Westminster College Fulton, Missouri
Nike Softball Camps totally immerse you in the sport, giving you the kind of focused, intensive training essential for improvement - no matter what your ability level. Every facet of the game is covered - hitting, fielding, base running, team play and more. Our goals is that your performance as an overall player will improve, along with your self-confidence but it is up to each player to take what they have learned and apply it to gametime situations.
Directing the NIKE Camp is Head Softball Coach Shelli Manson. Coach Manson joined the athletic staff as women’s softball coach in the summer of 2009. In addition to her coaching duties, Manson teaches physical education and serves as a statistics coordinator in the athletic department.
Highlights Include
- Low camper to instructor ratio
- Daily emphasis on fundamental development, team play and more
- Official NIKE Softball Camp T-Shirt
- Great NIKE prizes!
- NIKE Softball Camp Graduation Certificate
Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts with an emphasis on developmental experience. Fulton, Missouri, located on U.S. Highway 54 in the central section of the state, is a town of 13,000 people. Located seven miles south of Kingdom City (at Interstate 70), Fulton is approximately 100 miles from St. Louis, 150 miles from Kansas City and within 25 miles of both Jefferson City (Missouri's state capital) and Columbia.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
Shelli Manson
Manson came to Westminster from Louisiana Tech University, where she served as an assistant coach for three years. Prior to that, she served as a graduate assistant at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, from 2004-06 while completing her graduate degree in sports science. Manson received her Bachelors of Arts degree in history from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 2003. While in college, Manson was a four-year varsity starter and played on three teams that were NCAA Division III regional runners-up in 1999, 2000 and 2002. Her 2001 Muskingum team won the NCAA Division III national championship.
US Sports Camps combines with Nike and USA/ASA Softball to offer the Nike Softball Camps sponsored by USA Softball.
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions.
Whichever program you do decide on, each Nike Softball Camp staff member is ready to work with you and provide the best possible softball experience while you train and strive to be a better softball player.
Sample Daily Schedule
- Day 1
- 1:00 p.m. Camper Check In
- Days 2-3
- 7:30 a.m. Wake-up, breakfast (Overnight Campers)
- 8:45 a.m. Arrival at the field (Extended Day Campers), Stretching
- 9:00 a.m. Individual Instruction and Drill Work
- 11:30 a.m. Lunch/Free Time
- 1:00 p.m. Warm up/Stretch/Throwing Drills
- 2:15 p.m. Position Work
- 3:15 p.m. Circuits
- 3:45 p.m. Supervised Free Time
- 5:30 p.m. Dinner
- 6:30 p.m. Evening Activities/Maybe Games.
- 9:00 p.m. Extended Day Campers Depart
- 10:00 p.m. Campers back to rooms/Lights Out
- Day 4
- 7:30 a.m. Wake Up, breakfast (Overnight Campers)
- 8:45 a.m. Arrival at the field (Extended Day Campers), Stretching
- 9:00 a.m. Review - Individual Instruction and Drill work
- 10:00 a.m. Games
- 12:00 p.m. Graduation - Camper Depart
Check In:
All Campers - 1:00 p.m.
Check Out:
Graduation is 12:00 p.m. on the last day of camp (Parents are invited to attend). Departure is by 12:30 p.m..
Thanks for another great experienice.
"The director and her staff were very positive and seemed to make all the girls love to play. This is our second time doing the camp and I would do it again. Thanks for another great experience and great memories."
Honest Assessment of my skills.
"I've been playing competitive travel softball for five years now yet I felt the coaches at this camp helped me improve my game in many ways. They showed me where I needed improvement and were very honest in their assessments of my skills. They recommended coaches to help me continue to improve after the camp - and I really appreciate that."
Overnight Camper
I hope to go back every year!
"The camp was very well-planned out and had a good program. The times to wakeup eat and play were reasonable and the instructors knew exactly what they were doing and taught the campers in an easy-to-understand way. I hope to go back every year!"