Steve Shondell

Steve Shondell is an American volleyball coach.

Family

Notable volleyball coaches run in the Shondell family. His father, Dr. Don Shondell, was the head coach at Ball State University in Muncie for 34 seasons, and is a charter member of the AVCA Hall of Fame. Shondell played for his father at Ball State from 1974-77 before becoming head coach at Muncie Burris. Shondell's brother Dave is head Women's Volleyball coach at Purdue University and his other brother John is Dave's assistant at Purdue.

Muncie Burris

Shondell has amassed 1,070 wins in 31 years as head coach at Burris Laboratory School in Muncie, Indiana. According to the National Federation of High Schools Sports Record Book, Shondell’s win total ranks in the top ten nationally in the history of high school girls’ volleyball. With only 88 losses in those 31 years, Shondell has an overall winning percentage of .924. [ [http://www.avca.org/NewsDetail.asp?id=401 AVCA announced 2007 Hall of Fame class] ]

Shondell’s Owls have won four national championships (plus runners-up nationally three times), 19 Indiana State Volleyball Championships [ [http://www.ihsaa.org/g-volleyball/2007-08/0708Scoreboard.htm 2007 results] ] , including the current streak of 11 consecutive in 2A since the state went to class systems in 1997. He has been named Indiana coach of the year 10 times [ [http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/Content/Article.mxp/ArticleID-05e9ca41-b3d7-49b4-b2ce-d95af8272d8f Shondell the Godfather of Indiana volleyball] ] , and was a national coach of the year finalist in 1986. In Shondell’s 31 years, Muncie Burris has gone undefeated six times. [ [http://ihsaa.org/g-volleyball/Champions.htm Ihsaa Volleyball] ]

Shondell is a contributor to the Volleyball Coaching Bible. [ [http://sports-rec.marc8.com/book-info.php/name/the_volleyball_coaching_bible/toc_id/3-0-23-13 The Volleyball Coaching Bible ] ]

Club Munciana

Shondell is a founding member of Munciana, a volleyball club for 12 through 18 year old girls. Steve coached the 14-year old open club (Chipmunks) until 1996, and now coaches the 12-year old club (Peppers). In addition to AAU titles, the Chipmunks won Junior Olympic National Championships in 1989, 1990, and 1996, and appeared in the finals in 1992. The Peppers won the Junior Olympic National Championship in 2006. [ [http://usavolleyball.org/juniors/06_Girls/06gjo_12.asp USA Volleyball: 2006 Girls' Junior Olympic Chamionships - 12 & under] ] . The 1989 title was Munciana's first USAV National Championship. [ [http://www.munciana.com/stfmstr.html Staff bios] ] In 2008, the 18's Samurai finished as runners-up at the JVDA 18 Open Division National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. [ [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/SPORTS/807010468/1002 Volleyball Team serves up perfection] ]

Awards and honors

*2007 – AVCA Hall of Fame
*2005 – Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame
*1996 – Indiana Volleyball Hall of Fame

References