Athletics: Camps and Clinics

St. Thomas hosts various youth sports camps and clinics throughout the year. Some are sponsored by Tommie coaches, others are run by outside groups who rent the St. Thomas facility.

Here’s a listing of camps scheduled for 2004:

Tice Brothers Football Camps

June 20-24, 2004, at University of St. Thomas

For more information on the 2004 Tice Brothers youth football camp, click here:

http://www.footballcamps.com/tice/

Johnny Tauer's 10th Annual Championship Basketball Camp

Full-day, half-day, and overnight camps for boys and girls (grades 4-9) and evening camps for high school boys and girls (grades 9-12) will be held at the University of St. Thomas. Camp staff will consist of current and former college players and coaches. Emphasis will be placed on skill development, goal-setting, motivation, and teamwork. 

The 2004 dates include June 7-11 and 14-18; July 7-10; and Aug. 11-15.

For more information or a camp brochure, please call Johnny Tauer at (651) 962-5033 and leave a mailing address and/or fax, or send an e-mail to: jmtauer@stthomas.edu. Tauer is assistant men’s basketball coach and a professor in the department of psychology at St. Thomas, where he studies motivational issues related to goal-setting, competition, and cooperation.

Dennis Denning's Youth/HS Baseball Clinics

Legendary St. Thomas coach Dennis Denning sponsors a holiday-break baseball clinic each year between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. In 2003, a Pitching/Catching clinic was held Dec. 26-28, and a Hitting/Fielding clinic was held Dec. 29-31. Grades 5-8 sessions were held in the morning (9-11:30 a.m.) and grades 9-12 were held in the afternoon (1-3:30 p.m.). The registration deadline is Dec. 10, and the cost is $90 per session ($165 for both sessions). The clinic field is limited in size and usually fills up.

Watch here for more information about the 2004 clinics. You can contact Dennis Denning at 651-962-5924, or email him at dldenning@stthomas.edu

Coach Denning also sponsors a summer youth baseball league in June for elementary school youths. Watch here for more information on the summer camp.

John Tschida's Youth/HS Softball Clinics

St. Thomas softball coach John Tschida hosts a winter clinic for grades 7-12 on six Sundays from November through January. Click here for details on the 2003-2004 sessions and check back for information on the 2004-2005 clinics:

http://www.eteamz.com/stthomas/news/index.cfm?cat=231403

Trent Tucker Summer Youth/HS Basketball Camp

Former Minnesota Gopher and 11-year NBA player Trent Tucker will hold his annual youth basketball camp again at the University of St. Thomas. There are two sessions – June 27-July 1 and July 18-22. For more information and registration details, contact camp director Guy Kalland at 507-646-4055 or e-mail him at:  gkalland@carleton.edu

Cheer & Dance Summer Camps

The Universal Cheerleaders Association sponsors two sessions of summer camps at the University of St. Thomas for cheersquads and dance teams. The 2004 camps will be held July 14-17 and July 25-28. For more information contact Nikki Lundsford at 1-800-947-3101 (ext. 4338) or log on to this website: http://www.varsity.com/index.asp?article=999