I was born in Baraboo, grew up in Merrimac and went to high school in Sauk Prairie.

After earning a BA degree from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, (physical education major, language arts minor), I spent seven months active duty at Fort Polk, Louisiana and a total of six years in the Army Reserve as a Drill Sergeant.

My first teaching position was in Plano, Illinois, where I taught high school English, debate, and speech. Appleton was my next stop where I was an assistant to the Athletic Director at Lawrence University. While at Lawrence for 20 years I coached football, men’s and women’s basketball, and women’s softball.

I also earned a Master’s degree from UW Superior, where one chapter of my thesis entitled “A History of Women’s Sports” was used as the Code of Conduct for the Women’s Independent Colleges, Women’s Athletic Conference (WIC-WAC).

Over the years I have sponsored and administrated my own basketball shooting camp and spent parts of 12 summers in Denmark and Sweden helping to run international basketball camps.

This will be my sixth year at Classical School.  I will also be teaching at Columbus Elementary School.  I am looking forward to another great year!