About PSVA Tallahassee
Prostyle Volleyball Academy (PSVA) has been serving the Tallahassee area in the sport of volleyball since 2013. PSVA is a Federal Not-For-Profit 501 (c)3 organization. We have not only placed several athletes in various levels of college volleyball but also helped young individuals learn important life lessons through sports.
PSVA Tallahassee is our headquarters location, which supports and sponsors many other Prostyle clubs throughout Florida and Georgia. PSVA currently has over 30 travel teams competing in USAV and AAU volleyball. To see more information about our Travel, Local and Satellite teams, please visit our Teams page.
Club Leadership
Gokhan Yilmaz
Executive Director
Gokhan has an impressive volleyball resume with 30+ years of playing and coaching experience at high school, club, and collegiate levels. He has been the head coach at Florida A&M University since 2018, after serving as the associate head coach for two years prior. During the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Gokhan led his rattlers to two consecutive SWAC championships and was named SWAC Coach of the Year for both seasons. Under Gokhan's guidance, the rattlers have accomplished an impressive conference record of 45-11, initially in the MEAC before competing in the SWAC.
Prior to FAMU, Gokhan worked as the head coach at UNC Charlotte, leading the 49ers to 17 wins, the most in eight years, while leading the team to its first conference tournament appearance in five years – a team built around nine recruits he signed for that first season.
Before that, he spent seven seasons as associate head coach, training coordinator, and main recruiter for nearby Florida State University (2008-14). While at FSU, he landed the nation's No. 3 recruiting class in 2012, helping the Seminoles to a 154-41 record, featuring five NCAA Tournament appearances (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), highlighted by a 2011 Final Four berth, a 2009 Elite Eight spot and a 2013 Sweet Sixteen berth.
Gokhan’s collegiate resume also includes stints as an Assistant Coach at the University of Arkansas, Northwood University, Cameron University, and Western New Mexico University.
He began his coaching career in his native Turkey as a club coach (Eczacibasi Sports Club) in 1995-96 before working the next six years coaching club, high school, and middle school teams, most of which achieved national, regional, and city honors. In his six seasons before starting his collegiate career, Yilmaz led his charges to two national championships and four other finals appearances. All of his teams earned berths in the Turkish National Tournament.
Steve Canfield
Associate Director
Steve has been an assistant coach at Florida A&M University since 2016. As a veteran of the United States Air Force, he brings 30+ years of volleyball coaching experience to PSVA. During his time in the Air Force, he played and coached 14 seasons of adult league volleyball. In those years he also coached 12 seasons of boys basketball, ages 13 to 18, in both the United States and England (winning the United Kingdom Youth Basketball Championships twice).
Additionally, Steve has 17+ years years of club volleyball experience with 20+ club tournament championships. He has also served as a high school head
volleyball for 7 seasons (2006-2012) for Mosley High School. During his tenure, his teams earned 7 undefeated County Championships with a 46W-0L record in Bay County, a 2011 FHSAA District 2-6A Volleyball Championship, and 4 straight FHSAA Volleyball “Sweet 16” appearances. He has also served as the District 2 FACA Volleyball and Basketball Chairman for 10 seasons.
Larry Sparkman
Associate Director (larrysparkman99@gmail.com)
Coach Sparkman began his volleyball coaching career in 1992 and has served as a Club Director and Coach over the last 33 years with several clubs including the Tallahassee Sparks, Tallahassee Volleyball Association, NFVA, Tallahassee Juniors, Tallahassee Volleyball Academy and PSVA.
Coach Sparkman has also coached at the high school level for 22 years since 2003, with head coaching positions at JPII and Florida High. He is currently the JV Coach at Chiles High School .
Coach Sparkman held head coaching positions at John Paul II Catholic HS (JPII) for six years and at the Florida State University High School (FSUS) for five years. During his 11 years as head coach his teams won 8 District Championships, 2 Region Championships, competed in the State Final Four playoffs twice and had one State Final Four Runner-up finish in 2009. Coach Sparkman was also voted the All Big Bend Coach of the year in 2009 and was the AVCA Region 1 – 4a Coach of the Year in 2013.
In 2016, Coach Sparkman accepted the position as the JV Coach and Varsity Assistant at Chiles High School, is in his tenth year, and is also currently coaching for the Prostyle Volleyball Academy.
Coach Sparkman’s playing career started at Florida State University where he played Outside hitter for the FSU Men’s Club Volleyball team from 1973 to 1982 and was a member of the 1978 Florida USAV Region Runner up team. He also played on several USVA travel teams until 1996, when he retired from competition.
Coach Sparkman’s professional career began as a PE and Math teacher in the 70s but eventually moved into the computer industry in the 80s. He worked as a Systems Engineer and Technical Manager for EDS, Computer Associates, and Keane Federal, and held many consulting positions as a Project Manager for over 40 years. He ended his IT career working for the State of Florida as a PMO Manager and retired in 2021.
Coach Sparkman's passion, second to volleyball, is playing the guitar and singing soft rock music. You can learn more about coach sparkman by checking out his website at www.larrysparkman.com.
Larry and his wife Beth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2023. They have two childern adult chldern, Lisa and Scott, and are grandparents to Laney, who is 18 years old, and Bayleigh who is 9 years old.
Our Coaches
Kaitlin Jahn
Coach and Recruting Coordinator
Kaitlin Jahn enters her fifteenth season as the head volleyball coach at Chiles High School. In 2016, Coach Jahn was selected to the prestigious America Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 List. This award was created to honor thirty of the up-and-coming college and high school volleyball coaches under 30 years old in America. Out of the 30 coaches selected, Coach Jahn was one of three coaches that did not coach at the colligate level. In the spring, Coach Jahn is the head coach of the Chiles Beach Volleyball Team. She served as the chairman of the league and was honored nationally in an article by Athletic Management Magazine for the success of her program and the dedication of area coaches who are establishing high school beach volleyball teams.
Coach Jahn is a native of Tallahassee and an active member of the volleyball community. During her high school career, she was a four-year letterman on the Chiles High School Varsity Volleyball team. She also played six years of club volleyball, and in 2002, qualified to play in the Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. After her high school career, she earned a scholarship and played under Hall of Fame Coach and Florida Region Chairman, Mary Andrew. While in Jacksonville, she was a first team all-conference selection and broke multiple school records. She also began her coaching career with the Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association.
After lettering for two years under Coach Mary Andrew, she moved back to Tallahassee and continued her education at Florida State University. While living in Tallahassee she has coached numerous club teams including some of the most elite players in the tri-state area. During the high school off season, Coach Jahn has led multiple teams to qualify for the USVA Girls Junior National Championships who competed on the national stage, most recently in 2022. She currently coaches club volleyball at Prostyle Volleyball Academy and serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for the club.
Coach Jahn graduated with her bachelor's degree from Florida State University in April 2008, double majoring in Family and Child Sciences and Secondary Education. She is certified to teach High school science, math and physical education. She started her teaching career at Deerlake Middle School (2008-2010) and is currently teaching Earth and Space Science and Biology at Chiles. Coach Jahn earned her master's degree in educational leadership/administration in December 2011.
In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022 & 2023 she was named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) Coach of the Year. Jahn was also selected in 2013 and 2023 as the All Big Bend Coach of the Year and lead her team to a appearance in the State Championship Final Four in 2023. In addition to a record-breaking season in 2014, she was named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) Coach of the Year and was selected to coach the North Team in the Florida High School All-Star game. In the spring of 2019 and 2023, Coach DiLuzio lead the Beach Volleyball Team to a league championship and she also celebrated her 250th career win as the Timberwolves head coach in 2022.
In the school’s twenty-three-year history, Coach Jahn is the first alumnus to serve as the head coach of an athletic team.
Elly Citron Gibson
Coach
Coach Citron began her playing career at a young age in Tallahassee, FL. While there she was selected for Team Florida where she was able to train and compete under some of the top coaches in the nation. Through Citron’s hard work and determination, she was asked to join the USA Junior National team 3 years in a row. Her sophomore year of high school she and her family moved to Missouri where she continued to train and compete during her summers as a part of the USA Junior National program.
Citron’s college career began with Drury University where she was a top starter for both her freshman and sophomore year. Her favorite part about playing at Drury was getting to play side by side with her sister, Riley, who also played at Drury. Citron then chose to transfer and received a scholarship to begin the inaugural Beach Volleyball program at Florida International University. She competed with FIU her junior and senior year helping her team place 8th in the nation her junior year and 5th in the nation her senior year. Since her collegiate career ended, she has played semi-professionally both in the states and internationally in both beach and indoor volleyball.
Citron came from an athletic coaching and playing background. Her father (John Citron) ran and coached track at Florida State University and her grandfather (Jay Ward) played Professional Baseball and coached for many major league teams as well as Aunts and Uncles who played volleyball and football collegiately.
In between her years of playing ball, Citron took her love of the sport at the young age of 16 and began volunteering at middle school and elementary clinics. By age 18 she was the head coach of her first team. Citron received her first High School coaching job 10 years ago while she was still in college playing for FIU and has never looked back. Her coaching career consists of multiple Conference and District Championships, Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight State Play-Off runs, Coach of the Year Accolades, and most importantly helping a large number of her athletes receive scholarships to play ball at the next level (for beach and indoor). Citron moved back to Tallahassee in 2024 and just finished her first season as the Head Coach at Leon High School. Her love of the sport is what has pushed her to want to inspire others to grow the game and to help young athletes to have the same passion and opportunities she was blessed with because of this beautiful game.
Megan Oldham
Coach
Coach Megan Oldham, a native of Tallahassee, brings a wealth of experience and passion to Prostyle Volleyball Academy. Having attended Leon High School, Megan led her team to the state final four twice and the state runner-up title once and was awarded All Big Bend first team in 2007 and 2008 and All Big Bend second team in 2006. After graduating, Coach Megan enrolled at Florida State University and immediately began coaching club volleyball. Now, 15 years later, she has coached hundreds of players ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old. In 2023, her group of 17’s finished 5th in the national division at USAV Nationals. Beyond wins and rankings, Megan's true passion lies in nurturing players and passing on her love for the sport to the next generation. At Prostyle, Megan's coaching philosophy focuses on skill development, teamwork, and a deep appreciation for the game.
Lisa Sparkman-Allen
Coach
Lisa Sparkman-Allen is a Human Resource Manager for the Department of Revenue. She has been married to her husband Derrick Allen for 14 years and has two children, Laney (18 years old) and Bayleigh (8 years old). She has been playing and coaching volleyball for over 24 years.
She held the record at Lincoln for the most blocks in 1999, received MVP both her junior and senior years, was the voted the Athlete of Year at Lincoln and the State Region 1 Player of the Year in 1999. She accepted an athletic scholarship to South Florida Community College and then continued playing at the University of West Florida, receiving another athletic scholarship in 2001.
In 2002, Lisa started her coaching career at Maclay School in Tallahassee, then moved on to coach at Lincoln High School, John Paul II and Florida High. Volleyball is one of the few loves in her life and she enjoys it even more because she gets the privilege of coaching with her father, Larry Sparkman. They began coaching together in 2007 at John Paul II, making it to the state tournament in 2008, taking second place. They then continued coaching together at Florida High for 5 seasons (2009-2014), making it to the state tournament again in 2013. From 2016 through 2023 she coached at Lawton Chiles High School, helping the team win its first district championship in 15 years in 2023 and making it to the regional playoffs.
Lisa also has many years of club coaching experience under her belt. She started coaching club in 2002 and has coached for numerous clubs in Tallahassee, including TVA, NFVA, the Sparks Volleyball Club, Tallahassee Juniors and most recently Prostyle Volleyball Academy.
She started playing club in 1992, when she was 11 years old and played for Big Bend Volleyball Club. She played 4 years on varsity at Lincoln High School where she made the All-Big-Bend Team her junior and senior years, playing both middle and outside.
Victoria Santana
Coach
Victoria Santana recently joined the coaching staff for Prostyle Volleyball Academy.
Victoria, a transfer from Charlotte where she played Libero for the Charlotte 49ers, is also joining the Florida A&M volleyball roster for the 2025 season.
In Santana's freshman season with the 49ers, she saw action in 90 sets and finished second on the team with 183 digs and averaged 2.03 digs per set. Santana recorded a season-high 29 digs versus Tulane and had double-digit digs in six matches.
Jada Rhodes
Coach
Jada Rhodes, a Tallahassee Native, is new to coaching but joins the Prostyle Volleyball Academy with a very impressive record of Elite Level playing experience. She played her high school volleyball here in Tallahassee at the Florida State University Schools, known as Florida High, graduating in 2020. Below is a history of her outstanding accomplishments as a player.
2024 (At FAMU): Currently a Senior on Scholarship playing the outside hitter position.
2023 (at Alabama State): Named Player of the Year in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)… Named First Team All-SWAC… Recorded her 1,000th career kill against Jackson State, and currently has 1,027 for her career… She is currently fourth in kills, 10th in digs, and 14th in service aces all-time at Alabama State… She recorded a team-leading 332 kills, averaging 3.07 assists per set while hitting .220… She also recorded 29 service aces and 187 digs (averaging 1.73 per set)… In conference play, recorded 214 kills, averaging 3.96 per set… She also hit .313 and has 12 service aces… She recorded 88 digs, averaging 1.63 per set… Recorded 15 matches in double figures kills, including a season-high 22 against Prairie View A&M for the multiple time SWAC Offensive Player of the Week award winner… Also had two of the best attack percentages in the conference this season.
2022 (at Alabama State): Named Second Team All-SWAC... Played 116 sets... Recorded a team-best 359 kills... Averaged 3.09 kills per set and hit .218... Recorded 14 assists... Recorded 24 service aces... Also recorded 242 digs, averaging 2.09 digs per set... Recorded 35 total blocks, including three solo blocks... Scored 402 points.
2021 (at Alabama State): Played in 120 sets... Finished with a team-high 332 kills... Averaged 2.77 kills per set and hit .209... Finished with 17 assists and 29 service aces... Recorded 269 digs, averaging 2.24 digs per set... Recorded 32 total blocks, including five solo... Scored 379.5 points... Named Second Team All-SWAC.
High School: Played her high school ball with Florida State University Schools… Team captain for three years… First-Team All-Big Bend selection twice… Played with current Lady Hornet A’Nylah Cobb both played club with Tallahassee Juniors – a team that has qualified for nationals five times… Also played flag football… Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
HONORS:
•2023 AVCA Southeast Region Honorable Mention
•2023 SWAC Player of the Year
•2023 All-SWAC First Team
•2023 Preseason All-SWAC
•2022 All-SWAC Second Team
•2022 Preseason All-SWAC
Amanda Simpson
Coach
Amanda Simpson brings 7 years of experience with her to PSVA, coaching a wide variety of ages and levels. She is the current head coach at North Florida Christian School and assists at the University of Florida during the summer.
Brooke Lynn Watts
Coach
Brooke Lynn currently competes for Florida A&M University and helped the rattlers to SWAC tournament championship title. In her 2022 season, she was named SWAC Newcomer of the Year and to the All-SWAC First Team. Before FAMU, she started her career competing for Murray State University. In her freshman season at MSU, she had the most kills by a freshman in MSU history. Prior to college, Brooke Lynn had an impressive club and high school career, including her high school’s first ever MPSSAA State Volleyball title and being named 2021 Gatorade State Player of the Year - Maryland.
Kaitlyn Scroggins
Coach
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Taylor Zornes
Coach
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Candice Allbaugh
Coach
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