Athletic Director & Co-Founder

Taylor is a true hometown hero. After countless awards and school records at Pinnacle High School, including Gatorade Arizona Player of the Year, Taylor continued to have an impressive college career. Taylor played 2 years at Arizona State University and 2 years at Alaska Anchorage. At UAA he was honored to be an Unanimous All-American and National Player of the Year. 

After college, Taylor ventured to play professionally overseas for 5 years. He played on various teams from Germany to Euro Challenge. Taylor has coached throughout his career and is now focused on growing his players and teams. 

He specializes in post player training. 

"We all know it takes more than just team practice to excel. I contribute most of my success to the extensive training I received and the great coaches I had along the way. It's my mission to do the same and give back." - Taylor Rohde 

Club Team Director

Matt is an experienced trainer with 13 years in coaching and player development. He served for almost a decade at Agua Fria High School where he worked his way up from freshmen coach in 2005 to varsity in 2008. He guided the Owls to numerous playoff appearances, including a trip to the state title game in 2009. During his tenure at Agua Fria, his teams had an overall record of 134-68, and many of his players went on to play at the collegiate level.     

Matt was the Director of Basketball Operations and Assistant Coach for Arizona Christian University for three years from 2014-2017. While at ACU, the varsity program had an overall record of 74-30 and set the school record for wins in a single season (25). 

Coach O’Meara earned his B.A. from Arizona State University in Secondary Education in 2007. He also holds a dual Master’s Degree in Sports Administration and Sports Business from the United States Sports Academy, and a Master’s Degree from Western Governors University in Administrative Leadership.

Director of Operations & Camp Director

Ms. Jen as we call her at DreamTeam started with us to help in the front office in 2017. Ms. Jen is a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. She joined after being married to a Marine and wanting to serve her country also. She served as a military police officer in the Reserves. Jen was also a dedicated military mother and wife for 13 years while her husband served in the USMC.

After leaving the service and moving to Arizona in 2013, Ms. Jen started working as a special education paraprofessional for the Scottsdale Unified School District. She dedicatedly served her school community for 7 years in that role. Ms. Jen has been with us at DreamTeam for 3 years. She brings a passion for helping children be the best version of themselves at all times.

Mimi Sommers
CEO & Co-Founder 

Being a mom, creative entrepreneur, and smart business woman is a powerful combination that led Mimi Sommers to open up DreamTeam Academy in 2017. Mimi and her family moved to Scottsdale from Silicon Valley in 2016 and she had a strong desire to create something new and exciting for her community. Inspired by her young son who loves basketball, Mimi decided to open an all-new, state-of-the-art youth basketball training facility in Scottsdale. She had been looking all around the Valley for just such a place and when she couldn’t find what she was looking for, Mimi Sommers decided to build it for the community! 

“Our goal here is not only to help children learn the sport of basketball and become great basketball players, we also want to help teach children how to be kind and caring towards one another and find happiness on and off the basketball court.”