12 | nebraska men’s Gymnastics | 2013-14
John
Robinson
Assistant Coach | Nebraska (2010) | Fourth Season
Honors & Awards
• NCAA All-Around Competitor
• Nebraska’s Hartung Award Winner (2010)
• Nebraska’s Most Improved Gymnast (2008)
• Four-Time Nebraska Letterman
• Six-Time Junior Olympic National Qualifier
• Three-Time North Carolina State Champion
John Robinson enters his fourth season as a
Nebraska assistant coach in 2014 after helping
the Huskers to a pair of top-10 NCAA finishes.
Robinson, a former Husker gymnast,
competed in the all-around for three of his
four seasons at Nebraska. He was a four-year
letterman at NU from 2007 through 2010.
“John brings a ton of enthusiasm and a
positive work ethic to our coaching staff,” Coach
Chuck Chmelka said. “We are very excited to
have him at Nebraska.”
A native of North Carolina, Robinson was
a Husker leader for four seasons. As a senior,
Robinson was named Nebraska’s Hartung Award
winner. As a senior, he earned a spot in the
finals at the 2010 Winter Cup. He was also the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast
of the Week on Feb. 2, 2010, after earning the
individual all-around title against Minnesota and
Air Force on Jan. 30. However, his senior season
was cut short by a hand injury.
Robinson competed as an all-arounder at
the 2008 NCAA Championships, before earning
Nebraska’s Most Improved Gymnast Award as a
sophomore.
In his first season at Nebraska in 2007,
Robinson competed in every meet, including the
NCAA Qualifier. He came to Nebraska as a product
of Weyandt’s Gymnastics Academy in Charlotte,
N.C. He was a six-time Junior Olympic national
qualifier and a three-time North Carolina state
champion.
Robinson earned his bachelor’s degree in
marketing from Nebraska in 2010.
Annette
Haley
Men’s Gymnastics Secretary
Media Relations Contact
Werschke
Annette Werschke enters her eighth season as the secretary for the
Nebraska men’s gymnastics and swimming and diving programs in 201314. Werschke assists with travel arrangements, monitoring scholarship
and eligibility checks and assisting the coaches.
The daughter of Kenneth and Anita Dahl, Werschke is a native of
Scribner, Neb. She majored in human development and family sciences
at Nebraska and was a retail clothing manager for 15 years. Before
coming to Nebraska Annette worked for 11 years, as an administrative
assistant and supervisor for various organizations in Lincoln, including
the J.D. Edwards Honors Program (now the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of
Computer Science and Management) at the University of Nebraska.
Werschke has one stepdaugher and four step-grandchildren with her
husband, Gary.
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Whisennand
Haley Whisennand is in her second season as the media relations
contact for the Nebraska men’s gymnastics team in 2013-14, and her
second season as a student-assistant in H