DAWN MOSES

Retired from Teaching in 2005 after 30 year career: Physical Education, Health and Elementary Education.
DME Club Director

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE

Believe it or not, I have never played the sport.  I was a volleyball 1^streferee in Ohio for 18 years and became  student of the game.  I learned from some of the best coaches out there and the game became my passion.

I coached HS for 26 years, was a Club Director in Ohio for 12 years, prior to stepping into the Club Director at DME in 2015.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

AVCA 400 win club, 2008 State Championship Division I (Ohio) and the first public school to win that championship, Vice President OHSVCA District II, OHSVCA State Trustee, 10- time District Coach of the Year, 8-time Conference Coach of the Year. Coached 17 All-Ohio Players.

WHY DO YOU COACH VB AND WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT IT?

I coach because I had great coaches that made a difference in my life. In coaching I get to work with young people. I get to guide them in 2 of the most important games they will ever play: life and sports.  Coaches get the opportunity to help mold young people into adults and I cannot think of a better profession in the world today.

HOBBIES

Reading, Hanging with friends, vacationing

JILL KORNEGAY

Assistant Club Director 13 Elite Team Coach
Developmental/Behavioral Pediatric Nurse practitioner

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING):

I started playing volleyball in middle school and continued to play 4 years in high school.   I was a member of one of the very first Florida Elite club teams.   After high school I spent 2 years playing volleyball at Florida State College at Jacksonville before transferring to the University of Florida to pursue a career in Nursing.

I first started coaching 10 and under while at Florida State College.  I was brought back to coaching in 2007 when I had the opportunity to coach boys and girls middle school volleyball.  When my oldest was 10 she expressed an interest in playing club volleyball and I had the honor of coaching in that environment as well.

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

I coach volleyball to spread the love and passion for the game.  It is so rewarding to see young individuals grow in their technical skill of volleyball but also in life.  There is so much more to coaching than wins and losses.  This is where lifelong friendships are made, an environment where tough life lessons can be learned, the sense of responsibility and accountability developed.  It’s a place to make a positive impact on a young life at the same time allowing the young athletes to make a positive impact on my own!

HOBBIES

Volleyball of course!  Anything crafty- I love to sew, make things, and take pictures.  I also love spending time with my family!

SUE MEDLEY

Volleyball Sports & Performance Consultant

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING): 

• University of Notre Dame, Volleyball Student-Athlete. 
• Collegiate Coaching Experience – Women’s Volleyball 
  • Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN – Head Coach. 
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS – Assistant Coach/Interim Head Coach
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – Head Volleyball Coach
  • University of Maine – Head Volleyball Coach
• USAVolleyball High Performance Program
  • IREVA Region, Director – 2006 – present
  • Coaching cadre – USAVolleyball High Performance Camps and Clinics – various
• Owner, Gladjean Consulting, Inc. – providing performance improvement consulting and coaching to athletes and coaches at the collegiate, high school and club levels in multiple male and female sports. 

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL:

• Continued professional and personal success of collegiate student-athletes post graduation. 
• Mentored multiple coaches who now hold head and assistant coaching positions at various colleges.
• Coached and developed + 200 scholastic volleyball athletes who continued volleyball careers at all levels of NJCAA and NCAA competition

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

• I enjoy seeing the development of people that sport provides.  I love being part of a process that allows people to challenge themselves to set goals, work toward those goals, meet challenges and trials, persevere and grow.
  

RAFAEL VALLE

18 Elite Team Coach

HEIDI GORS

17 Elite Team Coach
Science Teacher

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE(PLAYING AND COACHING)

Player

Club: 2003-2009 (13s-18s)
JMM High School Varsity: 2005-2008
UW-Oshkosh Women’s Volleyball: 2009-2012

Coach

Wisconsin Volleyball Academy (Club): 2011-2014
Neenah High School (Freshman): Fall 2014
Atlantic HS Varsity: Fall 2015
DME 17s: 2015-2016
POV: 2016-2017
DME 17s: 2017-2018
DME 17s: 2018-2019

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

Making Varsity as a freshman in high school
Playing volleyball all 4 years in college
UWO making it to the D3 Final Four in 2009
Receiving the “Best Teammate” Award in 2012
Being able to coach with my sister

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

Coaching allows me to give back to the sport that has given me so much 🙂

HOBBIES

Working out (I teach group ex at the YMCA), Going to the beach, I love the outdoors! Playing Spikeball with friends, Reading, Spending time with my fur babies Jetter & Rossi

LILLY GORS

17 Elite Team Coach
Biology & Environmental Science Teacher/Volleyball Coach at SCHS

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE(PLAYING AND COACHING)

Played 8 years; coached 10 years

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

4 years of college volleyball.
Female Academic Athlete of the year 2010-2011
Coaching with the best co-head coach, Heidi.

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

I coach because I want others to be able to experience the game I love so much.

HOBBIES

Going to the beach (maybe a little Spikeball action or reading a solid book while there), working out, hanging with my dogs, spending time with friends and family.

JOE RECCHIA

16 Elite-W Team Coach

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

Started playing in high school my junior year at Iona Preparatory school in New Rochelle, NY. During that time we made it to the championship and was the only underclassman to start. My senior year I received MVP at the end of the season and led the team in kills, blocks, and aces. After graduation I went to play for Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY as an outside hitter. Marist was a D2 club in the NECVL (New England Collegiate Volleyball League) conference. During my time there we made it to divisional playoffs all 4 years and junior year we made it to the championship as the 6 seed playing the 1 seed and lost in the final set giving them a run for their money. I played an active roll with the team on and off the court with my first year being the treasurer, second year the vice president, and final two years as the president/captain. Throughout college to now I continue to play beach volleyball competitively and have won 8 tournaments in NY, CT, and FL. I have coached boys and girls volleyball for several years at the club and high school level in NY and FL. Some of the programs I have been affiliated with include Westchester Pride Volleyball Club, Woodlands high school, Iona Preparatory high school, Father Lopez high school, and currently with DME.

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

The best aspect of coaching is the ability to spread the love and passion I have for the sport to the boys and girls around me. Volleyball has given me so many opportunities, friendships, and life lessons that I will continue to instill to those I coach. Being able to teach what I have learned throughout the years, both physically and mentally, can help grow others to be the best they can be both on and off the court.

HOBBIES

I like to do anything outdoors, play volleyball, travel, try new things, work out, spend time with friends, go to sporting events, learn, hang with my cat Boots, anything really.

ALVARO SANCHEZ

14 Elite-S Team Coach
Assistant Coach Bethune-Cookman University

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

17 years playing (Killian High/FIU Men’s Club) 14 Seasons coaching. 2004-20013 Miami Dade County Public Schools (Miami Killian High/Miami Palmetto High), Archdiocese of Miami (Our Lady of Lourdes Academy). 2013-2018 NCAA Division 1 College Coach Florida International University 2013-2015, Bethune-Cookman University 2015-Present. 14 Seasons Coaching Club – South Dade Volleyball Club, Spike Volleyball Club, Ocean Bay Volleyball Club and started Miami Select Volleyball Club in 2010, Power and DME Presently 🙂

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

Boys High School State Final four twice. Club National Runner up at AAU, Many All County players. While never winning any lavish grand prize, I’ve done some awesome stuff in my career. Played against national teams, Olympians, worked with and learned from professionals (players and coaches). Built a productive club in both adult college club and juniors club levels. But the biggest accomplishment to me is having coached both club and high school (boys and girls) year-round, four teams and having made so many memories over the years with those teams.

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

I enjoy connecting with the players, getting them to buy in to something different. Pushing someone to be better than they were. I enjoy seeing lightbulbs go off in their heads and shine bright when successfully executing a tough skill set. I enjoy building character and letting kids make tough choices whether they fail or succeed (Sometimes they have to fail to learn how to pick themselves back up). I enjoy NOT babying kids and being tough on them, so they develop thick skin and don’t become part of this increasingly sensitive world. I enjoy teaching independence, confidence, discipline and above all a great sense of humor to balance out all the tough work we put in. 

HOBBIES

Basketball in any form. HUGE Miami Heat Fan. Playing NBA 2K. Spending time with family and Traveling.

BRITTANY OWEN

14 Elite-S Team Coach
High School Teacher

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

I started playing competitive volleyball in 9^th grade. Varsity all 4 years of high school and then on to play all 4 years in college.

I have 7 years of coaching experience. 2 years as an assistant coach in club during college, 2 years as Head coach at DME, 2 years at NSB High as JV Head Coach Varsity Assistant, and 1 year at NSB High as Varsity Head Coach.   

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

2011 and 2012 NCCAA Division II National Runner-up
2011 and 2012 All American
2011 and 2012 MVP

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

I enjoy sharing my love and passion for the sport with others. Teaching the technical parts of the game are important, but I also make it my mission to establish a positive culture.  Volleyball to me is more than a sport it is a lifestyle. I love seeing players come in the gym as strangers, but leave as family.

HOBBIES

Volleyball, relaxing in the sun, reading, and more volleyball. 

PAT DeSTAAFFINO

14 Elite-D Team Coach

Math Teacher, Spruce Creek High School

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE

I was a beach rat on the sands Daytona Beach and played beach for many years. I never had the opportunity to play organized indoor.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

Coaching mostly developmental teams throughout my career, I have seen the strides that players make during the course of a season. One of my teams finished 11-1 in match play at AAU Nationals in Orlando. Our lone loss came at the hands of the team that finished 2nd in the Nation. Most of those players played in college and one went so far as to be the libero at The Ohio State University.

WHY DO YOU COACH VB AND WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT IT?

I enjoy helping guide people to be their best self, on and off the court. I learn a lot each year about others and a lot about myself. I think coaching allows me to help others find who they are as people and what they are passionate about in life. My hope is to be a positive role model for these young ladies and help teach them life skills through volleyball.

HOBBIES

I enjoy break dancing with my homies, doing stand up comedy at dive bars, performing on American Ninja Warrior, fishing for the elusive Madalorian tree hopper. and fabricating stories for bios.

RACHEL CONWAY

14 Elite-D Team Coach

LAURA STEGALL

11 Elite Team Coach
Head Volleyball Coach at Daytona State College

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

Graduated from IPFW in 2002- Played College Volleyball and Basketball for the Mastodons
– Conference Player of the Year 2000, Academic All-American, GLVC All Conference 98,99,00
– Set records for digs in a season, career kills, digs in a match, and kills in a match (still hold record with 36 kills)
– Inducted into IPFW Hall of Fame in 2007

Head Volleyball Coach at Indiana Tech (2004-2007)- launched volleyball program
Head Volleyball Coach at Daytona State College (2012-Present)
Coached with multiple clubs over the years- N3 (Fort Wayne, IN), Powers, Atlantic Coast Juniors, and DME

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

See Above

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

Obviously I love the game of volleyball, but more importantly I love how the game of volleyball has shaped my life, taught me discipline, purpose, and mindfulness.  I have the opportunity to utilize volleyball to do the same for other aspiring athletes; utilize volleyball to teach that hard work, goal minded focus, as well as, guts and determination can move you positively forward in life.  I love to mentor and establish a standard of excellence for myself and those around me.

HOBBIES

With three children that are actively involved in swimming, volleyball and baseball there is little time for my own personal hobbies.  I love to write and hope someday to publish a book.

BROOKE KORNEGAY

Student-Athlete

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

I started playing volleyball when I was 10 at Florida Elite which eventually turned into DME. I haven’t ever officially coached a team but I am so excited to share what I know about the game and the passion I have to make it a fun season.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL
During my 13’s season at DME, my team won a bid to the junior Olympics and got to travel to Indianapolis to play the top of the top teams.  I am a junior in high school and have had the privilege of making varsity two of my three years in high school and was named the scholar athlete both of those years.  I am looking to get recruited so maybe next time I answer this question I can say that. 

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL?  OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?
For me, volleyball is what brought me out of my shell and was the first thing that I could really put my all into while enjoying what I was doing.  I coach so that I can bring that fire out in my players and further their mindset into what this sport truly requires as an athlete and teammate. 

HOBBIES
Volleyball takes up a good chunk of my life, no complaints because I love everything about it, but other than that I am into taking pictures of the sunrise or going to the beach and playing some Sodoku. I also like to do things, like play beach volleyball, with my friends and family. 

ALISSA BENNETT

11 Elite Team Coach

RHEA SIMON

17 American Team Coach
15 American Team Coach

ASYA OGUZ

16 American Team Coach

Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1994. Graduated from Pi Koleji Highschool in Turkey in 2012 and graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2018. Helped her high school team win the Ankara Championship twice and finish first in the nation. Attended college with full scholarship for volleyball and made it to all-conference and all-regional team in 2012. Has been coaching competitive club volleyball since 2013. I enjoy helping young women grow as strong athletes. 

LAURA ANDERSON

Recruiting Director
Daytona State College Wellness Facility Director and Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE (PLAYING AND COACHING)

20+ years of playing and/or coaching the sport of volleyball. I played collegiately at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana where I was a 3 year captain and setter for the program.  I’ve had the privilege to coach collegiately at Daytona State College for the past 6 years, but have coached elite club teams and directed camps/clinics for 15+ years. 

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

I was the captain of the 2008 Indiana Tech women’s volleyball team who went on the program and country’s longest winning streak of 28 straight games and ended the season 33-5, being awarded a WHAC Conference Champion title & making the programs first National Tournament Appearance.  The team is to be inducted to the Indiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame during the 2019 induction ceremony.

COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL AWARDS

Academic All-American (2006-2008), First Team Regional All-Conference (2008), First Team All-Conference (2008), Most Valuable Player (2008), National Champion of Character award recipient (2008), Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference Champion of Character award recipient (2005-2008), National Champion of Character award recipient (2008), Hyashi Student-Athlete of the Year award (2008)

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL? OR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

Volleyball is so much more than just simply a sport to me – it helps to define me. Volleyball has played an integral part in my life and shaped me into the person I am today. Like I said, volleyball is so much more than a sport – it is an avenue to learn skills and build relationships that will far exceed a person’s time playing the game.  As a coach it is my mission and hope to emulate the atmosphere I had as a player where those same skills can be learned, lifelong relationships can be made, and where a pure love and joy for the sport of volleyball can be developed.  

HOBBIES

I love spending time with family and friends and enjoying the outdoors.

MADDIE ROGERS

Coach
Financial/Credit Analyst

VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE

• 6 years of club volleyball
• 4 years of varsity volleyball at Deland High School (2011 – 2014)
• 2 years of collegiate volleyball at Daytona State College (2015 – 2016)

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL

High School:

• Participated in the Final Four round of the state tournament for the first time in school history – 2011
• Second team all-area (Volusia/Flagler) – 2012
• First team all-area (Volusia/Flagler) – 2013

College:

• Most Valuable Player – 2016
• Student Athlete of the Year – 2016
• Offensive Player of the Year – 2016

WHY DO YOU COACH VOLLEYBALL AND WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT COACHING?

This will be my first season coaching as I just recently finished playing myself.  I was blessed to play for some of the best coaches in the business which I suppose inspired me to want to stay involved in the game.  Volleyball has had such a big impact on my life and ultimately I just want to share my love for the game in any way I can and help these young girls create memories and build skills that will last much longer than their volleyball career.

HOBBIES

I enjoy spending time at the beach, with my family, reading, and doing just about anything outdoors.

MELANIE JENKINS

CAROLIN SMITH

MARK DAVIS