SJS, SCU host summer baseball camps for youth
By Dick Sparrer
It's been quite a year for Sam Piraro and his baseball team at San Jose State University.
The Spartans had an outstanding 2000 season that led them to a berth in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
But don't get the idea that the season ended in Omaha for the Spartans. Because there's some baseball remaining for Piraro and his Spartans this summer.
San Jose State will host its annual summer camp for players ages 6-17 in July at the Spartans practice field across from Kelley Park and Municipal Stadium.
The schedule includes:
Session I, July 10-14-- comprehensive camp, players ages 6-16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. each day, cost $95 per camper.
Session II, July 17-21-- pitching camp, ages 9-12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $125; and hitting camp, ages 12-17, 2-4 p.m., $125 (both sessions $200).
Session III, July 24-28-- comprehensive camp, ages 6-16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $95.
Session IV, July 31-Aug. 4-- pitching camp, ages 13-17, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $125; and hitting camp, ages 12-17, 2-4 p.m., $125 (both sessions $200).
The camps, run by Piraro with the help of assistants Doug Thurman and Dean Madsen and other area high school and junior college coaches, stress fundamentals.
For more information, call 408.924.1467 or 408.924.1255.
SCU Baseball School
The annual Santa Clara Baseball School, under the direction of Santa Clara University baseball coaches Mike Cummins and Lou Lucas, returns to the mission campus for another summer.
Sessions for boys ages 9-16 are slated for June 19-23, July 17-21 and July 24-28.
Clinics in basic fundamentals and hitting will be held June 19-23 and July 17-21, 9 a.m.-noon, each day. The cost is $110 per players. Pitching clinics will held on the same dates, 1-2:30 p.m. each day, and the cost is $60 per player.
Hitting clinics are slated during the week of July 24-28, 9-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:45 a.m. each day. The cost is $60 per player for either of the morning sessions.
The school features individualized instruction in defese, base running, sliding and hitting, a pitching machine, video analysis, and a radar gun. Campers will receive a T-shirt, and Bronco caps will be awarded to contest winners.
Cummins, the head coach for the Broncos, and Lucas are both former Santa Clara University players. They have a combined 40 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level.
Santa Clara is the home of the Broncos three-time West Coast Conference champions. The school has produced 21 All-Americans.
For more information on the school, call 408.554.4680 or 408.267.3831.
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