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Nike Baseball Camp Guilford College 15 Reviews

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Average Rating 4.87 / 5 Stars

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Nike Baseball Camps offer athletes a variety of options to choose from when considering the best possible location. NIKE Baseball Camps is proud to run another year of camp at Guilford College on a beautiful baseball diamond.

Directing camp this year is Head Coach, Matt Aker. Coach Aker previously served as Head Baseball Coach at Greensboro College.

Highlights Include

Professional instruction from college coachesand college-aged instructors
Low camper/staff ratio
Multi-level ability grouping
Discussion topics: preparing for college baseball and personal goal setting
Nike Camp T-shirt, Lanyard and Nike Prizes
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Camp Director Matt Aker

The 2012 season was a banner year on the mound for the Greensboro College Baseball Program. The Pride have progressed in each of the last three seasons, finishing 7th, then 4th, and finally 3rd this season in the USA South standings. Pride pitchers led the USA South Athletic Conference in ERA (3.18), Fewest HR allowed (4), Fewest Hits Allowed (283), Fewest Runs Allowed (166), and Fewest Earned Runs Allowed (109). In addition, the Pride finished 21st nationally in Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (8.26), and 26th in ERA. Individually, Michael Cobb (Sr., Union, SC) finished 14th in the country with a 1.44 ERA. The Pride also set numerous Team Records and several Individual Records.
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As an assistant at GC, Aker was instrumental in the development of the program. He served six seasons as the hitting, outfield, and base-running coach for The Pride and also worked with pitchers. In 2006, The Pride reached the USA South championship game for the first time since 1998, and defeated eight ranked teams during the season. GC set a program record with seven all-conference honorees, including five first team selections. Under his guidance, Pride hitters batted over .300 as a team for six consecutive seasons, while leading the USA South in at least one offensive category in each of those years. Under Aker’s tutelage, Pride hitters have set or tied 21 individual records. He also mentored two USA South Conference Players of the Year (Jess Maloney, 2006 and Larry Lockhart, 2005), four All State selections, 13 First- Team USA South All Conference selections, 7 All- Region Players, one Rawlings Gold Glove winner, and one All American (Jess Maloney, 2006).
The son of former major league pitcher and coach Jack Aker, he pitched and played infield at Ole Miss in the prestigious Southeastern Conference, where he graduated in 1993. Aker also served on Ole Miss’ 1993 coaching staff; coaching first base and working primarily with the hitters and outfielders.

After coaching at Ole Miss, Aker began his head coaching duties at Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia, MS, and later moved on to Chaminade-Madonna in Hollywood, Fla. for ten seasons before coming to Greensboro. As a head coach, Aker's high school teams won seven consecutive conference titles, and he was named Coach of the Year for six consecutive years. Aker coached the North State All Star team twice while in Mississippi, and has had numerous players go on to college baseball careers, five of whom were taken in the Major League Baseball Players Draft. Aker also served as an assistant varsity football coach.

Aker attended Palm Beach Community College for two of his college seasons. At PBCC, he was named Scholar Athlete of the Year, and made the Dean's List each semester. Aker earned all conference honors, and was picked to play in the Florida Junior College All Star Game.

As a high school standout at Chaminade- Madonna College Prep, in Hollywood, Florida, Aker was named the Broward County District 15-3A Athlete of the Year for Baseball, Miami Herald Scholar Athlete of the Year, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Scholar Athlete of the Year, All-State Infielder, National Army- ROTC Scholar Athlete, and represented Broward County in the State High School All- Star Game.

He and his wife, Keisha have three children: Mallory, Cole, and Blaine

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The Guilford College Nike Baseball Camp staff is ready to work with you and provide the best possible baseball experience while you train and strive to be a better baseball player!

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CHECK-OUT

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OVERNIGHT CAMPERS

A full baseball and living experience. Immerse yourself in baseball and new friends off and on the field. Live, eat, breathe and sleep baseball! Lodging and all meals are included in this program.

EXTENDED DAY CAMPERS

Extended day (9:00am - 9:00pm daily) includes lunch and dinner.

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 prior to camp. 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

7:30 a.m. Wake Up
8:00 a.m. Overnight Campers Only
9:00 a.m. Extended Day Campers Arrive
9:15 a.m. Morning Instructional Session
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Afternoon Instructional Session
4:00 p.m. Skill Workout
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Games
9:00 p.m. Extended Day Campers Depart/Free Time
10:00 p.m. Lights Out

Nike Baseball Camps Guilford College

Edgar H. McBane Field

Guilford's baseball team plays and practices on McBane Field, named for one of the school's top baseball players, Edgar McBane '14. He donated much of his time to the baseball program and at one time attended at least one Guilford baseball game for 73 straight years.

McBane Field is located next to Alumni Gym on Guilford's campus. The field has permanent dugouts for home and visiting teams, a new padded backstop, new bleacher seating for spectators, a new state-of-the-art inning-by-inning scoreboard, a brick dust warning track and a new eight-foot vinyl coated fence and windscreen. October 2008 saw more exterior improvements with a new entry plaza and terraced seating behind the backstop.

The infield was reseeded with Bermuda grass in 1992, making it one of the finest playing surfaces in the area. The field measures 320' down the lines, 360' in the alleys and 385' to straightaway center field. In 1998, the bullpens were improved by the construction of two regulation pitching mounds in each bullpen and the infield received a new layer of red clay.

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Overall Average Rating 4.87 / 5 Stars

- 5/5.
Great coaches

July 27, 2017: My son enjoyed the live games but especially appreciated the time given by Coach Aker and Matos with helping him with his defensive play. The addition of two older seasoned coaches to the two I already mentioned was great. This was our second year and we will be back next year for sure.

— Cyril A. Parent
- 4/5.
Very satisfied

July 24, 2017: My son had a great experience. I'm very satisfied this was money well spent! I love the kids receive stats at the end of the camp.

— Traci N. Parent
- 5/5.
Great atmosphere

July 22, 2017: Jesse loved all the hitting, fielding and other baseball activities. Enjoyed the atmosphere in the dorms as well as the coaches.

— Kristen K. Parent

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- 5/5.
Both boys had amazing time

July 21, 2017: We sent both our boys to this camp and they had an amazing time and learned so much. They talked the entire ride home (4+ hours) about all they learned and did.

— Sarah C. Parent
- 5/5.
So much fun

July 20, 2017: My son has so much fun! He would like come back next year.

— Lee Y. Parent
- 5/5.
Loved it

July 20, 2017: I loved the evaluation form. That was terrific to have. He just loved it and said he wished it was longer.

— Becky E. Parent
- 5/5.
Great Staff

July 20, 2017: It was a great experience overall ! While my son said he didn't really learn new things , he did have an opportunity to practice skills being taught by his current coach . These folks did a great job running this camp . Great staff!

— Kim Parent
- 5/5.
Camp made me better at my primary position

I loved the camp it made me better at my primary position and the games were really fun.

— Overnight Camper
- 5/5.
Every Young Baseball Player Should Attend This Camp

"This was a very good camp. I would say every baseball playing child should go to this camp or one similar."

— Parent
- 5/5.
Better Appreciation for the Game

"They helped my son to appreciate the game of baseball on and off the field. I would highly recommend this camp to other ball players. I look forward to my son attending the camp next year with his little brother."

— Parent
- 5/5.
Genuine, Knowledgeable Coaches

"My coach surpassed my expectations as a coach and as a person. He is very genuine and knowledgeable about the sport of baseball."

— Camper
- 5/5.
NIKE Baseball Camp is Awesome!

"I really loved this camp. It was awesome. I made friends, had lots of fun, and learned so much. My high school coach tells me that my game has improved tremendously. Thank you all so much."

— Day Camper
- 5/5.
Quality Individual Attention

"I really loved this camp. It was awesome. I made friends, had lots of fun, and learned so much. My high school coach tells me that my game has improved tremendously. Thank you all so much."

— Overnight Camper
- 5/5.
Fun

Was a very fun camp and I would come back next summer

— Camper
- 5/5.
First big camp

"my child was 9 years old at the time of the camp and it was his first big camp experience, so of course he was very nervous but the staff and older campers took to him right away and made him feel at ease and he had a wonderful time. he really enjoyed it and can't wait until next year."

— Parent

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