Barb Thorson is an amazing mother, wife, follower of God, and she was an amazing dance coach. From the years I was in eighth to eleventh grade Barb was the head coach of the Saint Mary’s Saintiques. Barb mainly worked with the varsity team, but even when she was not explicitly coaching junior high or junior varsity, she was still extremely involved with both teams. I chose Barb as my version of an exemplary leader for numerous reasons. At practice Barb dedicated her full attention to the dancers; no matter what was going on in her outside life, when she was at practice, the girls came first. When coaching, Barb found a way to have balance between being our coach and being strict and acting as a second mother to us all. Barb was always caring
