Camp Director:
Tom Houser
Coach Houser is the owner of STAR Volleyball Camps. He is the author of the "I Can't Wait" to coach books, and Drill Collection. He has coached 18 varsity teams, 10 JV teams, 26 club teams and directed 87 camps in 9 states in the past 7 years. You can see more about Coach Houser here. You can contact Coach Houser at coachhouser@yahoo.com
Camp Assistants:
Kelsey Goodman
Kelsey will be a senior next fall at Roanoke College where she has been on the volleyball team each fall. She is a graduate of Midlothian High in the Richmond area, where she played 6 years of school volleyball and 7 years of club volleyball. You can find out more about Kelsey at her Roanoke College webpage here. This is Kelsey's fourth year working STAR camps. Her and her sister, who is now playing at Eastern Mennonite, have been regular participants in the Expectations Camps at Sweet Briar! You can contact Kelsey at kelseygoodman3@gmail.com
Sydney Shelton
Sydney played 2 seasons on the Danville Community College Knights volleyball team. Before that she played at Gretna High School for 5 years. Currently she is a student at Marshall University where she works with athletics and pursuing a career in Public Relations with a concentration in Sports. She has worked 26 STAR camps the last 4 summers. You can contact Sydney at swshelton97@gmail.com!
Carden Clark
Carden has played 2 years of volleyball at North Carolina A&T University. As a high school athlete, she played 6 years of travel volleyball. In her 8th grade year, she played on Coach Houser's 2012 15's team that attended Jr Nationals in Columbus Ohio. Then 2013 she played on Coach Houser's #1 ranked 16's team. She was also a competition cheerleader all 4 years of high school! You can read more about Carden here, and can contact her at CardenClark1@gmail.com
Maleah Neely
Maleah is the assistant coach at Carroll County High School. She played 4 years at Emory Henry where she is 3rd in career assists. She played high school volleyball at Carroll County High School where she was twice named District Player of the Year, team MVP, All region 1st team and All state honorable mention. She also played in the VHSL All-Star game after her senior year. You can contact Maleah at neelymaleah@gmail.com
Elizabeth Giles
Elizabeth is a 2018 graduate of North Cross School in Roanoke, Va. During both her junior and senior year, she was named 1st team All-Conference, 1st All-Tournament and her team advanced to the state final 4. As a senior, she was 1st team All-State. She has played 6 years of school volleyball and 5 years of club volleyball in Roanoke. She will either be attending Sewanee College or Roanoke College next fall and will be on the volleyball team. You can reach Elizabeth at BugGiles16@yahoo.com
