Meet the Directors
Director - Meredith Walraven
Meredith began her dance career at Steps and Broadway Dance Studios in the Garland area. While dancing competitively with Steps under the direction of Robin Mitchell and Teresa Price and Tempe Kirby at Broadway Dance Studio, she won numerous overall awards as well as solo awards. Her team at Broadway was selected to perform at the Maverick’s pre-game show. Meredith has performed in different cities such as San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, and Orlando.
Meredith attended Rockwall High School and was a part of the Stingerettes Varsity Drill Team under the direction of Melissa Holliman. While on the team, she was a member of the elite dance group, Showstoppers, and elite kick line, Kick Club, her sophomore through senior years. She was awarded Lieutenant her Junior year and Captain her Senior year. At the end of her senior year, she was awarded Best Dancer by the team.
She attended TCU in the fall of 2000 where she was a member of the TCU Showgirls. Meredith transferred from TCU to SFA where she was a part of the dance program. Her senior choreographic piece was selected to be presented in the Dance Repertory Showcase. She earned her BS in Dance and Speech Communication in May of 2004.
After completing her degree, Meredith received a position at Rowlett High School, where she was the Junior Varsity Drill Team Director and Assistant Varsity Director. She was at Rowlett from 2004-2007. In those three years, her teams won numerous state and national titles. Her JV team won three consecutive regional Best in Class team awards in the JV category. They were awarded the National title in JV teams her first year there and 3rd and 1st Runner Up the following two years.
Meredith has started her 14th year as Director of the Planoettes! The last thirteen years have been a huge success with numerous regional and 7 National Team titles along with 2 officer National Titles and an Elite Team National Title! Meredith is very blessed to be the director of this talented and dedicated group of ladies. She is very excited about continuing her tradition of excellence in her teams with the Planoettes. She is honored to have this position and hopes to continue the great traditions of the Planoettes for years to come!
Assistant Director - Caitlyn Dougherty