STORM LAKE, Iowa – What do a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a Big Ten champion and a national championship coach have in common?
Big Ten Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist, National Champion Coach Leads BVU Athletic Performance Efforts | University sport
Buena Vista University Director of Athletic Performance Shane Maier works with BVU freshman Lindsey Stanley during a workout at the Fritcher Fitness Center on campus last week. Maier, a Big Ten champion, is one of three additions to BVU’s athletic performance program.
Buena Vista University’s strength and conditioning efforts are aided by Trevor Johnson (left), Shane Maier and Kerron Stewart. Johnson is also a men’s basketball coach at BVU, while Maier coaches pitchers in the Beavers track and field program and Stewart works with student-athletes as an assistant coach in the track and field and cross-country programs. country from BVU.
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All of them are digging full time to build Buena Vista University Athletics.
• First up, Big Ten Champion: Shane Maier, from Storm Lake, who won the 2007 Big Ten title in the shot put, has been appointed Director of Athletic Performance at BVU, a role that will see Maier in working with each individual of BVU’s growing body of student-athletes.
• Next, two-time silver medalist: Kerron Stewart, who is currently an assistant athletics and cross-country coach at BVU, adds to her title. Stewart also becomes deputy director of athletic performance. Stewart, from Jamaica, won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in the 100 and 200-meter sprints. She won a second silver medal as a member of the Jamaican 4X100-meter relay team at the 2012 Olympics.
• Third, National Championship Coach: Trevor Johnson, BVU Men’s Basketball Coach. Johnson, who started guiding the Beavers two seasons ago, will add the assistant director of athletic performance to his title. He was an assistant coach who helped lead the Nebraska-Wesleyan men’s basketball team to an NCAA Division III title in 2018.
“We are entering an exciting era for BVU Athletics,” said Scott Brown, Beavers Athletic Director. “The commitment to BVU and our student-athletes by Shane, Kerron and Trevor further proves that leaders in their fields choose to be at BVU. In my role, it is exciting to know that current and future Beaver student-athletes will have the unique opportunity to train under the guidance of a Big Ten Champion, Olympic Medalist and National Champion Coach. . “
