Experience

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  University of florida

  Jun 2000 - May 2004

  Divison 1 athlete women’s soccer

  4 years letter winner.Tri-captain senior year.National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Southeast Region third team member senior year. Member of the first-ever SEC Soccer Good Works team for recognition of my community service initiatives and efforts. Shared the 2004 Tracy Caulkins Award at UF Commencement ceremonies as the top graduating female student-athlete in 2004. 97 career matches ranking second all-time.6930 minutes played is 8th all-time.

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  University of florida

  Aug 2004 - Jul 2005

  Strength and conditioning ops intern
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  Stanford university

  Aug 2005 - Mar 2009

  Athletics

  Lead, administered and coached as a strength and conditioning specialist for 7 sports. Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Swimming, Women's Swimming, Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse, Squash.

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  North carolina state university

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2012

  Assistant women's soccer coach

  Coaching, Recruiting, Team Strength Coach, Team Travel Coordinator, Community Service Coordinator

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  Ravenscroft school

  Jan 2012 - May 2014

  Asst. weightlifting, conditioning coordinator and varsity girls head soccer coach
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  D1 training

  Nov 2012 - Aug 2014

  Strength and conditioning/ sports performance coach
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  D floyd's performance training

  Oct 2013 - now

  Owner

  As a leader whose love and passion is for fitness, functional training, sports specific training, and overall health & wellness, Dena works hard toward a purpose and vision with goals and aspirations for her clients and athletes. ENVISION, EMPOWER, ACHIEVE is her motto. Her experience, positive energy, diverse mindset and knowledge allow her to work well with a variety of cliental and sports, all while helping them ACHIEVE their goals in fitness.Sher offers precise designed programs that are catered to the individual and/or group for their needs and goals. Show less

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  The woods charter school

  Aug 2014 - now

  Athletic director k-12 school

  Teaches 9th grade Health and PEOversees Woods Charter Athletics, which involves managing, budgeting, promoting and scheduling all the sports teams. Supervises coaches, parents, student-athletes and athletic eventsMentors student-athletes and helps with prospective collegiate play/recruiting process In the Spring of 2018, Dena was selected by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association as the "State AD/Administrator" of the year for 2017 - 2018 School Year. This is a significant award as it spans all classifications and is selected by the board of the NCSCA. Show less

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  Soccer genome llc.

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2021

  Director of sports performance

  • Designs, implements and coaches’ progressive sports performance programs for scholastic and collegiate soccer athletes• Educates and acts as a consultant for parents

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  North carolina state university

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2020

  Part-time/seasonal w. soccer color commentator/analyst

  Color Commentating for NC State Women's Soccer which is televised on ESPN and the ACC Network.

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  The global community of women in high school sports

  Aug 2022 - now

  Global community executive council