Rookie Camp Director:

Barry Kane
Coach Kane has immense experience in volleyball.  He has been a high varsity coach, a camp director and has even been a STAR camp host in 2007 and 2009.   He has been the head coach at Timberlake Christian School near Lynchburg, Va coach for 14 years.   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 208-85 (71% wins) His two daughters, Jessie and Holly, currently play on the varsity team for Timberlake Christian School (who made it to the State Division III Final Four).  Coach Kane is now a 7th grade teacher in Appomattox County, Virginia. He has been married for 23 years to Cheryl.   He is a perfect fit for the director of this division!
 

List of Star and Rising Star Camp Assistants: 

Sam Thomas
Sam is a sophomore year of college at Cape Fear Community College where she played on the volleyball team and was a starting OH.  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 was a starter on team that made the final 4 in the state tournament that year.  She assisted me with my 2007 Roanoke Juniors 15's team and has now been an assistant at eleven STAR camps! Sam is an assistant coach for the Cape Fear Volleyball Club 14's team.  Her email is: samadamsthomas@gmail.com

Kendall Patterson
Kendall played 6 years of school ball and three years of Juniors.  She is sophomore at Radford University, where she's been playing intramurals.  She was a star member of Coach Houser 2005 15's Roanoke Juniors club team that finished 3rd in the state championships that year!  Kendall has been giving Touch Kendall's name to see her Junior Volleyball website from 4 years ago.  You can contact Kendall at kpatterso122@RADFORD.EDU

Jessica Washburn Bowles
Jessica is a Physical Education teacher at Callaway Elementary school, where she teachers children aging from Pre-K-5th grade. She recently graduated from Ferrum College in 2009, where she played volleyball all 4 years. At Ferrum Jessica earned Academic All-Conference in 2007 - 2009. Jessica graduated from Franklin County High School in 2005, where she played 2 years of J-V, and 2 years of Varsity.  During her off-seasons at FCHS, she played 2 years of Roanoke Juniors. She was a team captain her sophomore and senior years.  While at Franklin County High School she earned Honorable Mention in 2003, and 1st team All-Conference in 2004.  You can contact Jessica at jwashburn@ferrum.edu

Holly Kane
Holly is the daughter of rookie camp director Barry Kane!  She is a sophomore at Timberlake Christian School near Lynchburg Va. She won the Coaches Award in Volleyball: 6th, 7th, and 9th grades, she was named Miss All Around Volleyball: 8th grade. She started on varsity as a freshman, and her team made it to the Final Four. She has played two years of travel volleyball for Heart Of Virginia Juniors. You can contact Holly at hkane01@ymail.com 

Kimberly McDow
Kimberly is a junior at Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke. She has played school ball for 5 years and club ball for 4 years.  She received all district honors her sophomore year and Hidden Valley was AA State runner up that year as well. Her junior year 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 plays softball for Hidden Valley.

Sami Hanes
 Sami is a sophomore at St Marys Area High School in St Marys Pennsylvania.  She won the Rising Star Camper of the Week award at the St Marys camp in 2008, and was named setter of the week at the camp in 2009.  She helped with the Red Lion Christian Camp last summer.  She is now playing for the Blue Tornados club in Western New York.  If you want to contact Sami, you can at samihanes@yahoo.com

Tim McSherry
Tim has been playing organized league volleyball for 18 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 last year, and will possibly be coaching there again this coming fall.