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  • Woman Coach Wednesday: Heidi Carlson

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    Gustavus has been a huge part of my life for over 30 years. Which reminds me, I am old. As a high school senior I visited, I decided on the spot (cancelled all other college visits), I attended, I graduated, and I never left. Like, actually!

  • Woman Coach Wednesday: Aryn DeGrood

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    By Aryn DeGrood Gymnastics is unique in the way that it’s completely up to the individual to reach their end goal. Going through USAG Junior Olympic youth programs is the typical path to college gymnastics and the Olympics. It’s not until they step foot on a college campus that many athletes get their first taste…

  • Woman Coach Wednesday: Laurie Kelly

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    As a coach, I dream of the day when a Gustavus women’s basketball team wins the final game, each player climbs that ladder to cut down their piece of the net, and has that moment that changes their lives forever.

  • Woman Coach Wednesday: Alyssa Taylor

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    We need more women in positions of influence. More women coaching women. More moms coaching youth teams. More women in athletic administration. I am proud to coach with an all-female staff. I am proud to coach in the MIAC, where ten out of twelve teams have females at the head of their volleyball programs AND…

  • Woman Coach Wednesday: Laura Burnett-Kurie

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    We have seen positive steps in the past eight years within the athletic department at Gustavus. With our athletic director hiring many female head coaches, encouraging us to hire female assistant coaches, and adding three female athletic trainers to a staff that previously was all males. We have female strength and conditioning coaches who are…