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July 28, 2009Central adds two assistants
PELLA—Rhea Softley and Traci Dyer have joined the Central College volleyball coaching staff.
Both will assist with the junior varsity squad.
Softley, a 2004 Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. graduate, was a team captain in volleyball and women’s basketball for the Prairie Wolves and was a three-time letterwinner in both sports. The 2003-04 Nebraska Wesleyan female athlete of the year, Softley was a three-time first-team all-conference performer in volleyball and a two-time CoSIDA academic all-district honoree while receiving all-league honorable mention three times in basketball. In 2002, Softley helped her squad gain an NCAA Division III volleyball tourney berth and she ranks second in school history in career blocks (339) and block assists (262).
Softley was a junior varsity boys’ basketball coach in Moorcroft, Wyo. and earlier was a student assistant in volleyball and girls’ basketball while teaching at Lincoln Northeast High School in Nebraska. She served as a student assistant coach in volleyball and women’s basketball at Nebraska Wesleyan in 2003-04. Softley is completing requirements for a master’s degree at the Univ. of Neb.-Kearney.
Dyer, a 2008 Central graduate, was a two-time letterwinner for the Dutch and received the team’s 2007 Spirit Award. A San Antonio, Texas native, Dyer is completing requirements for a master’s degree in secondary education at Texas State Univ.