Rio Grande to Host Women’s Basketball Camp, Scholarships Available

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The University of Rio Grande’s 2015 Women’s Basketball Camp is scheduled for July 5-8 at the Lyne Center on the URG campus.

The overnight instructional camp is open to girls in grades 4-12. Cost is $280 per camper, which includes lodging, meals, a certificate of participation and a t-shirt.

Campers will also receive 24-hour supervision from coaches and counselors; lecture/discussion groups and film sessions; daily instruction on shooting, ball-handling, post play and defense; and use of the school’s swimming pool.

There will also be a camp store featuring drinks, snacks, pizza and Rio Grande apparel for sale each day.

Veteran Rio Grande women’s basketball head coach David Smalley, who ranks among the top 10 coaches on the active wins list with more than 400, will be the camp director. He hopes that this can inspire the girls who take part to think of basketball as a career path. The WNBA has been increasing in popularity for quite a while with more people watching the games, following WNBA teams and playing Fantasy WNBA (https://www.fanduel.com/fantasy-wnba) so this camp will encourage the women to take basketball further.

Online registration is available through the women’s basketball link on the school’s athletic website, www.rioredstorm.com. Registration forms are available in the lobby of the Lyne Center during regular business hours.

Registration forms should be mailed to David Smalley, Rio Grande Women’s Basketball Camp, P.O. Box 500, Rio Grande, OH 45674. Checks should be made payable to Women’s Basketball Camp.

For more information, contact Smalley at 740-245-7491, 1-800-282-7201, or e-mail [email protected].

Scholarship Information For Basketball Camp

RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande would like to make high school girls who reside in Gallia and Meigs aware of an opportunity to apply for full and partial scholarships to attend Rio’s overnight basketball camp.

The camp, which is directed by long-time Rio Grande women’s basketball head coach David Smalley, is scheduled for July 5-8.

The D. Wayne Evans endowment will provide one full and several additional basketball camp scholarship opportunities for high school girls at each high school in both Gallia and Meigs counties.

To be considered for the scholarship program, campers simply need to complete the online application form, which can be found on the women’s basketball page of the University of Rio Grande’s athletic website (www.rioredstorm.com). Applicants can click on the “D. Wayne Evans Camp Scholarship” tab at the top of the page and the application will be forwarded directly to Smalley.

Evans’ family understands the importance of extracurricular activities for high school girls. Through the establishment of the scholarship program, they hope to support area high school girls who have established a balance of academics, servant leadership qualities and financial need.

For more information, contact Smalley by phone at 740-245-7491 or by e-mail at [email protected].