2003-2004
It’s Fun and Games at WPI Summer Sports Camps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/May 7, 2004
Contact: WPI Media Relations,
508-831-5706
WORCESTER, Mass. The schoolbooks may be put away, but summer will still hold plenty of learning experiences for young students. Summer sports camps at Worcester Polytechnic Institute allow youths from ages 7 to 18 to improve their athletic ability, develop teamwork skills, and create new friendships.
WPI sports camps for summer 2004 include baseball, co-ed basketball, co-ed rowing, field hockey and soccer.
Baseball Camp
This camp will incorporate drills and actual play to improve individual skills.
| When | Monday, June 28 - Friday, July 2 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
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| Ages | 7 to 13 years old |
| Tuition | $175, includes lunch daily |
| Camp Director | Chris Robertson, WPI’s head baseball coach |
Co-ed Basketball Camp
The camp (offered twice this summer) will help students learn and improve basketball and life skills.
| When | Week 1, Monday, July 5 - Friday, July 9 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Week 2, Monday, August 2 - Friday, August 6 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
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| Ages | 8 to 17 years old |
| Tuition | $175, includes lunch daily |
| Camp Director | Chris Bartley, WPI’s head men’s basketball coach |
Co-ed Rowing Camp (for residents and commuters)
This camp, for high school athletes of all levels, will be held on Lake Quinsigamond.
| When | Monday, July 5 - Saturday, July 10 |
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| Ages | 13 to 18 years old |
| Tuition, Resident-camp | $540, includes room and board |
| Tuition, Commuter-camp | $390, includes lunch daily |
| Camp Director | Larry Noble, director of WPI Rowing and head of WPI’s men’s crew |
Field Hockey Evening Camp
This camp will offer instructional sessions focusing on techniques and tactics, as well as plenty of game play.
| When | Week 1, Monday, June 28 - Thursday, July 1 - 6 to 10 p.m. or Week 2, Monday July 19 - Thursday, July 22 - 6 to 10 p.m. |
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| Ages | 8 to 17 years old |
| Tuition | $135 |
| Camp Director | Johanna DiCarlo, WPI’s head field hockey coach |
Co-ed Soccer Camp
This camp will offer instruction and training in both skill development and game tactics for soccer players of all levels.
| When | Monday, July 26 - Friday, July 30 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
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| Ages | 8 to 17 years old |
| Tuition | $175, includes lunch daily and a soccer ball for each camper |
| Camp Director | Malcolm MacPherson, WPI’s head soccer coach. |
Girls Elite Soccer Camp
This new soccer camp will focus on skill development and game tactics for upper-level soccer players under the instruction of national and international players and coaches.
| When | Sunday, July 25 - Thursday, July 29 - 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
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| Ages | 15 to 18 years old |
| Tuition | $150, includes camp shirt and a soccer ball for each camper |
| Camp Instructors | Mike Lavigne (former head coach of Boston College’s women’s soccer team) Rick Copland (former coach of the Boston Renegades and Opus County Soccer Club) Jen Meade (goalkeeper of the U.S. National Team pool and the Boston Renegades Team) Mary Gaurino (All-American player at Boston College) |
WPI sports camps are staffed by many of the best college and high school coaches in New England, and they provide opportunities to play on some of the finest athletic facilities in the northeast, including WPI’s OmniTurf field.
"We incorporate intensive skill development, practice and games every day," says Gregory A. Snoddy, director of Healthy Alternatives, Recreation and Club Sports at WPI. "The campers will learn new skills, meet new friends and also be a bit tuckered out at the end of the day."
For more information or to register for WPI’s sports camps, visit the Web site.
About Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Founded in 1865, WPI is a pioneer in technological higher education. WPI was the first university to understand that students learn best when they have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they gain in the classroom to the solution of important problems. Today, its first-rate research laboratories support master’s and Ph.D. programs in more than 30 disciplines in engineering, science and the management of technology.
