Lady Pioneer basketball camp begins July 8: Former WCHS standout Wilson to be instructor at event
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The camp is scheduled for July 8-11, from 8-10 a.m. at the Charlie Dalton Gym at WCHS. Girls in grades 3-9 are eligible to attend, at a cost of $40 per camper. Additional players from each family may attend the camp for just $30.
While players may register at the door up until the first day, the Lady Pioneer coach said there has already been significant interest in this year’s camp.
“We’ve had several pre-register, so we’re hoping to have a good-sized group,” Eades said of this year’s camp. “We’re all looking forward to it.”
Serving as instructors along with Eades will be assistant coach Frank Fisher, assistant coach J.B. Smith and the Warren County Lady Pioneer Basketball team, as well as former Lady Pioneer standout Jennifer Wilson.
Wilson, a guard who currently attends Trevecca Nazarene University, just completed a stellar season, during which she averaged 18.3 points per game and added to her already record-breaking career points total. She scored 526 points during the 2001-02 campaign, giving her a total of 1,596 in her three-year career. She also set a season free-throw record, connecting on 83.2 percent of her attempts.
For her efforts, the former Lady Pioneer was named to the All-TranSouth Conference first team, and also earned NAIA First-team All-American honors, all the while keeping her grades high enough to take an Academic All-American award.
During the four-day camp, Eades said she and her staff of instructors will focus on fundamentals, as well as providing quality individual and team competition.
“We’re going to have different stations set up for first hour, then have some team competition and drills,” she explained. “Then we’ll break them down into three-on-three teams, and keep up with their wins and losses through the week. Then on the last day, the teams with the most wins play each other.”
Also, at the conclusion of each day, campers will have the chance to win $5 if their name is drawn at random to that day’s big money shot.
“We put everybody’s name in a hat, and we keep drawing until someone wins,” Eades said. “Depending on how old they are, they may have to hit a 3-pointer, or from just outside ‘3,’ or closer for the younger girls. But we keep shooting until someone wins, and they always get a big kick out of that.”
Eades also noted that for parents who may have to be at work earlier in the day, and might have trouble getting their child to the camp at 8 a.m., she will arrive at the gym each day at 7 a.m. to be there for any early arrivals.