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Nomination for National High
School Volleyball
Coach of the Year
Franz Boelter – Faribault
Bethlehem Academy
- Team won the 2007 Minnesota Class A
volleyball championship defeating #1 ranked Windom Area in the
finals. The Cards won 25-17, 22-25, 25-19, and 25-15.
- Team has been in the state finals six
years in a row
- Team won championships in 2003, 2005, 2007
- State runner-up in 2002, 2004, 2006
- School has an enrollment of just 145
(grades 10-12)
- 2007 record of 25-8 --- seven losses were
to teams ranked in the top ten in Class AAA with the remaining
loss being to a team ranked in the top ten in Class AA
- Overall record was 5-6 versus Class AAA
schools and 1-1 versus Class AA schools
- Record versus teams in their own class
(Class A) was 20-0
- Coach Boelter has a career record of
363-85-11
- Coach Boelter coached Betty Slinger (Class
of 2004) --- 2003 Miss Minnesota Volleyball --- Betty just
finished her playing career at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay where she led the Phoenix in set assists with 1,110 and was
fifth in kills with 168
- Coach Boelter also coached Mary Slinger
(Class of 2006) --- Mary is a sophomore Libero for the DII
National Champion Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears.
Concordia-St. Paul defeated Western Washington in the finals
30-26, 23-30, 30-19, and 31-29. Mary led the Golden Bears in
digs this season with 875. She was second in service aces with
62
- Bethlehem Academy has just one volleyball
court in their school. They have three squads (varsity squad,
sophomore squad, freshmen squad) sharing one court
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