(Written: June 2012)
Totaling 22 individual titles and 35 All-America awards, Casey Edwards ranks as one of the finest gymnasts to ever compete at the NAIA and NCAA Division II championships.
Edwards performed for the UW-Oshkosh men’s gymnastics team from 1976-78 and 1980. He captured 14 NAIA titles, including three on both the vault and in the all-around competition. Edwards claimed eight NCAA Division II titles, including three in the all-around event.
Edwards was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American. He earned the distinction after placing fifth in the all-around competition and sixth on the parallel bars in 1980.
Led by Edwards, UW-Oshkosh won NAIA titles in 1978 and 1980 and an NCAA Division II championship in 1980. Edwards then served as the Titans’ interim head coach during their 1983 NAIA championship season.
In 1979, Edwards tested his talents internationally and competed for the United States at the World University Games. In 1980, Edwards qualified as a member of the United States gymnastics squad that would have represented the country at the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
In 2012, he was selected to the WIAC All-Time Men’s Gymnastics Team in conjunction with the WIAC Centennial Celebration.
Edwards resides in Mason, Wis., and earned a bachelor’s degree.