Physical Education

Full Time Staff: Deanna Brabant, Karly Brautigam, Donnie Brooks, Tori Burnett, Mary-Clare Couillard, Jody Gabriel, Liz Garms, Sarah Graves, Kyllian Griffin, Mike Hall, Matthew Haugen, Scott Hintz, Tony Jennison, Wilson Josephson, Katie Kollar, Pam Latterell, Matt McLagan, Karen Moberg, Jason Muhl, Marshall Mullenbach, Steve Murray (Interim Director), Paula Natvig, Conner Nord, Sheu Oduniyi, Gregg Olson, Ron Osterman, Matt Parrington, Matt Reed, Scott Reed, Josh Roy, Dan Schofer, Krystle Seidel, Samantha Sullivan, Taylor Ulrich, KiJuan Ware, Tucker Weisman, Abe Woldeslassie

The department of physical education provides students with the opportunity to develop or improve skills in activity classes and/or compete in a wide range of recreational, intramural, club and intercollegiate sports.

The varsity athletic teams are members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, (NCAA Division III). Varsity sports for men include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Varsity sports for women include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, water polo, and volleyball.

Club sports include: M/W crew, M/W Climbing, M/W ice hockey, M/W Nordic skiing, M/W rugby, M/W ultimate Frisbee, co-ed volleyball, men’s water polo and women’s lacrosse.

Intramural competition is available in a wide variety of sport activities throughout the school year. Team sports have men’s, women’s and co-ed schedules. Individual sports have men’s and women’s singles, doubles and co-ed doubles tournaments.

Activity Courses

A variety of activity classes are offered through the department of physical education. Students may earn a maximum of four credits toward graduation for participating in four different physical education activity classes. Each class is one credit and all activity classes are graded S/NC. Some activity classes may have a participation fee.

Water Activities

PE 01 - Swimming I	PE 31 - Scuba Diving
PE 11 - Swimming II	PE 41 - Lifeguard Training
PE 21 - Swim for Fitness	PE 51 - Aqua Aerobics

Lifetime Activities

PE 02 - Tennis I	PE 15 - Fencing II
PE 03 - Beginning Social Dance	PE 16 - Yoga II
PE 04 - Karate I
PE 05 - Fencing I	PE 18 - Pilates
PE 06 - Yoga I	PE 19 - Conditioning II
PE 07 - Personal Health, Wellness,and Mindfulness	PE 20 - Weight Training
PE 08 - Step Aerobics	PE 22 - Badminton
PE 09 - Conditioning
PE 10 - Racquetball I	PE 25 - Triathlon Training
–	PE 26 - Tai Chi Chuan
PE 12 - Tennis II	PE 27 - Cardio Fitness
PE 13 - Intermediate Social Dance	PE 28 - Pilates II
PE 14 - Karate II	PE 30 - Golf
–	PE 33 - Salsa Dance
–	PE 40 - Self Defense
–	PE 43 - Salsa II
–	PE 50 - Tae Kwon Do
–	PE 61 - Water Polo
Miscellaneous

PE 90 - Independent Study -Students with instructor sponsorship may design their own activity course.