2018 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:

Sydney Shelton
Sydney played 2 seasons on the Danville Community College Knights volleyball team. Before that she played at Gretna High School for 5 years. Currently she is a student at Marshall University where she works with athletics and pursuing a career in Public Relations with a concentration in Sports. She has worked 26 STAR camps the last 4 summers. You can contact Sydney at swshelton97@gmail.com!

Harper Scollo
Harper has completed two years on the Averett University volleyball team. Her AU bio page is here! She is a 2016 graduate of Chatham High School where she played 5 years of school volleyball and 5 years of club volleyball. As a senior, she was first team all-conference libero and one of the captains. Later that year, she commuted to Roanoke to play on NRV's top 18's team! Harper hopes to be an art teacher when she graduates from Averett. You can contact Harper at HarperCScollo@gmail.com

Elizabeth Giles
Elizabeth 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. She will either be attending Sewanee College or Roanoke College next fall and will be on the volleyball team.  You can reach Elizabeth at BugGiles16@yahoo.com

Olivia Newman
Olivia is a 2018 graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke VA. She has played 6 years of school volleyball, where she set a school record of 1770 assists in her Varsity career. She also played 6 years of club volleyball for Roanoke United and Star City Volleyball Club. Along with volleyball, she enjoyed running track, where she was pole vaulted for 7 seasons and was named All-State in the event. Olivia will be attending Roanoke College this fall, where she will pursue a degree in mathematics. You can contact Olivia at newmanlivi@gmail.com

Ashlea Havens
Ashlea is a 2018 graduate of Patrick County High. She will be furthering her education -- and volleyball career -- at Patrick Henry Community College. She played 5 years of high school volleyball as well as 5 seasons of travel. She also played softball for 8 years. including travel & school. She has working volleyball camps for elementary age kids at her PCHS since 2015. In the spring of 2018 she coached Southside 12s! You can contact Ashlea at AshleaHavens@gmail.com