Registration is now open for Central College’s softball camps. A youth day camp for players entering grades 3-5 will be staged June 20-24 from 9-11:45 a.m. each day. A junior high day camp for players entering grades 6-9 is set for Aug. 1-5, with daily sessions from 9 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4:30 p.m. An overnight camp for top high school players entering grades 10-12 will be conducted July 31-Aug. 3.

Instruction at Central’s softball camps will be led by Central’s hall of fame coach George Wares and associate head coach Alicia O’Brien. They’ll be assisted by Millikin University (Ill.) co-coach Whitney Sowers, who helped guided her squad to the NCAA Division III Championship finals in May. Central’s pitching coach and former Indiana State University head coach Brenda Coldren, will provide pitching instruction. 

Participants will benefit from coaching on all aspects of the game including hitting, pitching, defense and baserunning as well as training in mental skills and strength and conditioning. Individual hitting and pitching instruction sessions are offered, along with daily games.

Additional information and online registration are available through the Central athletics website at athletics.central.edu/camps/.