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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A highly successful Muncie club and high school volleyball coach will be the fourth coach in the history of the Purdue program.
Dave Shondell, the longtime coach of the ASICS Munciana Volleyball Club and Muncie Central High School, brings 22 years of experience to the Boilermaker sidelines. In the past 13 years at Muncie Central, Shondell has led the Bearcats to four state titles, including the 2002 championship, and a 428-52 record (.891), the second-best winning percentage in Indiana high school volleyball history. Under his leadership, Muncie Central won 56 consecutive North Central Conference matches from 1995 to 2001 and has been the only public school to be ranked in the top 25 nationally each year since 1993. In addition to a state title, the Bearcats' performance in 2002 brought Shondell National Coach of the Year honors from studentsports.com. Despite losing its setter and top left side hitter from the previous year, Shondell guided the team to a 39-1 record, a state title and a No. 2 ranking in the Student Sports Fab50 without a contributing player taller than 5-foot-10. In addition to team honors, 23 Muncie Central players have received NCAA Division I scholarships, and three have been honored as high school All-Americans. In 15 years as program co-director and head coach of the Munciana club, Shondell has seen more than 150 of his athletes go on to play Division I volleyball, while 12 Munciana teams have won USA Volleyball National Championships. The Munciana Club also has been honored for the best overall performance by a club for 12 consecutive years at the National Championships. In addition to the club's overall success, the teams that Shondell has coached have finished in the top five in the nation every year since 1991.
Shondell worked with some of the top youths in the nation as assistant coach for the USA Junior National Team during the 1998-99 season, helping the team win the NORCECA Games in Cuernavaca, Mexico, to earn a bid to the World Championships. The hiring of Shondell followed a nationwide search that attracted more than 60 candidates. Members of the search committee sought nominations from college head coaches. Shondell's name was offered by several of those coaches. "Dave Shondell is one of the most recognized names in the world of volleyball, which extends from high school teams to the club-level programs to the collegiate level and the Division I ranks," said Roger Blalock, associate athletics director and head of the search committee. "We received letters of reference from some of the top names in the nation in Division I volleyball. He is a coach with a track record for producing top talent. Coach after coach at the Division I level advised us that his reputation for training the best in volleyball is well-earned and that we would be wise to bring him aboard. He also has significant experience coaching the USA Junior National Team and, of course, that is the age of the student-athletes Dave will be recruiting to play for the Boilermakers." Prior to joining the ranks at Muncie Central and the Munciana Club, Shondell was head volleyball coach at Daleville High School, leading the team to a top-five state ranking from 1986 to 1988 and posting a 167-63 overall record, the best winning percentage of any coach ever at Daleville. He also acted as assistant men's volleyball coach at Ball State University during the 1980-81 season. Morgan Burke, director of intercollegiate athletics, said the decision to hire Shondell was made after extensive discussions with college coaches.
Shondell earned his bachelor's degree in physical education and health from Ball State in 1981 and finished his master's at the school in 1985. Shondell succeeds Jeff Hulsmeyer, who was released from the program in December.
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