Coach Tom Houser
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Coach Houser just finished
coaching the
Roanoke Juniors
15's
Open team!! The team finished with 78 wins
and only 29 losses.
In 2006 he was the head coach for
Roanoke Juniors
15 Nationals. The team
won the Old Dominion Region
Bid to the Junior
Nationals in Atlanta!!! Yep,
that team was STATE CHAMPS!!
He's coached for Roanoke Juniors since 2001.
He was the head coach at
Bassett High School for 16 years
from 1985 - 2000, winning over 250 matches while losing only
47.
He was the head coach at Roanoke Catholic in 2002 and 2003 where he took the team from 1 win the year before he arrived to 9 wins in 2002 to 13 wins in 2003. While at Bassett, his teams won 11 district championships and 10 regular season championships. His teams qualified for the Regional Tournament 15 of those 16 years.
His 1999 team advanced to the final 4 in the state
tournament.
He was named a VHSL All-Star Coach in 1999.
Was named Roanoke Times "Timesland Volleyball Coach of
the Year" in 1999.
Founded & directed the Piedmont Attack Junior Program in Martinsville from 1991 until 2000.
Is presently the 6th winningest coach in Virginia with
nearly 280 varsity high school coaching victories.
His Players Who Have
Played College Vball
His school players are in black.
His junior players are in blue
'86
Kelly Stone (Liberty University)
'87 Vixen Green (Pfeiffer University)
'87 Trekeyta Easley (Pfeiffer University)
'90 Cherie Young (Averett University)
'92 Stephanie Elliott (Averett University)
'94 Cynthia Donaldson (Ferrum College)
'95 Heather Burke (Campbell University)
'95 Jessica Rakes (Averett University)
'95 Suzanne Stoneman (Ferrum College)(Fieldale-Collinsville)
'97 Nikki Adams (Charleston Southern)
'97 Tasha Dillard (St. Paul's College)
'97 Renata Hairston (St. Pauls's College)(Martinsville)
'97 Mandy Willis (University of Long Island -
Southampton)
'97 Jennifer Witt (Averett University)(Fieldale-Collinsville)
'97 Mary Stanley (High Point University)
'97 Hilary Robertson (Salem College)(Martinsville)
'98 Danielle Muller (RM's Women's)(Patrick
Co)
'99 Shannon Haynes (University of Va. at Wise)
'99 Rachel Shiflett (East Tennesee State)(Martinsville)
'00 Adrienne Harvey (High Point Univ)(Magna Vista)
'00 Leah Draper (Bridgewater College)
'00 Michelle Martin (Ferrum College)
'00 Brooke Giffen (Methodist University)
'01 Jessie Hairston (Averett University)
'02 Melissa Prater (Averett University)
'02 Jessica Gamble (Ferrum College)
'03 Rachel Slenski (Hollins University)
'06 Lauren Clary (Radford Univ) (Cave Spring) '06 Stacey Craighead (Seton Hall) (Cave Spring) '06 Paige Greenberg (Va Tech) (Blacksburg) '06 Caitlyn Long (Roanoke College) (Cave Spring) '06 Katie Breene (Roanoke College) (William Byrd) '06 Erin Burnop (Roanoke College) (Blacksburg) '06 Kaitlin McFaddin (JMU) (Rockbridge County) '06Joanna McGrath (Emory & Henry) (Patrick Henry) '06 Ashley Alexander (Emory & Henry)(Lord Bot) '07 Maggie Wagner (Radford) (Cave Spring) '07 Maggie Allison (Ferrum)
His Players Who Have Become Coaches
His school players are in black.
His junior players
are in blue.
'86
Kelly Stone: 7 years JV head coach & 1 year varsity
head coach at
Bassett High, 1994-2001
'93 Greta Bower, Assistant coach at Collegiate School in Richmond. '94 Lori Wimbush: Assistant coach at Ferrum College 2001-03. '94 Niquita Martin: Present JV Head Coach at Bassett High '95 Jessica Rakes: J.O. 14's coach at Bassett in 1997.
'95 Heather Burke: Presently the head coach at
William
Byrd Middle School in Vinton Virginia.
'97 Pepper Kendrick Hazlett: 2005 JV Coach at Carlisle School in Martinsville. '99 Lori Underwood Draughon: Has already coached 2 years of Jr. High Vball, and was a JV head coach this fall!
'99 Rachel Shiflett Catoe:
Head coach at Martinsville High. Club
coach for Piedmont East in Martinsville, Va.
'99 Shannon Haynes, Assistant Coach,
Roanoke Juniors 15N team in 2006 and 2007.
'01 Jessie Hairston: Present Head Varsity Coach at Carlisle School in Martinsville.
'03 Rachel Slenski: Junior Volleyball coach with
Roanoke Juniors in 2005, '06 and '07.
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 Coach Houser's stepdaughters celebrating his wife's birthday in 2004. Caitlyn, Sara & Lauren |
 When Lauren's club team qualified for the J.O. National Tournament Coach Houser and his wife made it their summer vacation. Here they are standing beside the "not so" Great Salt Lake in July of 2005. |
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 Ok, so Coach Houser's 2007 Roanoke Juniors 15's team was a little different. But "normal" is boring, right? Here we are after the first day in the 16's division of Shamrock. GREAT JOB!!! |
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 This is Coach Houser, as drawn by Allison Prothero, at the 2007 Jefferson Forest Camp! He's really not that hairy!! Really! |
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 This is Coach Houser's 2006 15N team at the Atlanta Aquarium!! The team qualified for the National Tournament by winning the Old Dominion Region Bid! |
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 Gosh, Jami Thompson wins the Hitter of the Week Award at the 2004 Bassett High Veteran Camp, then threatens him with it! |
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| This was Coach Houser's 16's team in 2004. They went to Asheville and WON the 16's division, finishing undefeated. In this picture, everyone seems to think "it's all Paige's fault!" | Coach Houser's 15's Junior Team "Spiked Punch" won a 16's tournament in March 2005 at Hollins! What a fantastic team!! |
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| Coach Houser's stepdaughter Lauren played for Radford University in the fall of 2006 at an OH. The team won more matches than in the three previous years combined. | In the fall of 2006, the Radford University team was a great group of girls and parents! Here we are at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point NY. Lauren is #5. |
 Coach Houser (right) with his 2003 15's team after winning the silver division at Shamrock! Cool boxers!! Sponge Bob was our mascot that year! |
 Coach Houser's 3 seniors bought him a birthday cake back in February 1999 at Bassett High school. |
 Lauren, Caitlyn, Sara and Coach Houser at his mother's house on Dec 23, 2006 for a big family Christmas gathering. |
At the final day of the 2006
Red
Lion Christian Camp in Delaware, each girl
showed Coach Houser her spike approach!
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 Coach Houser, Lauren & Sara right after Cave Spring won the AA State Vball Championship in November of 2003! |
 While the other campers work on defense & blocking, Coach Houser talks with the setters at the Bassett Community Center Camp in July of 2004. |
