Middle School

List of 7 items.

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  Elizabeth Drazdowski

  Middle School Athletic Director
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  University of North Carolina - BA
  Chaminade University - MA

  At CA Since: 2017
  
  Elizabeth Drazdowski joined Colorado Academy in 2017 as the Middle School Athletic Director from Brian McMahon High School in Norwalk, Conn., where she worked as a special education co-teacher and as the Assistant Varsity Field Hockey Coach. Drazdowski has also served as Head Coach of the Competitive Edge Field Hockey Club in Trumbull, Conn. Prior to that, she worked in special education at Bronx Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy in South Bronx, N.Y., and at Waipahu High School in Waipahu, Hawaii. She received her MEd in Special Education from Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii, and her bachelor’s in Communications from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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  Beth Folsom

  Lower & Middle School P.E., Coach
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  Northeast Missouri State University - BS
  University of Northern Colorado - MA

  At CA Since: 1999
  
  Beth Folsom, a Preceptor, has been a physical education instructor and coach at CA since 1999. Prior to coming to CA, she taught at St. Mary’s Academy. Folsom has been the Upper School boys golf coach since 1999 and has coached the Upper School girls team since 2006. The girls were the 4A state champions in 2007, 2008, and 2019. She also coaches both the boys and girls Middle School golf teams as well as Middle School basketball. Folsom has been named Coach of the Year multiple times by the Metro League, state of Colorado (4A) and the Central Section of the LPGA. She received her MA from the University of Northern Colorado. After competing in golf at the collegiate level, Folsom joined the teaching division of the LPGA and is a Class A Teaching Professional. In addition to golf, she enjoys baseball, being in the mountains, snowboarding, cycling and reading.
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  Wes Kirk

  Athletic Instructor, Strength & Conditioning Coach
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  Indiana University Southeast - BS
  University of Oklahoma - MEd

  At CA Since: 2019Wes Kirk has extensive coaching experience at the middle and high school levels, as well as at the University of Oklahoma, Florida State University, and the University of Arizona. In Fall 2019, he came to CA from the University of Oklahoma, where he was a Graduate Assistant for the Strength and Conditioning department. In addition to coaching and training, he has helped with post-injury reconditioning of athletes. He played football at the collegiate level for Franklin College, a Division III school in Indianapolis. He has worked with athletes in sports including swim and dive, rowing, soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, gymnastics, wrestling, softball, and track and field.
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  Dan Pratt

  P.E. Instructor, Coach
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  Syracuse University - BA

  At CA Since: 2011
  
  Dan Pratt has been coaching at CA since 2011 and brought a wealth of experience as a lacrosse coach and player to his current position of Lower School PE teacher and coach of Boys Varsity and Boys Middle School Lacrosse. A Varsity defenseman at Syracuse University, he was named All-American in his senior year, and played professional lacrosse with the Detroit Turbos. In addition to coaching many Colorado youth teams and at summer camps, Pratt was also an assistant lacrosse coach at the University of Colorado and Assistant Coach and Defensive Coordinator for the Colorado Mammoth prior to coming to Colorado Academy.
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  Caitlin Simbeck

  Lower & Middle School P.E.
  
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  University of Dubuque - BS
  Fort Lewis College - MA

  At CA Since: 2022
  
  Caitlin Simbeck came to the CA Athletic Department in fall 2022 as Lower School and Middle School P.E. Instructor. She most recently was Athletic Director at St. Columba Catholic School in Durango, Colo., where she taught P.E. to grades Pre-K through 8 and directed the program for two years. She has teaching experience of P.E. at all levels in public schools, has coached high school and club volleyball, led activities at Boys and Girls Clubs, served as a personal trainer in a YMCA/YWCA setting and as an exercise specialist at a medical center. Simbeck received a BS in Exercise Science from the University of Dubuque and earned an MA in Education from Fort Lewis College in Durango. She holds a variety of specialist endorsements, including CDC Concussion in Sports Training certification, American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED, National Strength and Conditioning Association Personal Trainer certification, and Colorado teaching licensure.
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  Robert Ulrich

  Lower & Middle School P.E., Coach
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  Colorado State University - BS
  University of Northern Colorado - MA

  At CA Since: 1989
  
  Bob Ulrich has been at CA since 1989. He has served as the Director of Lower School P.E., teaches Pre-K through sixth grade, and he is Head Coach for Varsity Volleyball and Girls Varsity Tennis, along with coaching Middle School volleyball and basketball. In 2010 Ulrich was named Metro League volleyball Coach of the Year; in 2009 he was inducted into the Metro League Hall of Fame; he was named Metro League Tennis Coach of the Year in 2009, 2007, 2004, and 2003; in 2007 he was named Metro League Assistant Coach of the Year; in 2005 he was named Metro League Volleyball Assistant Coach of the Year; and in 1999 he was the recipient of the Yoeman Fisher Award for Teaching Excellence at CA, and is also a Master Teacher. Ulrich enjoys spending time with his family, and reading sports psychology and leadership books, along with suspense novels, lawn care, golfing, tennis, and fly fishing. Go Mustangs!
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  Hunter Worthley

  Athletics Assistant
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  Metropolitan State University - BS

  At CA Since: 2018
  
  Hunter Worthley joined CA’s Athletics staff in 2019 as the department’s Athletics Assistant. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, with a minor in Management. She has coached Girls Basketball in middle and upper grades, worked as a student athletic trainer, and was a student-athlete at Northeastern Junior College. There, she was Captain of the Women’s Basketball team and was a National Junior College Athletic Association First-Team Academic All-American. She also has been a National Society of Collegiate Scholars honoree at MSU Denver for her academic excellence.