A packed room of neighbors at long wooden tables during the DSSC launch dinner
About the club

Built by this town, for this town.

DSSC started because families here were spending their weeknights on 290, driving kids to gyms in other towns. So we opened a court. Then a warehouse. Then another. The flagship is the building all of that was practice for.

Families, year one
800+
Came back
60%
Athletes & parents in our system
2,300
Days of programming a year
365
01 How we got here

Crawl. Walk. Run.

We didn’t start with the big building. We started with a lease on a gym that already existed, learned the town at a scale where a mistake cost a month, then built two buildings of our own. The flagship comes third, on purpose.

Crawl

2024–25 · A 10-month lease on a 6,500 sq ft gym

We took over a running gym — nothing to build — and learned the market at a scale where a mistake cost a month, not a year.

  • The first families and programs
  • A full calendar on two courts

Walk

Aug 2025 → Oct 2026 · Warehouse I, then Warehouse II

Our own buildings on Fitzhugh Road. Warehouse I filled up inside twelve months and ran out of room; Warehouse II, right next door, adds courts and proves two buildings on one team.

  • 800+ families in year one · ~60% came back
  • 2,300+ athletes and parents in our system
02 The people

Coached by people who live here.

A founder who ran this town’s youth volleyball, an operator who built and ran a comparable club 22 minutes away, a director who runs the gym every day, and a director each for volleyball and basketball — plus coaches who live here.

  • Portrait of Drew Rose

    Drew Rose

    Founder

    Ran this town’s youth volleyball as president of DSYSA volleyball, founded DS Elite Volleyball Club, and started DSSC so families could stop driving to other towns. Lives in Dripping Springs.

  • Portrait of Chris Lupton

    Chris Lupton

    Co-founder

    Built and ran Hill Country Indoor, a comparable club 22 minutes away, before helping build this one. Owner of Lupton Construction.

  • Portrait of Jonathan DelaRosa

    Jonathan DelaRosa

    Director of Operations

    Runs the gym day to day — programming, registration, leagues and the front desk.

  • Portrait of Hunter Haley

    Hunter Haley

    Director of Volleyball

    Setter at Mira Costa, Division I at USC, 18 years of coaching. Directs every volleyball program from Elite Tots to the adult academy.

    Meet Hunter →

  • Portrait of Adrian Thomas

    Adrian Thomas

    Director of Basketball · 4th Quarter Athlete

    NJCAA’s #1 point guard in 2010, a pro career in Europe, and founder of 4th Quarter Athlete and Texas Warriors Elite. Directs all of DSSC basketball.

    Meet Adrian →

AdvisorsDarryl Zavodny — Hospitality and guest services · Chick-fil-A Lake TravisPat Brandenburg — Banking and financingDenver Lee — Austin Performance Volleyball

03 Where we are

Two warehouses, one corner.

Warehouse I

The first building: two basketball courts that flip to four volleyball courts, and a mezzanine where parents can actually watch.

Size
25,000 sq ft

Warehouse II

Right next door to Warehouse I, on the same corner: one basketball court that flips to two volleyball courts.

Where
Next door to Warehouse I, same corner
Size
8,000 sq ft
04 The investment

We’re looking for investors.

The flagship is being built with the people who will use it. DSSC is raising capital from accredited investors — many of them Dripping Springs families — and the full story — the plans, the team and the timeline — lives on the investor site.

This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offering is made only through the investor site to eligible investors.

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