CSB Dance Coaches and Captains

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Bailey Eakins
Head Coach
Beakins001@csbsju.edu

Bailey started dancing when she was two years old, and competed competitively for fifteen years.She is an alumni of arabesque school of dance where she danced for 10 years. She was the captain of the Anoka dance team, and was all conference,and all state jazz. She started her coaching career in high school coaching the Northdale middle school dance team. She was a scholarship recipient and attendee of Hollywood summer tour in 2019. She was a 4 year member of the College of Saint Benedict Dance Team.

She was also previously a staff member at St. Cloud Just For Kix and three year JFK camp staff member.She is going into her fourth season coaching for the Holdingford Dance Team, where she contributed to helping the Huskers bring home their first ever state championship in 2024 as well as another top three placement this past season. She was named MADT 2025 Class A Assistant Coach of the Year, and this will be her first year serving on the MADT Board of Directors! She is also one of the co-owners of Brockway Dance Complex in Holdingford, MN! 
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 Abby Mickschl
Assistant Coach
amickschl001@csbsju.edu

Abby is from Woodbury, MN where she grew up doing studio competition dance at DelMonico Dance, and was a part of the Woodbury High School Dance Team. Following that, she was a two year member of the Minnesota State University Mankato Dance Team, where they took the 2016 National Champion title in Open Jazz, followed by 2nd and 3rd in Pom. She has over 8 years experience teaching and choreographing various styles for studio competition teams, and for midwest area high school dance teams. She was also a Just For Kix Summer Camp instructor for 6 years. After college, she pursued additional education and became a Certified Personal Trainer, and Certified Nutrition Coach through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. With her degree in Marketing, she has a full time role for Collegis Education as an Employee Engagement & Development specialist. Most recently, she moved to Delano, MN in 2021 and began coaching Varsity Jazz for the Delano High School Dance
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Riley Court
Assistant Coach 

Riley grew up in Cold Spring, MN and started dancing at the age of 3 at Just for Kix. She was a competitive dancer at St. Cloud School of Dance for 10 years and danced on ROCORI High School’s varsity high kick and jazz teams for 6 years. In college she danced for Minnesota State University, Mankato for four years and won a Pom National Championship in 2019. She graduated college with a degree in construction management and a minor in business administration. For work she is a solar electrical estimator for a renewable energy construction company.
 


Captains:

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Maddie Eichinger (Competition Team Captain) 
Maddie is a sophomore on the Dance Team from Forest Lake Minnesota. She is majoring in nursing. Her favorite memory on the team is the UDA camp at Chula Vista and UDA Nationals in Florida. She is very excited for her next three years on the team where she will make more memories with her best friends.
Cat Lichtenberger (Competition Team Captain) 
Cat is a senior on the Dance Team from Edina Minnesota. She is majoring in Strategic Communication Studies with a Psychology minor. Her favorite memory on the Dance Team is the UDA camp at Chula Vista, UDA Nationals in Orlando, and all the in between moments bonding with the team. She is so excited for one more year with this special program!
Faith Mayer (Club Team Captain) 
Faith is a senior on the CSB Club Team! She is from Maple Grove Minnesota, and attended Osseo High School. She is an Exercise Health Science major on the pre-occupational therapy track with a minor is Psychology. This will be her fourth year on the team. Her favorite memory from these past years is extending out the team's regular season and performing hip-hop for the first time at a girl's basketball game! She is so excited to lead this amazing team!
Lindsay Nelson (Club Team Captain) 
Lindsay is a junior on the CSB Club Team, and this will be her third year on the team! She is from Vadnais Heights Minnesota, and attended Mounds View High School, dancing there for all four years. At CSB she is majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in Teaching English as a Second Language. Her favorite memory from the CSB Club Dance Team is stepping out on the field for the first performance of the season with her team. It is an experience she will never forget. She is so excited to help lead the upcoming year and make this season special!