Baseball Prospect Camp set for July 14-15

ALAMOSA, Colo.— Adams State University baseball coach Jim Capra has announced that his program will host a prospect camp on July 14 and 15th at the Ortega Middle School Field.

The camp will run from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. with a 45-minute “on your own” lunch break on Saturday the 14th and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with no lunch break on Sunday the 15th.  Registration will run from 9-10 a.m. on the 14th. 

The camp cost is $95 is open to current high school or college age layers only.  Players need to provide their own equipment.

The Saturday portion of the camp will include a pro-style tryout, including 60-yard times, individual defensive position evaluations, pitcher and catcher evaluations, batting practice and live scrimmage games.

Sunday’s portion of the camp will include “In and Out”, batting practice, scrimmage sessions and final evaluations.

There is no need to pre-register.

Campers with questions should contact Capra by phone at 719-480-1131 or by email at adamssstatebaseball@gmail.com.

Capra, a veteran coach who has guided his teams to more than 350 wins, a 1994 state title and five final four appearances at Arvada West High School, was hired as the Grizzlies’ coach in February and has been recruiting for the upcoming 2013 season, which will be Adams State’s first since 1976.

He has sent over 60 players to NCAA (Division I and Division II) and NJCAA college programs during his time with the Wildcats and has had more than a dozen players selected in the Major League Draft, most notably 2-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roy Halladay, now with the Philadelphia Phillies, after being drafted in the first round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1995.