Coaching Staff

Kezia Molinsky | Director of Cheer & Dance

Kezia is set to begin her fifth year on campus in the fall of 2022 ,serving as the head cheer and dance coach.

Molinsky has helped coached the Beaver cheer team to three top-3 finishes in various categories at the annual A-R-C Cheer & Dance Competition during her tenure.

In her first season (2018-19), Molinsky helped guide the Beaver cheer team to a third-place finish at the second annual conference Cheer & Dance Competition.  Last season, the dance team had a trio of top-3 performances at the Iowa State Dance Championships.  During the COVID-19 adjusted season in 2021, she was able to lead the dance team to a runner-up finish in the hip-hop category.  The program captured the overall title in the stunt category in 2022.

From 2011-2018, Molinsky served as the first-ever head competitive cheer/dance and stunt coach at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif.  In 2015, she was also promoted to Director of Health and Wellness.  In just her second season as cheer/dance coach, her team won the national title at San Jose, Calif., and in 2016 the program transitioned to a stunt program to further promote the sport.

Before entering the collegiate coaching ranks, she spent 16 years (1996-2011) as a very successful coach at the high school level - spending it all at North Marion High School in Aurora, Ore.  During her career, she helped lead her teams to five consecutive state and national titles.  In 1999 and until 2011, she also served as the school's Social Studies, PE and Health instructor.

Kezia holds an undergraduate degree from Lane Community College in both social sciences and secondary education and also from Western Oregon University where she also earned a master's degree.

Tori Stille | Assistant Cheer & Dance Coach

Tori Stille, a Buena Vista University alumnus, is entering her fourth season as an assistant cheer and dance coach for the Beavers in 2022-23.

During her first season on staff in 2019-20, she helped coach a dance team that captured a trio of top-3 finishes at the Iowa State Dance Team Championships.  The team earned runner-up accolades with its hip-hop routine in 2021.  It was fifth overall in pom at the 2022 championships.

Soon after her time as a student on campus, Tori began her coaching career as the Cheer and Dance coach for Storm Lake St. Mary’s High School and continues to do so today.  During her first three years of coaching the Panthers, they have won five state championships and attended MA camp for the first time during the summer of 2019 where the team received multiple awards and recognition.  In 2020, the dance team performed for the first-ever time during halftime of the boys' state basketball tournament.

A Storm Lake native and a BVU alum, Tori got her start in gymnastics at just three years old, and by age six she started competing which sparked her love for performing. Once in high school, she joined the Storm Lake Dance Squad where she was a four-year member, a three-time All-Iowa Honor Dance Team Member, and a senior captain.

Following graduation in 2011, Tori continued her dance career at Iowa Central Community College where she expanded her knowledge in technique and other styles of dance. While on the team, ICDT won multiple state championships and also performed on the finals stage at the NDA Nationals Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida.

After her two years at ICCC, she went on to finish her education at BVU, majoring in Business Marketing and was also a member of both the dance team and cheer team.

Outside of coaching, Tori works as a marketer for L&G Products in Storm Lake.  She resides in town with her husband, Austin, and their daughter Remington and son, Wilder.