Thank a Coach/Adviser Week: Amber Mlynczak 'empowers and strengthens' her volleyball players

Thank a Coach/Adviser Week: Amber Mlynczak 'empowers and strengthens' her volleyball players
Amber Mlynczak

Winona Area Public Schools is joining several organizations and schools across the state to celebrate “Thank a Coach/Adviser Week,” and it invites the Winhawk community to contribute. Was there a coach or adviser in Winona Area Public Schools who made a difference in your life, or the life of your children? Tell us about it. We'll share some of the responses on social media and on our website.

Today, we honor Amber Mlynczak, the girls volleyball coach.

From parent Susan Zeller: “Coach Mlynczak coaches her girls for the sport and for life. She absolutely empowers and strengthens them as athletes, scholars and as young women. Somehow, she kept her cool through every situation she and her team encountered.”

“Thank you, Coach Mlynczak, for being such a strong, positive role model for your team to look up to. Watching you manage life through emotions and complicated lives of these girls is impressive. You encouraged them to use their voice, speak up when they felt they were being miscalled by refs and show the world their female strength. The girls will go out into the world as better people because of you!”