Nike Volleyball Camp at Roberts Wesleyan University

Mike Dedee was named the first head coach of the Roberts Wesleyan men’s volleyball program in May 2023.

In the second season of the men's volleyball program, Dedee continued to improve the program and garnered Coach of the Year honors from the National Christian College Athletic Association for the Midwest Region as he led the squad to double-digit victories and second-place finishes in both the East Coast Conference (ECC) Tournament and the NCCAA National Championship Tournament in Illinois.

Player awards for the season included First Team NCCAA Amm-American freshman Landon Brouwer as well as Second Team All-American honors for Moises Jimenez. Four players earned All-ECC honors as Brouwer was named the Player of the Year and Jimenez was named the Defensive Player of the Year.

In his first year he immediately saw success with his team by winning the NCCAA Invitational and being named ECC co-coach of the year. Additionally, five players (the most in the conference) were named to the All-Conference Team. Dedee led the Redhawks to a second-place finish in both the ECC regular season and championship during the 2025 season and was named ECC co-coach of the year for the second straight season.

Dedee’s philosophy is to ensure that the young men at Roberts Wesleyan University receive valuable life lessons on the court that can be applied to the sport of volleyball but also work, school, relationships and more. He is also passionate about being a teacher that helps the team be competitive, but also be the best people they can while at Roberts and for a long time thereafter.

Dedee has an extensive volleyball resume that includes playing volleyball since high school. He enjoyed a standout volleyball career playing club volleyball for Rochester Pace Volleyball Club, professional beach volleyball, and playing at Genesee Community College in Batavia before moving on to play at Division I University of California at Irvine. Dedee earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Irvine and his Master’s in social work from the University of California, Long Beach. Dedee spent several years in the social work field.

Dedee has recruited and coached many players who have later joined Division I, II and III teams. Prior to coming to Roberts, Dedee coached for Webster High School as the Junior Varsity Head Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach, including 2022 when they made it to the State Finals. He continues to coach for Rochester Pace Volleyball Club (since 2015) at various ages including coaching a 14U team to No.5 in the country in 2019 and winning various tournaments. Dedee is a Gold Medal Squared (GMS) Certified Coach. In addition, he was named the Associate Head Coach for the Western Empire Volleyball Association (WEVA) U17 All Stars in 2024 and Head Coach for the same team in 2025.

Dedee, who is also a professional magician, lives in Webster with his wife, Tracey. They have two sons, Michael and Matthew.

Mitch Segbers serves as an Assistant Coach for the Roberts Wesleyan Men’s & Women’s Volleyball teams. He also serves as the coach for Roberts’ Developmental Women's Volleyball team. In addition to his roles at Roberts Wesleyan, he also works as a Physical Education teacher at Canandaigua Academy.

Segbers brings both passion and knowledge of the sport to Roberts having years of experience coaching and teaching at the youth, high school, club, and college levels. At the high school level, his teams were consistently championship contenders, having coached in Sectional Semi-Finals and Finals games four times in six years. At the club level, his teams also experienced a lot of successes winning many local and regional tournaments, and finishing as high as 3rd place in the 15U Open Division at USA Nationals.

As a player, Segbers was a part of two state championship winning volleyball teams and a state championship winning baseball team at Victor High School. He went on to earn a B.S. in Health & Physical Education at Syracuse University where he was a member and captain of the Syracuse Cheerleading Team. Segbers then went on to earn his M.S. in Sport & Exercise Science at the University of Northern Colorado before starting his teaching and coaching career back in upstate New York.

Segbers lives in Victor, NY with his wife Brianna and their daughter Cora.

Maikon started playing volleyball at the age of 12 and by age 16, he was on the Brazilian national team. By age 18, he was playing professionally with France, Portugal, Spain and Brazil. He was a part of the 3 time champion state South of Brazil, Champion South America club ginástica Novo Hamburgo, and 7 time champion in the hulha negra tournament. He now coaches for Rochester Pace Volleyball Club and plays for the Rochester VLA men's team.

Parker Schoenl is a setter for Vassar College coming back most recently from their run to the DIII NCAA finals. Parker is part of the 2024 NCAA regional championship team, 2024 NCAA National Runner Up and 2024 UVC Conference Finalist. He was also 3 time 1st team all greater rochester player;; a former member of the U16, U17, U18 NTDP training team; 4 time first team all league monroe county. While playing for Rush Henrietta High School, he was Rush Henrietta Sportsman of the year 2023, Rush Henrietta Royal Comet award 2021,22,23, Rush Henrietta Male athlete of the year 2022. Lastly, he played for Rochester Pace Bootlegger Volleyball Club for 10 years.

Saint Francis men’s head coach (27th season) -20+ years of USA Volleyball High Performance Coaching - EIVA and NEC Coach of the Year recipient - Four-time EIVA Championship finalist - All-American Selection Committee Member - 2023 and 2024 NEC Regular Season Champions

Liam O'Keefe has been playing competitive volleyball for four years. He played for Canisius High School in Buffalo where he was a captain for all four years. He also played club volleyball at Lockport Volleyball Club for three years. At LVC he was blessed to have such an amazing experience and learn more about the game and ultimately guided him on his path to play at Roberts Wesleyan. He played in his freshman year at Roberts this past year where he developed and grew as both a player and a person.

Camryn Karelus is currently a junior pin hitter for Roberts Wesleyan University Women’s Volleyball and is studying Nursing. She’s played volleyball since 2nd grade and previously, she played for a few small clubs then VFX for 5 years which led her to excel to the next level and be part of a forever community. While playing for Churchville Chili High School, she won two Section V championships in her time there and collected many accolades including AllTournament MVP & 1st Team All Greater Rochester and more through her years and set a record for the most career kills at 832 from her senior year.