Base Coaches

StarSkate

Check Out Our StarSkate Coaches!

Jenna Hodnefield
Jenna Hodnefield
Base Coach

  • Provincial Coach In-Training
  • Regional Coach Certified
  • Club Coach Certified
  • Program Coordinator
  • 11 yrs experience coaching CanSkate and STARSkate
  • 7 yrs Program Assistant experience
  • Gold Skills, Gold Interpretive, Gold Dance, Rhumba Diamond Dance, Senior Bronze FreeSkate Elements & Program, Accredited Star 7 Elements
  • Experience coaching up to gold levels
  • STAR competition coaching experience
  • Coordinator - Devon Skating Club
  • BSc in Agricultural Business Management

j.hodnefiel1@gmail.com

Abi Seewald
Abi Seewald
Base Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • Club Coach Certified
  • Program Coordinator
  • 10 yrs experience coaching CanSkate, STARSkate, Competitive
  • Diamond Dances, Gold Skills, Gold Interpretive, Senior Silver Freeskate (now Star 10 Freeskate)
  • 4th, 6th at 2012 Nationals, two-time Gold medalist at AB/NWT/NUN Sectionals Novice & Junior Ice Dance, 3-time Challenge competitor
  • Experienced coaching Star 1 to Gold, diamond dances, and Podium Pathway
  • Specialized in choreography, turn technique, and Ice Dance.
  • 16+ yrs Dance experience (RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Ballroom, Bharathanatyam, and Bollywood)
  • BSc, MPH, MD in progress

a.seewald98@gmail.com

Rhea Sherman
Rhea Sherman
Base Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • Club Coach Certified
  • CanPowerSkate Certified
  • 9 yrs experience coaching CanSkate and STARSkate
  • 5 years program assistant experience
  • Junior Silver Skills, Junior Bronze Freeskate, Junior Silver Dance, and Bronze Interpretative
  • Bachelor of Economics
  • Bilingual (French - English)

rheajsherman@gmail.com

Elène Haave Audet
Elène Haave Audet
Base Coach

  • Regional Coach Certified
  • Club Coach Certified
  • 9 years coaching experience of STARSkate and competitive skate
  • Quad gold (FreeSkate, Dance, Skills, Artistic) and Diamond dances
  • FreeSkate competitor and competed at the Junior level at AB Sectionals (Provincials)
  • Experience coaching all levels, from Pre-CanSkate to Senior Competitive, and adults
  • STAR competition coaching experience
  • French Bilingual
  • BSc, MSc, and a PhD candidate in biology
  • Provincial Coach In-Training

ehaaveaudet@gmail.com

Supplemental Coaches

StarSkate

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Jaelyn Hodnefield
Jaelyn Hodnefield
Supplemental Coach

  • Club Coach Certified
  • Regional Coach Certified
  • Event Assistant Administrator
  • 4 years coaching experience
  • 7 years program assistant experience
  • Gold Skills, Gold Dance, Silver Artistic, Junior Bronze Freeskate
  • BA in Anthropology at U of A in progress

Marie-Terez Abou Rjeily
Marie-Terez Abou Rjeily
Supplemental Coach

  • Club Coach Certified
  • Regional Coach Certified
  • PA Coordinator
  • 5 years coaching experience
  • 3 years coaching synchronized skating
  • Competitive synchronized skating experience
  • Coaching synchro competition experience (Sectionals)
  • Star 8 Skills, Star 7 Artistic, Star 6 Dance, Star 2 FreeSkate, Pre-Novice Synchro
  • Active skater
  • French and Arabic fluency
  • BA in Psychology and Political Science at UofA in progress

Melanie Cheng
Melanie Cheng
Supplemental Coach

  • Club Coach Certified
  • Regional Coach Certified
  • French speaking
  • 3 years experience coaching
  • 3 years Program Assistant experience
  • Gold Skills, Gold Artistic, Gold FreeSkate Program, STAR 10 Elements, STAR 8 Dance
  • Active figure skater
  • BBA in Human Resources at U of A in progress

Grace Fedor
Grace Fedor
Supplemental Coach

  • Regional Coach Trained
  • Club Coach Certified
  • 3 years coaching experience
  • 7 years Program Assistant experience
  • Gold Dance, Gold Artistic, Gold Skills, Star 9b Freeskate
  • BScN in progress at MacEwan University

Nidhi Patel
Nidhi Patel
Supplemental Coach

  • Club Coach Certified
  • Regional Coach Certified in Training
  • 3 years of coaching experience
  • 4 years of Program Assistant experience
  • Gold Artistic, Star 8 Skills, Star 8 Dances, Star 8 Freeskate, Star 8 Freeskate Program
  • Active figure skater
  • Current student at the University of Alberta studying Physiology

Nidhi Patel
Andrea Parry
Supplemental Coach

  • National Trained Coach
  • 12 years coaching experience
  • Coaches all disciplines from STARSkate levels 1 through Gold and competitive programming
  • Coached to Provincial Medalist
  • Competed Junior Competitive U19 with Gold Freeskate, Gold Dances, Gold Skills, and Gold Interpretive (artistic)
  • Bachelor of Social Work with a focus on child psychology

Megan Semmens
Megan Semmens
Supplemental Coach

  • CanSkate Certified
  • Regional Trained
  • Learn to Skate Assistant Administrator
  • 3 years coaching experience
  • 4 years Program Assistant experience
  • Gold Artistic, Star 8 Skills, Star 7B Dance, Star 6 Freeskate
  • Active skater
  • Diploma in Christian Leadership and Mission

Melissa Lam
Melissa Lam
Supplemental Coach

  • CanSkate Certified
  • Regional Trained
  • 4 years coaching experience
  • 5 years Program Assistant experience
  • Star 9 Artistic, Star 7 Dance, Star 6 Skills, Star 5 Freeskate
  • Active Skater
  • Master of Counselling in progress at City University of Seattle

Base Coaches

Learn To Skate

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Katie Abou Rjeily
Katie Abou Rjeily

  • Club Coach Trained
  • 4 years experience coaching
  • 6 years Program Assistant experience
  • Star 8 Skills and Star 6 Dance
  • Competitive synchro skating experience - sectional
  • French fluency
  • BEd from the University of Alberta

Alyssa Higo
Alyssa Higo

  • Club Coach Trained
  • Regional Trained
  • Trained Special Olympics Community Coach
  • 2 years coaching experience
  • Star 3 FreeSkate, Star 6 Skills, Star 7 Dance, Star 5 Artistic
  • Program Assistant experience
  • Active skater

Astha Shah
Astha Shah

  • Club Coach Trained
  • Regional In-Training
  • 4 years PA experience
  • 1 year coaching experience
  • Star 6 FreeSkate, STar 7 Skills, Star 6 Dance
  • Hindi fluency
  • Active skater

Astha Shah
Ellen Kim

  • Club Coach Trained
  • Regional In-Training
  • 1 year PA experience
  • 1 year coaching experience
  • Star 7 FreeSkate, Star 7 Skills, Star 6ac Dance
  • Korean fluency
  • Active skater

Zoe Larson
Zoe Larson

  • Club Coach In-Training
  • 1 year coaching experience
  • 4 years Program Assistant experience
  • Star 6 Skills, Star 6 Dance, and Star 7 Artistic
  • Korean fluency
  • Active Figure Skater

Ariana Filiplic
Ariana Filiplic

  • Club Coach Certified
  • Regional Trained Coach
  • 2 years coaching experience
  • 4 years Program Assistant experience
  • Star 7 Skills, Star 7 Dance, and Star 6 Freeskate
  • Active Figure Skater
  • BA with a major in Pharmacology (in progress)

Mariika Meadus
Mariika Meadus

  • 4 years Program Assistant experience
  • Quad Gold: Freeskate, Dance, Artistic, and Skills
  • Competitive Freeskate experience – Sectionals
  • Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (in progress at the University of Alberta)
  • French fluency

Base Coaches

CanPower

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Brodie Case
Brodie Case

  • CanPower Coach Trained
  • 20+ years of hockey experience
  • Played Tier 1 hockey
  • Taken several credited competitive coaching courses at the college and university level
  • Professional photographer with a Certificate from the New York Institute of Photography
  • Bachelor of Kinesiology

brodoe15@gmail.com