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	Forrest Medcalf - Director Forrest serves as Club Director, Head Coach of 15 National and Setter/DS Trainer. He has coached 43 teams since 1987. He has a career record of *965-368* (0.724) as a head volleyball coach. He has coached everyone from eight year-old campers to NCAA Division I Women. He has authored articles regarding tactics and young player development in Coaching Volleyball . He has taken six teams to Junior Olympic Nationals. Forrest graduated from Lewisville High School and went to the University of Oklahoma. In Norman, he learned to play volleyball and made the Men’s Club Team his sophomore year as a defensive specialist and right side player. He became active as a coach in the Junior Olympics program. He transferred to the University of Texas to play for the Men’s Volleyball Team. The men’s team placed ninth in the National Tournament in Colorado Springs that year. Forrest graduated and started teaching math and Physics in Lewisville ISD. He was the faculty sponsor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was very active in the North Texas Volleyball Region. He pursued his CAP I, II, and III coaching accreditation through USA Volleyball. He has coached at the middle school, high school, and college levels. He was the First Assistant Coach at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Forrest took a team to Barcelona, Spain that placed second in an international tournament. He has coached for Oklahoma City Juniors, Austin Juniors, Outlaw VBC (Austin), Victory VBC, Coppell VBC, TNT VBC, Texas Heat VBC (Dallas), and Birmingham VBC (Alabama). He has been a clinician under well-known coaches Mick Haley (Southern California, former Texas and former US Nat'l Team), Terry Liskevych (former US Nat'l Team), John Dunning (Stanford and former University of the Pacific), and Miles Pabst (Oklahoma). He has also been a clinician at several Fellowship of Christian Athletes Volleyball Camps in Texas. Forrest has been married to Kim for twelve years. They had their first child, Allison, August 28, 2008. They have been to baseball games in all thirty major league baseball parks and over fifty minor league parks in the US and Canada. He is an avid golfer.

	Kim Medcalf - Administrator Kim serves as Administrator and Assistant Coach of 16 National. She has coached club volleyball for eight seasons. She had a gratifying college career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She has coached for Outlaw Volleyball Club (Austin), Birmingham Volleyball Club (Alabama), and Victory Volleyball Club (Carrollton). Kim is from Kalamazoo, Michigan where she played shortstop and pitched fast pitch softball, served as captain of the tennis team, and played middle blocker in volleyball. She won all-conference awards in all three sports her sophomore, junior, and senior years. She played club volleyball for USA Kalamazoo Volleyball Club which placed third in the 1989 Nationals and was highly recruited to play college. As a middle blocker, she was a four-year starter. Two times she made the all-conference team. She was the team captain three years. In 1994, she was the team's MVP. Kim’s hitting proficiency helped her setter, Tammy Robertson set the NCAA record of career assists with 6,650 in 1992. Kim finished her playing career with 841 kills and a .219 attack percentage. Kim still holds the Conference USA record for service aces in a match with 19 against Seton Hall. Kim’s defensive skills were excellent as well. She had 240 total blocks and an astounding 912 digs. For the majority of her career, Kim was a primary passer when receiving serves. Kim has been married to Forrest for twelve years and works as Chief Accountant for Hill & Wilkinson, a Dallas-based construction company. Forrest has been married to Kim for twelve years. They had their first child, Allison, August 28, 2008. Kim is an avid golfer. She enjoys playing and watching most sports, but especially baseball. She and Forrest have been to baseball games in all thirty major league baseball parks and over fifty minor league parks in the US and Canada.

	Lee Tonga - Assistant Director and College Recruiting Coordinator Lee is an energetic, positive, and fun head coach with a lot of experience. He has been around the volleyball community for over 30 years both as a player and coach. He stresses volleyball fundamentals, as well as encouraging players to play out side their comfort level and think out side the box. Lee has had much success at all levels. Lee has coached all levels of club volleyball for over twenty-three years. He is the founder and former director of Texas Heat Volleyball Club (established 1991) and is a USA Volleyball CAP Level II Coach. He has coached two volleyball All-Americans and has qualified five teams for USAV Junior Olympic Nationals including 1 U-18 winning 2005-2006 Lone Star Classic Club division and 1 U-18 taking 2 place finish in 1997 Lone Star Classic. Lee played volleyball for over thirty-two years. He is the father of four: Kalani, Sunny, Steven, and Westlee and stepfather of three: Brittany, Michael, and Geoffry. He is the proud grandfather of Evie, Ilaias, Ellie, and Trey.

	Dan Turner - Assistant Director and Director of Texoma Program Recipient of the “Most Outstanding Athlete” award in high school and their first four-sport lettermen, Dan began playing volleyball as a teenager, on the sand courts of California during his summer visits. After college and a stint of semi-pro softball, Dan was re-introduced to the sport of volleyball by his friend Bill Hamiter, current USA Olympic Volleyball Men’s Sitting Team coach. Bill taught Dan the fundamental skills and key strategies of the game. These remain the foundational components of Dan’s coaching today. Dan has been coaching young ladies now for fourteen years. He has been with Dallas Force Volleyball Club for the last six years, working with 13’s, 14’s, 15’s and 16’s. He is currently the head volleyball coach of Texoma Christian School, holding that position these past two years. His teams have made it to the State semi-finals both years compiling an overall record of 45-17. Many of his players have received a variety of awards including selection to the All-Texomaland team. In addition, a number of players have been the recipients of scholarships on the D-I, D-II, and NAIA level. Dan’s coaching style emphasizes three elements – learning the fundamentals of the game; developing a player’s self-confidence; and, having fun playing the game. He has worked a variety of camps for all ages focusing on the skills necessary to play the game and excel in specific positions. Dan is CAP II Certified as a coach with USA Volleyball.

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