Washburn coaching staff
Tera Reisner
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Tera Reisner is in her second season as a graduate assistant for the Lady Blues soccer team after serving as a volunteer assistant at Angelo State in 2006. Reisner is a 2005 graduate from Missouri Southern with a kinesiology degree. She was a twotime all-central region selection scoring 22 goals as a two-year starter for the Lions earning first team all-MIAA honors as a junior and second team allMIAA honors as a senior. Her 22 goals and 51 total points rank second on the Lions career scoring charts. Reisner starter her collegiate career at Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C., where she was a two-time all-conference performer. She scored 26 goals in two seasons before transferring to Missouri
Southern. She also played lacrosse for the Bobcats. The summer before her senior season for the Lions, she traveled to Australia with the USA Athletes International team to play against collegiate teams. Reisner also coached at McAuley High School in Joplin, Mo., to its best record in the program’s history while finishing her undergraduate degree. After graduation, she returned to her hometown of San Angelo, Texas, to volunteer for the Rambelles. She is pursuing her master’s degree in clinical psychology in hopes of becoming a sports psychologist. She is the daughter of Brenda and Terry Reisner. She has a younger brother who is attending Missouri Southern.
Grady Woodruff
Graduate assistant coach • second season at Washburn • Missouri Southern, 2005
Grady Woodruff begins his fourth season as an assistant coach at Washburn. He received his associates of science from Barton County Community College. A native Topekan, Woodruff brings two years collegiate playing experience from Barton County. While at Barton, he helped the Cougars win two Jayhawk Conference championships while receiving All-American honors in the classroom. Woodruff graduated from Topeka West High School where he led the Chargers to back-to-back final four appearances. He was an all-city and an allstate selection both his junior and senior seasons. His coaching experience includes positions with several independent youth teams in Topeka, and
he also serves as assistant coach at Seaman High School. He is engaged to Elizabeth Volk and they wed on Oct., 18th when the Lady Blues play at Northwest Missouri this fall. Woodruff graduated in May with his bachelor of arts degree in excersice physiology.
Jackson Waechter
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
Graduate assistant coach • fourth season at Washburn
Jackson Waechter is in his third season as a student assistant coach at Washburn. The Topeka natvie is a Shawnee Heights graduate and was the team captain for the Thunderbird team which finished as the state runner-up his senior season. Waechter earned all-city, all-region, all-conference and all-state honors as a senior at Shawnee Heights. Waechter works with various youth programs in the Topeka area and recently traveled to Alaska to coach youth soccer camps in Anchorage. The Washburn Presidential Academic Honor Roll member will graduate in May with his degree in actuarial science.
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