Windjammers Synchronized Skating Director & Head CoachIndividual Ice Dance, Moves in the Field, and Freestyle Coach

SKATING BACKGROUND:

• Competed internationally in the senior division of synchronized skating as a part of Team USA in 2007, 2009, and 2010.

• Gold medalist at the 2009 Jegvirag Cup in Miskolc, Hungary (Senior)

• Bronze medalist at the 2007 Zagreb Snowflake Trophy Cup in Zagreb, Croatia (Senior)

• Competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships from 2003 to 2012 in the junior, senior, collegiate, and adult divisions.

• 2006 synchronized skating national pewter medalist in the junior division

• 2011 synchronized skating national silver medalist in the adult division

• 13-time medalist at the Midwestern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships

TESTS PASSED:

• Gold Moves in the Field

• Gold Solo Pattern Dance

• Pre-Gold Partnered Pattern Dance; Quickstep (Gold dance), Viennese Waltz (Gold dance)

• Intermediate Freestyle

PROFESSIONAL/COACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Head coach of Windjammers Synchronized Skating since 2013.

• Head Coach of the Metro Blades Open Masters (adult) team since 2018

• Coached basic skills classes at Braemar Arena prior to joining the LMFSC coaching staff

• Team leader & assistant coach at the USFS Synchronized Skating Training Festival and Coaches College in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013.

• President of the Western Michigan University Skating Club from 2008-2010

OTHER CREDENTIALS:

• One of ten original athletes selected nationwide to be a member of the U.S. Figure Skating D.R.E.A.M. Program from 2008-2010

• Member of the USFS Synchronized Skating Development Committee 2016-2017 and 2020-2023

• CPR, AED, and first aid certified

• Member of USFS and PSA

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Education obtained from Western Michigan University

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