University of Minnesota Athletics
Staff Directory
- Allen, Mackenzie
- Anderson, Dr. Justin
- Anderson, Dr. Carly
- Anderson, Cole
- Anderson, Paul
- Anderson, Karl
- Antol, Betsy
- Antonoff, Eric
- April III, Bobby
- Armbruster, Mills
- Arnold, Cody
- Arterberry, Lois
- Assadourian, Anahit
- Aylward, Shane
- Ayuso Jr., Jaime
- Baker, Mitch
- Baskin, Julia
- Beatty-Kollasch, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Ronni
- Becker, Luke
- Bennett, Lauren
- Berens, Aaron
- Berkness, Anna
- Bertossi, Cami
- Bielich, Meghan
- Biermaier, Meleah
- Bingle, Matt
- Block, Gunnar
- Bolander, Kathleen
- Bostick, Brandon
- Boyden, Kieran
- Braker, Ariel
- Brausen, Deaynn
- Brennan, Kelley
- Bretl, Andrea
- Brown, Sue
- Brown, Sterling
- Bruett, J.T.
- Bruno, Dominic
- Budke, Tricia
- Buford, Kiara
- Buning, Chandler
- Buresh, Brady
- Busack, Stacy
- Busyn, Lauren
- Callahan, Brian
- Callinan, Jennifer
- Cameron, Travis
- Carter, Jeremiah
- Champagnie, Ayesha
- Chastain, Erin
- Cheatham, MS, LAT, ATC, Shanice
- Chen, Wenbo
- Chen, MS, LAT, ATC, Katie
- Chernoff, Gerrit
- Chier, M.Ed., CSCS, USTFCCCA SCC, Adam
- Childers, Matt
- Claydon, Laura
- Clements, Dusty
- Coleman, Nellie
- Collins, Danny
- Connell, Dillon
- Constable, Hannah
- Cook, Keegan
- Cook, Kramer
- Cooley, Brian
- Cooney, Brian
- Cords, Chris
- Cottingham, Mary
- Cox, Dylan
- Coyle, Mark
- Cozine, Sammy
- Crawford, Alec
- Crawford, Blake
- Da Prato, Daniel
- Dahl, Chloe
- Davis, Jacob
- Davis, Stephanie
- De Ciman, Joe
- DeBord, Morgan
- DePalma, Grant
- DeThorne, Abby
- DeZutti, Gerard
- Debes, Jacob
- Dejesus, Mekenzie
- Demchak, Adam
- Dengel, Dr. Don
- Dietz, M.Ed., CSCS, Cal
- Dotson, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Ryan
- Dove, Landon
- Drake, William
- Drew, Will
- Dunagan, Michael
- Dupont, Jake
- Eggum, Brandon
- Elder, Marlee
- Elias, Gracia
- Evenson, Drew
- Everson, Jared
- Falvey, Jack
- Farley, DJ
- Faus, Nick
- Feinson, Laura
- Felde, MSS, CSCS, Steve
- Feldsien, Maya
- Ferguson, Niki
- Fisher, Brenda
- Fitzsimmons, Wyatt
- Fleck, P.J.
- Flor, Craig
- Flowers, Peter
- Fruechte, Isaac
- Fruetel, MLA, LAT, ATC, Alex
- Fuelling, Alissa
- Gagnon, Brady
- Gaines, Amanda
- Galarneau, Daniel
- Gallagher, Chase
- Gandossy, Connor
- Garlow, Lauren
- Gates, Armon
- Gauthier, Trenten
- Gerlach, Greg
- Gilbertson, Jacob
- Gilbertson, Abigail
- Gillanders, Britannia
- Goff, Kaitlin
- Gomer, Kevin
- Goon, Doug
- Gordon, Ben
- Gordon, Alex
- Gray, Dyandra
- Green, Corey
- Greene, Miranda
- Greseth, Lee
- Gruber, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Chelsea
- Hageman, Emily
- Hammerstrom, Emma
- Hampel, Michael
- Hansen, Jenny
- Harbaugh Jr. , Greg
- Hardiman, Nicholas
- Hartlage, Hailey
- Hawley, Zachary
- Hayden, Isabella
- Hayes, Maya
- Heitkamp, Nick
- Hencke, Rachel
- Henderson, Tami
- Hendrickson, Marcus
- Henze, Malory
- Herndon, Rachel
- Higgins, Matt
- Hoak, Jacqueline
- Hohman, Neal
- Holland, Anthony
- Holm Haider, Chrissy
- Holmes, MS, LAT, ATC, Acacia
- Homans, Dr. Frances
- Hooten, Mya
- Hopkins, Sarah
- Horn, Aaron
- Huisenga, James
- Hullinger, Autumn
- Ibrahim, Mohamed
- Ikeda, Nao
- James, Jency
- Jarr, Hailey
- Jensen, Thomas
- Jeschke, Jason
- Johnson, Sara
- Johnson, Karter
- Johnson, Kennedy
- Johnson, Daniel
- Johnson, Andy
- Jones, Callie
- Kabia, Ibrahim
- Kappers, Andrew
- Karnish, Ben
- Kassmeyer, Luke
- Katsuma, Aaron
- Kaul, Jason
- Kearney, Ryan
- Keller, Mila
- Kelley, Aaron
- Kelly, Michael
- Kelly, Caroline
- Kemerer, Michael
- Kidd, Dr. Kirbi
- Knight, Milly
- Koehler, Eric
- Korntved, Paula
- Kremer, Kelly
- Kriewall (Mutschelknaus), Karli
- Krysiak, Alexandra
- Kuehl, Nicholas
- Kuhn, Dane
- Kutnink, Garold
- Lamb, Chloe
- Larsen, Joel
- Larsen-Schmidt, Gracia
- Larson, Jake
- LeRoy, Jacob
- Lee, Nick
- Lenker, Jake
- Lero, Emma
- Lienesch, Jacki
- Limegrover, Matt
- Litwin, Emily
- Livingston, Megan
- Lombardo, Stephanie
- Lorenz, Lukas
- Lucas, Zack
- Luong, Rachel
- Macbeth, Jackie
- Mahan, Alec
- Malley, Brent
- Manne, Venkat
- Martin, Paul
- Masters, Kristian
- May, Greg
- McCarthy, Dennis
- McCleary, Tim
- McCloskey, Cameron
- McCormick, Ava
- McCutcheon, Hugh
- McDevitt, Ty
- McWilliams, Scott
- Medved, Niko
- Melsha, Carter
- Mertens, Zach
- Miller, Peter
- Miller, Steve
- Miller, Quinton
- Miller, Carli
- Miller, Jase
- Moberg, DAT, LAT, ATC, Lauren
- Molloy, Molly
- Monroe, Nick
- Mooney, Isabella
- Moore, Travis
- Moore, Sean
- Moore, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Erin
- Moriarty, Sean
- Mougin, Rick
- Nardo, Bryan
- Nassar, Arica
- Nelson, Claire
- Nelson, Molly
- Neu, Chaney
- Nguy, Davis
- Nichol, Dan
- Nichols, Zach
- O'Connor, Chase
- O'Hara, Keegan
- O'Hare, Michael
- O'Meara, Lane
- Oberlander, Emily
- Ochtera, Chelsea
- Oetting, Bailey
- Olson, Maddy
- Ordono, Andrew
- Orr, Matt
- Owens III, Peyton N.
- Ozcelik, Bulut
- Paavola, Hannah
- Parenteau, Kiki
- Parise, MS, LAT, ATC, Anthony
- Patterson, MS, LAT, ATC, Stephen
- Pawola, Christian
- Pease, Autumn
- Pennington, Anastasia
- Perrett, Maddie
- Petersen, Dylan
- Peterson, Niki
- Peterson, Max
- Pineda-O'Donnell, Michael
- Plitzuweit, Dawn
- Poderzay, Brennan
- Porter, Michael
- Praska, Jim
- Pribyl, Max
- Proulx, Brent
- Provost, Emma
- Prytz, Mike
- Pscodna, Kaitlyn
- Purcell, Jackson
- Puttin, Olivia
- Quagliana, Kyle
- Quinn, Joe
- Ready, Joe
- Rechen, Chris
- Reed, Katie
- Reiser, Matt
- Rempel, Brad
- Richardson, Caleb
- Richter, Logan
- Riege, Bryce
- Riley, Ellis
- Rincher, DAT, LAT, ATC, Mara-Paige
- Rinehart, Jagr
- Ritter, Piper
- Robbins, C.J.
- Roberge, Madison
- Rogers, Brian
- Rolfing, Chris
- Romo, John
- Rose, Abby
- Rovnak, Paul
- Ruble, Breeley
- Safgren, Sam
- Salm, Jake
- Sanchez, Dr. Carlosjavier
- Sanders, Zach
- Sang, Max
- Sanny, Sanky
- Schaekel, John
- Scherwinski, Sam
- Schloegel, Quincee
- Schnell, Aaron
- Schreiner, Brett
- Schultz, Nate
- Schutzman, Kody
- Scott, Jessica
- Scott, Mike
- Seifriz, Jeff
- Shada, Andrea
- Shane , Katie
- Sheehan, Brian
- Sherman, Matt
- Shtuk, Anna
- Simondet, MS, LAT, ATC, Curtis
- Skluzacek, Mackenzie
- Skluzacek, Chris
- Slarks, Scott
- Smargiassi, Joelle
- Smith, Justin
- Smith, Victoria
- Snustead, Tanner
- Snyder, Cullen
- Sori-Marin, Mariano
- Spaeth, Greg
- Spence, Madison
- St. Clair, Roya
- Stakston, Andrea
- Stanard, Steve
- Stevens, Dalton
- Stevens, E.J.
- Stieber, Lucas
- Stirn, Adam
- Stitz, Jimmy
- Stockero, Shannon
- Stoesz, Max
- Stout, Cody
- Strahan, Micah
- Strodel, Alicea
- Summerfield, Nolan
- Swanson, Josh
- Swersey, Brandon
- Sypniak, MS, LAT, ATC, Mike
- Taleen, Shane
- Thomas, Lauren
- Thomas, Joi
- Thompson, Troy
- Thompson, Jamar
- Thorson, Dave
- Trad, Jessica
- Traversie, Michelle
- Trice, Sy'Rai
- Tumbleson, Tia
- VanWinkle, Tyler
- Vogel, Matt
- Wallace, John
- Warner, Chad
- Weaver, Dan
- Welch, Samantha
- Wendolek, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Emily
- Whitbeck, Jan
- Whiteside, Erin
- Whitlock, MA, SCCC, Bryan
- Wick, Brad
- Wickens, Spencer
- Wierzbicki, Mike
- Wiley, MS, CSCS, Sara
- Wilson, Norries
- Winslow, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, Victoria
- Winslow, MS, LAT, ATC, Jeffrey
- Wisniewski, MS, LAT, ATC, Joe
- Wittek, Andrew
- Wittrock, Luke
- Wolanin, Josh
- Wood, M.Ed., SCCC, Allyse
- Wright, Garrett
- Wulbecker-Smith, Alexandra
- Xiong, Tou Ger
- Yehlen, Jenny
- Zahner, Morgan
- Zeiszler, MA, LAT, ATC, Kyle
- Zellman, Olivia
- Zilverberg, Samantha
- Zimmerman, Dr. Lauren
Abby DeThorne
- Title:
- Assistant Cheer Team Coach
- Email:
Coach DeThorne is in her seventh season on the Minnesota Cheer Staff. Prior to joining the staff, she was a four-year student-athlete on the University’s All Girl Cheer Team and senior-year captain, and worked in the Spirit Squad office as an intern. She went on to serve as a Spirit Squad Coordinator from 2018-2023.
Outside her coaching role with the cheer team, she now serves as the Varsity Spirit State Director for Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Iowa. She oversees the UCA, NCA, and V!ROC brands throughout the region in her State Director role.
Outside her coaching role with the cheer team, she now serves as the Varsity Spirit State Director for Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Iowa. She oversees the UCA, NCA, and V!ROC brands throughout the region in her State Director role.
Senior SaluteSenior Salute
Wednesday, March 18
Anthonett Nabwe Wins NCAA TitleAnthonett Nabwe Wins NCAA Title
Monday, March 16
NCAA Tournament ReactionNCAA Tournament Reaction
Monday, March 16
Coach Plitzuweit NCAA ReactionCoach Plitzuweit NCAA Reaction
Sunday, March 15
