Ferris State University’s sports camps season will run from Thursday, May 25, into
August, with the Bulldogs’ coaches and athletes leading sessions in nine sports. Tennis
will be among the programs offering campus this summer.
Championship-level instruction is again available to athletic teams and students of many ages as Ferris State University’s sports camp season begins Thursday, May 25. The schedule runs into August on the Big Rapids campus.
Coordinator of Athletic Operations Stephanie Shaw said nine Ferris team sports will host one-day or multi-day sessions to accommodate individual athletes and teams ready to enjoy a broad-based university experience.
“Our two-time national champion football team begins the schedule with its Elite Exposure Camp on Thursday, May 25, at Top Taggart Field, which has become a high-profile event for top collegiate prospects throughout the Midwest,” Shaw said. “The football program travels Lower Michigan to host additional elite camps during June, while our campus comes alive with young athletes on our fields and facilities, residence halls and dining areas.”
Shaw said the Center for Athletics Performance and the Student Recreation Center will fill with competitors as more than 200 boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball and hockey teams are likely to participate in sessions, including “shootouts” and team camps for varsity and junior varsity, designed to offer multiple games in tournament-style play.
“The men’s basketball program also has an elementary day camp where children from kindergarten through fourth grade learn and practice fundamentals,” Shaw said. “Whatever sport is chosen by our guests, we are proud to show them what our university can offer while we enjoy the energy and excitement they bring to our camps and facilities.”
There will be co-ed instruction in golf and tennis, with sessions geared toward athletes between 12 and 18 years old. In addition, a co-ed soccer camp is structured for third-to eighth-graders.
Shaw said the camp schedule will likely total more than 60 offerings when that roster is complete. Beyond football instruction, men’s and women’s basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, softball, tennis and girls’ volleyball, Ferris plans to feature a new opportunity specific to strength and conditioning.
“We are excited about the opportunity to use the new space in the Center for Athletics Performance, as our first conditioning camp provides a dozen sessions to participants in June,” Shaw said. “Our website has the Active Network portal available to athletes ready to sign up for our individual camps. We welcome calls regarding team registration at (231) 591-2888, or they can email our office to ask any questions.”