Tri-State
Championship
Volleyball Camp
202 N. Harrison  Mt. Pleasant, Iowa  52641    319.385.9453

Updated August 02, 2007

2007 CAMP INFORMATION

The Tri-State Championship Volleyball Camp is held annually at the end of July at Mediapolis (Iowa) High School, 725 North Northfield, Mediapolis, Iowa..   

This camp is open to any girl who will be in 7th - 12th grade in the fall of 2007.

Where is Mediapolis?  Click to find out.

The camp includes morning and afternoon instruction sessions from a featured clinician, a knowledgeable, enthusiastic camp staff, daily skills competitions, a week-long volleyball league, and free camp t-shirt.  The camp fee is $100.00.  It is nonrefundable after July 15, 2007.

2007 Registration Form

Pictures from 2007 Camp

2007 FEATURED CLINICIANS:

Monday, July 30

stacey boudreau

 Stacy Boudreau  
Volleyball Coach
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Boudreau came to UW-W from Iowa Wesleyan College in July 2005, where she had been the head volleyball coach for three seasons.  In her first season at UW-Whitewater, Boudreau led the Warhawks to a 40-4 record in the 2005 season in which they tied for first in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Volleyball Championship. She was selected as the 2005 Tachikara/AVCA Division III National Coach of the Year. Two of the student athletes from the 2005 team earned All-American honors, three earned all-region honors, and one earned academic-all district in the season.

In 2006, Boudreau lead the Warhawks to a 35-7 record and a trip back to the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship where they advanced to the semi-finals.

She directed IWC to a 17-15 record in her first season, won a Midwest Classic Conference championship and went 23-14 in 2003, and added another conference title in 2004.  Her 2004 team went 30-8, won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Region VII tournament, and advanced to the NAIA national tourney where they finished tied for ninth in the final national standings.  Boudreau was named 2004 Midwest Conference Volleyball Coach of the Year and NAIA Region VII Coach of the Year.  Iowa Wesleyan went undefeated in conference play in 2003 and 2004. 

Iowa Wesleyan made won its first NAIA regional title under Boudreau, made its first national tournament appearance, and had the only first team All-American in school history.  She has coached 6 NAIA National Scholar Athletes and 20 All-Academic Midwest Classic Conference athletes.  Sixteen players earned all-conference honors in her three years, including the league's player of the year all three seasons. 

Boudreau served as Iowa Wesleyan's assistant volleyball coach in 2001, immediately after graduating from the school, while teaching physical education in the Mount Pleasant, Iowa school system. While a student at IWC she received numerous honors in volleyball, including NAIA Honorable Mention All-American, NAIA Scholar All-American, and First Team Midwest Classic Conference.  She is IWC's career record holder in kills and blocks.

Boudreau's competitive background, as a coach and as an athlete, isn't limited to volleyball.  In 2001 she earned NAIA All-American honors indoors in the pentathlon, and outdoors in the heptathlon.  She was named Midwest Classic Conference Female Athlete of the Year for Track and Field in 2000 and 2001, and won five events in the league's outdoor championship her senior year.  She still holds a number of school records.  Boudreau's has remained active in multi-event competition, placing seventh in 2001, sixth in 2002, and fifth in 2003 in the heptathlon at the prestigious Drake Relays.  After graduating from IWC in 2001 she assumed the head women's and men's track coaching position, which she continued through the 2004 season.  She was the Midwest Classic Conference Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2003. 

She coached a NAIA track national champion, twelve NAIA qualifiers and fifteen Midwest Classic Conference champions.  Seventeen of her track and field athletes earned MCC All-Academic honors, and the 2003 Iowa Wesleyan women's team won the conference championship.

In addition to her coaching duties at UW-Whitewater, Boudreau also serves as a health, exercise science and physical education instructor.  Her husband, Chad, played basketball at Harmony (Iowa) High School, Southeastern Community College and Hannibal-LaGrange.  He is now an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  The two are proud parents of two children.

 
Note: Our printed camp brochure lists Coach Sherman as featured clinician on Tuesday, July 31 and Coach Smith as featured clinician on Wednesday, August 1.  Due to a scheduling conflict the two coaches have switched days.

Tuesday, July 31st

Lorelee Smith

 Lorelee Smith
Volleyball Coach
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL
In the spring of 2007 Lewis University announced the hiring of Lorelee Smith as head women's volleyball coach.

Smith, assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Central Missouri the past five seasons, is the fourth head coach in the 33-year history of the Lewis women's volleyball program.

At Central Missouri, Smith worked under head coach Peggy Martin, the winningest active head coach on the NCAA Division II level. The Jennies finished in the top 10 nationally and had nine All-America selections during Smith's time as an assistant.

Smith responsibilities with the Jennies were full recruitment, game preparation, practice assistance, on-floor coaching, training and conditioning, video review and summer camp organization. She also assisted in the UCM athletic media relations office and in the day-to-day operations of the university's multipurpose building.

Prior to joining the staff at Central Missouri, Smith served two seasons as girls' junior varsity volleyball coach at John Adams High School in South Bend, Indiana.

Smith played college volleyball at the University of North Carolina-Asheville under head coach Julie Torbett. An Academic All-America selection her senior season, Smith was a four-time all-conference and two-time all-region pick. She also was a Big South Conference Scholar Athlete. Smith finished her collegiate career as the university's, conference's and region's all-time assist record holder.

Smith has played volleyball professionally with the Midwest Professional Volleyball Association. She competes in the United States Volleyball Association and is a contracted tour player and spokesperson for Extreme Volleyball Professionals, a beach volleyball tour.

A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Smith is a graduate of Mishawaka High School. She received her bachelor's degree in management/marketing from UNC-Asheville in 1998 and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from UCM.

"I am excited for the opportunity to be a head coach at Lewis University," Smith said. "Lewis student athletes have a history of success on the court and in the classroom, and I look forward to building on those successes."

"I feel the women's volleyball program is on the doorstep to becoming a national power in D-II, and it's my goal to make that happen. The Chicago area is a hotbed for some of the best volleyball talent in the nation, and I definitely plan to take advantage of Lewis' location in that regard."

"Lorelee brings to Lewis a tremendous resume of success both as a student athlete and a coach," Schumacher said. "She has a blueprint for success and the drive to mold Lewis into a perennial national championship contender. The Lewis volleyball program will reach new heights on and off the court under her leadership."

Wednesday, August 1
Stu Sherman

 

 
Volleyball Coach
Graceland University
Lamoni, IA

Stu Sherman consistently produced winning seasons at Graceland since his arrival in 1993. In nine years as the head coach, he has guided his teams to eight Top Ten finishes at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s National Men’s Volleyball Championships. In 1998, Sherman’s Yellowjackets captured the National NIRSA Championship crown. He also coached the 1994 and 1999 teams to second place finishes in the NIRSA tournament and finished third in 2001. The 2000-01 team finished the season 26-12 advancing his career record to 279-97. That is an incredible 74.2 winning percentage.

 

As a member of the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program Cadre, Stu conducts national coaching clinics around the country and was named the 1998 “Outstanding Clinician” by USA Volleyball. He is also a National Instructor for American Sports Education Programs. Sherman has been a coach for the USA Volleyball’s National Development Camps since 1982 and served as an assistant coach on the USA Youth National Team that captured the gold medal in the North America/Central America/Caribbean Championships in 1994.

 

Mr. Sherman’s affiliation with Graceland volleyball started in 1981 as a player when he earned the conference’s “Most Valuable Player” award two years in a row. Sherman played from 1981 thru 1985 and graduated from Graceland in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies. Stu went on to earn his Mater’s Degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration from Eastern Kentucky University, and has done some work on a Ph. D. in Sport Psychology at the University of Utah.

 

Today, Sherman serves as Associate Director of Development at Graceland University and continues to be active as an elite volleyball clinician.

 

Stu is also the parent of one son, Sterling.  This marks coach Sherman's third appearance at the Tri-State Volleyball Camp. 

Thursday, August 2nd

  • Skill Stations: Serving, Arm Swing, Setting, Digging, Blocking

  • Skill Competition Finals

  • League Tournament Finals

  • Award Ceremony

2007 Camp Staff

Please Note: While unlikely, changes in any clinician or staff member could occur due to unforeseen circumstances which are out of the control of camp administration.  

Dennis Jandrey  

Mediapolis High School

Jennifer Slagle

Mt. Pleasant High School

Ashlei Jandrey

University of Central Missouri

Nancy Diers  

Fairfield High School

Erin Allen

Mediapolis High School

Jackie Lerdal

Coe College

Josh Lukavsky  

Columbus Jct. High School

Steve Rheinschmidt

Mediapolis High School

 Molly Peterson
Indian Hills Community College

Kevin Geary

Cedar Rapids Prairie High School

Tiffany Skidmore

Mediapolis Middle School

Katie Hollingsworth

Southeastern Comm. College
Kristy Regennitter
Ft. Madison High School		 Dea Breuer
Bullette Volleyball Club		 Mindi Fye
Southeastern Comm. College
 

Marissa Dideriksen

Bullette Volleyball Club

  

Monday - Wednesday Schedule:
9:00 - 9:10 AM Warm-up
9:10 - 9:20 AM Announcements & Introduce Featured Clinician of the Day
9:20 - 10:30 AM Fundamental Skill Work with Featured Clinician
10:30 - 11:00 AM Competition of the Day
11:00 - 12:00 PM Lunch
12:00 - 12:15 PM Warm-up
12:15 - 1:45 PM Fundamental Skill Work with Featured Clinician
1:45 - 2:30 PM League Play

 Past camp information:
2006 Camp |  2005 Camp  |  2004 Camp  |  2003 Camp  |  2002 Camp  |  2001 Camp

Mediapolis High School Volleyball