ROCK SPRINGS = Longtime Rock Springs resident, educator and volleyball coach Wendy Bider has been named the Interim Volleyball Coach at Western Wyoming Community College.
Wendy has been an assistant and head high school volleyball coach at Rock Springs High School for the past twenty-three years. She is currently a physical education and health instructor at Rock Springs High School. Wendy played her collegiate volleyball at Western Nebraska Community College.
“Wendy brings a high level of enthusiasm to Western. She is already working hard to continue the tradition of high level volleyball that has been established by her predecessors,” – Athletic director Lu Sweet
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Bider was an assistant coach in the High Performance Intermountain Volleyball Association for the U16 and U18 Divisions from 1999-2001. She coached the lady Tigers to a third place finish at State in 2008 and a second place State finish in 2011. Bider is a member of the Wyoming Coaches Association and was the Assistant Coach for the Wyoming All-Star Volleyball match in 2008 and the Head Wyoming All-Star Coach in 2011.
Wendy has coached many athletes who have played on at the collegiate level after high school, including incoming freshmen Mariah Smith and Jenna Harris, as well as former Mustangs Blaec Christensen, Sadie Plemel and Jordan Olson.
“I am so excited to have the opportunity to coach at WWCC. This is an opportunity I couldn’t let pass by. I believe I am working with some of the most talented players in the region,” Bider said. “They are hard workers and they are academically gifted. I expect us to be on top of the Region 9 Conference. The family atmosphere and comradery at Western is contagious and I am blessed to be a part of it.”
Bider added that she has made contact with the team and they are all excited to get started with their Fall 2015 season on August 4. She has communicated with them about their summer workouts and is starting to get to know them individually.
She has also spent time working with Jessica Anderson, who has been a WWCC Volleyball Assistant for the past three years and played for the Mustangs in 2004-2005. Bider is excited that Anderson will continue to serve as an assistant with the program.
