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Lisa Klein
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Lisa Klein was named the TWU gymnastics assistant coach on September 1, 2007.
A 26 year-old native of St. Louis, Missouri, Klein is no stranger to the TWU gymnastics program. She served for the last three seasons (2005-07) as the Pioneers’ graduate assistant coach. In 2006, her coaching efforts helped TWU claim their first-ever Midwest Independent Conference Championship and their eighth USAG National Championship. In 2007, she was chosen as the NCAA Division II Assistant Gymnastics Coach of the Year and the Midwest Independent Conference Co-Assistant Coach of the Year. Additionally, she guided two TWU gymnasts - Courtney Arno in 2006 and Rachel Zimmerman in 2007 - to USAG Individual Event National Championships on beam.
Before coming to TWU, Klein enjoyed an outstanding gymnastics career at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. As a freshman in 2001, she was an integral part of an ISU team that advanced all the way to the NCAA Regionals. After a knee injury sidelined her for the entirety of the 2002 season, she returned to the competition floor and qualified as an individual on beam for the 2003 NCAA Regionals. In 2004, her senior season, she served as the Redbirds’ team captain and once again qualified as a NCAA regional competitor on beam. Klein earned a place in the Illinois State record book when she set (and still holds) the Illinois State beam and floor records with scores of 9.95 on both events.
Klein got her start in gymnastics at GymQuarters in O’Fallon, Missouri where she trained under the direction of Scott Cusimano, who, ironically enough, was the TWU gymnastics assistant coach from 1979-1983.
Klein made her initial foray into coaching as Illinois State’s student-assistant coach in the fall of 2004. She graduated with honors and received her Bachelor’s of Science from Illinois State in December 2004. In May 2007, she completed her graduate school coursework at TWU and is expected to receive her Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sports Nutrition this May.
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