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aNNA dEUTSCHMANN
Anna Deutschmann is a Saint Charles native and proud Team Momentum alumna who played for the club for six years as a six-rotation outside hitter. She continued her volleyball career at Francis Howell High School, where she earned numerous team, conference, and district accolades, before going on to play collegiately at Millikin University. Anna is passionate about helping young athletes develop their skills, confidence, and love for the game. Professionally, she works as a Marketing and Tradeshow Coordinator at Distribution Management.
Contact Information: annamdeutschmann@gmail.com
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Kora Durham
Arista Bunns
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TAYLOR rEYNOLDS
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!
Contact Information: tayreyn2@gmail.com
Kali Olsen
Kali is originally from Middleton, Idaho and grew up playing volleyball. She attended Middleton High School and was a first team all-conference varsity athlete, leading her senior year team in blocks and was second for kills. Kali also played club volleyball for Idaho Crush from 2011-2016 as a Right side hitter. After attending school in Hawaii and receiving her Associate's Degree, she moved back to Idaho where she coached high school volleyball for two successful programs while also assisting her mom who coaches for Idaho Crush. Kali moved to St. Louis this summer to support her husband while he attends optometry school at UMSL. We are excited to have her!
Contact Information: kali.j.olsen@gmail.com
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Renee Nickelson
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.
Contact Information: sportsmom9x3@gmail.com
Heather Bonds
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Heather Cumbee
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 Cumbee
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
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Mia Nilsen
Abby Lafersieck
clair redmon
Clair is originally from Dallas, Texas and played volleyball for 11 years as a six-rotation outside hitter. She began playing club volleyball with NRG and Texas Image, where she became a USAV National Champion. Most notably, she played with TAV during her 15s–17s seasons and Drive Nation during her 18s season. Clair went on to play collegiate volleyball at Washington University in St. Louis during her freshman year. She is now a fourth-year undergraduate at WashU studying Architecture with a minor in Urban Design. This is Clair’s first year coaching, and she is excited to share her love and knowledge of volleyball while helping young athletes grow both on and off the court.
Contact Information: clair.k.redmon@gmail.com
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cAITLIN cHAMBERS
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 in her junior and senior seasons. Professionally Caitlin currently works at Boeing where she is a finance auditor in the Audit Leadership Development Program. Outside of volleyball and work Caitlin is passionate about community service. She has been serving on the Operation Food Search Young Professionals Friends Board since 2023.
Contact Information: caitlin.w.chambers14@gmail.com
wENDY cHAMBERS
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 has coached in the Gateway region for many years. Wendy is an advocate for women’s sports. On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Wendy was asked to give a presentation to all student athletes at Miami University on the importance of Title IX and the impact it had on her life and career. Professionally Wendy is a retired Technology Executive and she and her husband Craig have been married for 30 years.
Contact Information: wwchambers14@gmail.com
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Rachel Emery
Madison Okeefe
Madison O’Keefe grew up in the gym, playing volleyball alongside her older sister, Sydney, and has been hooked on the sport ever since. A true utility player, she competed in nearly every position before finishing her collegiate career at Stephens College as a six-rotation right-side hitter. She was named team captain during her sophomore season and continued in that leadership role throughout the rest of her college career.
Madison’s coaching history with Team Momentum goes back to 2012, when she spent her summers as a PlyoCity trainer and helped with Team Momentum skills clinics. She also coached youth clinics at Stephens College before moving to Kansas City, where she continued playing competitively and coached the 15s at Club North Volleyball. After returning to St. Louis, she coached alongside her sister, Sydney, at the 17s Open level. Following a few years away from coaching, she’s excited to be back in the gym—and back with Team Momentum—as a coach for 14 Orange.
Madison’s coaching philosophy is centered on helping athletes understand the game, not just play it. She wants her players to serve and attack with intention, learn to read the other side of the net, grow into their individual roles, and understand how every person contributes to the team. She values effort, coachability, and being a great teammate, with two big expectations: respect everyone in the gym and give 100% when you walk through the doors.
Her coaching style is equal parts high-energy, competitive, encouraging, and goofy. Mistakes happen—brush them off and get ready for the next ball. She wants her athletes to feel confident enough to take risks, supported enough to learn from mistakes, and motivated to push themselves and each other.
Winning is always the goal, but Madison believes the best teams get there by working hard together. She also hopes her players leave the season with more than better volleyball skills. The attention to detail, accountability, resilience, confidence, and teamwork learned in the gym carry far beyond the court. Volleyball has given Madison and her family so much, and coaching is her opportunity to give some of that back—and hopefully have a lot of fun along the way.
Contact Information: madreale12@gmail.com