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STAR Camp Directors
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Danny Miller,
 Beth
Huus,
Sweet Briar CollegeBeth coached for four years at the helm of Sweet Briar Volleyball. Prior to taking over the program, she coached at Heidelberg College and Earlham College. Currently, she is involved with the Heart Of Virginia Junior program and just finished coaching 14's. As a collegiate player at Gettysburg College, coach Huus received first-team All-Centennial Conference honors and twice reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III National Championship Tournament. Beth has worked 3 Expectations Camps the past 2 summers, and directed the Patrick County camp in 2011. To see what weeks she has available, please touch here. You can reach her at bhuus@sbc.edu |
 Kolby O'Donnell,
Appalachian State UniversityKolby is the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Miami. The announcement of his hire can be seen here. In the fall of 06 and 07, he was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Radford University. O’Donnell graduated from Lees-McRae College, where he was a four-year letterman and captain of the men's volleyball team. Kolby coached the High Expectations camp at Jefferson Forest in 2008 and was the camp director at Fuqua School in 2009 and 2010. To see what weeks he has available for 2012, please touch here , email him at nodonnellkc@appstate.edu, or call him at his office phone 828-262-2844 |
 Johnathan
Willis, Randolph CollegeJohnathan Willis is the head coach at Randolph College. Before coming to RC, he served as both a volunteer assistant for Liberty University Division I women’s volleyball team as well as the head coach of the men’s volleyball club program. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Willis has worked as a local clinician at a number of high schools and the assistant coach at Brookville High School from 2005-2006. Willis has been the head coach of the Heart of Virginia girl’s 16 and under travel volleyball team for the past two years. You can email Coach Willis at jwillis@randolphcollege.edu, or contact him at his office at 434-947-8339 |
 Barry
Kane,Timberlake Christian SchoolCoach Kane has immense experience in volleyball. He has been a high school varsity coach, a camp director and hosted STAR camps in 2007, 2009 2010 and 2011. He has been the head coach at Timberlake Christian School near Lynchburg, Va coach for 16 seasons. His teams were conference champs twice and were ranked in the top 8 in the Virginia Division III final poll every year. His overall coaching record is 223-94. Coach Kane is presently a 7th grade teacher in Appomattox County, Virginia. He was the rookie STAR camp director at Franklin County in 2009 and Red Lion in 2009! Barry would be the perfect fit for the director of your camp. To see what weeks he has available, please touch here or you may contact him directly at barrykane1@aol.com |
 Devyn
BayesDevyn is the head coach of the American University women's club volleyball team. She 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, and will graduate this summer. Devyn has assisted with twenty-seven 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. |
STAR Camp Assistants
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Trail, Roanoke CollegeBlair Trail is in her 14th season as the head coach of the Roanoke volleyball program. Trail, a 1999 graduate of Roanoke College, was a standout with the Maroon volleyball program, establishing several school records during her playing days. The longest tenured coach in the history of the program is also the all-time wins leader, Trail has compiled an overall record of 231-163. You can contact her at 540-378-5131, or email her at btrail@roanoke.edu |
 Shannon Mincey, Carson Newman CollegeCoach 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 six years ago. Her team in 2010 was 24-15 record, and were 23-11 the year before. MacKenzie Tyree, Timesland Player Of The Year attended Carson Newman as a freshman. You can see more about Coach Mincey here, and you can contact her at smincey@cn.edu . |
 Steve
Benson, USAV FloridaCoach Benson is the former men's and women's head coach at EMU in Harrisonburg, Va. Coach Benson played volleyball in college, 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 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. Coach Benson is now working for USAV in Florida! Good luck to you on your promotion! You can read more about him here, and you can contact Coach Benson at bensonvball@gmail.com |
Enid Badillo, Peace CollegeEnid Badillo joined the Peace College volleyball coaching staff in the fall of 2010 after a five-year stint developing the Raleigh Charter High School varsity volleyball program. She led Raleigh team to the final-four among North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A teams two of the last three years, losing to the eventual state champ both times. She is now with NC Elite Vball club after coaching six years Capital City Volleyball Club (CCVC), here in Raleigh. Badillo began her playing career and love of the game in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. She continued to compete through her first year of college. Coach Badillo has a daughter Maya. You can reach her at embadillo@peace.edu or at eb8vball@gmail.com |
 Cassie PochylaCassie is the former head coach at Emory & Henry University. She began coaching volleyball at E&H in 2003. A 2001 E&H graduate, Pochyla coached two years at Abingdon High School in Abingdon, Va., before taking on coaching responsibilities at Emory & Henry. She attended the University of Virginia College at Wise for two years, where she played volleyball and basketball and was a member of the conference All-Academic Team. Cassie directed the rookie portion of the Jefferson Forest Camp in 2005. She is married to Angus Pochyla and has a son named Neal. You can contact her at ccassiepochyla@yahoo.com |
 Ray
Costa, Marietta College, Marietta, OhioRay is the head coach at Marietta College in Ohio. He was the assistant coach of the very successful Washington & Lee woman's volleyball team for 4 years. He has also coached club ball for Rockbridge Juniors. He played 4 years on the York College club team and, before moving to Lexington, was the head coach of a middle school team. He brings a wealth of knowledge of experience. Ray was the rookie camp director of the Bassett High Camp in 2005. You can email Coach Costa at (740) 376-4902 or at ray.costa@marietta.edu |
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 Jordan
HawkinsJordan is a student at JMU and a 2011 graduate of Jefferson Forest High near Lynchburg, Va. Along with Kimberly, Jordan was a member of Coach Houser 2009 Region Champion team that qualified for Nationals spent a week in Miami in June of 2009. Jordan was named 1st team All-District and 2nd team All-Region III as a soph, 1st team All-District and 2nd team All-Lynchburg her junior year, "rookie of the year" for her team as a freshman, Athlete-Of-The-Week in Bedford Bulletin freshman, soph & junior years, Athlete-Of-The-Month in Forest Focus sophomore year. Jordan is now a member of the JMU Volleyball Club Team! You can contact Jordan at jehawkins08@aim.com |
Aidan GuilfoyleAidan is a member of the Lafayette College volleyball team. She is a 2011 graduate of Roanoke Catholic School. She has been playing volleyball since the 5th grade. She was a starting MB on the Roanoke Catholic team for 4 years as the team became a power in the Roanoke area. The team was 25-4 in her senior year, and finished 2nd in the state. She played on Coach Houser's Roanoke Juniors 2008 team is again on my 2009 team that qualified for the 2009 Junior National Tournament in Miami!!! She has assisted with 7 STAR camps, even taking over as the Rookie Camp Director at one of them!! You can contact Aidan at lemonaidan21@cox.net |
Kim AmerellKim is in her sophomore at Pfeiffer University where she was named Conference Freshman of the Year last year! She was a huge star at EC Glass in Lynchburg, where she was named first-team all-district as a junior and senior. As a senior she was also named Region III Honorable Mention and First Team All Lynchburg. She was named Server of the Week at the High Expectations Camp in 2008 and Hitter Of The Week at the High Expectations Camp in 2009. You can contact her at kimmy2591@aol.com |
 Kara
Matthews
Kara is a senior at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg Va. She has played on the LC volleyball team all 4 years as a DS/Libero. She is a sports management major. She graduated for Douglass Freeman High School in Richmond in 2008. She was named team MVP in 2005 and tournament MVP in 2004. She played for Richmond Volleyball Club for 5 years as a DS/OH and this past club season was assistant coach for Heart Of Virginia 16 Regional-2 team. As of Fall 2012, Kara will be the Assistant coach at Randolph College. You can see her LC volleyball website here and you can contact her at Matthews_k@students.lynchburg.edu |
 Kimberly
McDow
Kimberly is a student at JMU, and a 2011 graduate of 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. Both her junior years she received all district and all region honors. 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 played softball for Hidden Valley. |
"These camps were my favorite camps to come to when I was these
girls' ages,
and I want to make sure they get the same
experience I did."
Kim Amerell
