Meet the Board of Directors

Laura North, President 

Laura and her husband, Dave live in Oskaloosa and have 4 sons in the Oskaloosa school district.  Charlie is a senior, Aiden is a junior, Jake is in 8th grade and Tommy in 7th.  Their boys are active in a variety of sports.  Laura has coached softball at many levels, including the college level.  She retired from coaching formally to spend more time with family, but she continues to volunteer her time with coaching, lessons, clinics, and non-profit work. 

   

Doug DeKock, Vice President (outgoing)

Doug has served on the OISC board since 2007. He owns Swim’s Sporting Goods in Oskaloosa where he lives with his wife, Sharon. Doug and Sharon have two sons who participated in Oskaloosa High School athletics. Tanner is a senior at Midland University in Fremont, NE, where he also plays basketball. Keaton plays on the Simpson College baseball team in Indianola, IA. He is also a senior this year.

   

Beau Rabedeaux, Vice-President (incoming)

Beau and his wife, Aleesha, reside in Oskaloosa with their daughter, Bloem, who was born in May 2023.  Beau brings over 4 years of collegiate baseball coaching experience to OISC and also played college baseball at the University of Jamestown.  Beau currently provides lessons, clinics, and camps to the greater Mahaska County area via Rabedeaux Baseball Instruction LLC.  Beau's wife, Aleesha, is the Athletic Director at William Penn University. 

   

Caitlin Woods, Secretary

My husband Dale and our two children Jax, 11, and Halen, 4, moved to Iowa from Tennessee in January 2023.  I played high school softball at Lexington High School where we went to state all 4 years with one state runner up and one state championship.  I went on to play college softball at Jackson State and Martin Methodist.  After college I began coaching at Lexington High School.  During my 6 years at Lexington, we had 2 state runner ups and a state championship in 2022.  Dale played college football at William Penn.  In 2009 he was conference player of the year and an all American.  We are excited to be in Oskaloosa and excited to see the sports grow here in Osky.  

   

Kristen Parks, Treasurer

Kristen lives in rural Mahaska County with her husband, Tom, and their three children. Jarrod is a freshmen at WPU and is playing baseball. Trey is in tenth grade at Oskaloosa High School. He plays football and baseball. Jillian is in 8th grade at Oskaloosa Middle School School and participates in softball, volleyball, track, and basketball.

           

Matt Muir - Chair, Advisory Committee

Matt lives in Oskaloosa with his wife Tonya and their three children.  Madison currently attends Indian Hills and will be graduating in August 2022.  Olivia is active in cheerleading and dance and is currently a junior at Oskaloosa High School. Mason is in 8th grade at Oskaloosa Middle School and is active in baseball and basketball.  Matt has volunteered his time coaching for the last 10+  years in Oskaloosa through baseball, softball and basketball.