Coaches Award

Each year at the State Competition, MATHCOUNTS honors those math teachers whose record of service is extraordinary.

15-year award

Nancy Power, math teacher at Willmar Junior High, Moorhead, has brought a team or individual to the State competition 15 times starting in 1997. Nancy is one of MATHCOUNTS' longest serving coaches and was honored at the 2011 State Meet with a Super Coach Award.

20-year award

Ken Welken, Horizon Middle School, Moorhead

10-year awards

• Daniel Ethier, Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul
• Mark Christenson, Kittson Middle School
• Dan DeMarce Central Middle School, Eden Prairie
• Cindy Fisher, Wayzata West Middle School
• Steve Graff, Hutchinson Middle School
• Doug Johnson, Bemidji Middle School
  
• Brenda Leier, Franklin Middle School, Thief River Falls
• Marilyn Lodoen, Mahtomedi Junior High
• Nancy Powers, Willmar Junior High
• Jill Rude, BOLD Junior High, Bird Island
• Dan Nelson, Willow Creek Middle School, Rochester
• John Wallberg, Becker Middle School
• Ken Welken, Horizon Middle School, Moorhead
• Ray Farley, Discovery Middle School, Alexandria
• Jack Yaklich, retired, Lincoln Junior High, Hibbing

5-Year awards

• Howard Anderson, Moorhead Junior High
• Carol Andrus, Hubert Olson Junior High, Bloomington
• Jeanne Bennett, Westwood Middle School, Spring Lake Park
• Steve Bechtold, Blackduck Junior High
• John Benda, Capitol Hill Magnet, St. Paul
• Morris Bjurlin, Hutchinson Junior High
• Bill Boulger, St. Paul Academy
• Chuck Beitlich, St. Paul’s Lutheran School
• Danette Campbell, Osseo Junior High
• Mark Christenson, Kittson Central Middle School
• Dan DeMarce, Eden Prairie Central Middle School
• Russ Davidson, Esko Public Schools
• Linda Degner, St. Peter Lutheran School
• Dennis Erickson, Mankato East Junior High
• Elaine Erickson, BOLD Junior High, Bird Island
• Dan Ethier, Mounds Park Academy, St. Paul
• Cindy Fisher, Wayzata West Middle School
• Alex Ford
• Anna Maria Gaylord, Minnehaha Academy
• Steve Graff, Hutchinson Middle School
• Jan Hartman, St. Paul Academy & Summit School
• Paul Hegre, Seward Montessori School
• Dan Holan, North Junior High, St. Cloud
• Gretchen Hyinks, Grand Rapids Middle School
• Dave Kennedy, St. Peter Middle School
• Ronald Kerr, South Junior High, St. Cloud
• William Kolling, John Adams Junior High, Rochester
• Brenda Leier, Franklin Middle School, Thief River Falls
• George Leiter, St. Paul Academy
• Phil Melhorn, Willlow Creek
• Nicole Misuraco, Wayzata East Middle School
• Pat Mueller, St Michaels Albertville
• Denise Murken, Discovery Middle School, Alexandria
• Dan Nelson, Willow Creek Middle School, Rochester
• John Orbison, Robbinsdale Middle School
• Marlys Otis, Central Junior High, White Bear Lake
• Chris Page, Twin Cities Jewish Middle School
• Dana Patenaude, Mankato East Junior High
• Trisha Pendill, Willmar Junior High
• Nicole Pittenger, Rochester Kellogg Middle School
• Bill Prem, Eden Prairie Central Middle School
• Kelly Rathcke, Hutchinson Middle School
• Mary Reardon, St. Pius, Rochester
• Gerald Robertson, Montevideo Middle School
• Judy Rohde, John Glenn Middle School, Maplewood
• Manny Ronnenberg, Willmar Junior High School
• Joyce Schneider, Sartell Junior High
• Bernie Stueve, Osseo Junior High
• Katie Tang, Wayzata Central Middle School, Plymouth
• Carol Vickery, Hopkins West Junior High
• Gordon Wagner, Apollo Junior High, St. Cloud
• DuWayne Witt, St. Paul's Lutheran School