The election process begins with the reception of this newsletter and concludes on May 1, 2010. Votes are to be cast using the MSHSCA Website which is www.mshsca.org.

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Dawn is a high school graduate from Grand Meadow. Following high school, she attended St. Cloud State University where she earned a B.S degree in Health and Physical Education in 1983.

She was a member of the SCSU women’s basketball for two years, one year on the softball team and one year on the track and field team. While finishing college, she coached 8th grade to varsity level basketball, volleyball and softball at St Cloud Tech High School. Baudoin moved back home in 1984 and began coaching Varsity Basketball in Grand Meadow.

After teaching part time in Grand Meadow and LeRoy for a few years she became full time and has been at Grand Meadow for 22 years.

Dawn has coached varsity basketball for 18 years, volleyball for eight years and softball for ten years, as well as, several years of volleyball and softball at the junior high level. She is currently President of the MN Girls Basketball Coaches Association. She has served as Section Rep for Girls Basketball for several years and was a long time member of the MN Girls Association prior to the merger. She was twice voted as Section 1A Coach of theYear in Basketball and once as Section 1A Softball Coach of the Year.

Dawn has been a recipient of the Breaking Barriers Award for Women’s Sports and the Marie Berg Award. She has been voted twice as Section 1A Basketball Coach of the Year and once as Section 1A Softball Coach of the Year.

She has a son, Nick, who resides in Chicago.

Derek earned his BS degree from the University of MN-Duluth in 1997. He followed that up with his Masters, as well as, an administrative licensure from St Mary’s in Winona, MN. He is currently a science teacher and coach at Proctor High School. He has coached at all levels since he was 18 years old. Following graduation from Proctor, he  immediately joined the the Proctor football staff until he moved to Virginia in 1997. While at Virginia, he was assistant coach on the varsity football squad along with being the 8th grade basketball coach, Parendo returned to Proctor in 2000 where he added head girls basketball to his coaching assignments. He coached girls basketball for five years and was Junior Legion baseball coach for two years. Currently, he is the C team basketball coach and head football coach. He served as assistant football coach under Dave Hylla until his untimely death in the summer of 2008. He became the head football coach for the Rails in 2008. While working under Coach Hylla, he received the Butch Nash Outstanding Assistant Coach of the Year Award from the MN Football Coaches Association.

In addition to coaching, he is a certified official in basketball, football, baseball and softball. He maintains that serving as an official provides him with insights into greater understanding of this perspective in contrast with the coaching realm.

He and his wife of 11 years, Kami, are active residents of the community of Proctor along with their two daughters, Samantha (8) and Sophia (5). Living and working in Proctor gives him insights and understanding into the multiple roles of a family man, teacher and coach in a small community.

Teresa earned he AA in Graphic design from RCTC in Rochester and followed with a BS in Elementary Education at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Van Epps has 13 years of teaching and and coaching experience. The first ten years were spent in Kenyon-Wanamingo and the past three at Jackson County Central. During her career, she has coached volleyball, track and field, softball and basketball. Her most notable has been in volleyball where she has spent the past ten years developing young student-athletes. Teresa’s top coaching priorities are providing opportunities for student-athletes,team unity, passing on the passion for the game and discipline.

Van Epps is an active member of the school community, volunteering for adult and youth programs,such as softball, basketball, volleyball and Community Education events.

Wagner’s educational background includes the earning of a Bachelor and Masters degrees in Engineering from Michigan Tech University where he taught graduate level classes in engineering, economics and health. He also taught at the college level at Hibbing Community College where he was the department head and lead instructor in the mining program.

Jon began his coaching career in 1981 at Aurora-Hoyt Lakes, now Mesabi East. He resurrected the cross country program which had been cut for budgetary reasons. He then coached cross country, girls basketball and boys and girls track and field. Throughout The following years, he coached in various capacities at Apple Valley, Pardeeville (WI) and Rio-Falls River (WI). He served as President of the Pardeeville Girls Youth Basketball Association in the 1990’s where he also continued to coach girls basketball, cross country and track and field. In 1995 he began his association with USATF cross country and track and field.

Wagner, age 54, is a longtime cross country and track coach, currently at Eveleth-Gilbert in northern Minnesota. He is Past President of the MN CC Coaches Association and has been the Section 7A Rep for Cross Country since 2001. He has garnered Section 7A Boys CC Coach of the Year honors five times since arriving in Eveleth in 1999. His boys teams have qualified for the state meet on seven occasions and won the Class A title in 2004. In addition to his coaching duties, Jon was the Athletic Director for four years from 2004 through 2008.

Officiating has been part of Jon’s passion, as well as, coaching. he has been a registered basketball official since 1976 and has officiated soccer, football, softball, baseball, track and field and cross country. He is a member of the Range Coaches and Officials

Jon’s interest in leading the MSHCA is due to the respect he has for the excellent fellow coaches he has known throughout the state of Minnesota. Jon stated, “I believe coaches and officials represent the “cream of the crop” when it comes to people who truly care about or athletic programs and the positive effects they have on our youth. Society is lacking integrity in many areas but our coaches are the ones fighting the good fight. I hope that I can help strengthen the influence our coaches association has among our schools.”

Jon and his wife Sheila have 11 children with four left at home. The couple enjoy running and hiking with the children and look forward to spoiling their three grandchildren.