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Laura Stegall came onboard as DME Academy’s Athletic Director in 2021 transitioning from a career in coaching collegiate volleyball. Stegall will draw on her coaching and teaching experiences to provide leadership, direction, and mentoring to the DME Academy staff and students. Prior to joining DME Academy, Stegall was responsible for launching a nationally ranked volleyball program. Under her tenure at Daytona State College, Stegall’s Falcons enjoyed seven consecutive winning seasons.

Under her leadership during her seven years with the Falcons, Stegall’s teams were ranked nationally six seasons, with a program’s record high ranking of 6th in the nation in 2014. The success of the program led to Stegall being named the 2019 AVCA Southeast Region 2 Year College Coach of the Year. Academics have always been an essential focus of every program Stegall has led. Her Indiana Tech and Daytona State programs averaged a 3.5+ GPA annually and boasted a near perfect graduation rate. Stegall looks to implement this same academic approach in her role as Athletic Director at DME Academy.

Stegall was a two-sport collegiate athlete at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne (PFW), where she competed in both basketball and volleyball. Stegall was a standout in volleyball, leading the Mastodons in kills and digs for three consecutive seasons. She recorded 36 kills against Lewis in 2000, which still stands as the IPFW single-match record. During her career at IPFW, she also broke records for career digs (1,625), single-season digs (505), and career kills (1,895). She finished her career as a three-time All-Conference and All-Region selection, and was named the 2000 Great Lakes Valley Player of the Year and IPFW Female Athlete of the Year.

Additionally, Stegall had the privilege of being a participant in the USA National Team Tryouts in 1997. Stegall's accolades as a Mastodon culminated in 2006 with her induction into the PFW Hall of Fame. Stegall moved to Daytona Beach in 2007 when her husband, Randy Stegall, accepted the position as Head Baseball Coach at Embry-Riddle. The Stegall family resides in Port Orange, Fl, with their three children Sarah, Ashtyn, and Brady.

Matt was born and raised locally and started his basketball career at Father Lopez High School. After High School, Matt decided to do a post-graduate year at Worcester Academy to develop his game in order to play college basketball. He began his collegiate career at Mercer University where he was a member of the 2014 ASUN Championship team that later went on to beat Duke University in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

After two seasons with the Bears, he transferred to Henderson State University where he finished his basketball career and graduated with a Business Degree. Matt was a two-year captain and leader for the Reddies. Matt is an integral part of our coaching staff. Matt is the head coach of the DME National team.

Matt is the grandson of legendary head coach Mauro Panaggio and nephew of former NBA and collegiate coach Dan Panaggio.

The son of Robert and Mistye Stack, Ryder is a native of Concord, North Carolina, and attended Charlotte United Christian Academy there, where he was selected for the All-Conference team during his junior season. He was named Most Improved Player in his senior season, and scored 19 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the final game of his senior year.

After graduation, Ryder chose to attend Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. In his junior year, he transferred to Division 3 Keuka College in Upstate New York. In just two seasons Ryder averaged 13.7 points and grabbed 10.2 rebounds. Ryder ranks 7th All-Time in Keuka College History in FG% at 55% from the floor. In his senior year he was voted to 3rd Team All Conference as well as being voted to the D3Hoops.com Team of the week after a career high performance of 30 points and 16 Rebounds against Hilbert College.

Upon graduating college and having a brief stint of playing professional basketball overseas, Ryder returned to Keuka College to be the assistant coach for the Men's basketball team under Jake Scott for the last two seasons. Ryder now applies his experience helping coach multiple boy's teams here at DME Academy. His youth and energy is reassuring to our younger players who appreciate his leadership. 

DME Academy welcomes one of the NBA’s best all time 3-point shooters Coach Wes Person. Wes will coach the DME Regional Team and also do double duty as DME’s head shooting coach. Wes has proven to be one of the hardest working coaches at DME Academy. He knows the game and played at the highest level. 

Person, who was a four-year starter at Auburn from 1990-94, he is the Tigers all-time leader in 3-pointers made (262) and 3-point field goal percentage (.441, 262-of-594). The Brantley, Ala., native was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Association as a senior in 1994 after leading the SEC averaging 22.2 points per game.

All-American Wesley Person was named as one of college basketball’s all-time top 10 shooters by Rivals.com 

Wes was a three-time All-SEC selection, earning first-team honors in 1993 and 1994 and third-team honors in 1992. Person, who had his No. 11 Auburn jersey retired on Feb. 18, 2006, is still third on Auburn's all-time scoring chart with 2,066 points and is fourth in all-time scoring average (19.1) and field goals made (772).

Person scored a career-high 44 points vs. UAB in 1993. His most memorable shot came when he nailed a 3-pointer from the left corner with two seconds left to give Auburn an 81-80 come-from-behind victory over 13th-ranked Arkansas on Mar. 6, 1993. The Tigers trailed by 15 points with 7:57 left and following Person's game-winner, Auburn fans stormed the court for the first time in school history.

An NBA first round pick by the Phoenix Suns in 1994, Person played 13 NBA seasons with the Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets. He won the Baby Ruth 3-Point Shooting Contest by defeating his brother, Chuck, at the 1995 NBA All-Star Game.

High School Honors. McDonald’s All -American 1990, All Time Leading Scorer 1990, Brantley High School Jersey Retired 2004, Brantley High School.

College Honors: 
USA Jr. World Champion 1991, Jersey Retired, Auburn University 2006, SEC Legend 2008, Auburn University Hall of Fame 2010.

Professional Honors:
NBA All- Rookie Team, 1994- 2007; Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trailblazers, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, Denver Nuggets.

Coaching experience:
Enterprise State Head Men’s Basketball, Troy  University; Assistant Women’s, NBA Assistant Coach Program G-League 

Coaching Honor:
Creenville High School Coach of the year 2022

Family:
Kesha Person, Wife
Children: Nykeia Person, WesleyPerson, Aleyah Person, Westley Person, Kelsey Person, Chelsey Person. 

Hocine is a former 14 year FIBA International professional basketball player who brings an aggressive Intercontinental approach to the DME Academy coaching staff. Gaham was born in Algeria in 1986 and has basketball and coaching in his blood. His greatest desire is to aid players in the transition from their home country to the United States which can be very challenging for young players at times. His unique approach along with basketball knowledge and work ethic is the one of the main reasons we've brought him on board at DME.

Kendall is a native of Loganville, Georgia, and attended Loganville Christian Academy. After high school, Kendall continued his playing career at Mount Zion Post Grad, Combine Academy, and Shorter University. At Shorter University, Kendall was a member of the Sport Management Honors Society, the Dean's List, the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll, and the Sports Society. 

Anthony was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and attended Saginaw High School, where he played high school basketball for the Saginaw Trojans and was recognized as a Parade magazine high school All-American as a senior. He was recruited by the University of Florida, Duke University, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan, after averaging 24 points per game as a high school junior. Roberson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2003 to 2005. He chose to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and left school after his third college season to enter the NBA Draft.

Anthony declared for the 2005 NBA draft after his junior season, and signed with the Memphis Grizzlies in August 2005, after going undrafted. Throughout the 2005–06 NBA season, he split his time between the Grizzlies and the Arkansas RimRockers, the Grizzlies' D-League affiliate.

In October 2006 he was signed by the Golden State Warriors to be evaluated during training camp and would appear in 20 contests in 2006–07. On December 4, 2006, Anthony scored his NBA career-high 21 points against the San Antonio Spurs. 

Anthony went overseas and spent the season in Israel (playing for Hapoel Jerusalem) before returning to the US in July 2008, where he was invited to be part of the New York Knicks summer league team. 

Since then, he's played with numerous teams around the world, including the Chicago Bulls, Strasbourg IG, Enel Brindisi, Fujian Xunxing, La Union Formosa, Boulazac BD, Al Jaysh, Ikaros Chalkidas, APOEL, Paris-Levallois, Boulazac Basket Dordogne, and Libertadores de Querétaro. He has experience coaching at the high school and professional levels as well.

DME is proud to have Anthony's vast amount of experience as a part of our Player Development/Coaching staff.

Michael Panaggio is a Daytona Beach native whose basketball career has taken him all around the world. He excelled at Lander University, where he was named to the All-Conference Peach Belt team after holding top ten rankings in scoring, assists, minutes played, assists-turnover ratio, free throw percentage, and three-point percentage. After graduating from college, Michael began his professional basketball career which has brought him to Italy, Latvia, Spain, and Argentina. In addition to playing pro ball, Michael has spent the last few years bolstering his coaching resume. He developed the DME Academy travel programs, was named the SIAA Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons, placed over 15 student-athletes to the Division I level, and even spent time coaching the Division I FIU Golden Panthers. 

Pete Munch is Florida native, calling Melbourne Beach his hometown.  Munch joined the DME Academy coaching staff in 2020 following stints at IMG Academy and Florida Prep Academy previously.

Munch played high school basketball at Melbourne Central Catholic High School.  At the close of his high school career, Munch graduated as the high school’s all-time scoring leader.  From Melbourne Central, Munch took his talents to Lagrange College and then ultimately concluding his college career at Berry College where he attained a BS in Exercise Science. 

Munch is very familiar with success at the prep level.  In 2017, Munch coached Florida Prep to a Florida State Final.  At IMG Academy, Munch and his team boasted the coveted #1 ranking in the country, coaching IMG to a final four finish that season. 

During his coaching career he has coached 24 NCAA DI athletes, 1 McDonald’s All-American (Moussa Diabate), a 2nd Round NBA Draft Selection (Kenyon Martin Jr., and has aided more than 60 student-athletes advance to the next level.

Jason Janda is back for year two at DME Academy. During his first year as an intern, Jason provided back up to several of our DME Academy teams. Due to his passion for excellence, our Executive staff took notice of his abilities and offered him a head coaching position. Jason attended and graduated from Division 1 Akron University in Ohio. Jason had a great High School career at Chardon High School in Ohio where he was a 3-year letterman.

Janda is a young aspiring coach with previous experience with IHI Basketball and a year overseas at 5 Star Sports Academy in China. DME Academy presents Janda with the opportunity to expand on his coaching skills and development as he advances his career.

Jason's love for the game caught fire at Akron. He decided at that time to pursue college coaching as a career. DME Academy student-athletes and staff are very glad that he made that choice.

Lester comes to DME Academy from Casper College, where his role as assistant basketball coach was focused on implementing training programs, developing scouting reports and recruiting top-level talent. 

During his time at the junior college and NCAA Division-I levels, Lester proved his coaching and recruiting abilities, as well as his aptitude to push talent to the next level. His career highlights include:

• In two seasons with the College of Southern Idaho, Lester advanced 14 players to the NCAA Division-I level.
• Recruited and coached nine All-Region players, four All-Americans, and two Players of the Year at the junior college level. 
• Forged strong recruiting relationships ranging from the Pacific Northwest through the Midwest, as well as California, Arizona, Florida and more. 
• Developed expertise in recruiting software including Synergy, HUDL, Crossover, FastDraw, FastScout, and more. 
• Led Sho-Ban High School to a 24-0 record from 2011 through 2013, earning Idaho District 5 Coach of the Year honors.

A native of Macon, Georgia, Kioki has played soccer collegiately and professionally at numerous levels. In high school, he was named the Middle Georgia soccer player of the year after scoring 31 goals with 13 assists in 18 games. He started his college playing career at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, and then transferred to Lander University for his junior and senior seasons. Kioki spent his summers competing in the NPSL and USL2 semi-professional leagues. He captured 2 conference titles with the Myrtle Beach Mutiny. After college, Kioki continued his playing career in Europe, playing for Pickering Town FC in England and Benidorm CF in Spain.

Since then, Kioki has been coaching at the youth club level and training players individually.

Tia is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and has spent most of her life in North Carolina. She attended Ronald W. Reagan High School, where she was an All-Conference honoree for both the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons. Tia was also recognized as a member of the All-Tournament Team for the Mary Garber Tournament. She's played travel ball for Lady Team Charlotte, coached by Royals alumnae, Ashley Raley-Ross. Tia continued her playing career collegiately at Queens University of Charlotte, where she was a team captain as a junior and senior and a member of Queens' SAAC leadership team for three years.

Jarvis Gunter comes to DME Academy by way of Columbus Mississippi.  Gunter has an extensive basketball playing background that began in high school at Columbus High School. Success was prominent for Gunter.  He was voted top student for his academic achievements at Columbus High School, not to mention the success he garnered on the basketball court.  Gunter's success in academics led him to achieve a BS in Accounting from University of Arkansas Pine Bluff in 2008, as well as his MBA in Sports Management from Lynn University in 2019.

Gunter received numerous collegiate offers both academically and athletically, but ultimately chose to attend the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff on a basketball scholarship. There, Garner helped lead the program to its first SWAC Conference Championship in many years. In 2008, during his time with the Golden Lions, Gunter was drafted by the NBA G-League's, Erie Bayhawks. 

A long career of professional basketball followed and included several stops along the way for Gunter.

• NBA G-League teams Erie Bayhawks and Springfield Armor
• NBA Cavaliers summer league and NBA training camp
• Portuguese Basketball League's Cab Madiera 

Gunter transitioned from player to coach soon after the conclusion of his playing career.  His first coaching job as an assistant coach was with his alma mater, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.  Gunter spent six years as an assistant coach assisting with skill development, recruiting, scouting, video coordinating, managing equipment, and mentoring student-athletes.   Upon his departure from Arkansas Pine Bluff, he was given an opportunity to coach with the United States Basketball Academy in Guiyang, China.  Gunter remained in China for five months, until the COVID-19 pandemic changed his course. Upon leaving China, he returned home to volunteer with the Columbus High School team as a coach, mentor, and trainer.   Gunter's experience then led him to an invitation with the coaching staff of a talented Mississippi AAU organization 5th Quarter in Columbus, Mississippi. At TNT, Gunter helped coach girls' and boys' teams throughout the summer before his current stop at DME Academy.  Gunter currently serves as the Boy's High School Blue Head Coach, as well as the Housing Director at DME Academy.

Greg Bearer comes to DME Academy by way of Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania. Bearer attained his high school education at The Kiski School.  It was here that Bearer developed a passion for both education and basketball.  Bearer always knew that he wanted to be an educator.  Upon graduating from The Kiski School, he advanced to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.   Here, Bearer pursued his Bachelor’s in Education with an emphasis in Middle School Education.  In pursuit of his degree, Bearer also competed for the IUP’s basketball program.

After graduation, Bearer landed at DME Academy, and his coaching career commenced. Bearer has been on staff with DME Academy since fall of 2020.

Bearer’s personal experience as a boarding school student has served as a guide to assist the students at DME Academy as they navigate the student-athlete process.  Bearer holds a strong interest in player development which has prompted him to connect with DME Academy players of all ages, positively impacting student-athletes from middle school through post grad levels.