2021 Camp Staff:

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. 

Assistant Coaches:

Hannah Shields Contrares
Hannah played 4 years as an OH at Averett University. Each year she has been named 1st team All-Confernece. In all four years, she's been one of the top three hitters in all of NCAA D3. She has been named USASouth Conference Player Of The Year as a soph, jr and senior! Hannah is a 2014 graduate of Dan River High School, near Danville, Va. She played 6 years of school vball and 5 years of club vball. She played on Coach Houser's team in 2012 that attended Jr Nationals in Columbus Ohio! She was named 1st team all state her senior year at Dan River. You can see an article about her college feats here! You can contact Hannah at hannah_shields3@yahoo.com!

Elizabeth Giles
Elizabeth is a junior and captain of the volleyball team at Sewanee University in Tennessee. She 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. You can reach Elizabeth at BugGiles16@yahoo.com!


Cameron Blankenship
Cameron is a sophomore at Guilford College where she is on the volleyball team. Cameron is a 2019 graduate of Bassett High where she played 6 years of school volleyball. She also played 8 seasons of of club vball. She holds her school record of 19 stuff blocks in a match! She was a member of Coach Houser's 15 National team in 2016. She was 1st all-district all 4 years in high school, and was named District Player Of The year as a senior. Cameron has worked 5 STAR camps the past two summers and has given a multitude of private lessons in Martinsville & Danville! You can contact Cameron at cameronlblankenship@gmail.com.

Rosie Giles
Rosie is a senior at Patrick Henry High in Roanoke. She has played 5 years of school ball and 4 years of club volleyball with the highest level teams Roanoke has to offer. She has played every position in her career except MB. She has started giving private lessons as well! You can contact Rosie at K.RoseGiles@gmail.com


Aubrey Brown
Aubrey is a sophomore at Covington High School, which is nearly the Va/WestVa state line. She has played 6 years of school volleyball, and played 6 years of club volleyball. Aubrey is addicted to volleyball. We can't seem to keep her out of the gym! In 2020, she was one of our top assistants at private lessons! You can contact her at AubreyKatherine04@gmail.com!

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2021 Captains Of The Day:

Major League:
Monday: Keri Divers
Tuesday: Adrianna Eanes
Wednesday: Jailyn East
Thursday: Kaitlyn Eanes

Minor League:
Monday: Braelyn East
Tuesday: Jenna Motley
Wednesday: Alyssa Keesee
Thursday: Lauryn Cook