The Dubuque Community School District has selected the new volleyball and cheerleading coaches for Hempstead High School, pending approval by the Board of Education at its next meeting.
Travis Wills, assistant men’s volleyball coach at Clarke University, will assume the volleyball position and Shawna Auderer, the cheerleading assistant coach for the 2013-14 season, will become the head coach this year.
Wills has served as assistant men’s volleyball coach at Clarke since 2012, where he also played for the Crusaders for two seasons as a student-athlete. He previously served as the head freshman volleyball coach and assistant varsity coach at Southwestern High School in Hazel Green, Wis. At the club level, he has coached multiple seasons in Galena, Ill., 16-, 17- and 18-year-old girl’s level. Professionally, Wills is a commercial credit analyst at American Trust & Savings Bank.
Auderer, who served as assistant cheerleading coach at Hempstead last season, has been involved in numerous sports at the school including cross country, bowling, track, wrestling and cheerleading. She has been involved in cheerleading at various levels including high school, college and travel team competition. Professionally, she has been a sign language interpreter in the district for 15 years, currently assigned to Carver Elementary School for the 2014-15 school year.
For more information, contact the DCSD School and Community Relations Office at (563)552-3020.
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