Christie Powalish
Head Coach 15-3
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Coaching Bio:
 
  • Coached summer camps at Hononegah High School in Rockton, Illinois
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  • Coached at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater summer volleyball camps for three summers
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    Playing Bio:
     
  • Began playing volleyball in 6th grade
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  • Voted to the NIC-9 First Team All-Conference League my junior and senior year in high school.
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  • MVP senior year in high school
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  • Volleyball Scholarship to Southwest State in Marshall, Minnesota
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  • Transfered to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Went to the Division III Final Four NCAA Volleyball Championship senior year and took second place. Was voted Chancelor Scholar Athlete of the year.
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    Education:
     
  • Graduated with a BA in Speech Communications emphasis in Public Relations with a minor in health from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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  • Deans list six times and graduated Cum Laude
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  • Completed two internships. One at the United Way of North Rock County. The other one at Rental Product News where I wrote articles for industrial magazines.
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    Personal Bio:
     
  • Currently work full-time at Transfiguration Lutheran Church as an office assistant and design all their publications, ie: Web page, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, etc.
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  • Enjoy traveling. Went to Rome, Sorrento, Naples, Florence, Pisa, Almafi Coast, Pompeii, Italy. As well as Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco, Peru this year...and Arizona twice.
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  • Grew up in Roscoe, Illinois but moved, on whim, to Shakopee, Minnesota on Christmas Day 2001. Haven't moved back since.
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  • Love to run and be outside. Completed 2 1/2 marathons and five 5k's this year.
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  • Move to Montana on a ranch, buy a bunch of horses, ride all day long, and write novels as my side job.
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    Favorite Volleyball Moment:
     Taking second place at the NCAA Final Four Volleyball Championship. There were so many people there--we couldn't even hear ourselves. It was so exciting. Even though we didn't take first, we made it really far. It was a great way to conclude my volleyball career. Or maybe a favorite volleyball moment was running into Mike Horton from Days of Our Lives and Weird Al on the airplane to California...on the way to play in a volleyball tourney of course!
     
     
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