January
31, 2006
Release courtesy of Tim Calderwood, Loras College sports information
director
DUBUQUE,
IOWA . . . Loras College Director of Athletics Chad
Walthall announced today that Teresa Kehe (KAY)
has accepted the position of Head Volleyball Coach at the institution.
Kehe has been the Head Coach at Tripoli High School in Tripoli,
Iowa since 1983.
“Teresa
is exactly the kind of high energy coach we are looking for
to begin the process of turning the corner in volleyball,”
Walthall said. “She is greatly respected and is a proven
winner in the state of Iowa. Teresa will bring a team mindset
to the program that will be about serving one another.”
While at
Tripoli, Kehe built a program from the ground up as the school’s
first ever coach. In 2005 Tripoli won their third straight Iowa
Class 1A state championship. Kehe has taken Tripoli to the state
championship match eight consecutive years, winning six titles.
“I
look forward to the challenge of taking the Loras Volleyball
program back towards the top of the Iowa Conference, with all
of us in the program working together towards that goal,”
Kehe said. “I’ve accomplished all that I can at
the high school level and I’m looking forward to the opportunity
of working with the college athlete. I was really sold on the
people at Loras and I like the direction that the institution
is taking.”
In addition
to the state championships, Kehe won 579 matches, 14 conference
titles, 14 District Championships, and eight regional championships
at the high school level. She was named the State of Iowa Class
1A Coach of the Year six times and the Northeast Iowa District
Class 1A Coach of the Year seven times. In 2003, Kehe was the
State of Iowa National Coach of the Year Nominee and was selected
by the National High School Coaches Association as a finalist
for the National Coach of the Year.
Kehe is
currently a physical education teacher in Tripoli, and will
begin her full-time duties with Loras on June 1. She graduated
from the University of Northern Iowa in 1981 with a physical
education degree.
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