Deanna grew up in Canada and played club volleyball for three years and then was
asked to participate on Team Ontario which identifies athletes with a potential to play
next at the Junior National level. Her team placed 4th in the 1990 Canada Summer
Games.

She moved to Florida for her senior year, playing for Tampa Bay Juniors and for
Berkeley Prep where her team won the 1990 1A Volleyball State Championship and
Deanna garnered All-State honors and the St. Pete Times and Tampa Tribune Volleyball
Player-of-the-Year.

Deanna went on to be a four-year starter and Co-Captain as a pin hitter at Florida State
University from 1991-1994. She is in the career record book at FSU including 3rd in
Service Aces, 6th in Kills and 11th in Digs. Deanna is 1-of-6 players in FSU history to be
in the 1000 Kill/1000 Dig Club and still holds the record for Total Kills (31) in a Florida
State volleyball match.

Deanna received a post-graduate scholarship through the athletic department and
remained at FSU for two Masters’ degrees including her MBA. While in Tallahassee she
coached at Florida State University School and Godby High School and was named the
All-Big Bend Coach of the Year. She also coached for Big Bend Juniors in Tallahassee
and spent many summers working volleyball camps at Florida State, University of
Tampa, Florida Tech and private team camps.

In 2004, Deanna moved back to Canada and coached with the Durham Rebels and
Aurora Storm volleyball clubs. Her family moved back to Florida in 2020 and Deanna
became the Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach at the Out-of-Door Academy and coached
club with Sarasota Juniors. Her team qualified back-to-back years for the 2022 and 2023
Girls Junior National Championships.