ALUMNI IN THE DANCE WORLD
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KARLI MOATS KOELLIKER
Vista Pom 2006-2010
Karli Koelliker (Moats) began her dance training at Starstruck
Academy of Dance in Denver, Colorado, and was a member or
their company team for 12 years. She has trained in ballet, jazz,
lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and pom. Karli was also a member
and captain of Mountain Vista High School poms. While she was
on Vista, her and her team were 3 time state champions and
placed top 4 at UDA Nationals. Karli went on to dance with the
BYU Cougarettes from 2010-2013. She was the head dance
captain, and won 4 National titles with the Cougarettes in Hip
Hop and Dance. Karli graduated from BYU with a degree in
Public Health in 2014. From 2015-2017 Karli danced with
contemporary dance company Divinity in Salt Lake City, UT, and
was also able to work with Bonnie Story on multiple projects
including a commercial for Marriott Hotels, and most recently the
Hallmark Christmas Movie “My Christmas Love”.
Currently, Karli resides in San Francisco with her husband John
and son Cal. She teaches at Dance Academy USA and
choreographs for nationally ranked studios and teams
throughout the nation!
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MELANIE RUFIEN
Vista Pom 2009-2013
Melanie is a Colorado native, who graduated from Mountain
Vista High School in 2013. At Vista, she was part of the dance
team for four years, and won two State Championships. She
continued to foster her love of dance as part of the University of
Colorado Dance Team, becoming team captain and being
awarded "The Spirit of the Buffalo" as a senior. Melanie received
a Bachelor's of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in
Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences, with a minor in
Leadership. Melanie is currently earning a Master's Degree from
CU Denver in Early Childhood Special
Education. Melanie realized at a young age she had a passion
for working with special needs individuals. Melanie is the
founder, lead instructor and the heart behind of the Special
Angels dance program. Special Angels reflects Melanie's dream
to combine her passions of dance and helping those with special
needs.
Melanie's brother Britton will be a senior at Mountain Vista next
year, part of the graduating class of 2020.
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MEREDITH SCHLEY
Vista Pom 2010-2014
Meredith was on Mountain Vista Poms from 2010-2014. She
attended college at the University of Colorado Boulder where
she was on their dance team from 2014-2018. Upon graduation,
Meredith was selected to be a member of the Colorado
Mammoth Wild Bunch Dancers. She had the opportunity to
dance for the NLL team at all of their home games for the 2018-
2019 season. Meredith was most recently selected to be a
Denver Nuggets Dancer.
Meredith is also a SPARK certified instructor which is a high
school dance team training program. In her free time, Meredith
teaches pom and hip hop classes at Michelle Latimer Dance
Academy. Outside of dance, she is a 2nd grade teacher at Red
Hawk Ridge Elementary in the Cherry Creek School District.
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