A UNC acceptance letter wasn't enough for Burke. For a kid who picked up a basketball before he could even walk, being a just a Tar Heel student didn't satisfy him. He set his goal much higher. He did what no other first-year students do when they enter the UNC campus: spent hours a day in the gym shooting thousands of shots, lifting weights and running alone in the gym. With his classes in between, his workouts became his daily routine, his obsession. His life. "It was, and I don't want to say psychotic, but whatever a notch below that is," he says. "It was the most important thing in the world to me, other than my family."

His efforts were worth it. After two years as the starting point guard and leading scorer on the UNC junior varsity squad, Burke was selected for the varsity in 2005. In his first varsity year he 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. During the season, Burke's popularity soared. 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.

"I learned so much about myself and about life's lessons from my experiences at Carolina. I had to work so hard for so long to finally accomplish my goals. It taught me that what they say really is true: you can do anything you put your mind to. I dared to dream. I remember when people smirked in my face when I told them what I was trying to do. Very few outside my family believed in me. Yes, I am less than six feet tall, and no, I didn't ever dunk. I'll tell you what I did do though; I worked harder than you can even imagine and earned my spot on that team. Nothing was given to me. I put in the hours in the weight room, running on the track and shooting thousands and thousands of shots. I learned to eat right and take care of my body. When my friends were going out for drinks, I went back to gym to work more. I was consumed by it. I paid the price, and it has changed my life forever."

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.

Currently Dewey lives in Devon, PA and is involved a variety of different ventures. In addition to being Owner & CEO of his own company, Dewey Burke Basketball, and partner in Sky High Basketball Camps, he also is co-Founder and CFO of The Empowering Youth through Education Program, an after school tutoring company that provides free after school services for underprivileged students. (Link: EYE Program)

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 women’s 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’ 13 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
- 13 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 (10) and Kara (9).