Welcome to the Woodlands Stars Volleyball Club! updated 05-18-08
The Stars is a competitive girls volleyball club located in northwest Houston, providing top-level volleyball coaching, training and competition for girls from 4th to 12th grade. The Stars are members of USA Volleyball, the top volleyball organization in the US. The Stars club season begins in November and ends in late April or early May. Over the six-month Club season, most teams will practice in excess of 140 hours and will compete in 10 or more tournaments where they will play in 40+ matches and 80+ games. See our tournament schedule for an idea of the locations and frequency of our tournaments .
Our Background
The Stars was formed in 2002 by co-founders Bill Graves and Marie Andersson. In six short years we have established ourselves as one of the top volleyball clubs in the Lone Star Volleyball Region. For the 2007-2008 Season we had 19 teams, four of which qualified for the USAV National Championships to be played in July, 2008 in Dallas. We were second in the entire Houston Metropolitan area in the number of teams that qualified both this season and last. We expect to have a similar number of teams for the 2008-2009 season. Legends Sports Complex is one of the top facilities in the nation and is the home of the Stars On April 25th, 2008, the Stars renewed their relationship with the Legends Sports Complex through the 2008-2009 season! The Legends Sports Complex is a brand new, state of the art facility located near the southwest corner of Sawdust Road and I-45 in the southern part of The Woodlands.
2007-2008 Highlights as of 05-05-08
Teams Qualified for the USAV Girls National Championships-(2nd best in the entire Houston Metro area) 15 Gold - Qualifies in the Open Division the Lone Star Classic on April 13, 2008 14 Gold - Qualifies in the Open Division at Colorado Crossroads on March 10, 2008 17 Gold - Qualifies at Regionals 16 Gold - Qualifies at Regionals
Other Significant Accomplishments: - 15 Gold - Wins the 15's division of the Texas Cup Championship - 10 of 12 teams that we entered in the Texas Championship Series and Tour of Texas qualified to play in this prestigious tournament. - Our teams have won many tournaments this season. See our Results/Schedule Page
2006 - 2007 Highlights
Woodlands Stars Ranked 7th in the State of Texas, 2nd of all Houston Area Clubs for the 2006-2007 Season by LoneStarVolleyball.com
1. Texas Advantage - North Texas Region
2. Austin Juniors - Lone Star Region
3. Texas Tornados - Lone Star Region
T4. Amarillo Elite - Sun Country Region
T4. Dallas Skyline - North Texas Region
6. Alamo - North Texas Region
T7. Dallas Premier - North Texas Region
T7. Woodlands Stars
9. Willowbrook - Lone Star Region
T10. AVA Asics - Lone Star Region
T10. Victory - North Texas Region
Other Major 2006-2007 Accomplishments:
- 14 Gold - Lone Star Classic Open Division Tournament Champions. 1st in field of 208 teams at the largest Junior Olympic Qualifier in the nation
- 14 Gold - Earns Open Bid to USAV National Championships at Big South Qualifier in Atlanta
- 13 Gold - Lone Star Classic Tournament Champions 1st in field of 140 teams; earns bid to USAV National Championships at the largest Junior Olympic Qualifier in the nation
- 15 Gold places 3rd at Lone Star Regional Championships, earns bid to USAV National Championships
- 12 Gold places 5th at Lone Star Regional Championships, earns bid to USAV National Championships
- 16 Gold Places 3rd at Lone Star Classic 3rd in field of 175 teams at the largest Junior Olympic Qualifier in the nation
- 15 White Lone Star Classic Tournament Champions - Select Division Final 2006-2007