Beth Strom
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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Phone:
- (616) 901-8790
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- Email:
- elizabeth.strom@cuaa.edu
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- Year:
- 9
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- Alma Mater:
- Aquinas College
Beth Strom enters her ninth year as the Head Dance Coach for the Concordia Dance Team.
The Cardinal's Dance team made their first appearance at the NAIA National Championships where they placed 10th.
Strom has over ten years of collegiate coaching experience at the NAIA level, and she has been training professionally in her dance career both as a student and a choreographer for over 28 years.
She competed on the dance team during her time at West Catholic High School and while attending Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI.
Strom is currently the Dance Chair for the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference, and she was voted the WHAC Champions of Character Coach in 2021. She also holds numerous dance certifications and has served on the Executive Committee for dance at the NAIA level.
Outside of her work with the dance team, Strom is a current member of the dance faculty at Encore Dance Studio in Adrian, MI, where she instructs the pre-professional classes and the elite competitive jazz team. She has taught dance at various studios in the greater Ann Arbor area, and most recently choreographed for The Sound of Music at Concordia Ann Arbor.
Beth is a graduate of Aquinas College in interdisciplinary communication and business. She earned her master’s degree in college student affairs leadership at Grand Valley State University in 2012. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with her husband Steve and two children.
Coaching Highlights
- 1st NAIA Tournament Appearance in school history (10th-place finish)
- 3 NAIA All-American selections
- 5 WHAC All-Conference Selections
- 1 WHAC Newcomer of the Year
- 10 NAIA Academic All-Americans
- 11 WHAC Scholar-Athletes
