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Danielle has played volleyball for over 15 years. She attended  Fort Zumwalt West and was a left handed outside hitter for the jaguars  until she graduated in 2009. Danielle went to Le Moyne College, a  Division 2 program in Syracuse, NY. She played volleyball as a right  side hitter all four years. Danielle graduated from Le Moyne College  with her bachelor’s degree in Criminology. Danielle attended  Syracuse University and received her Masters in Social Work.

After graduation, Danielle stayed in New York and worked as a  Licensed Master Social Worker for a few years. During that time, she  coached middle school and high school volleyball at Marcellus High  School. In 2017, Danielle accepted a position with a local company and moved back home. She currently works in Human Resources

This is Danielle's fourth season with Team Momentum. 

Contact Information: daniellejkelly16@gmail.com 

 Born and raised in the greater St. Louis area Susan played soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Even though Susan played 4 years of high school volleyball as a setter, she ended up earning a scholarship to play soccer at St. Louis Community College – Meramec for the 2001 & 2002 seasons. While at Meramec, Susan and her team made it the National tournament both years and Susan earned NSCAA All-American in 2002. After her time at Meramec, Susan continued her education and athletic journey at Lindenwood University in St. Charlies, MO. Once again, Susan and her team found themselves in the National spotlight by qualifying for the NAIA National tournament in Santa Barbara, CA for the 2003 season. 

Susan found her way back to volleyball once her daughter, Lexi, sparked an interest at a young age and has found a new appreciation of the sport on the sideline as a parent and as a coach. Susan coached the St. Joseph’s Lady Hawks for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons. Susan assisted with bringing 4 division championships, 2 district championships, and made one Archdiocesan showing in 2016.

Contact Information: susanmenne17@gmail.com

 Heather is the Club Director of Team Momentum and one of the area’s top coaches and athletic  trainers. Entering her 19th year coaching club and her 17th year with  PlyoCity, she has trained thousands of athletes. Many of the athletes  she trained have achieved significant successes in their sport,  including earning awards in high school and awards and scholarships at  the collegiate level.

Most recently, in 2016 her 13s won the Northern Lights Qualifier and earned a bid to play in the American Division at Nationals.

Heather is an accomplished athlete in her own right. As captain all  four years at Tennessee Martin she lead the team won two conference  titles in the OVC. Heather attended Westminster Christian Academy and  was an All-State swimmer and volleyball player.

As varsity coach for Westminster Christian Academy, Heather led her  2007 team to the finals of the Missouri State High School Championship  and won a state championship in 2012.

Her responsibilities as General Manager of PlyoCity include  overseeing a staff of coaches and trainers to provide speed and agility  training for many elite teams and players in St. Louis and around the  country. Heather has personally trained Saint Louis University’s  conference championship women’s volleyball team, University of Alabama’s  women’s volleyball team and other top club and high school teams in the  St. Louis area.

Contact Information:  heatherkea@yahoo.com

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Contact Information: c.r.accardi@gmail.com

This will be Ron’s 15th year coaching competitive club  volleyball. Ron spent his first 10 years coaching in the Saint Charles  area where his success as a coach began.

In addition to club volleyball, Ron has been coaching CYC volleyball for the past 15 years.

This will be Ron’s 5th year with Team Momentum. He has coached the  15s, 16s, 13s and 12s the past four years wining many local tournaments. Ron  has worked a lot with PlyoCity the past few falls working with athletes  around the area in fine tuning their fundamentals.

Ron’s favorite part of coaching is being able to challenge his  players to excel in the game of volleyball through teamwork, hard work  and perseverance.

Contact Information: ron@iconcontractinginc.com 

Taylor is a St. Louis and Team Momentum native. She has been with this club 6 years leading the offense as a setter for our Navy teams. Taylor played high school ball for Nerinx Hall. She has many high school accolades from both on the court and in the classroom. Reynolds made multiple Missour State High School Final four appearances throughout her career. Taylor has continued her volleyball career playing at Maryville University. We are so excited to have Taylor coaching with us this season! 

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Renee has been part of the momentum family for the past 8 years as a mom of two daughters who both earned college scholarships to play volleyball. Renee has been teaching for 27 years, everything from Pre-K to 12th grade in some capacity. Renee has coached both softball and volleyball for Pacific High School. Renee is currently coaching freshman and assisting JV and Varsity at Pacific. 

Renee's motto is kids don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. 

We are excited to have Renee join our coaching staff this season!

Contact Information: sportsmom9x3@gmail.com

 Heather is the Club Director of Team Momentum and one of the area’s top coaches and athletic  trainers. Entering her 19th year coaching club and her 17th year with  PlyoCity, she has trained thousands of athletes. Many of the athletes  she trained have achieved significant successes in their sport,  including earning awards in high school and awards and scholarships at  the collegiate level.

Most recently, in 2016 her 13s won the Northern Lights Qualifier and earned a bid to play in the American Division at Nationals.

Heather is an accomplished athlete in her own right. As captain all  four years at Tennessee Martin she lead the team won two conference  titles in the OVC. Heather attended Westminster Christian Academy and  was an All-State swimmer and volleyball player.

As varsity coach for Westminster Christian Academy, Heather led her  2007 team to the finals of the Missouri State High School Championship  and won a state championship in 2012.

Her responsibilities as General Manager of PlyoCity include  overseeing a staff of coaches and trainers to provide speed and agility  training for many elite teams and players in St. Louis and around the  country. Heather has personally trained Saint Louis University’s  conference championship women’s volleyball team, University of Alabama’s  women’s volleyball team and other top club and high school teams in the  St. Louis area.

Contact Information:  heatherkea@yahoo.com

 Joe is originally from Charleston, South Carolina. His first  experiences with coaching started in basketball, baseball and soccer at  the YMCA, where he was the assistant athletic director. He had two  championship appearances through baseball and basketball.

This will be Joe’s 9th year with Team Momentum.  He has coached the  11s, 13s, 14s and 17s age divisions. His Momentum teams have made two  national appearances, including a 3rd place finish at nationals. In  2016, his 13s finished 13th at the national division in Indianapolis and  won the Northern Lights Qualifier. That qualifier earned his 13s a bid  to play in the American Division at Nationals.

Joe has extensive personal training experience, including at Gold’s  Gym and PlyoCity.  He is an artist full time, certified EMT and  Paramedic. In his spare time, he enjoys riding motorcycles, lifting  weights, playing golf and hang with his French bulldogs.

Coaching Philosophy:  “The only place success comes before work is in  the dictionary.  I use coaching volleyball to educate young people to  have a better understanding of commitment and trust through  relationships.  I have been blessed to work with young athletes who gain  a better understanding of themselves and one another. “

Contact Information:  joecumbee@hotmail.com

Lexi is from Imperial, Missouri where she attended Windsor  High School. There she earned many accolades as a 6-rotation outside  including 2x Character Athlete, 3x All-Tournament, 4x All-District, 4x  All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, 4x Academic All-State,  All-State, Regional Radio Dream Team, All-Metro, and became the first  owl in program history to record 1000 career digs and 1000 career kills.

Lexi  has been a multi-sport athlete ever since her elementary school days.  She played club soccer for 10 years, and in high school, she earned  All-Conference honors for soccer.

Lexi has spent 3 years of club volleyball playing for Team Momentum and had her first coaching season in 2022!

She  is now playing indoor and beach volleyball at Lindenwood University.  There she is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological  Sciences.

Lexi loves coaching just as much as playing and is excited to help the future of volleyball!

Contact Information: leximenne@gmail.com

From Imperial MO, Emma is a 2023 Windsor High School graduate. Currently  a freshman Student-Athlete at Missouri Baptist University playing  volleyball in the fall, and track and field in the winter and spring.  Emma started her volleyball career at age 10 but eventually found her  home at Momentum at 16 and played until the 18s club season. Emma's  first year coaching was in 2022 with 12 South with Lexi Menne (former  teammate) beside her.

Emma was a Middle/  Right side all throughout her life until college where she plays as an  Outside Hitter/ DS. In high school, Emma has had the privilege to play  on an amazing team that has won numerous tournaments and conference  titles while having the highest kill percentage on the team. In high  school track and field, Emma went to state 2 years in a row for Javelin  and disc, and now holds a high school record in javelin and placed 6th  at state in disc. 

Some things  that Emma loves are weightlifting/powerlifting, multi-sport athletes,  and coaching. This will be Emma's 2nd year coaching and can't wait to  get started!

Contact Information: emnlawson@gmail.com

 Caitlin  grew up in St. Louis where she attended and played volleyball at the  Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS). Caitlin played  right side and outside while in high school and collected many team,  district and conference accolades. She played club volleyball for nine  years; six of those years with Team Momentum. Caitlin continued her  academic and volleyball career at Lawrence University; she was a six  rotation outside and had the opportunity to be team captain her junior  and senior seasons. After graduation in 2021 she moved to Philadelphia,  PA to begin her career at Boeing. Caitlin is moving back to St. Louis in  July and currently works as a financial analyst.   

Contact Information:  caitlin.w.chambers14@gmail.com  

 Wendy grew up in Indianapolis, IN where she was a standout  volleyball and basketball player. She attended Miami University where  she had the opportunity to continue playing volleyball on a full  athletic scholarship. While at Miami she won two Mid-American Conference  championships and played in the first ever NCAA women’s volleyball  tournament. Wendy coached in the Gateway region for many years until she  decided to take a step back and embrace her new role as a volleyball  mom. Wendy is an advocate for women’s sports and serves on the Athletic  Director’s board at Miami. This past year marked the 50th anniversary  of Title IX; Wendy was asked to give a presentation to all of the  current female student athletes at Miami on the importance of Title IX  and the impact it had on her life. Professionally Wendy currently works  at Edward Jones where she is a Director in Digital. She and her husband  Craig have been married for 27 years. 

Contact Information:   wwchambers14@gmail.com 

Ally was raised in Lake St. Louis, MO. She attended Timberland High School, where she was a Libero.
Ally  started playing volleyball around 11 years old. She joined her first  club team at 13 years old, where she played for Net Force. She stayed  with Net Force all the way through her 18s season. During the summers,  she participated in PlyoCity training.

Ally graduated  from Missouri University of Science and Technology with dual bachelor  degrees in Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering. She held  various jobs through her academic career refereeing volleyball, and  played on multiple recreational teams.

Returning from  college, Ally was restless to get back into competitive volleyball. She  is so excited to be coaching with Team Momentum. 

Contact Information: aschulte2199@gmail.com

Dan was raised in Wentzville, MO where he graduated from Timberland  High School in 2019. While at Timberland, he competed in tennis for 3  of the years as Timberland did not yet have a boy’s volleyball program. 

Dan  first became interested in volleyball in high school through playing  sand with friends, but it wasn’t until joining the Missouri S&T  Men’s Club Volleyball team his freshman year of college that he fell in  love with the game. During his time with the S&T club team, he  worked his up from playing B-team his freshman year to achieving 2nd  team All-Conference honors as a middle blocker his senior year. 

Dan  will graduate from S&T in December 2023 with a degree in Chemical  Engineering and is excited to move back to the St. Louis area to  hopefully help others realize the underlying beauty of the game of  volleyball.

Contact Information: dgnisbet0718@gmail.com