Joey Ray

Joseph Ray (born ) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.

Early life and education Ray was born around and was a native of Morton Grove, Illinois. Practicing 3 hours a day, he was a top youth gymnast at Maine East High School and the American Academy Gymnastics Club, and won the Class AA state title on parallel bars and horizontal bar. He was a member of the United States junior national team. He was the Big Ten Conference all-around champion in 1983. He was a four-time conference champion on parallel bars (1981 through 1984) and won the pommel horse title in 1981. He was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1984.

While in college, Ray was first named to the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team in 1981. He represented the United States at the 1983 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around and placed fifth in the pommel horse.

He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1984, but continued training and later joined the Golden Gophers as an assistant coach.