The Team
Who We Are
DeWanda has 21 years of coaching experience in a multitude of different sports. She has spent most of her coaching career as a head girls basketball coach. DeWanda currently works at Klein Forest High School, but has previously worked at Spring and Manvel High School as the Head Girls Basketball Coach, and LaMarque High School as the Varsity Assistant Girls Basketball Coach. She has also been an assistant coach for Track, Softball and Tennis. DeWanda played basketball at the college level for Blinn and UTEP. She continues her coaching career because she is passionate about the player's growth, not only as a player but also as a person. DeWanda believes that helping “mold a group of individuals to communicate, be responsible and hold themselves accountable is so rewarding.” She sees how coaching helps her be a better coach and mom and strives to help athletes be better players and people. She loves getting the opportunity to plant the seed and create a love for their sport.
Michael Prejean
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Co-Founder
Jessica Keen-richard
Vice President
Brittany Roper
Program Director - Track
Brittany has been coaching for 12 years. She is currently the Head Girls Track and Assistant Cross Country Coach at Klein Oak High School. Brittany has previously been the Head Track Coach at Spring High School and Hightower High School. She has also been an Assistant Volleyball and Basketball Coach at Spring High School. She believes that sports foster skills that are needed to become well rounded individuals. The reason Brittany coaches is “the joy it brings to watch an athlete set a goal and through hard work and determination, succeed.” She believes these are skills that sports foster and in turn help young athletes grow as people.