July 14, 2011
Thank you Coach Houser for everything this week  (: I had so much fun!! Also I am honored to have won an award. :D   Cant wait for schedule some private lessons(: .

July 14, 2011
My daughter said that she learned more in one day at your clinic than all the others she had attended combined! It was a thrill for me to watch, as well! I saw her really, for the first time, come alive! She seems really excited about volleyball and improved so much at Rke Catholic!  Thank you!

Rookie Camp Director:



Devyn Bayes
Devyn graduated from Ferrum College in 2010, where she made the volleyball team as a walk-on her freshman year!!  She graduated from George Washington High School in Danville, VA in 2007, where she played volleyball for six years.  Devyn is now in graduate school at American University in Washington DC.  Devyn has now assisted with seventeen STAR volleyball camps, including being the rookie camp director at Chugiak High in Anchorage Alaska in July of 2009 and at Timberlake Camp in July 2010.  Her email is:   dbayes@ferrum.edu   Facebook page is here.


Camp Assistants: 

  Sam Thomas
Sam has coached on year of JV at Topsail High School, and one year of jrs with the Cape Fear Volleyball Club.   She played one year at Shenahdoah University and one year at Cape Fear Community College.  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 played vball.  She assisted me with my 2007 Roanoke Juniors 15's team and has now been an assistant at fifteen STAR camps!   Her email is: samadamsthomas@gmail.com.  Her Facebook page is here. 

Kimberly McDow
Monday & Tuesday only
Kimberly just graduated from Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke. She has played school ball for 6 years and club ball for 5 years.  She received all district honors her sophomore year and Hidden Valley was AA State runner up that year as well.  In her junior year she received all district and all region honors.  As as senior, she was first team AllDistrict & All Region as her team made the state final four.  She was a member of Coach Houser's 2008 15's junior team that was ranked #1 in the Old Dominion Region, and his 2009 Region Champion team that qualified for Nationals spent a week in Miami in June of 2009.  She also plays softball for Hidden Valley.

Aidan Guilfoyle
  Aidan just graduated from Roanoke Catholic School in June.  She has played 5 years of varsity, 1 year of JV and 7 years of club ball.   She will be playing volleyball this fall at Lafayette University in Easton Pennsylvania!  She participated with the Roanoke Juniors 17's at AAU Nationals in Orlando.  She was a member of Coach Houser's 2008 15's junior team that was ranked #1 in the Old Dominion Region, and his 2009 Region Champion team that qualified for Nationals and spent a week in Miami in June of 2009.   You can contact Aidan at lemonaidan21@cox.net

Tim McSherry
Tim has been playing organized league volleyball for 19 years.  He  serves on the board of directors for the Roanoke Valley Volleyball Association.  www.RVVA.net   He was an assistant coach at Faith Christian School for 4 years and acted as head coach for 1 year.  He assisted at Roanoke Catholic School in 2009, and then became the head JV coach in the fall of 2010.  You can contact Tim at rcemsmedic@cox.net

July 7, 2011
I am very excited that my daughter will be able to learn from you to prepare herself for the try outs. Thank you SO much for all of your help, again.

July 15, 2011
My girl really enjoyed the camp at Roanoke Catholic. She commented that she learned more at that camp than at any other.