What’s Happening at AHS
Iowa Quad Cities College Fair 2022
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Tyler Edwards Named Head Softball Coach
Assumption High School is pleased to announce the hiring of Tyler Edwards as Head Softball Coach for the 2023 season. Edwards, an assistant coach last season for the 2022 State Runner-up Knights, inherits a Knights program that has gone 262-29-1 over the last seven seasons with four Iowa Class 3A State titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) and three top three finishes.
A native of Muscatine, Edwards was an all-conference catcher for the Muskies in 2002, and went on to play baseball at St. Ambrose in Davenport the following year. He graduated from SAU in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing.
Edwards has been a head coach with the Future Lady Knights Softball youth program for the past four years, and led Assumption’s junior varsity and freshman squads this past summer.
Outside of softball, he has also been involved with the school board at Lourdes Catholic School in Bettendorf, and he and his wife, Amber, have three children.
The Lady Knights Softball program will officially begin practice on May 1.
2022 KKD Fall Kids Dance Clinic
Student Job Opportunity – St. Paul the Apostle
St Paul the Apostle has immediate openings for 2 part-time closing positions working 3-5:30 in our Aftercare school aged program. If you enjoy working with children in a Christian learning environment, please email director Julie Morrison at julie.morrison@st-paul.pvt.k12.ia.us, or call the school at 563-322-2923 and ask for Julie. Thank you!
2022-23 Knights Basketball Association Registration
Chad Hollmer ’04 Named Head Boys Soccer Coach
Assumption High School is pleased to announce the hiring of alum Chad Hollmer ’04 as Head Boys Soccer Coach for the 2023 season. Hollmer, also in his third season as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, will take over a Knights program that went 16-5 last season and won the 2022 Iowa Class 1A State Tournament Championship.
A native of Davenport, Hollmer graduated from Assumption in 2004 and was a member of the 2002 and 2003 Iowa Class 1A State Championship boys soccer teams. As an undergraduate at Mount Mercy, he was a two-year team captain for the Mustangs, and was a Champion of Character and Student Leadership Award recipient.
Hollmer began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the SAU women’s soccer team in 2009 and 2010. From there he worked as an assistant coach at Mount Mercy in 2012, while also serving as the head girls soccer coach at Cedar Rapids Washington High School.
He moved on to become the head men’s soccer coach at Clarke University for three years from 2016-18, and returned to St. Ambrose in the fall of 2019 as an assistant coach with both the SAU men’s and women’s programs that season. Hollmer was named the head men’s soccer coach at St. Ambrose in December 2019.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Business Administration from Mount Mercy, and a Master’s of Business Administration from St. Ambrose.
The defending State Champion Knights Boys Soccer program will begin practice on March 13.
2022 Varsity Volleyball Schedule
| Day | Date | Opponent | Site | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tues | 23-Aug | Davenport North | Away | 6:30 PM |
| Thu | 25-Aug | MAC/MVC Challenge | Away | 5:30 PM |
| Tues | 30-Aug | Davenport Central | Home | 6:30 PM |
| Sat | 3-Sep | Mount Vernon Invitational | Away | 8:30 AM |
| Tues | 6-Sep | Muscatine | Home | 6:30 PM |
| Sat | 10-Sep | Linn-Mar Invitational | Away | 9:00 AM |
| Tues | 13-Sep | Clinton | Away | 6:30 PM |
| Sat | 17-Sep | Clinton Tournament | Clinton | 9:00 AM |
| Tues | 20-Sep | Bettendorf | Away | 6:30 PM |
| Tues | 27-Sep | Davenport West | Home | 6:30 PM |
| Tues | 4-Oct | Central DeWitt | Away | 6:30 PM |
| Sat | 8-Oct | Center Point/Urbana Inv. | Away | 9:00 AM |
| Tues | 11-Oct | Pleasant Valley | Home | 6:30 PM |
| Thu | 13-Oct | North Scott | Away | 6:30 PM |
Dustin Gieselman Named Head Girls Wrestling Coach
Assumption High School is pleased to announce Dustin Gieselman as Head Girls Wrestling Coach for the 2022-23 season. He will be the first person to lead the new girls wrestling program that will launch this winter.
A native of West Burlington, Gieselman has previously worked with Knights wrestlers, including Iowa State Champions Julien Broderson (Iowa State) and Matt Robertson (St. Ambrose), as an assistant coach for the past five seasons under head coaches Pete Bush, Jon Terronez, and now Sonny Alvarez.
Prior to his time at Assumption, he made coaching stops at Mt. Pleasant, New London, and Davenport West high schools, where he coached multiple state qualifiers.
As a student-athlete competing for West Burlington-Notre Dame, Gieselman had a career record of 129-25 on the mat and was a two-time state medalist for the Falcons. He went on to wrestle at Iowa Central Community College, helping the Tritons to NJCAA National Championships in 2008 and 2009.
The Knights Girls Wrestling program will begin practice on October 31 and compete in the 2023 Iowa Girls State Tournament set for Feb. 2-3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Parking Lot Update
Dear Assumption Family,
As the new year begins, I wanted to give you an update on the parking lot project that has been in the works for several months.
In early April we began working with Shive-Hattery on addressing all the challenges with our current parking lot. Instead of a quick fix, we chose to look at everything that needed to be addressed such as traffic flow, drainage, optimization of space available and lighting/security. With an investment of this size, the goal has been to do this the right way, not the quickest way.
During this process we were made aware of several challenges with a project of this magnitude. First was the need for a water retention plan, which required extended architectural designs and approval from the city. Second was the need to address ADA compliance and access, which has long been a challenge in the lot. Third was the electrical plan for lighting in the lot which required coordination from the engineers, Mid-American, St. Ambrose and potential contractors.
These challenges coupled with supply chain issues and scheduling conflicts have increased the amount of time needed to get the job started. In the past week we have been dealing with Mid-American’s plan to replace their gas line on our property. Many of you who have been to school in the last week have noticed the amount of work being done on West Central Park, the driveway and student entrance hill. It certainly would not have been ideal for us to start a project that would be torn up when they began their construction.
With the help of Shive-Hattery and consultant Matt Thompson we have broken the project into three phases. Our hope is that we can begin Phase I (the front circle drive) yet this fall with the back lot construction to begin early summer of 2023. On August 17 we received the initial bid for phase one and everyone involved in the process is reviewing the proposal. Currently, we still need to get the electrical plan in place for a final price, which should happen early next week.
I truly appreciate all your support of this project and wanted you all to know its status. Even though we were unable to get everything in place to accomplish this project over the summer our goal is to get at least the first part done yet this fall – with phase II and III to be completed next summer. We appreciate your patience.
Thank you,
Andy Craig, President