2008
Camp Format:
Mon - Wed : 9 am to 4pm, with 60 minutes for lunch.
Thursday: 9 am to 12:30pm.
Cost: $225
Maximum # of Campers:
24
Registration Info: The registration
form was here for easy
download!
Who Should Register?
This was not a camp for everyone. This was be such a high
intensity camp, a player must have an extensive volleyball background
before she was be accepted.
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If you have more questions about the camp, you may
email the camp director, Coach Tom Houser, at
coachhouser@yahoo.com or the camp host, JF Head Coach Steve
Mills, at Mills30@verizon.net
Coach Houser,
Thank you so much for offering me your help. Just telling me
to get both arms up, one small little difference, made a
huge difference in the outcome. I find myself thoroughly
excited to be progressing with each new technique or skill
learned. I may not be a great player yet, but I will be. I
need help getting there and I am so glad that you came to
help and that I was able to attend this camp. If I do
not play D1 ball it will be because I am simply not good
enough, not because I didn't give one-hundred percent of my
time and effort and ability. Please, if you see me making a
mistake over and over again, pull me aside and tell me what
I am doing wrong. Each time you help me, I understand more
clearly what I am supposed to do to improve my game and
increase the confidence my teammates and I have in myself.
Each time I will be progressively getting better and if I
fix things now and correctly, that's just one step closer I
get to playing to my full potential. I thank you greatly for
coming and being here to increase the school's team and
ability to play together.
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Coach Houser, you are one special coach. I've had coaches
before who did not care about our team very much and it's
unity and spirit. I've also had coaches who could not teach
us anything about volleyball. You do both!
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Hey Coach
Houser,
I didn’t get a chance to talk to you after camp was done but
I just wanted to let you know what an amazing coach and
person I think you are. You really have taught me more about
skills and team unity than any other coach I’ve had and I
just wanted to show my appreciation.
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I just wanted to give you a quick email thanking you for
your time and support during the camp. I started my high
school conditioning last night with our new coach and she
was very impressed with my steady platform. =). I enjoyed
your camp and I learned a lot of very valuable things from
it. I hope to attend your camp next year as well.
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Thank you, Coach Houser, for your coaching expertise! [My
daughter] enjoyed camp this past week and of course, enjoyed
you and your staff. She always learns so much as she walks
away from these camps each year. She mentioned to me how
much she'll miss all of the coaches. Thanks for always
encouraging and motivating [my daughter] to be the best she can be.
She enjoys your sense of humor as well. You make volleyball
FUN! Thanks again and I hope you do the High
Expectations Camp again next year. I'm glad it was a
success. Have a wonderful summer.
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Hey, I
just wanted to say thanks for camp this week. I know it took
a lot of time and effort to plan everything. I learned a lot
and I am sure that the other girls too. I hope you will be
coming again next year and the other coaches too, they were
great. I'll be at star camp next week too, and I am sure it
will be fun.
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Coach Houser!
I meant to email you earlier, but I took the opportunity to
just reply to the one you sent to everyone instead. I wanted
to say thank you so much for yet another great week at camp
with you! I'm so glad I came. I really appreciate the
opportunity to be challenged and to learn new skills at a
higher level with skilled girls. I worked hard and I plan to
take the skills I learned through the next season.
Everything you teach me about team and effort means a lot.
Thank you very much for reassuring me about what is the most
important. I hope to see you during the season, and, if not
then, next summer!
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Camp Coaches!!
Danny Miller
Head Coach,
Averett University
Coach Miller has been the head coach at Averett University for 13
years.
Miller has led the Cougars to a 319 -137 record and four NCAA Tournament
appearances. He also has won seven conference tournament titles
and nine regular season crowns. The Averett University
volleyball website can be seen
here.
You can contact Coach Miller here:
danny.miller@averett.edu
or you can call his office at 434-791-5734
Kolby O'Donnell
Assistant Coach,
Appalachian State University
For the past two seasons, Coach O’Donnell has been the assistant coach
and recruiting coordinator at Radford University. While working with the
Highlanders, he managed game-day operations, in-season travel and
development of practice plans. A native of Pennsylvania, O’Donnell was
the camp director for Appalachian State’s volleyball camp in the summer
of 2007, and has worked with several other camps in the region since
2003. O’Donnell graduated from Lees-McRae College, where he was a
four-year letterman and captain of the men's volleyball team. You
can contact Coach O'Donnell at
odonnellkc@appstate.edu or at his office phone 828-262-2844
Aaron King
Former Assistant Coach, Hollins University
Aaron is presently the JV coach at Hidden Valley High School.
He is an incredible indoor and outdoor player, a coach with Roanoke
Juniors for 10 years, a man that players and parents admire and coaches
envy! Aaron has been a referee for high school, college, and
USAV for 9 years. He also has received his CAP 1 coaching accreditation.
You can contact Coach King here:
king4life@cox.net
List
Of Camp
Assistants:
Maggie Allison
Maggie is a freshman at Ferrum College where she rooms with Devyn
(below). She tried out for the team in
August and MADE IT!!! While in high school, she has
played 1 year of J.O. vball on my 16's team, played 4 years of
varsity vball, and 3 years of middle school ball. She also played high school varsity
softball and basketball. Maggie has assisted with 13 STAR camps! Her screen name is JrHsBaMbInA her email is
MAllison@FERRUM.EDU and
her myspace is maggie_may07.
Devyn Bayes
Devyn is
a freshman at Ferrum College, where she rooms with Maggie (above)!
She also tried out for the team and made it!!! She graduated from George Washington High School in Danville, VA
in 2007, where she played volleyball for six years. She
started out as a setter, but in her junior year, she became a starting
OH. That year she was named the team's Outstanding Server! Devyn
has now assisted at six STAR volleyball camps.
Email:
bowlingdevil@hotmail.com
Screen Name: bowlingdevil9007
MySpace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/21189496
Katie Hambrick
Katie was a team MVP, all-district & all-state performer at Patrick
Henry High School in Roanoke. She also played OH and MB for Roanoke
Juniors for four years. She was on my first Roanoke Juniors team in the
spring of 2001 and she is still an avid player in adult leagues in
Charlottesville. She is graduating from UVa in May '08, and will
begin grad school at VCU immediately after this camp is over!!
She will be working towards her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. You can contact Katie at
klh7t@cms.mail.virginia.edu
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