Track & Field Adds Brooke Demo to Coaching Staff
7/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
KENT, Ohio -- Brooke Demo joins the Kent State track & field coaching staff as an assistant coach/director of operations, director of track & field/cross country Bill Lawson announced today (Aug. 27).
“We're very pleased to have the opportunity to hire Brooke Demo,” said Lawson. “She's going to bring a fresh perspective as a young coach and recent student-athlete. We're looking forward to what she can bring to the program.”
Demo, who will primarily mentor student-athletes competing in the jumps, comes to the Golden Flashes after assisting with the pole vaulting group at the University of Oregon during the 2009-10 season.
“I'm very excited to be a part of Kent State track & field along with Coach Lawson and all the other coaches on the staff,” said Demo. “They work great together, and I'm really excited to be a part of that.”
Demo arrives with strong credentials as a student-athlete at Wichita State University, where she advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships twice and was a four-time regional qualifier in addition to two provisional qualifications to the NCAA Indoor Championships. She set the school outdoor record in the pole vault with a 13'-9.25” mark at the 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Championships and earned top three finishes in the pole vault at seven MVC championships, taking home MVC gold in the event in '05. She was a four-time indoor ('05-07, '09) and three-time outdoor ('05, '08-09) All-MVC selection. A two-year team captain, Demo helped guide the Shockers to two indoor and three outdoor conference titles.
Demo graduated from WSU with honors in '09 while carrying a cumulative 3.80 grade point average as a mathematics education major. She garnered recognition as a First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District VII pick in '07 after earning honorable mention the previous year. Demo also earned MVC Scholar-Athlete selection three times, picking up first team honors from '06-07 after honorable mention accolades in '05. She was named to the MVC Honor Roll three times and twice to the Commissioner's Academic Excellence list. The MVC recognized Demo as the Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award winner following her senior campaign.
Demo is a native of El Dorado, Kan.
