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Camp Staff

Katie Green
Associate Head Coach/Co-Director

Green begins her fourth season as assistant coach at Cornell and her second with Brent Brase’s program. She was also at Cornell from 2003-05. Green is a 1996 graduate of DeWitt Central (Iowa) High School, where she participated in volleyball, basketball and track. Green received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English from Luther in 2000. With Green as a four-year starter in basketball, the Norse won the 1998 Iowa Conference championship and twice advanced to the NCAA Tournament. After graduating, she remained at Luther as an assistant volleyball and basketball coach from 2000-03, helping to coach the basketball Norse to another IIAC title in 2001-02. Green, who resides in Coralville, received a master’s degree in sports psychology from the University of Iowa in 2005.
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Rick Kroeze
Assistant Coach

Kroeze (pronounced cruise) begins his second season as assistant coach at Cornell after spending the last three years building the girls’ basketball program at Clear Creek-Amana (Iowa) High School. Kroeze graduated from Iowa City Regina High School in 1980 and was a member of the Regal state championship team in 1979.

Kroeze received an associate of science degree in horticultural botany science from Kirkwood (Iowa) Community College in 1983, where he was a member of the Eagles men’s basketball team and also served as an assistant coach. Kroeze has also coached at Highland (Iowa) and Regina high schools. He resides in Iowa City with his wife, Jane, and children, Chelsea (15), Ryan (14) and Matt (12).
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Erika Pepmeyer
Assistant Coach

Pepmeyer, a 2004 Cornell graduate, begins her first season as an assistant on the Rams' coaching staff. She graduated from Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School in 2000 and earned honorable mention basketball honors in the Mississippi Valley Conference during her senior season. Pepmeyer attended the University of Iowa for one year and then transferred to Cornell.

Pepmeyer started three years for the Rams and was a second team all-Iowa Conference pick in 2003-04. She ranks among Cornell's all-time leaders in several categories. Pepmeyer stands fourth in career rebounds (435), fourth in assists (192), sixth in points (883) and eighth in steals (86). A two-time academic all-conference performer, Pepmeyer earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cornell in 2004.

Upon graduation, she attended Promosports Invitational Camp in Villagarcia De Arosa, Spain, where she pursued an opportunity to play professional basketball overseas. Setting her eyes on coaching, Pepmeyer served as a graduate assistant at Mayville (N.D.) State University in 2004-05. She then moved to Arizona, where she taught and coached at the high school level from 2005-07.


Coaches from various high schools will also be on hand to assist campers in their development.