the Quinnipiac Athletic Department in September 2022 after four years at Stony Brook University. He currently heads up the creative content department and social media efforts for the Bobcats, as well as serving as the sports information contact for men's ice hockey, men's and women's cross country/track and field, women's lacrosse and acrobatics and tumbling. In Boon's first year, he helped revamp the social media presence for the school's 21 programs, bringing an influx of photo/video content to the team's channels, websites and helping to enhance the gameday experience. It also helped give fans a deeper connection and in-depth look at the student-athletes, coaches and staff that make up Quinnipiac Athletics. His first season was highlighted by the 2023 men's ice hockey national championship run, in which the team culminated a historic 34-4-3 season with the program's first NCAA title in their third trip to the Frozen Four in 10 years. Boon was in charge of spearheading the content and media efforts that saw the Bobcats featured on ESPN's SportsCenter on multiple occasions, including an in-depth interview with head coach Rand Pecknold, a full-feature interview on the popular hockey podcast Spittin' Chiclets and trips to throw out the first pitch at Fenway Park and join President Joe Biden at the White House. Before joining Quinnipiac, Boon served as the men's basketball, women's soccer, women's lacrosse and baseball contacts at his alma mater, Stony Brook Univer

Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer, journalist, nutrition and fitness consultant and author of 9 cookbooks. Dana is the sports dietitian and associate clinical professor of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She has been practicing as a dual credentialed certified athletic trainer and registered dietitian for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the USOC Sports Dietitian Registry and National Athletic Trainers' Association liaison to the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition subgroup of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dana is the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com and has served on advisory boards for Verywell, Greatist, Applegate, Chobani and has worked as a spokesperson for Gatorade, National Honey Board, National Mango Board and Cooking Light Magazine. She has made appearances on Good Day Street Talk, Food Network.com, Access Hollywood, ABC Nightly News, NBC Connecticut, GMA Health, New York Live and Better Connecticut. Dana's work has been featured on Food Network.com, Verywell.com, Cooking Light.com, Today's Dietitian, SHAPE, SEVENTEEN, Prevention, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, and Maxim. Dana earned her master's degree in nutrition education from Teachers' College-Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Sports Medicine from Quinnipiac.

Devin Markle, Psy.D., M.Ed joined the Quinnipiac Athletic department in the fall of 2021 as the Clinical Sports Psychology Coach. She is responsible for all of the athletic programs and works to create individual, team and coaches workshops related to sports psychology. Markle comes to Quinnipiac with over seven years of experience with working with all athletes, ranging from professional to youth. She most recently was a psychological assistant for the Fulton Psychological Group where she specialized in working with 4 to 18 year olds, counseling for mental health concerns as well as performance psychology. In 2018, she started her own private practice which specialized in helping athletes and business people to reach their highest level of performance. From August 2015 to 2018, Markle served as the Co-Director of Mindset Development at the Mamba Sports Academy. She was responsible for training athletes of all ages and levels and implementing mental skills training with individuals. In addition, she helped design the NBA and NFL Pre-Draft Training Program while working with the Mamba Sports Academy. Markle earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont in 2010. She then went on to earn her Master's in Education in Counseling and Sport Psychology from Boston University in 2013. By 2020, Markle had also earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University.

Erin Trotman returns in her 12th season in 2024 as an assistant on Mary Ann Powers’ staff with the acrobatics and tumbling team after joining the staff in Au...

Acrobatics & TumblingSkip AdMancini, MelanieMancini, MelaniePowers, Mary Ann Sack, PaytonTianga, NicoletteTrotman, ErinZieba, Tiffany

The Quinnipiac Acrobatics and Tumbling program and head coach Mary Ann Powers announced the return of former student-athlete Nicolette Tianga '23 to the Bobc...

Acrobatics & TumblingSkip AdSack, PaytonMancini, MelaniePowers, Mary Ann Sack, PaytonTianga, NicoletteTrotman, ErinZieba, Tiffany

Sabrina Budington joined the Quinnipiac sports medicine staff as an assistant athletic trainer in June 2023. Sabrina is the athletic trainer for the Quinnipi...

Sergio Merino was hired as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach in January 2021. Merino spent the first half of the 2020-21 season as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Sacred Heart after spending three-and-a-half seasons as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Merino joined Sacred Heart Athletics in August 2020 where he directly supervised the strength and conditioning programs for men's and women's basketball, baseball and women's volleyball. At each of his institutions, Merino developed and implemented performance testing, speed, agility, energy systems, strength training and mental performance programs. He spent three-and-a-half seasons as the head strength and condition coach at RPI from December 2016 through August 2020, overseeing the entire strength and conditioning department and responsible for the development of football, field hockey and men's golf. Merino previously was the Director of Athletic Performance at Canisius from August 2014 to December 2016 where he supervised and oversaw the athletic performance department and was an adjunct professor for Kinesiology 420. Prior to his time at Canisius, Merino also had two stops at Quinnipiac as an assistant strength & conditioning coach from 2012-14 and volunteer assistant from 2009-11. He also spent two years as a sports performance coach at Ranfone Training Systems from 2012-14, Director of Darien Fitness at Moore Center for Rehabilitation from 2011

Zieba, an All-American student-athlete as a member of the Bobcats from 2020-24, joined the Quinnipiac coaching staff in 2025 and will be entering her second ...