Devyn Bayes, University of Arkansas Monticello Devyn is the assistant coach of the University of Arkansas - Monticello.  The website is here.  This past school year, she was 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, and just completed her masters degree at American University in Washington DC.  Devyn has assisted or directed 36 STAR volleyball camps. She directed her first camp at Chugiak High in Anchorage Alaska in July of 2009 and has then directed 6 more since.    Her email is:  dbayes@ferrum.edu, her Facebook page is here, or you can call her office phone at 870-460-1358.

Johnathan Willis,  Randolph College  Johnathan 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 16s travel volleyball team for the past two years.  He has been the assistant at 5 Expectations camps and the camp director at 3 STAR camps.  You can email Coach Willis at jwillis@randolphcollege.edu, or contact him at his office at 434-947-8339

Beth Huus, Sweet Briar College Beth was the head coach for four years at Sweet Briar College near Charlottesville, Va.   Prior to taking over the program, she coached at Heidelberg College and Earlham College.  She has also coached a number of club teams, most recently coaching 14's with the Heart Of Virginia in Lynchburg, Va.  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.   She has worked 4 Expectations Camps the past 3 summers, and directed the Patrick County camp in 2011 and 2012.   You can reach her at bphuus@gmail.com

Kolby O'Donnell, University of Miami Kolby 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

Blair Trail, 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. A the longest tenured coach in the history of the program, and the all-time wins leader, she 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 College Coach 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 eight years ago.  Her team in 2010 was 24-15 record, and were 23-11 the year before.    You can see more about Coach Mincey here, and you can contact her at smincey@cn.edu .

Steve Benson, USAV Florida Coach 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 new job!  You can read more about him here, and you can contact Coach Benson at bensonvball@gmail.com

Enid Badillo, Peace College Enid 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 eb8vball@gmail.com

Barry Kane, Timberlake Christian School Coach 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 , 2011 and 2012.   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!    You may contact him at barrykane1@aol.com

Cassie Pochyla Cassie 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 has a son named Neal.   You can contact her at cassiepochyla@yahoo.com

 

Kara Matthews Kara is the assistant coach at Randolph College.  She is a '12 graduate of  Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Va. and played on the LC volleyball team all 4 years as a DS/Libero.  Her major was sports management.  She graduated for Douglass Freeman High School in Richmond in 2008.  She played for Richmond Volleyball Club for 5 years as a DS/OH and in 2012 was the assistant coach for Heart Of Virginia 16 Regional-2 team.   You can see her LC volleyball website here and you can contact her at Matthews_k@students.lynchburg.edu

 

Jordan Hawkins Jordan is a student at JMU and a 2011 graduate of Jefferson Forest High near Lynchburg, Va.  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 Guilfoyle Aidan 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, and like Jordan, played on his 2009 team that qualified for the 2009 Junior National Tournament in Miami!!  She has assisted with 7 STAR camps, and has been Rookie Camp Director once.    You can contact Aidan at guilfoya@lafayette.edu

Kim Amerell Kim 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 kmamerell@gmail.com

 

Katie Holley Katie is a 2012 graduate of Westover Christian in Danville, Va.  She has played school ball for 6 years, club ball for 3 years and is presently on the volleyball team at Averett University.  She has assisted with four STAR camps, and enjoys helping girls learn the game she loves.  You can contact Katie at setter4wca@gmail.com

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"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


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Last updated:  12/22/2012 06:45 PM