Meet the Coaches & Staff

Megan O'Donnell
​​Director & Head Coach

Megan has over 35 years of competitive figure skating experience. She trained at the Detroit Skating Club under Olympic and World Coaches. She is a double USFS Gold Test Medalist, as well as a Canadian Gold Test Medalist. Megan was a regional competitor in freestyle, a National competitor in Ice Dancing and a National Competitor in Synchronized Skating for several years. Megan was chosen to travel to Rouen, France for the Junior World Challenge Cup as a part of a coach’s apprenticeship program to learn about international competition. Megan travels to various parts of the country talking to coaches about team development, technique, as well as program management. She is a member of the PSA.  Megan was the UDFSC 2007 Coach of the Year. Megan travels to various clubs as a mentor and choreographer for different teams in the area. Megan has her Master’s Degree in Psychology with a concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling and serves as the school counselor at Oberle Elementary School. 

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Wendy Deppe
Coach

Wendy is a double U.S.F.S Gold Test Medalist in figures and freestyle. Wendy has over 35 years of competitive figure and synchronized skating experience. Wendy was a national competitor in synchronized skating herself representing the University of Delaware as a student. Wendy is an accomplished synchronized skating coach having coached this discipline for 27 years. Wendy has coached several synchronized skating teams ranging from beginning through the senior level. She has taken several teams to the U.S. Synchronized Team Skating Championships over the past 20 years and many of her teams have earned medals at the U.S. Championships. Wendy travels to various parts of the country talking to coaches about team development, technique, as well as program management.  Wendy is a member of the PSA. Wendy was the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club 2008 Coach of the Year. Wendy holds a degree in education from the University of Delaware and is currently a 2nd grade teacher at Wilson Elementary School. 

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Tess Walsh
Coach

Tess Walsh is a current skater on Team Delaware Adult and a former skater and alumni of UDSST. Tess is a US Figure Skating gold medalist, a 4 time Eastern Sectional Champion, a 6 time National Competitor and a 2 time National Pewter Medalist most recently in 2025. After 23 years of skating, Tess still loves and is dedicated to this sport. Outside of skating, Tess is a second grade teacher. ​​

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Leah Krauskopf 
Coach

​Leah is a former member of Team USA and Junior World competitor in synchronized skating. She is also a 3x national competitor in ice dancing. Leah is currently the Head Coach of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Team. She has served as a U.S. Collegiate Ambassador through USFSA to promote collegiate skating across the country. Outside of skating, she has a B.S. degree in Human Services with a Clinical Services Concentration and Dance minor from UD. She currently works as a Career Counselor for the UD Center for Disabilities Studies. She is beyond excited to join the coaching staff of Team Delaware! 

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​Meghan Ramick
Off-ice Training

Better known to our skaters as Meggie G, Meghan is an alumna of the University of Delaware Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team and currently skates on Team Delaware Adult. She received her PhD from the University of Delaware in 2017 in Applied Physiology and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Kinesiology department at West Chester University. When not teaching or skating, Meghan enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her husband and their puppy.

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Rachel Winer
Assistant Director (Youth Teams)

Rachel has been a part of Team Delaware since 2008 as a skater and 2013 as coach. She is a 14 time national competitor in the intermediate, novice, junior, collegiate and adult divisions. She has coached teams in the beginner, preliminary, pre-juvenile and intermediate divisions and mentored teams in the juvenile division. Rachel has a USFS Gold Test Medal in Moves in the Field, Ice Dance, and Solo Free Dance. She also coaches private lessons, and for the University of Delaware’s learn to skate program. Synchro has been a life passion for Rachel and she looks forward to every season with every team she works with!​