The College of William and Mary Nike Tennis Camp Williamsburg, Virginia
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The College of William and Mary Nike Tennis Camp is a summer camp for young athletes to come and vastly improve their tennis game, work hard, make new friends and have a lot of fun. Come join the fun this summer and take your game to the next level!
Enjoy the beautiful college atmosphere at tennis camp this summer while creating lasting memories! At The College of William and Mary Nike Tennis Camp, our goal is to give players the opportunity to hit thousands of balls, improve their technique, and be challenged by some of the best players in their peer group. Our camps combine technical instruction and drilling from a top notch coaching staff, supervised match play, and a variety of evening social activities.
Dartfish video analysis offered at this camp! See details tab for more info.
Highlights Include
- Daily instruction from top teaching pros and players
- 5-6 hours of daily instruction with low camper to staff ratio and 24 hour supervision
- Every camper receives a Nike Tennis Camp T-shirt
- Safe, healthy and fun environment
- Gain self-confidence through tennis success
Located 150 miles south of Washington, DC, The College of William & Mary has a beautiful campus in the historic town of Williamsburg. The Nike Tennis campers use the outstanding athletic facilities. The Millie West Tennis Facility includes eight individual hard court surfaces. Each court features California Corners, a unique design that includes quarter fences that run along the sidelines to allow for uninterrupted play. There is stadium seating for approximately 500 people at the facility, and there is also a state-of-the-art lighting system to accommodate night matches.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
Meredith Geiger-Walton
In her fourth year as head women’s coach at William and Mary, Meredith Geiger-Walton directs camp. Geiger-Walton joined the W&M coaching ranks after spending seven years as the Director of the Tennis Academy at the St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas.
Read Full BioMeredith was a standout player at Arizona State during her collegiate days and went on to play professionally on the WTA tour for three years.
Recently, Geiger-Walton was selected by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to coach in the Bonne Bell Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup international team competition between the U.S. and Australia for Girls 14. The yearly event was held in November of 2008 and pitted junior girls from the United States against their counterparts from Australia. Geiger-Walton was also named the 2008 USPTA National Touring Coach of the Year.
“I am excited about the opportunity to be the head coach at a top level Division I institution,” Geiger-Walton said. “William and Mary has a winning tradition, and I hope to continue that success during my time at the College. William and Mary has an excellent reputation both academically and athletically for attracting top-notch student athletes. With my experience in both collegiate and junior tennis, I plan to make W&M a perennial top-10 program that is contending for an NCAA Championship.”
As the Director of Tennis, Geiger-Walton recruited boarding student-athletes to St. Stephen’s, and then worked toward placing the student-athletes in universities suitable for a balance of both academics and tennis. She had players graduate and play collegiate tennis at Texas, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Boston University, Ohio State, Tulsa, New Mexico, Air Force Academy, St. Louis, Portland, Claremont McKenna, Rhode Island and Whitman University. The Tennis Academy also produced players who have earned USTA balls, sportsmanship awards and high academic awards, such as valedictorian.
Geiger-Walton also served on the Texas Coaches Commission during her time in Austin. She is a certified USPTA P1 and has completed the USTA High Performance Coaches workshop. In 2005, she led the USTA Texas junior Fed Cup team to its first championship in 23 years. She has also been a presenter at the USTA Tennis Teachers Conference in New York, as well as a speaker at USPTA Texas and CATA conventions. In 2007, Geiger-Walton was named the USPTA/Texas Touring Coach of the Year.
Geiger-Walton is no stranger to coaching collegiate tennis after serving as an assistant coach at the University of Texas in Austin for two seasons. During her tenure with the Longhorns, Texas won the Big 12 Championship and advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 in both 2001 and 2002. The Longhorns finished the 2001 campaign ranked No. 13 nationally and jumped to No. 10 at the completion of the 2002 season. During her two seasons with Texas, the program produced nine Academic All-Big 12 honorees, five all-conference singles players and two all-conference doubles teams. In 2002, Geiger-Walton was named the ITA Assistant Coach of the Year for the Southwest Region.
From 1994-96, Geiger-Walton was a WTA tour player. Following her professional playing career, she served as Director of Player Development for the Southwest section of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) from 1997-98. Geiger-Walton coached at St. Stephen’s from 1998-00 as Director of Girls’ Tennis.
During her collegiate career, Geiger-Walton was a standout player for Arizona State. A four-year letterwinner for the Sun Devils, she earned All-American honors during her senior campaign. Geiger-Walton was a two-time All-Pac 10 Conference selection in 1994 and 1995, while also receiving Pac 10 Conference All-Academic Team honors all four years. She received her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology in 1995.
A 1990 graduate of Casady, an Episcopal school in her hometown of Oklahoma City, Okla., Geiger-Walton was a superb scholar-athlete who earned 10 USTA national doubles titles, the Bill Talbert USTA National Sportsmanship Award and a silver medal at the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival. From ages 12 to 18, she was ranked in the top 10 nationally for USTA juniors every year.
Geiger-Walton and her husband, Matt, have two children, Jett (4) and Cash (1).
Program
This year we are offering two weeks of Overnight, Extended Day (9:00am-9:00pm), and Day (9:00am-4:00pm) camp for boys and girls ages 9-18 of all skill levels. Lunch and dinner are included for Extended Day Campers. Lunch is included for Day Campers.
There will also be a Half Day/10 & Under Tennis program (9:00am-11:30am; Mon-Thurs) offered for kids ages 5-10.
In addition to the general camp sessions, this year we are offering tournament training sessions during both weeks of camp. The tournament training program is geared towards tournament level and ranked players looking to improve their tournament results, learn winning strategies, and work on mental toughness. Make sure to note that you would like to participate in these programs when you register.
Upon arrival, all participants are evaluated by the staff so that their own instructional needs can be addressed throughout the week.
Dartfish video analysis will be used during the camp to analyze and improve your strokes. See your strokes compared to a top playing professional! Your Dartfish Mediabook will be posted to a private player locker on Dartfish.tv and reviewed with you by the staff at camp (click here for an example). You will receive a printout showing key positions with corrective comments. After camp, these Dartfish interactive analyses are available for purchase. For $19.95, the package includes:
- Stroke Analysis: your Dartfish Mediabook contains videos of your strokes, plus side-by-side comparison with a pro, along with comments.
- Pro Stroke Library: one month access to Pro Stroke Library, featuring hundreds of strokes in both real and high speed.
- Camp highlights video*: This video of camp activities and friends all set to music will be something everyone will want to have and keep forever. (*Only offered at participating locations.)
NOTE: Regardless of whether you purchase the post-camp package, all campers will be filmed at camp, see their mediabook, and go home with a printout.
Check-in
- Overnight & Extended Day and Day Campers 3:00-4:30pm on Sunday at Pleasant Hall dorms.
- Campers should come dressed to play as we will eat dinner at 5:00pm then head to the courts and play until 8:00pm.
- Day and Extended Day Campers depart that night at 8:00pm at the Millie West tennis courts.
- Half Day/10 & Under Tennis Campers check-in on Monday at 8:45am.
Check-out
- Graduation: 11:00am at the Millie West tennis courts for all campers. Parents are invited to attend!
- Check-out: Immediately following the graduation ceremony at the dorms.
Daily Program Schedule
- All Half Day, Day and Extended Day campers should be dropped off every day (except check-in day) by 9:00am at the tennis courts.
- Pick up time for Half Day/ 10 & Under Tennis Campers is 11:30am each day at tennis courts.
- Pick up time for Day Campers is 4:00pm each day (except first day) at tennis courts.
- Lunch is included for all Day campers. Half Day campers leave before lunch.
- Pick up time for Extended Day Campers is 9:00pm each night (except first day) at the dorms.
- Lunch and dinner are included for all Extended Day Campers.
- A more complete schedule will be given to you upon check-in.
- Campers may be picked up earlier if they choose to skip dinner or the evening activities.
Dorms
Campers will reside in the Pleasant Hall dorms on campus. Campers stay 2 per room and are assigned by age and roommate requests. No triples available. There is A/C in the dorms.
Evening Activities
Evening activities may include movie night, games, pool time, tennis, and colonial Williamsburg. Campers will do swimming one afternoon.
Weekend Stayovers: Weekend stayovers are not available at this location.
Designated Airport: Newport News Airport, Williamsburg
Travel
Nike Tennis Camp does not provide any transportation to/from camp from airport, train stations or bus depots. If you fly into camp, we recommend that you fly into Newport News Airport and schedule a shuttle/bus from the airport to camp.
If you have a camper arriving by air and is deemed an “unaccompanied minor” by the airlines and must be met by a camp staff there may be a fee that needs to be paid in advance of camp. Please contact Director Meredith Walton directly at (757) 561-7873 to arrange this. You will still have to arrange transportation to/from camp. Please call 1-800-645-3226 two weeks prior to camp to provide camper’s flight and shuttle information.
Registration Packet
A detailed camper registration packet containing check in location, health/release forms, emergency contact info, and a list of things to bring will be emailed to all registered campers in the Spring. Our health and release forms do not require a doctor's signature and they will be collected on the first day of camp.
Sample Daily Schedule
- 8:30am Stretching, Camp Meeting at Courts
- 8:45am Tennis Instruction
- 10:00am Break
- 10:15am Tennis Instruction and Drills
- 11:45am Lunch, Rest, Optional Tennis
- 1:15pm Tennis Program, Match Play
- 2:45pm Break
- 3:00pm Tennis Program, Doubles and Drills
- 4:00pm Conclusion of Daily Tennis Program
- 4:15pm Groups or Private Extra Help, Optional Tennis, Swimming
- 5:00pm Rest, Shower, Dinner
- 7:15pm Evening Activity
- 9:00pm Extended Day Campers Depart
- 9:30pm Overnight Campers to Rooms
- 10:15pm Lights Out
Past Camper
Passionate Camper
I definitely want to come back next year! It was so fun. I think I would like more days though, like a whole entire week. I could learn more. My parents think it was very expensive but they don’t know how much fun I had. Everyone was my friend. The counselors were knowledgeable about tennis but not bossy like some coaches I have had. I want to do this camp next year and another one at another college so I can compare the programs.
Parent of Camper
Overnight Success
My son is very enthusiastic about the tennis camp. He wishes to return again next year. It would have been difficult to increase his desire for the game. He enjoyed himself. It was the first overnight that he ever attended and the fact that he wishes to return is very positive. Look forward to next year.
Past Camper & Parent of Camper
Camper and mother both approve!
9 year old camper: "I loved it! It was super duper fun and I got much better at tennis." Parent: "As a mother, camp director Meredith understands the needs of children at every level. She made sure the younger ones were nurtured and closely overseen and that the older ones had appropriate independence and opportunity to shine. "I especially liked that there were several genuine adults among the counselors in addition to college students that the campers could relate to."
Parent of Camper
Exceptional care taken by staff!
My daughter has medical issues that make dehydration a significant problem. The staff at William & Mary tennis camp showed extreme care and caution as the temperatures soared this summer. They took exceptional care of my daughter. I am extremely impressed.
Parent of Camper
In Good Hands
The staff, Tony and Meredith, were exceptional; they went above and beyond their responsibilities! When my son got sick at 2am, they got him new sheets and cleaned up his throw up. They called me and monitored him; they drove him to the cafeteria because my son was too weak t walk. They made us feel so reassured that we were able to let him stay at the camp so when he got well he could enjoy the rest of the week. Also, his coach Jacob was great. We now think so highly of this camp that we want to do this again, and will recommend it to others we play tennis with! Your staff makes this camp and “A plus”.