Cindy Gilbert-Bevilacqua (2000) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame

Cindy Gilbert-Bevilacqua

Induction:
2000
Class:
1984

Cindy Gilbert-Bevilacqua was a three-time archery All-America and a member of the first JMU team in any sport to win a national championship. She placed third in the U.S. Intercollegiate Championships in 1982, when the JMU team won the national title, and again was third in 1983. She placed sixth in the U.S. intercollegiate tournament in 1984 and was named to the U.S. National Team that year. She finished second in the U.S. Indoor Championships in 1984 and third in 1983.
She continued to compete in the sport following graduation from JMU and was named the Athlete of the Year in Pennsylvania in 1995. Her accomplishments as a competitor are equaled by her contributions as a coach in the sport of archery. One of her highest awards came in 1996, when the U.S. Olympic Committee named her archery Development Coach of the Year. She obtained the Level IV National Coach Certification in 1996, when she was head coach and designed the advanced training camp program at Lake Placid, N.Y.

She was head coach of the U.S. Junior Team and assistant coach of the Junior World Championship team in 1996. She was assistant coach for the U.S. Junior Team in 1998, head coach to the U.S. Junior Team Training Camp in 1999 and head coach of the U.S. Junior Team for the 2000 World Championships in France. In 2000 she earned the level of National Coach. She has been head coach of the Middletown (Pa.) Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) Team since 1984 and the JOAD East Regional coordinator since 1992.

She is a native of Media, Pa.