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Lincoln College to host youth basketball camp

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[May 29, 2013]  Lincoln College will host a summer basketball camp for students entering the first grade through eighth grade in the coming school year. Camp sessions will be June 3-6 at the Lincoln Center on the Lincoln College campus.

The camp will be divided into two age groups. Students who will be in first, second, third or fourth grade should plan to attend from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Those who will be in fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth grade should plan to attend from 1 to 4 p.m. each day.

The camp is designed to teach basic and advanced skills of basketball according to age and ability. Emphasis is placed on fundamentals, with a great amount of personal instruction from the coaching staff and players. The goal is to give individual attention on each of the basketball fundamentals.

The camp does have space limitations, and all campers need to preregister.

Students should bring with them shorts, socks and gym shoes. Only gym shoes will be allowed on the courts. Locker rooms will be available to the students.

Pat Lepper, the head basketball coach at Lincoln College, will be the camp director this year.

"Lincoln College basketball camp is here," he said. "We are extremely excited to reconnect with the returning campers and meet new participants. I believe in developing the love for the game at a young age. This camp will allow your child or children to develop the passion for the game of basketball. I look forward to meeting you at camp!"

Lepper has been coaching for six years at different collegiate levels. The Lincoln College team finished the 2012-2013 season with a record of 18-14. They also placed fourth overall in conference play while falling one game short of the region championship. The Lynx lost eight games by six points or less and feel they have gained valuable experience for such a young team.

"We are really looking forward to the next season," Lepper said. The Lynx will be hosting the Region 24 tournament in 2014.

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The camp coach will be Tanner Morris. Morris is the assistant basketball coach at Lincoln College. A young, energetic coach, Morris has been around the game of basketball his entire life, as his father, Bob Morris, Lincoln College Class of 1972, was an NCAA Division I coach at Illinois State University.

Tanner Morris' other coaching experience includes work with Illinois State University basketball camps, assistant coaching at the junior high level and two years as an assistant girls’ coach at University High School. He has worked at the Midwest Collegiate basketball camp, where he helped lead individual workouts for several D-I basketball players. In 2010, he was an assistant coach at Howard College in Texas when they won the 2010 national tournament. He then came to Lincoln College and was a part of the 2011 national championship as well. At Lincoln College, Morris was fortunate enough to work with Florida State center and Lincoln College alum Kiel Turpin.

"I am looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces at camp this summer, as well many new faces," Morris said.

Click here for the camp brochure (PDF) with registration form.

[Text from file received from Jeff Nelson, Lincoln College sports information director]

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