Assistant Coach: Allison Dynes

Meet the Coaching Staff 2012-13: Allison Dynes

HIGH SCHOOL: Eight-time letter winner for the Bravettes of Annawan High School (four in basketball, and two each in volleyball and track). She finished her high school career as Annawan's all-time leading scorer with 1,624 points and is now 2^nd in all-time scoring. She is also 2^nd on the list of single season scoring with 587 points. As a senior, she averaged 15.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 6.1 apg and 2.3 spg. She was named her team's MVP after leading the team in scoring, assists and free throw percentage. She was named fourth team all-state by the IBCA, special mention all-state by the Champaign News Gazette and honorable mention all-state by the Associated Press. She also earned All-Area Player of the Year (twice) and was Pacesetter (three times) from the Moline Dispatch. She was a three-time first team all-conference selection and a first team Quad City Times All-Area as a senior. While in high school, she was president of the National Honor Society and Annawan All-Stars 4-H Club. She was also involved in many other student organizations, clubs, and mentoring programs.

COLLEGE: Allison played a year at Carl Sandburg College, a member of the NJCAA D2 basketball association where her team finished 5^th in the nation in her freshman campaign. She then took her talents to Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, IA where she played post for the JV team and back-up point guard for varsity. She became JV assistant for BCU in her final two years of college. In her junior year of college, she also coached the Sioux City HOOPLA 7^th grade AAU team. That summer she took her coaching talents to Lake Como, PA where she was a basketball and volleyball coach to kids ages 6-15 as well as a counselor to over 15 fifteen year old girls. Her senior year of college she founded Sioux City CHAOS, a 14U AAU girls basketball team and traveled throughout South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri.

After college graduation she worked for Paddle Diva, a stand-up paddle boarding company on Long Island, NY, whose main focus is empowering women through sport. She then coached for Columbus Crossover, an AAU organization based out of Columbus, OH before ultimately coming back to Illinois. She is currently attending Western Illinois University where she is a graduate student studying sports management.