CHSCA SPECIAL AWARDS 2019 Assistant Coach of the Year- Bob Maloney has been the assistant softball coach with Coach Mark Roberts for 18 seasons (currently at Ponderosa HS). In that time they have won over 200 games, six league championships, three elite 8 final appearances and one state championship (Douglas County HS 1994). According to Mark “the kids love Bob and he has helped them with his extensive knowledge and ability to work constructively in helping them to achieve their potential. You can’t find anyone to say a bad word about Tom… He has done so much for our players, our parents and our community.” The words that Coach Maloney teaches are: All the talent in the world won't take you anywhere without your teammates. Bob would like to add that “I would like to thank my wife and son for understanding and supporting the passion I have for coaching and the time away from them that is required to do it.” When not coaching Bob enjoys spending time with his family which most of the time is at sporting events-- Broncos, Avalanche, Rockies and Notre Dame football. Dale Yost Teacher Coach of the Year Award –The award is given annually to a Colorado Coach who has demonstrated exemplary qualities in the classroom as well as coaching. Keri Trimble is a Colorado native, growing up in Littleton where she attended Heritage High School and was a Liberty Belle (pom). After graduating, she moved to California for college attending Scripps College where she majored in English with a minor in dance. She then attended Claremont Graduate University earning her Masters degree in Education. After 10 years of teaching and coaching in southern California, she moved back to Colorado the year Mountain Vista opened. She has been teaching English and Physical Education at Vista for 18 years and is the original and only Pom coach Vista has ever had. The Vista Varsity Poms have captured 10 League and 12 Regional titles in Pom, Jazz and Hip- Hop, as well as 8 5A State titles and 3 State Runner-up. Vista Poms is the only team in the State of Colorado to hold State titles in all 3 dance divisions: Pom (2006, 2008, 2009) Hip Hop (2013, 2014) and Jazz (2010, 2015, 2018). The team has traveled to the National Dance Team Championships in Orlando, Florida where the team has finished Top 5 in both Pom and Jazz several times and danced in finals for 13 straight years. Currently the team attends NDA Nationals where they captured their first National Championship in the Medium Jazz division in 2017. For the past 10 years, Keri has served as a board member for the Colorado Spirit Coaches Association and the Colorado High School Coaches Association to constantly improve the sport of Spirit. She has been named Coach of the Year for the Continental League 6 times and in 2008 was chosen as the Colorado Spirit Coach of the year. Keri says “My goal each year is to push every young dancer who enters the program to graduate as a strong, confident, leader in the world. I love being able to make a living following my passion. I get my support from my team, the parents, the community and most importantly my amazing family consisting of Ron and daughter Britta”. When Keri is not teaching/coaching, she loves being in the outdoors hiking and kayaking.