Our Team
2023 Board of Directors
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Erica Spitzmacher
President​
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Erica has been a member of the Edmonton dodgeball community for almost 15 years. Dodgeball has been an important part of her life as she has made lifelong friends and met her husband while playing. Erica has competed at the Canadian National Championships 3 times over the years, but now spends most of her dodgeball effort on organizing events and trying to help build the community.
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Betty Mak
Vice President​
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Betty has been involved in the Calgary dodgeball scene since 2013 and started playing the 7” WDBF format in 2019. She has competed once at the Canadian National Championship with her local Alberta team. She also made a debut on Team Canada, fighting hard with her team to obtain a gold medal at the 2022 World Championships held on home soil in Canada.
Betty loves watching the local community grow, and in particular, seeing players put the time and effort into helping out other individuals from each and every team.
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Bryce Paradis
Director of Sport and Player Development
Bryce has been playing dodgeball for over ten years and has experience playing 8.5” rubber, 7” rubber, and 7” foam. He has attended three Canadian National Championships as a player and one as a coach and is the former Director and Head Coach of the Edmonton Arsenal Dodgeball Club. His goal is to provide skills training to the community that will make the game more accessible and accelerate competitive development.
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Melody Zawalak
Director of Records
Melody has been playing competitive and recreation dodgeball in Edmonton for 10 years and brings a famous cheerful intensity to the court wherever she goes. A mother, a competitor and a leader, Melody was the perfect for for being the director of fundraising and did a great job raising funds for our two Alberta players who made the 2019 national squad. She is also leading the charge for incorporating Dodgeball Alberta as a recognized provincial sporting organization with the Alberta government.
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Natalie Wall
Director of Finance
Natalie has been a member or the dodgeball community in Edmonton for well over 10 years. She plays 7” foam, 8.5” rubber, and 7” no-sting. She has competed at the Canadian National Championships four times. She loves the sport and is always hungry to play more. She wants to see dodgeball grow and thrive in Alberta so that others can have the chance to experience the joy of dodgeball.
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Priscilla Buteau
Director of Events
Bio coming soon!
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Shree Harrington
Director of Communications
Shree has been playing recreational and competitive dodgeball since 2015 and has competed at the Canadian National Dodgeball Championships.
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She's competitive and friendly, and is excited to channel that energy into growing the sport in Alberta.
Adam Bader
Director at Large
Adam has been involved in the dodgeball community for 7 years and is one of the Directors of Dodgeball Calgary. He played a variety of sports growing up but his main sport was baseball. His years of being involved in dodgeball have given him a vast collection of incredible memories to go along with a community of amazing friends and teammates.
Paul Laking
Director at Large
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