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2009
Camp Format:
Mon - Wed : 9 am to 4pm, with 60 minutes for lunch.
Thursday: 9 am to 12:30pm.
The camp had a max of 4:1 camper to coach ratio!!!!
Cost: $225
Maximum Campers: 24
Registration Info:
The registration form was here.
If you have any questions about the camp, you may
email the camp director, Coach Houser,
at
coachhouser@yahoo.com or the camp host,
Amy Amerell at
amybdesigns4u@aol.com
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List
Of Camp
Assistants:
Kaitlyn Collins
Kaitlyn is a sophomore at the University of Virginia’s, College at Wise
where she plays volleyball for the Lady Cavs as a middle hitter!
During her freshman year, the Lady Cavs claimed the NAIA Region 12
Championship title, allowing them to advance to the NAIA National
Tournament!! Kaitlyn graduated from Lebanon High School in
Lebanon, VA in 2007, where she played volleyball for five years. During
her senior season, she was awarded the Player of the Week Award by the
Lebanon News, was on the Castlewood Classic All-Tournament Team, and was
awarded the team’s Blocker of the Year award! This will be Kaitlyn’s
first year assisting with STAR volleyball camp, and she is very excited!
Her email is: knc4x@uvawise.edu
or
vball_athlete109@yahoo.com AIM Screen Name: KaitVb08
Sam Thomas
Sam just completed her first
year of college at Shenandoah University where she played on the
volleyball team and was a starting OH. Sam is now transferring to
Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington North Carolina, where she has
already tried out and made the 2009 volleyball team. She started playing volleyball in the 8th grade, played 3 years of Juniors (one on my 15 Red team
here) and 5
years of school ball. She is a 2008 graduate of North Cross
School where she was a starter on team that made the final 4
in the state tournament in 2008. She assisted me with my 2007
Roanoke
Juniors 15's team and has now been an assistant at seven STAR
camps! Her email is:
samadamsthomas@gmail.com
Lindsey Campbell
Lindsey will be a 2009 graduate of Franklin County High. Lindsey
started playing volleyball
in the 7th grade, and hasn't stopped since. In addition, she's
played Roanoke Juniors since she was in the 8th grade. She
was on Coach Houser's team in the
8th grade, and again the
next year
as the team qualified for
Nationals. But not only is
she a great player, Lindsey is a leader by example. Her work ethic
and team spirit are 2nd to none. Presently, her post high school
plans are undecided. Lindsey can be contacted here:
volliball4fc@live.com
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Court Coaches:
Shannon Mincey
Coach Mincey is the head coach at
Carson
Newman College, in Jefferson City,
Tennessee. She played at King College, and team went 164-36
in her 4 years. She started coaching at the high school level,
then became an assistant at Milligan, then at East Tennessee State
before taking over at Carson-Newman in five years ago. Her team
finished in the conference last fall with a 24-15 record, and were 23-11
the year before.
MacKenzie Tyree,
Timesland Player Of The Year, will be attending Carson Newman next fall.
You can see more about Coach Mincey
here, and you can contact her at
smincey@cn.edu .
Cassie Pochyla
Coach Pochyla has been the head coach at
Emory & Henry
College for the past 7 years. She started her career on scholarship at
UVa-Wise whre she played volleyball and basketball,
and was a member of the conference All-Academic Team. She
then transferred to E&H where she graduated in 2001. She was the head
JV coach at Abingdon H.S. before taking the job at E&H. She
is married to Angus Pochyla and has a son, Neal. You can contact
Coach Pochyla at
cpochyla@ehc.edu
Steve Benson
Coach Benson is both the men's and women's head coach at
Eastern Mennonite University
in
Harrisonburg, Va. Coach Benson played volleyball in college.
Coach Benson coached high school ball for 4 years and club ball for 6
years while living in Florida. He also coached college ball for 4
years before taking over at EMU in 2004. His teams at EMU
have improved their winning % nearly every year since arriving.
During the summer of 2007, Benson was selected as a training coach of
the USA Select A1 Boys team. You can read more about him
here, and you can contact Coach Benson at
steve.benson@emu.edu .
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The camp was held at Virginia Episcopal
School in Lynchburg!
Incredible facility! Air conditioned!
Curtains between courts!
More info about VES can be found at
the bottom of this page.
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First Day Camp Director:
(While Coach Houser is at
Nationals with his
Roanoke Jrs 16N team)
Tamalyn Tanis
Tamalyn is a 1989 graduate of Cave Spring High and a 1993 graduate of
Mary Washington College, where she broke numerous volleyball records.
She was the JV coach at Cave Spring for years, before taking over the
varsity position in 2002. With husband Mark as her assistant
coach, she immediately had incredible success, winning the AAA state
championship in 2003, then the AA state championship in 2004, 2006 and
2007. She and Mark are the directors of
Roanoke Juniors, and they
run the Shamrock Festival.
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Captains Of The Day
Monday: Aubrey Blanchette.
Tuesday: Jennifer Garrett
Wednesday: Sandy Serio.
Thursday: Laura Sharrett & Rachel Mullen
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