Welcome to FORCE VOLLEYBALL CLUB at Plano Sports

Aimee Dewitte - 6th year with the program

Aimee began her volleyball career at St. Charles High School in Illinois. She played four years as starting middle/outside hitter.  Throughout her high school career she played club volleyball with POV & Sports Performance. During this time she received multiple awards on her way to receiving a scholarship to play for Northern Michigan University.  As a freshman, Aimee worked her way into a starting role as an outside hitter/middle blocker.  As a junior she received All-Conference/All-Region and All-American honors along with multiple league awards.  Aimee was offered a position on the USA Athletes International Team to compete in Germany/Holland.  Her outstanding play continued her senior year where she repeated as an All Conference, All-Region and All-American recipient.  Aimee was able to pass on some of her expertise when she accepted her first coaching position at Marquette Area Public Schools for two seasons as the JV Volleyball Head Coach/ Varsity Volleyball Assistant Coach.  Aimee graduated from NMU with a degree in Criminal Justice and Social Welfare.  She began coaching 16 National and 17 National for Dallas Force Volleyball Club.  Aimee’s career is a result of hard work and dedication to her sport.  Aimee has a very intense coaching & training mentality that ensures results at all levels.

Bruce Lambdin - 10th year with the program

Bruce is a fun and experienced coach. He has been coaching volleyball for the past 16 years. For seven years, he was a founding member and Assistant Director of West Texas Juniors in the Sun Country Region. For the past nine years, he has been coaching at Plano Sports Association.

Bruce has coached all age levels. His 17's team qualified for Junior National Championships while at Team PSA. Bruce is CAP I Certified.

Bruce believes that hard work and determination can get a player anywhere. He emphasizes the fundamental principles of volleyball and encourages players to challenge themselves in their athletic as well as academic careers.

Bruce and his wife enjoy riding motorcycles and are involved in greyhound rescue. He has three daughters: Kaitlyn (15), Ashley (12) and M'Leah (9).

Cam Metcalf - 4th year with the program

After taking some time off to focus on her new grandson Liam, Cam has returned to coach club volleyball. Cam has coached and refereed club volleyball for almost 30 years.  Volleyball is not a job, it’s a passion.

While most coaches focus on the number of teams they’ve qualified and the number of wins they have achieved within their career, Cam focuses on the young player development her entire career. She continues her training in a multi-discipline fashion by dissecting each skill to it’s lowest level and then using her uncanny teaching capabilities to transfer even the most complicated skill set to young players. Most of Cam’s players go on to play in college. Several of them have made it to the all-American team at some point in their careers. Cam has qualified numerous teams for nationals, and worked with the Bishop Lynch program when they reigned as state champions. All along, though, her entire focus is on skill development.

Cam focuses the development of her kids on fundamental core technique.  Her true talents lie in teaching the fundamentals of passing and setting. Cam utilizes a unique teaching method that allow the athlete to execute small sequential skills that ultimately create the desired results. Her latest addition to her teaching repertoire is her recent second masters in Counseling where she ultimately hopes to work with families and athletes within the realm of sports psychology.

Dan Turner - 9th year with the program

Dan has been coaching young ladies for fifteen years.  He has been with the Dallas Force Volleyball Club for the last nine seasons, working in the Texoma area with 13’s, 14’s, 15’s and 16’s.  Dan is an encourager, whose coaching style focuses on a player’s skill development, building self-confidence and increasing their enjoyment of the game.

For three years, Dan served as the head volleyball coach of Texoma Christian School in Sherman.  He developed a successful program spanning from middle school through high school.  His teams averaged over 20 wins per season, though playing predominantly UIL schools, and made it to the State semi-final two consecutive years as well as bi-district champions the other year.

Many of his players have received awards, recognition and scholarships.  In recent years, over 50% of those selected to the annual All-Texomaland Volleyball Team had participated in the Dallas Force Texoma program.

Dan is CAP II certified with USA Volleyball and was the 2008 Coach of the Year in TAPPS District 4-2A.  He and his wife Sharon have one daughter, Rachel who is currently attending college in Olathe, KS.

Dani Silva - 4th year with the program

Dani graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Woman's University with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and a Minor in Education. Dani is currently teaching and serving as the Head Coach at Denton High School. She is a CAP I certified coach through USA Volleyball.

Dani attended Marcus High School where she lettered in Volleyball for three years. She played volleyball for six years and four of those years were with Dallas Force. During her Dallas Force career her team qualified for Junior National Championships three times. She played middle and right side for both school and club. Dani was unable to to play in college due to a shoulder injury. She began coaching club
volleyball working with 13's, 14's and 15's. This is her sixth season coaching club volleyball.

Eri Shaw - 1st year with the program

Eri has undoubetedly traveled the farthest to get here. Eri grew up playing in Japan. She has played 13 years where her training included many hours a day all week long. She played through primary and secondary school and all the way through junior college in Japan. Eri has coached youth volleyball and taught many other clinics and camps.

In her 11 years playing in Japan, she trained year-round and had only a few days off each year. During high school, she was recognized as one of the six best players in her prefecture (equivalent to All-State in US). She played for her prefecture team as co-captain for the Japan National Athletic Meet her Senior year.

She was recruited to play in the United States by the University of Southern Mississippi on a volleyball scholarship. She held the Conference USA and USM record in assists in single games with 86. Eri finished 2nd at USM for the most assist in a single season with 1,431. She finished 8th in career assists at Southern Miss.

Erin Carlisle - 2nd year with the program

Erin played Division I volleyball on full scholarship at The University of Tulsa. She is currently the Varsity Assistant Coach at Frisco Centennial High School. She is the former Head Coach at Garland High School and has also been the Varsity Assistant at Greenhill School. This will be her sixth season to coach club volleyball.

In the summers, she manages and runs the nationally-known Nike Volleyball Camp. This will be the tenth year the camp will be held in the Metroplex under her direction.

Gina Kalb - 3rd year with the program

Gina is an alumni from University of Texas at Arlington. She originally hails from Iowa where her team won a State Championship. She led the Iowa 4A class with 401 kills as a senior, averaging 4.65 per game, was fifth in attack percentage, hitting .369 and seventh in digs per game (2.85). She was All-State team member.

She was invited to and attended 2002 and 2003 Summer USA National Volleyball Camps (Kalamazoo, MI). She was also invited to and attended 2003 Winter USA National Volleyball Camp (Austin, TX).

Gina formerly taught science in Lewisville ISD and coached high school volleyball. She is now a Small Business Owner, running iAMfit Fitness Boot Camps all around the North Texas area. This is her fourth season to coach club volleyball.

Heather Stewart - 7th year with the program

Heather Stewart is a familiar face to Dallas Force.  Prior to Dallas Force, Heather was the head coach of the Denton Lady Broncos from 2003-2010.   In her first season Heather led the Lady Broncos to a 19-14 (10-4 district) record and the Bi-District championship losing to eventual state champion Stephenville in regional finals.  For the past four seasons the Lady Broncos Volleyball team finished the season with 25-10, 26-13, 21-17 and 18-22 records.  During Coach Heather’s tenure at DHS, the Lady Broncos have had 4 play-off berths (2003, 2006, 2007 and 2009). 

Heather graduated high school from Mesquite, TX where she was a four-year Varsity volleyball letterman and a three-year Varsity basketball letterman.  Following high school, Heather played four years of collegiate volleyball.  She finished her collegiate career at Texas Woman’s University where as a senior was nominated Team Most Valuable Player of the Year.

Heather has coached various ages and talent-levels, ranging from eight year olds to collegiate athletes.  Heather has coached USAV volleyball for seven seasons. 

Heather holds a Bachelors of Science from Texas Woman’s University in Kinesiology.  She spent her first years out of college as a corporate fitness specialist, but her love for volleyball and working with young athletes drew her to coaching and teaching. Heather enjoys spending time with her family which includes her husband, Brandon and their two children Haydon (3) and Braelyn (born April 2011).   

Heather Woolen - 7th year with the program

Heather has coached six years of club volleyball.  She played 4 years at The Colony High School and was Co-Captain her Senior year.  Heather's team went to Area playoffs and she received 1st Team All-District honors her senior year.  Heather received her Bachelor's degree from DeVry University, graduated Magnum Cum Laude, and her Masters degree from Texas Woman's University.  

She is currently in the Bachelor's of Nursing program at Texas Woman's University and hopes to work with pediatric cardiac patients when she graduates.  Heather is married to Tim and they have two boys, Davion and Donovan.  In her free time, she enjoys shopping, playing grass and beach volleyball and watching her boys play football.  

Jeff Gilleland - 7th year with the program

Jeff grew up in Plano and is a graduate of Plano East Senior High School.  He started playing volleyball at age 12 under the coaching of Lee Tonga.  He was the team's lead setter and eventual team captain.  Jeff has played in competitive adult leagues and tournaments throughout the metroplex.

Jeff brings an additional 18-years of coaching experience as a lead coach to his role with Force, coupled with a philosophy of building a family atmosphere by providing a positive and nurturing experience to a competitive environment that builds player character and performance.  

In 1997, his 17-18’s team won the Silver Medal at the USA JO National Championships.

Jeff is an avid sports fan, and has worked with athletes in helping them to secure contracts in the field of professional sports and corporate endorsements.  He advises and consults in areas of saving and investments and other money management issues.  He has a career in the medical field working as the Director of Admissions and Human Resources for Carrollton Health and Rehabilitation Center.  Jeff earned a Business Degree from the University of Phoenix.

Jeff resides in Plano Texas and has three awesome children that light up his world, Nick, Ethan and Anna.  He is a family man, Christian and loves music and plays guitar with his dad and brother. 

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Jessica Tully-Mitchell - 1st year with the program

Jessica attended Capitan High School in Capitan, New Mexico where she was part of the state championship volleyball team her senior year. She also lettered in basketball, track and rodeo, receiving numerous awards in all four sports. Jessica went on to play volleyball at McMurry University, basketball at Eastern New Mexico University and both basketball and volleyball at Austin College. She graduated from Delta State University with a B.A. in History and earned her Master’s Degree in Special Education from the University of Texas San Antonio.  Jessica earned her personal training certification from the Cooper Institute. 

After she started coaching, she has worked many camps for college coaches around Texas. During her time at Texas Lutheran University, Jessica was part of the coaching staff who took the Lady Bulldogs to the semi-finals of the Lone Star Conference Championship. The team consisted of one All-American and three Honorable Mention All-American players. While at Comfort High School, she helped coach the volleyball team who went on to break the school win record, and were the Bi-District Champions and Area Champions. Also while assisting the basketball team, she helped the team take third place in district and made it to the Area Playoffs. Jessica has coached 15’s, 14’s, and 12’s at the club level. 

Jessica and her husband Zac just welcomed their daughter, Charlie Madyson in July. In her spare time Jessica loved to ride horses and play sports.

Jordan Swafford - 4th year with the program

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Julie Paulson - 1st year with the program

Julie graduated from The University of North Texas, but she spent all of her volleyball playing career in Washington State. She played year-round for 7 years between club volleyball and school. Julie graduated high school in Duvall, Wa where she was a four-year Varsity volleyball letterman. She was awarded All Kingco Honorable mention, 1st Team All Kingco and was the starting setter all four years placing in league, districts and State.

After suffering an injury her senior year while playing in a districts game, she was unable to continue playing in college. Unable to give up her passion for the sport, Julie started coaching. She coached at Cedarcrest High School for 2 years, first as the Freshman coach, then  Junior Varsity and Assistant Varsity coach. I also coached two years of club for 12's and 14's. 

Julie took some time away from the sport to graduate, get married and have a family but she is looking forward to getting back into coaching! My family includes, my husband Matthew and our two little girls McKenna (4) and Addilyn (1). Julie will be Assistant Coach of 12 American.

Julie Scheckel (formerly Hinckley) - 8th year with the program

Julie is an alumni from Arkansas Tech University where she completed a very fulfilling college volleyball career.  She works in Plano for PepsiCo as an Equipment Operations Supervisor.

Julie played college volleyball at Arkansas Tech University. For three of her years there, she was selected for the All Gulf South Conference Team. She was selected for the All-Tournament Teams Truman State, Emporia State, and Central Oklahoma. Julie ranks third in school history for kills in a game. Her team had an undefeated conference record for three straight years while winning 27 consecutive matches.

Julie coached club volleyball while in college as well as working camps at Memphis, Arkansas Tech, and The Colony High School. She earned Dean's List honors three years. In 2010, Julie was honored to be selected to The Colony High School Hall of Fame.

She and Chad were married in the Spring of 2011.

Kim Medcalf, Assistant Director/Club Administrator

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Lee Tonga - 8th year with the program

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 18 National winning 2005-2006 Lone Star Classic and his 18's taking 2nd place in 1997 Lone Star Classic.

Lee played volleyball for over thirty-three 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, Ellie, Trey, Emmie, Tank, Ilaiasi, 'Ovaka, Kamila and Kalea.

Lindsay Mitchell - 3rd year with the program

Lindsay is currently the Varsity Assistant under Arthur Stanfield at Southlake Carroll High School.

Lindsay played volleyball for six years, two of those at Plano West Senior High School. At Plano West, Lindsay earned 2nd Team All District in her first season, and 1st Team All District in her senior season. Lindsay was the starting setter for three teams that qualified for nationals, two of which were with Dallas Force.

After a surgery her senior year of high school ended her playing career, Lindsay went on to attend Texas A&M University and major in Mathematics. Lindsay enjoys any and every sport, writing and skiing. 

Melanie McLaury - 2nd year with the program

Melanie has been coaching club volleyball for twelve years. Prior to joining Force, she coached at other North Texas clubs for seven years and MAVS Volleyball Club in Overland Park, KS.

Melanie also coached the varsity team at Prince of Peace Catholic School for three years. 

As a player, Melanie competed in collegiate volleyball at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO for four years and is still involved in women’s indoor and outdoor leagues.

Michelle Murray - 12th year with the program

Michelle is a fun and knowledgeable coach who is a great student of the game.   She has accelerated her skills as a coach by coaching high school and club concurrently for five years. 

Michelle graduated from Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas where she lettered in Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, and Track. She was Team MVP two times each in Volleyball, Basketball, and Track. She was All-District - First Team - Two Times Each in Volleyball, Basketball, and Track. Michelle played volleyball at Texas Women's University (1994-1997) where she was ranked 15th in Nation for kills and digs per game (1995). She was selected for the All-Region Team (1997), All-Conference - First Team (1995, 1996, and 1997), and the All-Academic Team (1995 and 1996). Michelle still holds four individual records at TWU for kills and digs per game and per season.

Robin Harbin - 1st year with the program

Robin played six sports at the varsity level in high school and performed very well academically as well. She had multiple post-District appearances in all of her sports: volleyball, cross country, basketball, track, softball and tennis.

After playing two years of college volleyball and basketball, she suffered a severe shoulder injury in an automile accident that cut her playing short. She did finish her Education Degree at Stephen F. Austin and started teaching and coaching Volleyball and Basketball in Quitman ISD.

She moved back home to the Texoma area to help take care of her parents. We are excited to have her join our Coaching Team.

Robin will be Assistant Coach of 13 Select-Aimee and 12 Select-Gina.

Sarah Ford - 4th year with the program

In Central Minnesota Christian School, Sarah Ford was a four-year varsity starter in volleyball. Three of those years she was on the All-Area team, being recognized on the All-State Team her Senior year. Sarah totaled 1,309 career kills.  She also played varsity basketball. Sarah played four years of Club Volleyball. Her junior year she played for Mosquito Coast Club and placed 27th at National 18’s Open Division. Her senior year, she played for Kaepa Northern Lights Volleyball Club placing 5th at National 18’s Open Division.

Sarah played Volleyball at the University of Missouri (Division I) on full Scholarship.

Sarah has coached high school aged players as well. She was the JV/Assistant Varsity Coach at Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri.  She had a record of 22-1. She was also the Freshman Head Coach and Varsity Assistant at Central Minnesota Christian School 1999-2000.  Varsity won State Championship Class A in 1999 & 2000.

Shannon Matsumoto - 8th year with the program

Shannon has coached many levels of athletics ranging from grade school to college. She swam at the national level in her home state of Florida. She began playing volleyball when her family moved to Atlanta.

In high school, Shannon was chosen to be a member of the US Junior National Volleyball Team, Southern Region. She played under the guidance of Coach Bob Westbrook. She was also the starting outside hitter on her high school volleyball team. As team captain, she led the team to two district championships and gained recognition as MVP and was selected to the All District team repeatedly. She was highly recruited to play Division I volleyball.

Shannon elected to attend Florida State University on a full athletic scholarship. At the age of 16, she was the youngest player to be awarded this honor. Under the direction of nationally known head coach Cecile Reynaud, the team garnished Top 20 poll honors two of Shannon's four years. Shannon earned all metro honors her freshman and junior years. Shannon was a 4-year letter athlete who started in both the middle and outside positions.

Throughout her time at FSU she coached volleyball during the off-season. Upon graduation with a double major in Social Work and criminology, she assisted in coaching local high school volleyball in the Tallahassee area.

Shantellee Brown - 1st year with the program

Shantellee is a new face to Force Volleyball Club, but certainly not a new face to volleyball. She has played volleyball for thirteen years and coached over four years. She played volleyball on full-scholarship at Garden City Community College (Kansas) and William Penn University (Iowa). While playing for William Penn, Shantellee made All-Tournament teams eight times and Tournament MVP twice. She was voted team captain her last two years. She was named Conference Player of the Week/Hitter of the Week twice during her Junior year, and four times during her Senior year. Shantellee was also voted the Conference MVP her Senior year. She was part of the first volleyball squad in school history to advance to the National Tournament.

The last time Shantellee coached club volleyball, she head coached at Blockout Volleyball Club (Kansas). Her team played in nine tournaments where we placed third or better, winning six of those tournaments.

Shantellee has a 10-month old daughter named Saniyah.

Taryn Baker - 4th year with the program

We are excited to have Taryn back in the program. Taryn is the Assistant Coach of 14 Select.

Taryn played volleyball for nine years. She was the starting setter on her Newman-Smith (Carrollton) High School team and made it to Varsity as a Sophomore. Her Junior year, the team advanced to the Regional Semifinals.

She is graduating Stephen F. Austin and is planning to teach and coach after completing her Student Teaching.

Terri Harrod - 12th year with the program

Terri is a very experienced volleyball coach who is also the Head Volleyball Coach at The Colony High School.  She does a great job building confidence and knowledge in her players.  Terri graduated from Klein High School in Spring, Texas where she lettered in Volleyball, Basketball, and Track. In Volleyball, she was a setter and defensive specialist. She was recruited to play 1 Guard at Ranger Junior College. Terri transferred to Texas Women's University to play 1 Guard on the basketball team. She majored in Kinesiology and Special Education.

Terri has coached at The Colony for sixteen years, the head volleyball coach for thirteen of those years. She led the Lady Cougars to the State Semifinals last year.

Todd Bramlett - 3rd year with the program

Todd graduated from Stephenville High School and went on to attend Tarleton State University. A career teacher and coach, he has coached all sports including volleyball at the middle school and high school level. He coached in Misssouri. In Texas, he has coached in Granbury, Stephenville, Perrin, Jacksboro, and Guyer High School in Denton ISD.

Todd is currently the Head Basketball Coach at Pilot Point High School. He has coached girls for eleven years and this is his third year to coach club volleyball.

Todd is married to Jennifer and has a four-year-old daughter, Rhyse.

Will Gilleland - 1st year with the program

Will grew up in Plano and is a graduate of Plano East Senior High School.  His first volleyball experience came as a player for Lee Tonga at 14 years of age.  In the years that followed he has played in many competitive local outdoor tournaments such as Spikefest in Addison.  Will has five years experience coaching youth soccer and volleyball.

His greatest personal athletic accomplishments have been in the sport of soccer.  Will spent 16 seasons playing soccer in Plano. He spent his Junior and Senior years on the Plano East Varsity team, leading them in scoring as a starting striker his junior year and to the Regional Playoffs.

Will resides in Garland and is a dedicated husband to his wife Lisa of 24 years, and father to his 16 year old daughter Jessica, and 12 year old twin daughters Megan and Chandler.  They are currently volleyball players for Varsity Garland Owls and 7th Grade Webb Bears. 

Will believes in instilling a hard work ethic into young athletes, as well as plenty of positive reinforcement in coaching to improve on the skill set of each individual player.  In his first year with Force Volleyball Club he’s excited to be an assistant coach to his brother Jeff.

Chad Scheckel - 2nd year with the program

Chad has played competitive volleyball for 18 years and is an Iowa State graduate.  He played on the ISU Club Team for 4 years as an outside and middle hitter.  Since college, he has competed in the USAV Adult Nationals Tournament six times, both in the Men's and Coed divisions.  In 2009, his Reverse Coed team finished 3rd and in 2010, they finished 2nd in the National Tournament.  Chad works for HKS, Inc. as an Architect in the Sports & Entertainment Group.

He and Julie were married in Spring of this year.

Christine Gregory - 9th year with the program

Christine has been the Head Coach of the Newman Smith Lady Trojans for thirteen years. In 1998, she was elected as the Texas Girls' Coaches Association All Star Coach. Christine has coached volleyball at all levels including college, high school, and club. She graduated from DeQuen High School in DeQuen, Arkansas and attended Southern Arkansas University and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where she received a B.S. in Biological Science and Masters in Kinesiology. While in college, Christine played basketball at Southern Arkansas (2 years) and lettered in Track & Field at University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (2 years). She has coached volleyball for twenty years including two years at Southern Arkansas University, sixteen years at the high school level, nine years at the club level. Christine is also the Girl's Athletic Coordinator at Newman-Smith High School.

Gina Nate - 2nd year with the program

Gina attended Murray High School in Murray, Utah, where she received All-State honors for two years in both volleyball and basketball. She was named Cache Valley Tournament MVP, Salt Lake Tribune High School Athlete of the week, nominated to play on the Utah All-Star team, and first team All-State her senior year. She also played three years of club volleyball with Utah Juniors as an Outside Hitter.

Gina went on to play Utah Valley State College as a Middle Blocker. She received all conference honors, and was awarded a Mizuno All Region honors. A shoulder injury cut her playing career a bit short at only two years. During her time with Utah Valley, Gina had the privilege of coaching two years with Club Salty Volleyball Club. She took a few years off from coaching to have 3 wonderful kids. She has coached for the past seven years.

Jolene Vinson - 8th year with the program

Jolene is an exciting addition to our coaching staff.  She has coached volleyball for eighteen years, ten of those at the Division I Western Illinois University.  With Dallas Force, she qualified one team for the USAV Junior Olympic Nationals. Jolene is currently the head volleyball coach at Prosper High School. She also coached high school volleyball two years in Iowa and two years in Arizona. Jolene is a USAV Cap II Accredited Coach and is an avid golfer.

Melissa Robinett - 1st year with the program

Melissa became involved with volleyball when she was 10, watching her older sister play before starting the sport herself. When she graduated from high school, she went on to play volleyball at the University of Wyoming for two seasons before coming back to Texas. She finished her collegiate career at the University of Texas at Arlington (Go Mavericks!) and was fortunate enough to be a part of a conference championship team her junior year. In 2010, she was one of eight players named to the All-Decade team at UTA.

After she graduated, she went on to play professionally for Cuesta Piedra in Spain.

Melissa has coached JV volleyball at the Oakridge School (where she also served as the varsity assistant), Ursuline Academy, and John H. Guyer High School. She has been coaching club since 2002, from ages 13-under to 17-under.