'Setter? You need a setter?'
Maddie Moran has been playing volleyball for one full year. But she hasn’t let her lack of volleyball touches hold her back. Her extra...
No Pressure for Future Leaders
In the words of one excited mother, "No pressure, right?" With several team leaders moving on, including DEA Nation athlete Mia Ruffolo...
The Murph, with all due respect
As we do each year, we are running another Murph challenge. I will start gathering interest in participation this week and we will run an...
SO many Achievers in March!
The first two weeks of March are a couple of the busiest in sports. I'm going to do individual summaries but I'm just too excited right...
Tracy Haufschild makes the pages of Quintessential Barrington.
Fostering and Adoption are important topics, largely overlooked in the discussions of poverty and parenting. Quintessential Barrington,...
Alex Reinhart update
Many of the DEA Family got to know Alex a little of the summer of 2018 as she battled with fellow teammates for a national title in the...
Letter from the Founder to the DEA Family, 11/5/2018, Nutrition
Nutrition The Candy Eating Holiday (Halloween), is a great time to talk about nutrition. I know this because so many of you did;-) The...
Letter from the DEA Founder to the DEA Family, 10/22/2018
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation The common conversation this week has been the subject of motivating the kids (and ourselves). While I...
Jenna S., member of exclusive CEC panel
Congratulations to DEA Nation athlete Jenna S. and her mother, Mary S. Jenna was nominated and then selected to participate in the...
Autumn Miller Chooses St. Ambrose Volleyball
Congratulations to Autumn Miller, who elected to join the St. Ambrose University Volleyball program. Autumn says that their deep roster...
