College Court Coaches:

Danny Miller
Head Coach, Averett University
Coach Miller has been the head coach at Averett University for 17 years.   Miller has led the Cougars to a 430-214 record, going 205-43 in conference play 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 434-791-5737.

Johnathan Willis
Head Coach, Randolph College
Coach  Willis has completed 5 seasons at Randolph College.  This past fall, the team had it's best season in 10 years and qualified for the ODAC tournament.  At Liberty University, his alma mater, Willis served as both a volunteer assistant for the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball team as well as the head coach of the Flames men’s volleyball club program.   Willis has experience at the travel club level as well, having served as the head coach of the Heart of Virginia girl’s 16 and under travel volleyball team for the past two years. You can contact Coach Willis at jwillis@randolphcollege.edu or at 434-947-8339

Enid Badillo
Assistant Coach, Peace College
Enid Badillo joined the Peace College volleyball coaching staff two years ago after a five-year stint developing the Raleigh Charter High School varsity volleyball program. She led the team to the final-four among North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A teams two of her last three years there, 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) 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 eb8vball@gmail.com

Blair Trail
Head Coach, Roanoke College
Blair 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

List Of Camp Assistants: 

Ashley Edwards Kemper
Ashley was Danny Miller's assistant at Averett University for three years.  Before that she played four years at Tennessee Wesleyan College, where she graduated in 2007 with a B.S. in History. Prior to joining the Averett staff, she worked for Tennessee Wesleyan for a year as the Director of Annual Giving.  She completed her Masters of Education degree at Averett last summer.  She now is living in Nashville with her husband and son Lucas.  She teaches at Harpeth Hall, and coaches the varsity volleyball team.  You can contact Coach Edwards at ashley.kemper@curreyingram.org

Devyn Bayes
Devyn 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. 

  Jordan Hawkins
Jordan is a freshman at James Madison University and is playing on their club team with former club teammate Sam Washburn and one of Coach Houser's former players, Lindsey Campbell.  Jordan is a 2011 graduate of Jefferson Forest High near Lynchburg, Va where her school team was 28-1 and made the state tournament!  Jordan was a member of Tom Houser's 2009 Region Champion Junior 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 senior and junior year.  You can contact Jordan at jehawkins08@gmail.com

Kim Amerell
Kim will a junior next fall at the University Of Tampa, where she will on the volleyball team. As a freshman at Pfeiffer University she was named Conference Freshman of the Year!  She played high school ball at EC Glass in Lynchburg, where she was named first-team all-district as a junior and senior.   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

 

July 15, 2012
Erin had a great time at the Max Camp and was grateful for the opportunity to go. The amount of coaching experience and knowledge combined at this camp was awesome! Kudos to Coach Willis for his exceptional motivation and encouragement! I heard the food was very good as well as the accommodations for the overnight campers. Erin is already looking forward to coming back next year.   :)      Angie Mays
 

July 16, 2012
Hey coach Houser I just wanted to thank you for giving such an amazing camp! It was truly "maximum" and helped me so much :) It was nice to see you and joke around with you :) haha
 

Sept 20, 2012
Your camp has done so much for me mentally and physically and have been able to realize this year! Thanks again so much for all you've done for me