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ABOUT DEWEY BURKE
In his first season at Carolina, Burke played in 11 games for a team that
exceeded all preseason expectations, coming in second in the
ACC and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The 2005-2006 team had a memorable victory in the final regular season game, winning at archrival Duke on the senior night for JJ Redick. At the
end of the season Dewey's hard work and contributions were rewarded
with the Foy Roberson Award as the Most Inspirational Player as voted
on by the coaches and players.In the 2006-07 season, Dewey played in 21 games for the Tar Heels' team
that went 33 and 6, were the ACC Regular Season and Tournament
Champions, were ranked #1 in the country for several weeks, were seeded
#1 in the East regional and eventually made it to the NCAA Elite Eight,
losing in overtime to Georgetown. Through a promotion with the fast-food company Bojangles, when
UNC scored over 100 points in a home game, everyone with a ticket stub
could go for two sausage biscuits for $1. Burke put the Tar Heels over
100 on three different occasions, and he will always affectionately be
remembered as "Biscuits." He started in the final home game of the year
against arch-rival Duke in the nationally televised game that clinched
the ACC Regular Season title. Once again he received the Foy Roberson
Award, one of only seven players in North Carolina history to win the
award twice.
Burke graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in
May, 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree for his double major in
Management and Economics. From his experience as a Tar Heel Dewey knows what
is required to take your game to the next level - offensively,
defensively, emotionally and physically. The knowledge that he can
share comes directly from the Carolina Family and the coaching and
playing philosophies of Dean Smith and Roy Williams: two of the most
successful coaches in basketball history and both members of the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Camp Assistant Director: Coach John Jones
Coach
Jones is the Varsity Girls Basketball Coach and a Physical Education
teacher at Conestoga High School. Prior to coaching at Conestoga, Coach Jones spent three seasons as an assistant for the Womens Basketball Team at Widener University . As a player, Jones was a
four-year starter and 1,000 point scorer for Widener. He is also the founder and director of Sky High Basketball Camps.
During Coach Jones' 16 year tenure as Varsity Girls Basketball Coach at Conestoga, he has enjoyed:
- 3 PIAA state playoff appearances
- 5 Central League Championships
- 6 20+ win seasons
- 16 consecutive PIAA district playoff appearances
- Named "Coach of the Year" by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Main Line Life newspapers
- Devoted summers to developing youth basketball as director of Sky High Basketball Camps
Coach Jones resides in Havertown with his wife, Doreen, and their two daughters, Anna and Kara.
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