Press Release Feb. 2007

 

 

St. Leo the Great Athletic Association to partner with Game 7 Basketball

 

 

          The St. Leo the Great Athletic Association is pleased to announce that the St. Leo/Game 7 Basketball Camp will take place the week of July 16th-20th

at the St. Leo the Great Gymnasium. Dagan Nelson and his Game 7 staff will direct this boys and girls camp. Registration is open to all players grades 3-6, and camp will run from 9:00am-3:00pm. There is also a half-day camp for Kindergarten-2nd grade that will run from 9:00am-12:00noon.

         

This week long summer camp will be carried out in collaboration with the Athletic Association and local high school and college level coaches from the area. Campers should expect to play and learn a lot of basketball. Dagan Nelson is a former Five-Star Instructor who has coached at NYU, Eastern Kentucky University, and Stonybrook University. His passion for the game is second to none and he is looking forward to working with players in the area. Coach Nelson is a New Jersey resident who shot over 50% from three-point range while playing ball at Ramapo College.

         

Coach Brian Laux from St. Leo the Great stated, “ Our players are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with coaches like Marc Von Essen and Dagan Nelson. Their knowledge and passion for the game will make the camp very exciting.”

 

Game 7 Founder Marc Von Essen states “We are excited to bring the same Game 7 staff into St. Leo’s that has helped to build so many other youth programs. We hope to improve on an already outstanding youth basketball organization.”

 

For a camp application or for more information about this program please visit the Game 7 website at www.game7sports.com, call (917) 365-3509, or email Coach Laux at blaux@game7sports.com.