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BSU team finds a coach in Muncie native, Cornerstone instructor

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MUNCIE, Ind. — Joanna Saleem just wanted to have some fun.

Ball State’s gymnastics coach didn’t take a hip-hop dance class at Cornerstone Center for the Arts as a way to find another coach for her staff.

But there was Jacob Drummer teaching that class in the fall of 2017, and Saleem thinking, “He’s just so good.”

Saleem signed up for the class for the joy of it, and because dance isn't her forte, along with then-assistant Jessie Deziel and former BSU gymnast Kelly Barock, now Kelly Basham.