Phone
(801) 422-2681
Office
SFH
6
Years at BYU
- 2015- Present
Responsibilities
- Associate Head Coach of the BYU women's gymnastics team
- Primary balance beam coach
- Assists with all aspects of the program, including: athlete development, recruiting, summer camps, team promotion, community outreach, competitions and alumni relations
Prior to BYU
- Coached at Gold Medal Gymnastics in Chandler, Arizona under the direction of Olympic gold medalist, Amanda Borden
- Coached for nine years at Arizona Olympian Gymnastics
- Trained at Arizona Twisters under Lisa Spini
Gymnastics Career
- Member of BYU gymnastics team from 1996-99, coached by Brad and Dawn Cattermole and Shauna Mertz
- Team captain during the 1999 season
- Broke school all-around record in 1999 with a 39.475
- Recognized by the NACGC-W as an All-American on balance beam in 1996
- Received the Dale R. McCann Team Spirit award from the Cougar Club in 1999
- Member of the U.S. Elite National Team from 1992-94
- Finished third in the all-around senior national division at the U.S. Classic
- Demonstrator for the United States Gymnastics Federation, the Federation of International Gymanstics and U.S. Synchronized Swimming
Education
- Bachelor's of Science in Family Science, BYU (2000)
- Physical education coaching minor
Personal/Family
- Natalie and her husband, David, have four children — Davis, Brady, Holland and Tate.
- Her parents were both BYU athletes — father Joe Emig (lacrosse) and mother Lori Christensen Emig (track and field)
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Sister Lindsay was a BYU gymnast from 2001-02
BYU Hall of Fame