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Nancy Bauer Anoka Year Inducted 2002 |
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Presently, she works as a substitute teacher in the Anoka School system where her husband is a full-time teacher. In addition to teaching, they alsoown a berry farm. Bill and Nancy continue to help the local high school skiers by grooming the ski trails. When asked to reflect back on her career as a coach she feels that her greatest success was acting as a role model to inspire several of her former skiers to become coaches. Nancy remembers with pride the year that both of her sons, John and Bruce, participated in the same MSHSL State Ski meet. Another highlight was watching her son, John, participate as a nordic skier in his third Olympics at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Nancy Bauer has made a tremendous contribution to the sport of nordic skiing as an involved and supportive parent, an inspirational coach, a leader of the coaches association and now as a supportive community member. It is with pleasure that I nominate Nancy Bauer for the Minnesota State High School Nordic Ski Coaches Hall of Fame. Submitted by Paula Anderson ,Ely, Minnesota, Fall 2002 |
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Nancy Bauer has spent
the past 30 years involved in almost every aspect of nordic skiing. Her
interest in skiing began in 1972 when she and her husband, Bill, decided
to try the sport. She participated in her first ski race shortly
afterward and enjoyed success - she knew this was a sport to love. She
and her husband introduced their children to cross-country skiing very
early in the boy’s lives. It wasn’t long before Nancy and Bill couldn't
keep up with John and Bruce. In 1988 her son, Bruce, was a senior at
Anoka High School and she was offered the opportunity to become the
assistant nordic ski coach. She accepted and felt that this transition
was a natural one; the team already seemed like it was part of the
family. Two years 
